Saturday, 31 January 2026

Locos at Eastleigh, 28th January 2026

 


69006 Pathfinder Railtours was in the holding sidings at Eastleigh, following driver training tours in the West Country one two. 69016 performed similar duties this week, but returned to Eastleigh on 29th one two, and may be becoming confined to the yard. Nearly a third of Class 69 entered storage durng the week.


56051 Survival continues to be stored in the Colas sidings.


66316 arriving with 6O41, formed of a rake of auto-ballasters, originally planned for moving on the previous day, when the train was cancelled through flooding of the line.


On hire to Colas, 66544 arrived with 6O24 09:25 Hinksey - Eastleigh, then proceeded to the Colas sidings.


66206 passing through with 4O39 09:43 Cowley - Eastern Docks.


08511 shunting.