Eastleigh, 12th October 2024

 

47810 Crewe Diesel Depot approaches with 1Z93 05:42 Crewe - Portsmouth Harbour, with The Statesmen set, which will be under refurbishment from November until Autumn 2025.


47805 Roger Hosking MA 1925 - 2013 on the rear.


700106 at the Works has been put together again after repairs, and could be ready for departure? 458405 has arrived for storage, seen along with preserved 313201.

700806 working with 6C03 11:17 Eastleigh East Yard - Eastleigh, running through platform 2, and proceeding into the weekend civil engineering section through Southampton.

A closer view of 70806.

Statesman to the Seaside, Redbridge, 6th July 2024

47712 Lady Diana Spencer + 57311 1Z47 05:45 Nantwich - Weymouth

3344 + 3384 + 3348 + 1211 + 3229 + 3231 + 80043 + 3188 + 3312 + 17056

47712 leads into and passes through Redbridge station.

17056 is the first built Mk2a BFK (BR Derby Lot 30775, as 14056 in April 1968).

57311 on the rear. A naming for this locomotive is expected soon.

57311 was new as D1611 on 18th August 1964 allocated to Landore, later 47032, 47662 and 47817.

17th - 22nd June 2024

 

47593 leads 1Z63 Weymouth - Norwich through Southampton, 15th June. Image by Ian Knight.


47712 Lady Diana Spencer on the rear. Image by Ian Knight.

Monday 17th June: 43484 + 43465  0Z49 06:45 Kings Norton - Eastleigh one two, 43465 + 43484 + 50021 0Z50 12:07 Eastleigh - Keighley one two Flickr for the day
Tuesday 18th June:
Wednesday 19th June: 66790 + 73967 0Z74 09:42 Eastleigh - Doncaster one Flickrfortheday
Thursday 20th June:
Friday 21st June: A derailment reported within the T&RSMD at Eastleigh - 'WW2 bomb' between Botley and Fareham (reported later as a training device)
Saturday 22nd June: 47828 + 47810 1Z27 05:56 Woking - Fareham - Eastleigh - Romsey - Kingswear, 47810 1Z28 16:35 Kingswear  - Romsey - Eastleigh - Fareham - Woking (47828 left at Taunton after brake issues at Westbury on outward working, leading to a reroute via Bristol to Taunton) Flickr for the day

57302 appears to have resumed overhaul for LSL in Eastleigh Works during May.

Redbridge, 31st August 2022

 

47828 + 47614 (47853) with 'The Dorset Coast Statesman' 1Z24 06:11 Wolverhampton - Weymouth. 47830 partly seen on the right.


Running through the station.

Onwards to the causeway. Both of these locomotives were active in the latter months of Virgin Cross-Country loco-hauled, which more or less finished on 19th August 2002.

66706 Nene Valley + 66730 Whitemoor (again ....) pass with 6O41 10:14 Westbury - Eastleigh.

The consist was of four COALFISH wagons, the last was MHA 394643.

"Dorset Coast Statesman", 5th July 2014

57314 + 57313 1Z78 06:00 Hooton - Weymouth, 1Z79 15:35 Weymouth - Hooton. The two locomotives were adjacent to each other on the production line at Brush 49 years ago!

57314 leads the train at Redbridge. New from Brush in August 1965 as D1891, later 47372 from February 1974. Converted to 57314 in 2003-04 as Firefly for Virgin and later worked for Arriva Trains Wales.

Mk2f BF 1211, originally 3305 built to Lot 30845 at Derby in 1973, and converted July 1988 at Derby.

57313 on the rear. New from Brush in August 1965 as D1890, later 47371 from February 1974. Converted to 57313 in 2003-04 as Tracy Island for Virgin and later worked for Arriva Trains Wales.

The return working approaches Eastleigh in the early evening.

57314 is now on the rear.