Dowlow Briggs Stone Working, Saturday 27th February 2016

I think for the first time working on a Saturday. The working had come south from Dowlow Briggs Siding to Wembley on 26th with 66130.

6Z11 04:33 Wembley European Freight Operations Centre - Southampton Up Yard
6Z14 14:48 Southampton Up Yard - Wembley European Freight Operations Centre

Passing Romsey in the morning, passing at 07:22 about 26 minutes after sunrise.

The train consist was of 14 JNA wagons, this 34xx batch being converted from 8xxxx series TEA bogie tank wagons by Marcroft in 1998 for Railtrack usage under CAIB ownership. The current owner is VTG and these appear to be in use in Tunstead and related diagrams. Leader of this batch 3400 is pictured. Some more details on the type in this accident report.

The last wagon was 3452.

The return working ran early on its first leg, and was approaching Eastleigh, on the new track, at 14: 48.

The subject here is 3411. with 3412 preceding.

On Brigg's Siding at Dowlow, in the Peak District

Dowlow Quarry

Location

Eastleigh Observations, 27th February 2016

66593 3MG MerseyMultimodal Gateway on 4O14  07:37 HamsHall - Maritime.

66199 shunting a container consist, which earlier was in the East Yard - arrived as 4O43 06:31 Birch Coppice - Eastleigh Yard.

66591 4O54 05:27 Leeds - Maritime.

66012 4O39 10:44 MorrisCowley - EasternDocks

66595 4O29 08:15 Basford Hall - Maritime

ZCA 'Sea Urchin' wagon 460224 - built upon the chassis of a SPA steel plate carrier wagon constructed at Shildon in 1979 to Lot 3939.

22nd - 27th February 2016

59003 YEOMAN HIGHLANDER is back at Eastleigh Works, having been worked south via Tonbridge,

66770, delivered in December 2014, and into traffic in March 2015.

Monday 22nd February: 
Tuesday 23rd February: 66130 6Z11 10:00 (Mon) Dowlow Briggs Sdgs - Laverstock - Southampton Up Yard, 6Z14 14:48 Southampton Up Yard - Dowlow Briggs Sdgs one
Wednesday 24th February:
Thursday 25th February:
Friday 26th February: 70810 + 47739  6Y48 09:01 Eastleigh - Hoo one two three four; 08696 moved by road from Eastleigh Works to Wembley.

Saturday 27th February:  66133 6Z11 04:33 Wembley - Laverstock - Southampton Up Yard, 6Z14 14:48 Southampton Up Yard - Wembley

Eastleigh, 20th February 2016

66067 seen over the fence next to Lidl.

DRP81525 is a Plasser & Theurer heavy duty diesel hydraulic crane (number 5523 of 1981), originally operated by the BR Civil Engineer and designed to handle switch and crossing renewals as well as general permanent way functions.

158881 diverges for Romsey as 66955 approaches with 4O14 07:37 HamsHall-Maritime, which stopped in platform 3 for a crew change.

70007 passes through at speed with 4O27 0521 Garston-Maritime.

Now a real survivor, 08904 shunts in the yard. New as D4134 in June 1962 from Horwich, allocated to 14E Bedford.

DB980087 a YGB 40 tonne 'Seacow' ballast hopper built at BR Shildon to Lot 3966 in 1981-82. The earlier 'Sealion' of 1970 was developed from the SR 'Walrus', itself developed from an LSWR desig of 1903.

70019 departs with 4O54 05:27 Leeds-Maritime.

66540 Ruby passes in light rain with 4O29 08:15 BasfordHall-Maritime. The locomotive name was applied in January 2006 to mark the 40th anniversary of Freightliner.

15th - 20th February 2016

47739 Robin of Templecombe, at Eastleigh, 20th February.

The locomotive entered traffic as D1615 on 29th August 1964.

Monday 15th February: 66009 6Z11 10:00 Dowlow Briggs Sdgs -Southampton Up Yard
Tuesday 16th February: 66009 6Z14 14:48 Southampton Up Yard - Dowlow Briggs Sdgs one two
Wednesday 17th February: 47739 0Y68 07:17 Wimbledon - Eastleigh one
Thursday 18th February: 47739 in sidings at Eastleigh one
Friday 19th February: 47739 in sidings at Eastleigh one two
Saturday 20th February: 59202 5Z58 04:00 Eastleigh - Banbury one, 5Z60 22:45 Banbury- Eastleigh; 47739 in sidings at Eastleigh

Eastleigh Works: 25Jan - 28Jan - 29Jan

'Caledonian Sleeper' livery 67010 has been in the area, it worked to the docks on Friday, but languished in the East Yard at Eastleigh on Saturday one two

EMU coach 70660, Eastleigh Works, 20th March 2005

Car 70660 was built and delivered in 4-CEP unit 7205 as a TSK (Trailer Second Corridor) in December 1962, as part of Lot 30710 from BR Eastleigh, on frames built at Ashford. Refurbished as a TSOL into 1620 November 1983. This became departmental 932620 in January 1993 and was used for central door locking trials, later equipped with overhead line pantograph as part of test of the Onyx drive system for the Juniper EMU fleet, but came out of use at least by 2001, latterly the coaches were used for trial liveries. Scrapped on site by Robert Nicholas Steels in November 2005.

Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala, 14th February 2016

Four images from Ian Knight.

SR Maunsell Q 30541 at Ropley.

LSWR Drummond T9 30120 arrives at Ropley.

LMS Ivatt 2MT tank 41312 at Ropley.

LMS Stanier 5MT 45379 at Alresford.

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