Saturday, 5 March 2016

DRS January sale event


The catalogue is on the DRS website.

47790 and 47805 have been returned to Kingmoor, and appear to be going to Locomotive Services Ltd., possibly along with 47841 (at Eastleigh Arlington) for spares.

The remainder of the Class 47 fleet is now available for offers, as shown in the table. 20312 is understood to have a damaged engine; the actual ownership of 37503 and 37521 is now demonstrated; 37608 and 37611 are both understood to have high engine hours.

Updated 05Mar with understood outcomes of loco sales or other changes. 47810 and 47818 seem to have been sold to Arlington - will they be delivered to Eastleigh?

Item Vehicle Comments
1 20312 Locomotive situated at Longtown

Withdrawn for sale - spares for use on other DRS Class 20s


2 37503 Locomotive situated at Barrowhill

Europhoenix


3 37510 Locomotive situated at Barrowhill

Europhoenix


4 37521 Locomotive situated at Barrowhill

Preservation at Barrow Hill

5 37608 Still in traffic

Europhoenix

6 37611 Locomotive situated at Longtown

Europhoenix

7 37670 Locomotive situated at Barrowhill

Europhoenix
At Barrow Hill.
8 47810 Locomotive situated at Longtown

Arlington


9 47813 Locomotive situated at Longtown

Locomotive Services Ltd, already moved to KIngmoor for ETH heating for DRS.

10 47818 Locomotive situated at Longtown

Arlington

11 47828 Locomotive situated at Longtown

D05 Preservation, Dartmoor Railway

12 47853 Locomotive situated at Longtown

HNRC


13 1254 MKII Coach situated at Barrowhill
14 3374 MKII Coach situated at Barrowhill

29th February - 5th March 2016


Monday 29th February: 47739 7Y44 04:21 Hoo Jct - Eastleigh; 37604 3Z02 13:41 Hither Green - Eastleigh one; 3Q02 21:56 Eastleigh - Dorchester South - Eastleigh - Fareham - Eastleigh one
Tuesday 1st March: 66132 6Z11 10:00 (Mon) Dowlow Briggs Sidings - Southampton Up Yard (which seems to have ghosted from Wembley on RTT), 6Z14 14:48 Southampton Up Yard - Wembley one two three; 37604 10:49 Eastleigh - Hither Green one
Wednesday 2nd March: 66431 6Z68 Eastleigh - Willesden Brent one. 37604 3Q08 23:40 Woking - Wimbledon - Basingstoke - Reading - Basingstoke - Wimbledon - Eastleigh; 47739 at Eastleigh: one
Thursday 3rd March:
Friday 4th March: 
Saturday 5th March: 37604 3Q09 00:49 Eastleigh - Woking - Eastleigh - Derby one; 66150 6Z11  (Fri) Dowlow Briggs Sidings - Southampton Up Yard one two (66080 Fri) (which also seems to have ghosted from Wembley on RTT), 6Z14 14:48 Southampton Up Yard - Wembley;


Night moves at Romsey, 2nd and 3rd March 2016


66507 leads with 6Y19 17:50 Fairwater Yard - Winchester, with the MOBC (Medium Output Ballast Cleaner) train, based upon Plasser RM 95-RT equipment.
66951 on the rear.

The next day saw 66546 + 66951 with the MOBC, also 66167 with the return LWR empties to Scunthorpe and 70801 with the civil engineering train from Eastleigh - Westbury.