Eastleigh, 9th April 2016

66014 moving wagons from East Yard to the virtual quarry.

66543 passes with 4O18 05:03 Lawley Street - Maritime. Thumbs up from the driver.

66168 stops to change crew with 6M48 09:28 EasternDocks - Halewood empty car carriers.

66570 with 4O14  0737 Hams Hall - Maritime.

70001 PowerHaul leads 4O29 0815 Basford Hall - Maritime. The last Freightliner of the day, and no Mountfield working.

4th - 9th April 2016

Monday 4th April:
Tuesday 5th April: 442422 5Z42 10:11 Stewarts Lane - Eastleigh Works one two three four five six seven
Wednesday 6th April: 57305 0Z70 01:27 Crewe - Eastleigh, 5Z68 10:48 Eastleigh - Willesden Brent (with coach 5937) one two three four five six seven
Thursday 7th April: NMT 13:39 Salisbury - Southampton - Salisbury one
Friday 8th April:
Saturday 9th April:

70803 still appears to be located at Tavistock Junction.

Eastleigh Works: 23Mar - 24Mar - 30Mar - 31Mar - 01Apr

Dusk at Romsey, 6th April 2016

66546 leads the MOBC 6Y19 17:00 Fairwater Yard - Arundel, stopping for a crew change.

Isle of Wight, 2nd April 2016

Images from the camera of Ian Knight.

Recently restored LMS Ivatt 2MT tank 41298 arriving at Havant Street.

41298 departing Havant Street.

Running around at Wootton.

483004 arrives at Smallbrook Junction.

Early evening at Eastleigh, 2nd April 2016

Improving light at Eastleigh following the move to British Summer Time.

66731 interhub GB at the station sidings.

70013 arrives for a crew change with 4M99 16:57 Maritime - Trafford Park.

A few minutes later 66054 followed with 4M66 16:40 Western Docks - Birch Coppice.

66206 was hauling 6O42 11:31 Halewood - Eastern Docks.

70805 arrived from the Chandler's Ford line with 6O31 from Westbury.

'Seacow' 980156 was constructed at Ashford in 1981 to Lot 3966.

Eastleigh Works, 1st April 2016

66748 (EMD 20078968-004) , the last grey GBRf Class 66, had arrived earlier in the day as 0Y67 09:24 Hoo Junction – Eastleigh Works, and is now going to be repainted.

M3119 is a FO owned by Riviera Trains (DB Cargo), and based at the nearby Eastleigh Depot. Built at BR Swindon to Lot 30697, completed in January 1963. The Commonwealth bogies appear to be marked for 3133 in the same fleet, suggesting a recent swap.

W1671 is a RBR (Pressed Steel, Lot 30628, 1960), similarly based at Riviera Eastleigh.

58008 still awaits disposal. TSO coach 5700 (DRS owned) has been a spares donor, and may have a questionable future located where it is.

28th March - 2nd April 2016

66077 passes Romsey with 6O41 10:14 Westbury - Eastleigh on 28th March.

501309 MRA (D) Bogie Side Tip Ballast (Outer) with generator - working in a set of five wagons. Constructed by Astra Vagoane in Romania in 2004.

Recently converted MXA 950380 - previously a BDA Bogie Steel Carrier built by BREL in the late 1970s.

Similar MXA 950228. A full list of MXAs and their RIV numbers is on WNXXforum.

Monday 28th March: 47739 0Z47 08:00 Washwood Heath - Eastleigh one two, xxxx 12:34 Eastleigh -Wimbledon
Tuesday 29th March: 
Wednesday 30th March: 66423 0Z70 01:27 Crewe - Eastleigh one (likely for repaint)
Thursday 31st March:
Friday 1st April:
Saturday 2nd April:

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