2nd - 7th January 2017

Monday 2nd January:
Tuesday 3rd January: 37099 3Z40 06:09 Reading - Eastleigh one two, 3Q05 22:48 Eastleigh - Woking - Guildford - Woking - Portsmouth Harbour - Guildford - Woking - Fareham - Eastleigh
Wednesday 4th January: 37099 3Q60 22:22 Eastleigh - Redbridge - Salisbury - Bristol High Level Siding
Thursday 5th January: 47815 + 442405 + 442424 5O86 07:52 Ely - Eastleigh one two
Friday 6th January: 47815 + 442423 5L46 10:31 Eastleigh - Ely one two             (& 37099 at Basingstoke one)
Saturday 7th January:

Class 70's out of use at Leeds on 1st January:  70001 70002 70003 70007 70009 70010 70014 & 70017. 70004 & 70006 have been reassigned to support the Intermodal DFGI pool.

Grand Southern (Alliance Rail Holdings Ltd) track access application to bring Class 442's to provide Southampton - Waterloo service. The consultation responses indicate a fair degree of opposition.

DBC Class 67 sale: 67023 and 67027 have been reallocated to a Colas Storage pool.

Eastleigh Works: 01Dec - 08 Dec - 09Dec - 12Dec - 14Dec - 15Dec - 16Dec - 19Dec - 22Dec - 23Dec

Around and about at Eastleigh, 2nd January 2017

Logo changes at GBRf. The TML Circle and "Part of Europorte" message seem to being removed following the recent sale transaction. 66712 (left) and 2016 delivered 66774 (right).

59205 appeared to be working on crew training duties, arriving as 0Z63 10:35 Westbury - Eastleigh. It later ran to and from Salisbury.

It is about 10 years since 158880 was refurbished and delivered to SWT. It has recently been repainted in the new whiter version of the SWT livery.

47818 with a 5-WES Class 442 "Plastic Pig".

08879 was recently delivered to Raxstar from Margam, and appears to be in position for disposal.

08904 awaits collection at Eastleigh, 2nd January 2017

08904 is understood to be withdrawn through sale by DBC to HNRC, who may now be planning to collect it. The locomotive was new as D4134 in June 1962 from Horwich, allocated to 14E Bedford. It even had a D exam in 2016.

08904 is in the same siding as 66117.

66147 and another 66 were also present close by.

A view from the station.

In an earlier phase 08904 is seen at Bristol on 11th February 2002.

Fife Circles at Aberdour, 21st December 2016

68007 arrives at Aberdour with 2K14 18:16 Glenrothes with Thornton to Edinburgh

The first coach was 6183.

170403 makes a call with 2K13 18:14 Edinburgh to Glenrothes with Thornton.

68004 leads 5L70 18:24½ Cardenden to Mossend Down Yard

BSO 9527, in this second train, was the last coach released from Eastleigh Works for ScotRail, in August 2016.

37067, Bo'ness, 29th December 2016

37703 has seen its DRS livery modified, with identifiers removed, and a quick application of a "37067" look, including TE shed stickers.

37067 was delivered from English Electric Vulcan Foundry as D6767 on 21st November 1962, allocated to Thornaby. Dual braked in October 1971, then renumbered to 37067 in February 1974. Refurbished and renumbered to 37703 in January 1987. Withdrawn by EWS in June 2000, and sent to Spain as L25 in May 2001. Returned to the UK in August 2013. Prepared at Barrow Hill as a super shunter for Daventry, where it worked only briefly, and is understood to have been in an incident which led to a bent frame. Loaned to the SRPS from July 2014, when 37401 ("Mary Doll") was removed for its return to the main line.

At Bo'ness, coming out for the first train of the day, the 09:30 to Manuel.

Nose end detail, before entraining.

On the 2nd cycle of running, the train picked up incoming 60056 at Manuel. 37703 runs back into the sidings, having come off in favour of the 60.

An afternoon spent in repose.

SRPS Diesel

SRPS Diesel Gala, 29th December 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Here is a taster from the Bo'ness Diesel Gala, with more locomotive focused updates to follow through the forthcoming period.

 "Bo'ness TMD". 20020, 37685, 08443, 37261, 37067 (37703) and 27001.

Mk3B DVT 82113 (BR Derby, 1988) was delivered to Bo'ness within the past month, following storage at Long Marston, It is understood to have a private owner, who has planned some technical work, but details are unknown. (Update: owned by 'Artemis' as part of a development programme for a new DMU generation, may be related to this 2012 report)

Royal Scotsman liveried 66743 was a no-show, as on the Tuesday / Wedensday it was at Inverness following a failure of the southbound sleeper, although it was suggested that 73966 was at fault, and this now seems to be held at Craigentinny.

SRPS Diesel

Two from April 2002

60019 at East Grimstead with an engineers' train, Thursday 18th April 2002. Now refurbished and running in pool WCAT (DBS Class 60 Standard Fuel Range).

56119 descends from Shap at Greenholme at 12;51 on 19th April 2002, with another engineers' train This locomotive, completed at Crewe in May 1983 was withdrawn in March 2004 from Knottingley , needing a 'B' exam with an engine at 11804 hours. Stored at Healey Mills, then cut up at EMR Attercliffe in January 2011.