Colas at Westbury, Friday 10th February

Plasser & Theurer 08-4x4/4S-RT Switch & Crossing Tamper DR73905 (works number 1095 of 1998) running as 6J44 14:10 Westbury - Exeter Old Yard.

Three class 70s, led by 70810 were at the stabling point. 70809 arrived with 7C28 13:45 Exeter-Whatley, which was re-marshalled and worked forward by 60054.

37057 departed at 17:03, 23 minutes late, with 1Q06 16:40 Westbury - Weymouth - Woking.

70810 departs at 17:29 as a delayed  0A28 1700 Westbury - Hinksey.

66850 + 70809 wait for the green signal light to depart as 0O31 17:30 Westbury - Eastleigh (Almost dark - 1/60th f5.0 at ISO 2500)

Tracking down 60054, Westbury, Friday 10th February 2017

Friday morning, and decisions to be made - to Hamworthy if 60054 was on the stone train, else to deepest Wiltshire. No clear info for Hamworthy was to be had before leaving home, so off to Wiltshire it was, and noted 60054 on the down side at Westbury in passing.

Returning in the early afternoon found 60054 on the up side, crewed by three, and in use as a supershunter.

13:35 - 60054 on the up side at Westbury.

The drive is ready to move away in the down direction.

13:51 - 60054 was moved to the up side, initially on a short brake adjacent to the DB Cargo office.

At 14:20 the locomotive was moved to the yards, and was involved in shunting of the 7O40 13:35 Merehead - Eastleigh, which arrived behind 59001 with some wagons taken off into the yard. Later (15:56) 70809 arrived on 7C28 13:45 Exeter - Whatley, the Colas locomotive covering a turn for DBC. 70809 came off, the 60 then added some further empties, and proceeded to Whatley.

16:37 - departing for Whatley. 

60054 does not seem to have been out to play much at all this week, the only pictures I can find are at Whatley on Sunday 5th.

6th - 11th February 2017

Monday 6th February 2017:
Tuesday 7th February 2017:
Wednesday 8th February 2017: 66303 0Z70 01:10 Crewe - Eastleigh (seen here on 6th), 66301 (+17167) 5Z68 10:19 Eastleigh - Willesden Brent one two
Thursday 9th February 2017: 47812 0O86 12:05 Wembley - Eastleigh one two
Friday 10th February 2017: 47812 (+2414) 5L46 11:48 Eastleigh - Ely one two
Saturday 11th February 2017:

70013 has been reinstated to pool DFGI (Freightliner Intermodal Class 70) but as of Wednesday was allocated to 'CL08' at Basford Hall.

70803 is understood to be under full repair at Laira.

The DRS loco sales have been partially announced, and the earlier page has been updated,

50017 and 50050 are for sale

Hamworthy Stone was 59103 on Wednesday and 59204 on Friday.

Eastleigh Works: 26Jan - 31Jan - 01Feb - 03Feb

Class 70 workings at Eastleigh, 28th January and 4th February 2017

Two recent images of the diminishing Freightliner Class 70 fleet. Rumours fly, the latest seem to be that five will be swapped with Colas 66846 - 66850, and 10 may be exported.............

70018 with 4O29 08:20 Basford Hall-Maritime on 28th January.

70016 leads 4O90 05:27 Leeds-Maritime on 4th February.

Eastleigh Works, 4th February 2017

66301 has been repainted and appears to be ready for return to DRS. New to FastLine in April 2008, to DRS in 2011.

KTA GERS 97743 and 47818.

Internal User 25T Weltrol ADB 900929 (probably Swindon 1960) and a Sulzer 12LDA28-C carcass from a Class 47.

Resident 47818.

30th January - 4th February 2017

Monday 30th January:
Tuesday 31st January: 66112 (+ coaches 17096 + 21245 + 6310) 5Z50 11:07 Eastleigh - Bescot one; 37057 1Q06 19:44 Woking - Dorchester - Havant - Redbridge - Romsey - Redbridge -  Eastleigh
Wednesday 1st February: 60054 6O51 05:00 Westbury - Hamworthy, 6V52 12:05 Hamworthy - Whatley one two three four five ; 37057 19:26 Eastleigh - Woking
Thursday 2nd February: 60054 6O35 05:03 Westbury - Fareham, 6V16 11:47 Fareham - Whatley one two three
Friday 3rd February: 60054 7O51 05:00 Westbury - Hamworthy, 6V52 12:05 Hamworthy - Whatley one two
Saturday 4th February:

Eastleigh Works: 17Jan - 19Jan - 23Jan

Stored 70013 has been sent from Leeds to shunt at Crewe Basford Hall.

60054 on the Hamworthy Stone, 1st February 2017

One week after its resumption, Westbury nicely turned out 60054 on the Hamworthy Stone.

6O51 05:00 Westbury - Hamworthy, 6V52 12:05 Hamworthy - Whatley, both STP schedules on this occasion.

The return run passes Redbridge.

60054 was new in May 1991, and had its 'Super 60' overhaul completed on 20th October 2011. Subsequently it has spent time in store, briefly in March 2015, then again February - July 2016.

NACO 3932 is a JNA Bogie Box wagon built by Marcroft at Stoke in 2000-01.

90 minutes or so later, passing through Romsey.

60054 was originally named Charles Babbage and I even have some mileage behind it from Hooton - Liverpool, in 1997.

Further coverage: one two three four five six seven eight