5th - 10th October 2020

 

DR98976 waits for a green light while treating the rail-head, Romsey, 9th October.

Sunday 4th October: 73962 + 73963 1Q56 09:09 Tonbridge - Eastleigh
Monday 5th October: 73962 + 73963 1Q64 19:33 Eastleigh -  Waterloo - London area - Eastleigh
Tuesday 6th October: 73962 + 73963 1Q65 19:27½ Eastleigh - Waterloo - London area - Eastleigh
Wednesday 7th October: 57310 + 442411 5Q86 10:30 Wolverton - Bournemouth (442411 went to Wolverton on 29th June) one two three four five six, 57310 (+ 442408 ?) 5Qxx 1900 Bournemouth  Eastleigh; 60029 6Z91 16:28 Westbury - Up Yard; 73962 + 73963 1Q66 10:48 Eastleigh - Fawley - Eastleigh - Romsey - Laverstock - Andover - Ludgershall - Andover - Basingstoke - Eastleigh one two three four five six
Thursday 8th October: 60029 6Z90 07:09 Up Yard - Westbury, 6Z91 16:28 Westbury - Up Yard; 442410 + 442420 5Q01 09:00 Bournemouth - Portsmouth & Southsea (return path was cancelled); 57310 + 442408 5Q77 11:09 Eastleigh - Wolverton one two three (442408 was in traffic earlier this year); 73962 + 73963 (?) 1Q67 14:02 Eastleigh - Cannon Street
Friday 9th October: 60029 6Z90 07:09 Up Yard - Westbury, 6Z91 16:28 Westbury - Up Yard; 73962 + 73963 (?) 1Q67 05:16 Cannon Street - Tonbridge
Saturday 10th October: 

Pictures of 60029 on Flickr for Wed - Fri which was running with an 18 wagon formation.

47614 and 57305 shunted at Eastleigh on 7th.

59003 returned to the works by Thursday 1st, and returned to the circuit again on the 9th one two

Western Docks is planned for traffic expansion to 12 in & out trains per day, currently understood to be 7 trains. This acquisition may be related.

4O15 MX 06:44 Lawley Street-Southampton is reported to have resumed this week (11:23 at Eastleigh), seen here on Wednesday.

Engineering work at Dunbridge for this weekend and two further following. The yard at Dunbridge has many more worksite containers, a radio mast, several road-railers, and level crossing roadway parts are in the visible inventory.

St Denys, 1st October 2020

 
70008 continues to be the regular locomotive on 4M61 13:00 Maritime - Trafford Park.


59001 YEOMAN ENDEAVOUR departs with 7V62 13:21 Up Yard - Whatley empties.


66758 The Pavior runs very early with  4M51 14:24 Western Docks - Trafford Park.


66955 passes with 4O49 09:31 Basford Hall - Maritime.

66779 EVENING STAR passes with 4Y19 12:30 Mountfield - Western Docks.

60055 on spoil working, St Denys, 1st October 2020

60055 Thomas Barnardo 6Z91 14:00 Eastleigh - Up Yard

The long train passes through St Denys.

A closer view of 60055.

Arriving from run around at the Up Loop.

81.70.5500.697-4 JNA wagon.

Pushing back into the Up Yard.

28th September - 3rd October 2020

RHTT season is here, DR98915 + DR98965 pass St Denys, 1st October.

Monday 28th September:
Tuesday 29th September: 37612 3Z11 22:40 Hither Green - Eastleigh
Wednesday 30th September: 60055 6Z92 05:02 Willesden - Eastleigh, 6Z91 14:00 Eastleigh - Up Yard; 37612 3Q02 21:34 Eastleigh - Weymouth - Fratton - St Denys - Eastleigh; 73963 + 73965 23:30 Tonbridge - Eastleigh
Thursday 1st October: 60055 6Z90 07:49 Up Yard - Eastleigh, 6Z91 13:52 Eastleigh - Up Yard; 73963 + 73965 1Q54 12:45 Eastleigh - Tonbridge one two three; 37612 3Q04 21:19 Eastleigh - Totton - Reading
Friday 2nd October: 60055 6Z90 07:49 Up Yard - Eastleigh, 6Z93 1358 Eastleigh - Willesden one
Saturday 3rd October:

60055 - Flickr for this week in the South

Class 442 may not have future work.

Class 59s, Dunbridge, 29th September 2020

Returned to traffic from about Friday evening, 59003 YEOMAN HIGHLANDER leading 59003 6V40 1405 Eastleigh-Westbury LWR train. Recently dropped lengths of rail.

59201 followed an hour later with 7V09 13:41 Chichester - Merehead, which routed via Redbridge.

The 'User Worker Crossing' and Foot Crossing will be closed for three weeks from 9th October.

New use for Dunbridge Yard? - 26th September 2020

Four pictures of Dunbridge yard. While planning permission was recently sought for residential use, the presence of sleepers, chairs and, and an entrance to the permanent way, show that this is a Network Rail project. Security is present on site.

Possibly related, rails have been dropped off between the level crossings, and the User Worked Crossing will be closed from 9th October.

 Closed in 1961, how it once was.

Dunbridge, 26th September 2020

66506 heading 4O51 0945 Wentloog - Maritime.

Two pictures of 66955 with the following train, the diverted 4O29 08:50 Basford Hall - Maritime.