Dunbridge, including the NMT, 1st July 2021

 

Ex Virgin / LNER 43290 passing with the NMT, 1X23 15:13 Salisbury - Southampton UGL - Salisbury.


43299 on the rear.

66713 Forest City passing with 66713 6V41 14:48 Eastleigh - Westbury with the Harsco Track Technologies New Track Construction equipment in tow.

66520 running early with  4O57 13:29 Wentloog - Maritime.

43299 returns with 1X23.

43290 on the rear.

Eastleigh, 30th June 2021

 

66562 with lightly loaded 4O35 09:31 Basford Hall - Maritime.

66221 4E68 16:15 Western Docks - Wakefield.

66020 with another lightly loaded 4O21 09:15 Trafford Park - Western Docks.

66540 Ruby 4M99 16:57 Maritime - Basford Hall.

66075 4V39 17:36 Eastern Docks - Cowley.

Recently sold to West Coast Railway Company, 47813 worked a driver trainer run 0Z78 15:48 Westbury -Yeovil Pen Mill - Weymouth- Southampton - Basingstoke - Southall.

66517 4E96 19:13 Maritime - Leeds.

35018 on The Bournemouth Express, 3rd July 2021

35018 British India Line + 47245 V.E. Day 75th Anniversary
1Z50 08:22 Victoria - Weymouth
1Z52 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Laverstock - Victoria

The down train passing Totton.

47245 on the rear. As D1922 this locomotive was working from Eastleigh in the period of the end of Southern Steam in 1967.

The return working climbing up past Test Lane. Image by Ian Knight.

The up train passing Dunbridge.

The ornamental floral bikes, on each platform, are former Royal Mail examples.

47245 again on the rear, having led from Weymouth - Southampton. The driver of 158885 deliberately slowed to allow the photographers on the opposite platform to get a front end shot.

From other photographers.

28th June - 3rd July 2021

 

66952 passing Romsey with 4M58 09:14 Maritime - Garston, on 30th June.


The last wagon, on a relatively empty train, was KFA RLS 92625, built by Standard Wagon in 1985.


66144 with a diverted 4O42 17:27 Didcot - Western Docks, passing Dunbridge, 3rd July, following a rail break on the down main line near Micheldever.

Monday 28th June: 66744 (+ 313121) 5Q13 09:33 Eastleigh - Old Dalby one (running wrong track under SIMBIDS because of broken rail on the up line) two three four five six

Tuesday 29th June: 
Wednesday 30th June: 47813 0Z77 09:18 Southall - Basingstoke - Southampton - Weymouth - Yeovil Pen Mill - Castle Cary - Westbury, 0Z78 15:48 Westbury -Yeovil Pen Mill -/ Weymouth- Southampton / Basingstoke - Southall one
Thursday 1st July: 43290 + 43299 1X23 15:13 Salisbury - Southampton UGL - Salisbury (earlier: one)
Friday 2nd July:
Saturday 3rd July: 35018 + 47245 T+T 1Z50 08:22 Victoria - Weymouth (delayed through broken rail on down line), 1Z52 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Laverstock - Victoria

59003 is at Eastleigh and last appears to have worked on Friday 18th.

Hello Indonesia! More than half of the traffic on this site has been with Indonesia for the past month, not yet determined why.

Eastleigh Works, 30th June 2021

 

3325 and 41183 lie outside, with a HST coach in the paintshop, for the 'Staycation Express'.

07007, 319380, 73107 (into works 1st June, back to Tonbridge 1st July) and 319373.

Partially stripped 40707 and 08507.

The distinctive roof ribs show that 317722 is now being scrapped. No other Class 317's were visible.

66793 works the Mountfield, 30th June 2021

 For only the second time - apparently not normally assigned to a 66/6 with its 65 mph maximum speed.

66793 passing through Eastleigh station with 4Y19 12:30 Mountfield - Western Docks..

66793 was 29004 Dave Meehan delivered from GMD as works number 20038513-3.

Approaching the Campbell Road bridge in Eastleigh with loaded return 6Y83 18:22 Western Docks - Tonbridge.

Further coverage: one two Flickr for the day

Romsey in the afternoon, 29th June 2021

66622 7V62 13:21 Up Yard - Whatley.

66571 4M65 13:45 Maritime - Lawley Street (seen in preparation 3 hours earlier at Maritime)

66713 Forest City 6V41 14:48 Eastleigh - Westbury.

66541 7V09 13:41 Chichester - Whatley.