9th - 14th August 2021

 

4-CEP motor coaches 61229 and 61230 awaiting removal from Eastleigh Works, 11th August. These arrived in the Works in January 2014, but status appears to be as last documented in 2017. The EPB Preservation Group owns the units, and the MLVs which came to run with the CEP coaches.

66846 laying over at Eastleigh, 11th August.

Sunday 8th August: 57002+ 57003 0Z45 14:33 Eastleigh - Crewe one two three four (were moving snowploughs from Kilmarnock later in the week)
Monday 9th August: 66773 6Z59 16:45 Bristol East - Eastleigh (Portbury stone wagons, diverted to Bristol East) one two
Tuesday 10th August: 20142 + 20007 0M20 08:13 Eastleigh - Tyseley one two three four; 66773 6Y58 11:45 Eastleigh - Tonbridge (wagons from 6Z59) one
Wednesday 11th August: 67001 + 67021 1Y91 11:31 Victoria-Hove one two; 69001 + 66796 0O69 11:00 Longport - Eastleigh one two three, 69001 0Y69 17:39 Eastleigh - Tonbridge Flickr for the day
Thursday 12th August: 66769 + 66725 T+T 5Z82 07:3 Eastleigh - Victoria (for naming), 5Z83 16:46 Victoria - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day; 33025 (+ MLV's 68001 + 68002) 5Z38 08:49 Southall - Eastleigh one two , 33025 (+ 4-CEP coaches+ MLVs ) 5Z46 13:37 Eastleigh - Southall one Flickr for the day; 450069 1Z32 10:45 Bournemouth - Waterloo (Key Workers livery) one two three, 5Z33 13:39 Waterloo - Bournemouth one; 47727 + 701019 5Q10 07:11 Derby - Eastleigh, 47727 0Z47 15:59 Eastleigh - Wembley one Flickr for the day
Friday 13th August: 37069 + 37402 0Z10 11:35 Willesden Brent - Eastleigh one two three four five six
Saturday 14th August: 37402 + 37069 1Z10 05:19 Eastleigh - Norwich, 1Z11 17:03 Norwich - Eastleigh Flickr for the day

08785 completed the journey from Felixstowe to Ipswich on Saturday 7th one two three four five six seven

59003 is back out, on driver trainer activities one two, and now at Westbury.

43083 in Eastleigh Works (arrived 11th June 2020) has provided spare parts for the 'nose job'repair of 43055 at Neville Hill, now completed.

The Ferry Scenery Vans, 083644 and 083664, at the airport sidings in Eastleigh were moved to the Mid-Hants Railway on 18th June.

SWR December 2022: Timetable Consultation

"Even though passengers are now returning to the railways, all the forecasts suggest they will not return to pre-Covid levels for the foreseeable future. The December 2022 timetable is our opportunity to plan for a long-term timetable that will retain the reliability improvements we’ve made, meet the forecast demand and provide value for the taxpayer while balancing other local and national priorities."

 

Freight workings at Eastleigh, 11th August 2021

 

66705 Golden Jubilee passes on the down fast with 4Y19 12:30 Mountfield - Western Docks.

66517 arrives ...

... and departs with 4O35 09:31 Basford Hall - Maritime.

66093 arriving with 4E68 16:15 Western Docks-Wakefield Europort.

66186 rolls through with 4O21 09:15 Trafford Park-Western Docks, which has a scheduled holding period in East Yard,

70019 arriving with 4M99 16:57 Maritime - Basford Hall.

69001 and 66796 at Eastleigh, 11th August 2021

69001 + 66796 0O69 11:00 Longport F.D. - Eastleigh Works Gbrf
69001 0Y69 17:39 Eastleigh Works Gbrf - Tonbridge West Yard Gbrf

69001 (56031) has made a previous appearance on these pages, when only finished in primer. 

66796 was built by EMD at London, Ontario as builder's number 20038561-1, delivered in November 2004. Originally in the Mitsui Rail Capital Europe fleet, then sold to Beacon in July 2015, becoming registered as 92 80 1266 038-9 D-BRLL, which it has carried until now, latterly running as 561-01. 66796 was landed at Immingham on 15th June.

69001 Mayflower + 66796 run through platform 2.


Closer to the camera.


UIC data panel on 66796.


66796 is signalled to enter into the Works.


'66796' number pasted onto the end of the locomotive.

69001 moves into platform 3 for a reversal to go to Tonbridge.

Mayflower nameplate and flags.

Detail of the locomotive end at the platform.


66796 awaits entry into the paintshop at the Works.

DRS Class 57s at Eastleigh, 8th August 2021

When I arrived there was a double Class 57 cacophony around the neighbourhood, with the locomotives running through the works some 90 minutes ahead of schedule. 57002 is seen at the works exit where it held for about 15 minutes before departing at 13:29 as 0Z45 14:33 to Crewe Gresty Bridge (DRS). Buddleia is something of an Eastleigh feature these days.

Before the 57s could depart 66731 Capt. Tom Moore arrived with late running 6G11 09:09 Wandsworth Road - Eastleigh, seen earlier at Farlington Junction. The first OCA wagon was 112081.

The trailing OCA was 112104.


57002 (rebuilt from 47322) led 57003 (rebuilt from 47317) away on the return to Crewe. 

These are the surviving pair of active Class 57s with DRS. It would seem that they will be available for the forthcoming RHTT season, but a lot may depend upon the condition of their wheelsets through and after that. They already spent a short period in storage in mid-2020. They previously visited in January 2020.

Eastleigh Works, 8th August 2021

 
TF 41183 of Locomotive Services, alongside rubbed down 43468, for Hanson+Hall / Rail Adventure.

442407 is in the Raxstar disposal area, identified by its various scratches. This is the A end, so it appears that where DTS 77412 has already been disposed of, the MBC was already completed in 2020.

"The Dorset Coast Statesman", 7th August 2021

 47828 + 47805 T+T 1Z52 05:05 Ely - Weymouth

47828 leads through St Denys.


 D1935 (47805) Roger Hosking MA 1925-2013 on the rear of the train.

Some 10 minutes later, the train passed Totton Yard. Two images by Ian Knight.

Images from other photographers.

2nd - 7th August 2021

 

70002 was supershunter at Maritime, 31st July.

66764 Major John Poyntz passing Redbridge with 6O31 17:30 Westbury - Eastleigh, 5th August. The Colas 125 tonne Kirow crane DRK 81612 is leading in the consist  it was sent to Westbury and back again as a turning move. 59003 was observed to be poorly when running on 6V31 on Wednesday, and after return to Eastleigh with 6O39 on Thursday, it appears to be once again re-entering the works.

66503 The Railway Magazine + 66533 Hanjn Express / Senator Express with no load, as 0O27 06:51 Basford Hall - Maritime, 7th August.

Monday 2nd August: 37425 6Y03 06:46 Eastleigh - Long Marston one (and link in earlier coverage); 57312 0O86 09:16 Derby - Eastleigh, 57312 + 768001 5Q72 15:57 Eastleigh - Wembley one two three four (then to Hams Hall on 3rd one two three four five); 67023 + 67027 1Q51 11:15 Derby - Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh one two
Tuesday 3rd August: 67023 + 67027 1Q52 10:37 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Winchester - Woking - Lymington Pier -Eastleigh one two three four five
Wednesday 4th August: 67023 + 67027 1Q53 11:48 Eastleigh - Up Yard - Wimbledon - Up Yard, 1Q53 18:04 Up Yard - Wimbledon - Totton - Romsey - Eastleigh
Thursday 5th August: 67023 + 67027 1Q54 12:46 Eastleigh - Tonbridge; 08785 (G&W Orange) moved by road from Maritime, expected to Felixstowe then Ipswich; 45596 + 47245 T+T 1Z50 08:45 Victoria - Weymouth, 1Z52 16:35 Weymouth - Southampton - Laverstock - Victoria Flickr for the day
Friday 6th August: 68002 + 37038 + 37218 + 37419 0Z38 09:50 Crewe - Eastleigh one Flickr for the day 
Saturday 7th August: 68002 1Z38 05:31 Eastleigh - Bescot Up And Down Goods one two three four, 57002 + 57003 1Z42 20:27 Bescot Up And Down Goods - Eastleigh one two three; 47805 + 47828 T+T 1Z52 05:05 Ely - Weymouth one two, 1Z55 14:36 Weymouth - Ely one two

Eastleigh Works may be part of the Hitachi Class 8xx repair programme, potentially for the GWR sets, while Newton Aycliffe works on the other sets. It is understood that a repair plan has now been devised.

37038 is expected to yield parts at Eastleigh Works to repair 37218. 

59202 is being repainted at Toton, arriving there on 21st July.

08873 which has worked for Freightliner in Southampton for a couple of periods, has been disposed of in June, by Beaver Metals in Water Orton. Seen stripped shortly before movement from Barton-under-Needwood.

Roger Homan has shared these images of the rail to road bridge connection at Millbrook, taken on Tuesday - it was not yet available for public use (Images from roadside, then railside)