'Royal Scotsman' workings in September 2022

 

66743 1H84 06:10 Perth Dundee Loop - Edinburgh, at Aberdour, 16th September.

66743 1H84 08:00 Dundee to Edinburgh. at Aberdour, 23rd September.

66746 with first leg of the Tour of Great Britain, passing Aberdour with 1H89 1345 Edinburgh - Boat Of Garten, on 26th.

66746 now returning through Kinghorn on 28th, as 1Z75 08:00 Dundee - Chester. having collected 66743 at Edinburgh, two days later, the train ran through Hampshire.

5th - 10th December 2022

 

45231 + 47805 working Locomotive Services 1Z45 at Eastleigh, 9th December. Three images by Roger Homan.

Monday 5th December:
Tuesday 6th December: 20096 + 20107 (+ 6394 + 41108 + 6393) 5Z43 10:07 Crewe - Eastleigh one Flickr for the day; 37219 3Q36 22:40 Westbury - Southampton - Westbury
Wednesday 7th December: 20096 + 20107 (+ 6393 + 41149 + 41187 + 41166 + 6394) 5Z44 09:47 Eastleigh - Crewe one Flickr for the day; 47830 0W45 12:27 Maritime - Yeovil Jn one, 0W46 14:33 Yeovil Jn - Maritime
Thursday 8th December: ; 70011 on 4M65 13:45 Maritime - Lawley Street failed over the crossover at Redbridge, blocking it for over an hour. The train was eventually cancelled.
Friday 9th December: 45231 + 1Z45 0649 Shoeburyness - Basingstoke - Eastleigh - Fareham - Chichester, 1Z48 1650 Chichester - Fratton - Fareham - Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Shoeburyness Flickr for the day; 47830 0W45 12:27 Maritime - Yeovil Jn one, 0W46 14:44 Yeovil Jn - Maritime
Saturday 10th December: 

The path for Hamworthy stone trains is re-established from 12th, while work on the branch is understood to be close to completion.
 - 7O51 0454 Westbury Tarmac to Hamworthy B.C.I - SSuX - 12/12/2022 to 19/05/2023 - but timed for Class 7, where the JYA wagons have recently been displaced
 - no return 7V52 path yet in system

Freightliner have placed 66552, 66599 and 70015 into storage pool DHLT. 66552 does not seem to have worked since February 2021, but 66599 and 70015 were active into November.

28th November - 3rd December 2022

 

69007 (formerly 56037) runs from Eastleigh East Yard to the Works, 30th November. LMS Black ??? Image by Roger Homan

Monday 28th November:
Tuesday 29th November: [69002 was moved from Longport to Trafford Park]
Wednesday 30th November: 66761 + 69007 DIT 4O46 03:10 Trafford Park -Western Docks one two three four - 69007 detached at Eastleigh East Yard, and later tripped to the Works
Thursday 1st December:
Friday 2nd December:
Saturday 3rd December:

DP WORLD LAUNCHES NEW TRAIN CONNECTING LONDON GATEWAY AND SOUTHAMPTON LOGISTICS HUBS TO STRENGTHEN UK SUPPLY CHAIN

 - 4L80 00:23 Southampton M.C.T. - London Gateway Frghtliner on Saturdays
 - 4O50 10:47 London Gateway Frghtliner - Southampton M.C.T.

Riviera's Mk 1 coaches, formerly of Eastleigh Works, are reported to only have the Class 56 tour next year remaining, for main line usage.

'Northern Belle' ECS to Eastleigh, 23rd November 2022

 

57313 Scarborough Castle leading late running 5Z12 13:12 Winchester - Eastleigh.

The first coach was E325E AMBER.


47832 on the rear.


The train worked around the depot loop, with 57313 working it in both directions.

Afternoon Freight, Romsey, 22nd November 2022

 

66510 4M65 13:45 Maritime - Lawley Street. The brake pipe (?) between the headlights may be unique to this locomotive.


66721 Harry Beck 6V41 14:48 Eastleigh - Westbury.

OCA wagons are becoming rarer, but 8 in this train. The first was 112192.

The last was 112375.

Aggregates watching, week of 21st November 2022

 
No particular news, but one wagon observed from the most recent group delivered to Merehead earlier in the month.

Romsey, 22nd November

66604 working 6V62 13:21 Up Yard  - Whatley. The train was a mix of Marcroft 2000-01 and Greenbrier JNAs, 81.70.5932.482-9 and 487-8 as a blue pair.

66514 passing with 6V07 13:41 Chichester - Merehead. An all Greenbrier JNA rake with one exception.


Nearest blue wagon was 81.70.5932.604-8, my first noted from the 581-610 batch. which arrived at Merehead on 4th November.

1998 Marcroft JNA VTG 3408 was riding along at the rear.

Eastleigh, 23rd November

66570 6V62 1321 Up Yard - Whatley. a short all-Greenbrier JNA rake, the same two blue wagons as on the previous day.

Romsey, 24th November

66570 7V16 12:07 Fareham - Whatley. Ran as Class 7, but with no O&K JYA wagons.

There were 4 blue JNA wagons in what was mostly a Greenbrier rake, with the addition of this pair of Marcroft 1998 JNAs on the rear, VTG 3404 and (nearer) 3457, these being two of four recently noted as a group on Whatley trains.

66415 You are Never Alone, 6V62 13:21 Up Yard - Whatley. The formation was of both Greenbrier and Marcroft 2000-01 JNAs, 81.70.5932.482-9 and 487-8 being the same blue pair as on the two preceding days.

Test trains at Eastleigh, 23rd November 2022

 

37421 was the motive power for an Ultrasonic Test Train.

62287  Ultrasonic Test Train coach - UTU2. This was the MBSO in Class 421 4-CIG 1303 (previously 1816, 1237 and 7337 built in 1970).

9808 is on hire from Eastern Rail Services. Reconfigured in 2000 for Caledonian Sleeper usage from Mk2e TSO 5871 of January 1973.

6117 was recently converted at Cardiff from a DRS Mk2f TSO, which saw service on the Fife Circle, and before that was in the Wessex Trains pink set.


A further view of 37421 across the platforms.


73961 and 73965 with the regular monthly train, which was not coming out to play, resuming later in the afternoon.