66601 is rolled out at at Eastleigh Works, 18th March 2025

 

08567 hauled 66601, finished in the green 'Freightliner 60' scheme, out of the paintshop, at 12:40.


The loco bore no numbers at that point, nor The Hope Valley nameplates.


Numbers being applied at 13:37.


The '1965 - 2025' lettering being applied, at 13:43.

All numbers now applied, at 14:03.

D9000 / 55022 Royal Scots Grey has been rubbed down for repaint.

37409 on driver training duties, Dunfermline, 3rd March 2025

37409 Loch Awe 0Z31 09:19 Carlisle Upperby Tmd Lsl - Edinburgh (three passes of Stirling - Alloa - Kincardine - Dunfermline)

37409 has just run through Dunfermline City (once Dunfermline Lower) station.

The driver kindly paused at this point, it seems that there is a signal out of sight here.

Having run around at Townhill sidings, 37409 heads for Charlestown Junction, and the second pass of the line to Alloa. 

The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express, Scout Green, 22nd February 2025

34067 + 57315 1Z86 06:49 London Euston - Carlisle. Steam from Carnforth, then return by Settle & Carlisle, to Preston.

The train passing Lowmoor Cottages, above Greenholme.

34067 Tangmere approaching Scout Green.

Rather closer, after which the locomotive became enveloped in steam.

57315 on the rear.

10th - 15th March 2025

 

37401 Mary Queen of Scots + 55022 (D9000) Royal Scots Grey arriving at and passing through Eastleigh, 10th March. Images (3) by Roger Homan.

Monday 10th March: 37401 + 55022 (D9000) 0Z47 08:33 Crewe - Eastleigh one two three Flickr for the day; 73961 + 73963 1Q51 11:15 Derby - Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh Flickr for the day
Tuesday 11th March: 37401 (+ 3100 3122 40804 3426 3348 3438 3188 3344) 5Z47 09:48 Eastleigh -Crewe one Flickr for the day; 73961 + 73963 1Q52 10:47 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Barnham- Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard  - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Lymington Pier - Eastleigh Flickr for the day; 69012 (+701005) 5Q89 12:34 Long Marston - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day, 5Q90 18:33 Eastleigh - Wimbledon Park; 69012 0Z90 21:19 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh; 37607 + 96608 6117 6260 999605 9801) + 37610 3Q01 23:34 Woking - Eastleigh
Wednesday 12th March: 69012 (+ 701006) 5Q77 08:00 Eastleigh - Long Marston one two three Flickr for the day; 73961 (+ 73963 1Q53 12:00 Eastleigh - Up Yard - Wimbledon - Up Yard, 1Q53 18:05 Up Yard - Wimbledon - Totton - Romsey - Eastleigh Flickr for the day
Thursday 13th March: 37607 + 37610 3Q03 01:00 Eastleigh -Brighton - Eastleigh, 3Q04 21:37 Eastleigh -Totton - Reading Triangle; 73961 + 73963 1Q54 12:55 Eastleigh - Reading one two Flickr for the day
Friday 14th March: 37607 + 37610 3Q40 23:53 Reading Triangle - Southampton - Woking
Saturday 15th March: 

GWR Class 175 announcement.

56078 has been reported as withdrawn by Colas. March 2025 pictures on Flickr.

66501 has a new paint scheme.

69014 expected out of paintshop at Eastleigh Works on Thursday 20th.

Freightliner 66601 has been in Eastleigh Works paintshop since 21st February, so should be about ready.

Eastleigh Works: 07Jan - 09Jan - 14Jan - 15Jan - 22Jan - 31Jan - 04Feb - 06Feb - 11Feb - 18Feb - 19Feb - 20Feb - 27Feb - 28Feb - 05Mar - 06Mar

Eastleigh MP slams rail sector as 3000+ cancelled last month - "An MP has slammed the rail sector and called for a new railway agency as data showed that thousands of trains were cancelled in just four weeks at Eastleigh station." - a flaw in reporting of which the editor, sub-editor and journalist should be ashamed of.

Actual ORR data.

HSTs while passing Haymarket, Edinburgh, 16th January 2025

 HST maintenance sights, which may no longer be seen in a couple of years.

43127 (May 1979) at the east end, still attached to set HA03, which it had recently been in traffic with.


TS 42143 of set HA03.

43181 (December 1981) appeared to be at the completion of maintenance, sporting clean bogies.

Finally 43032 (October 1976).

Bo'ness Diesel Gala, 28th December 2024 6: Class 37s

 

37403 Isle of Mull awaits its turns outside of the Diesel Shed. The Class 117 dmu vehicle is spares donor 51372.


37403 after joining the rear of the train, connected to provide ETH.


37403 departing on the rear of 1M57 14:30 Bo'ness - Manuel, which was 66310's first passenger working.

37261 is now on accommodation bogies as restoration continues by the Scottish Thirty-Seven Group.

The bogies look like those from a Class 314 emu.

3rd - 8th March 2025

 
Monday 3rd March: 66848 + 56113 0Z69 05:45 Hoo - Eastleigh one two, 66848 + 56113 +56049 + 66088 + 66850 0V27 13:49 Eastleigh - Hinksey one two Flickr for the day; 66025 (+ 99545 BAGGAGE CAR No. 11) 5Z27 12:15 Stewarts Lane - Eastleigh Flickr for the day; 50008 0O50 16:10 Chaddesden - Eastleigh
Tuesday 4th March: (69012 + 701002 worked directly from Long Marston - Wimbledon Park Flickr for the day), 69012 0Z90 21:19 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh
Wednesday 5th March:
Thursday 6th March: 69012 (+ 701011) 5Q75 09:20½ Eastleigh - Long Marston Flickr for the day; 37607 3Q01 22:03 Woking - Lymington Pier - Reading Triangle
Friday 7th March:
Saturday 8th March: 50008 (+ 10596) 5V50 10:08 Eastleigh - Reading, 50008 (+ 17174) 5O50 14:14 Reading - Eastleigh Flickr for the day

Eastleigh Works: 01Aug - 06Aug - 07Aug - 08Aug - 10Aug - 13Aug - 27Aug - 28Aug - 29Aug - 03Sep - 04Sep - 05Sep - 06Sep - 07Sep - 11Sep - 12Sep - 25Sep - 26Sep - 28Sep - 08Oct - 12Oct - 15Oct - 17Oct - 23Oct - 25Oct - 01Nov - 02Nov - 05Nov - 07Nov - 13Nov - 14Nov - 26Nov - 28Nov - 03Dec - 04Dec - 10Dec - 12Dec - 19Dec - 20Dec - 23Dec

The final ARC / Hanson JHA wagons were moved to scrapyards as 7H66 12:31 Crewe South Yard to Kingsbury Emr Sidings on 4th (Flickr for the day), and then 7E25 11:54 Crewe South Yard - Attercliffe Sdgs Ews on 6th (Flickr for the day).

70801 has completed repairs, having been out of traffic since August 2023.

Deltic D9000 due to be dragged to Eastleigh Works on 10th March.