7th - 12th April 2025

 

59202 Pride of Ferrybridge 6O68 09:11 Westbury Tarmac - Crawley, Romsey, 7th April.


66751 Inspiration Delivered Hitachi Rail Europe 6O41 10:14 Westbury - Eastleigh, Romsey, 7th April.

802103 runs through platform 3 at Eastleigh, 9th April.

66751 again, 6V41 14:48 Eastleigh - Westbury, Romsey, 10th April.

Monday 7th April: 66013 (+ 99545) 5Z25 07:26 Eastleigh - Stewarts Lane one, 66013 0Z25 11:10 Stewarts Lane - Eastleigh; 73962 + 73963 1Q51 11:15 Derby - Eastleigh - Weymouth - Eastleigh one two
Tuesday 8th April: 73962 + 73963 1Q52 10:47 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour - Littlehampton - Barnham- Portsmouth Harbour - Totton Yard  - Havant - Guildford - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Lymington Pier - Eastleigh one two; 37418 (+ 975025 Caroline) 2Z32 10:35 Exeter - Salisbury - Redbridge - Southampton - Havant - Guildford one two three; 47739 (+ 701517 + 701519 ) 5Q89 12:34 Long Marston - Worcester (brake problem) one - Eastleigh
Wednesday 9th April:  802103 5X80 11:40 Eastleigh - Reading one; 73962 + 73963 1Q53 12:00 Eastleigh - Up Yard - Wimbledon - Up Yard one two three four five, 1Q53 18:05 Up Yard - Wimbledon - Totton - Romsey - Eastleigh; 57003 (+ 17159) 5Z47 08:33 Crewe - Eastleigh one two three four; 47739 (+ 701517 + 701519 ) 5Q89 13:25 Worcester - Eastleigh one two three four five six, 5Q92 18:36 Eastleigh - Wimbledon Park; 47593 rolled out at Eastleigh Works
Thursday 10th April: 57003 + 47593 0Z48 09:45 Eastleigh - Crewe one two three four five; 73962 + 73963 1Q54 12:55 Eastleigh - Reading; 802017 5X83 14:03 Reading - Eastleigh one two
Friday 11th April:
Saturday 12th April:

37800 took one rake of the last O&K JHA hoppers for scrap 7H66 Crewe South Yard - Kingsbury, on 10th April one two three. The other part has a move assigned to EMR Atterbury on Tuesday 15th, to complete the disposal.

Eastleigh Works: 01Apr - 08Apr - 09Apr

Noted at Eastleigh, 5th April 2025

 

66568 on a Fresh Air Express 4O50 10:37 London Gateway - Maritime.


66790 Louise 6C03 15:14 Eastleigh East Yard - Brockenhurst. The 2nd to 4th wagons are KFAs which were in GBRf intermodal service briefly in 2023.


66790 has been given a patch re-livery for Colas since last noted in January.


66128 + 66186 0O12 11:05 Margam - Eastleigh, as it proceeded from Westbury.





802103 remains partly outside at the Works.

50008 on GWR sleeper coach drags, Eastleigh, 5th April 2025

 

50008 Thunderer approaching with Kitchen Buffet First 10217 as 5O50 12:41 Reading Traincare Depot - Eastleigh Trsmd.

10217 was converted from Mk 3 FO 11051 built to Lot 30878 at BREL Derby in 1975-76. One of three in the GWR fleet.

50008 trundles away from the T&RSMD.

Approaching the Campbell Road bridge.

SLEP 10589 built at BREL Derby to Lot 30960 c. 1982 has been refurbished in the past fortnight.

It may be half in Cornish.

Enough time to walk to the station, where 50008 is seen approaching platform 3.

The exterior refinish did not extend to the bogies.

A class 50 in Eastleigh station. It could almost be the 1980s.

31st March - 5th April 2025

 

59206  leading 6O68 09:11 Westbury Tarmac - Crawley, at Crampmoor, 31st March.


69013 arriving at Eastleigh, 31st March. Image by Roger Homan.

69013 running through platform 2. Romanian cab window - this was 56312, and originally 56003. Image by Roger Homan.

37676 + 37668  1Z38 17:25 Shrewsbury  - Eastleigh, Redbridge, 29th March. Video clip by Ian Knight.

Monday 31st March: 69013 0O69 09:00 Toton - Eastleigh (for paintshop) one two
Tuesday 1st April: 47739 (+ 701512 + 701509) 5Q89 12:34 Long Marston - Eastleigh one two three four five six , 5Q92 18:17 Eastleigh - Wimbledon Park one, 0Z90 21:19 Wimbledon Park - Eastleigh
Wednesday 2nd April: 47739 0F94 08:52 Eastleigh - Leicester one two three four
Thursday 3rd April: 69008 0Z69 12:55 Eastleigh - Bournemouth - Eastleigh one two, 43277 + 43274 1Q23 15:27 Salisbury -Redbridge -Salisbury one two (later one two)
Friday 4th April:
Saturday 5th April: 50008 (+ 10217) 5O50 12:41 Reading - Eastleigh one two three, 50008 (+ 10589) 5V50 16:17 Eastleigh - Reading one two

29 Mendip O&K JHA  were removed for scrap, which completes the service life of this type of wagon. 66516 operated as 7Z36 11:44 Merehead - Basford Hall on 3rd April one two. 13 of the wagons were tripped at Crewe on 4th, 7T67 13:18 Basford Hall - Crewe South.

OK 19305, which was in both consists, Westbury, 24th September 2024.

Gordon Pettit 1934 - 2025

Test Train at Redbridge, 3rd April 2025

Substituting for the NMT 43277 Safety Task Force (+ 6262 + 72631 PLPR1 + 975091 MENTOR + 72612) + 43274
1Q23 15:27 Salisbury - Redbridge - Salisbury.

43277 leads in over the reversible section of line to approach the loop at Redbridge.

Entering the loop part of the Redbridge sidings.


43274 during the turnaround.


43274 leads away for the return to Salisbury.

975091 MENTOR which retains one pantograph.


72631 PLPR1 with visible lighting of the track for this testing.

Eastleigh, 1st April 2025

 

802103 outside the paint shop at Eastleigh Works. This unit arrived on 19th March.

701052 and 444015 in the Works sidings.

701051, 701060 and 701048, the same units and positions as on 22nd March.

70001 PowerHaul 4M61 12:56 Maritime - Trafford Park.

66514 4O90 06:04 Leeds -Maritime.

Intermodal workings at Eastleigh, 27th March 2025

 

70016 4O14 05:08 Garston - Maritime.

70017 4M61 12:56 Maritime - Trafford Park.


70001 PowerHaul 4O90 06:04 Leeds - Maritime.

66596 4M65 13:12 Maritime - Lawley Street.

66148 Maritime Intermodal Seven 4O43 06:32 Wakefield Europort - Western Docks. This was running on a VAR timing, arriving quite a bit later into Eastleigh.