4th - 9th March 2019

66164 + 66149 pass Romsey with 0O12 10:55 Margam - Eastleigh (66149 from Westbury), 9th March.

Sunday 3rd March: 66708 + 73971 0S66 09:53 Eastleigh - Craigentinny one two three four five six seven eight nine
Monday 4th March: 
Tuesday 5th March:
Wednesday 6th March: 67006 5O61 09:53 Wembley - Eastleigh one two
Thursday 7th March: 47614 (47853) + 17159 5Z76 09:31 Crewe - Eastleigh one two three four five - 17159 was previously in DRS Compass period colours
Friday 8th March: 47614 (47853) 5Z77 12:18 Eastleigh - Crewe one two three four
Saturday 9th March: 800202 (LNER Azuma 5 car bi-mode) + 801104 (LNER Azuma 5 car emu) 5X41 03:59 Acton Main Line - Eastleigh) - but can only see one branded Azuma from the car park, with a shunter attached

60065 continues to shunt at Westbury: one two

The Southampton trackworks from early February, for longer 775 metre intermodal trains, which caused planned Freightliner diversions, were not completed, and are now understood to be re-scheduled to September 2020. Discussion.

Eastleigh Works, 2nd March 2019

• 73971, which departed for Craigentinny the following day, hauled by 66708.
• 640935 FEA, which was WAGON 11 in the 'Slinger' train
• GERS 89026 TEA wagon
• 37602
• 323-539-7 Cheviot Köf
• 47815 which departed for Leicester within one hour
• London Transport 9
• 975978 Perpetiel
• 66708
• (Newly arrived 73966 was next, hidden following from the 66)

ETH fitted super shunter 47818.

The 4TC is understood to be for collection following completion of repairs, and for railtour duty shortly with "Ye Olde Black Friar" on 30th March.

Freight workings at Eastleigh, 2nd March 2019

Something caused 2 hour delays in the Birmingham area, so the Birch Coppice and Garston trains arrived much later than usual, with a very busy period in the half hour from just before 14:00.

66533 paused in platform 3, having arrived as an early 0O26 from Hinksey, and came forward to work to Maritime.

70008 arrives with flats for weekend storage, 4B06 11:10 Maritme - Eastleigh.

66509 arrives with the regularly early working of 0W29 "16:04" Maritime - Eastleigh, some 4 hours early. The locomotive was then parked in the stabling area.

As returning 0B06 12:00 Eastleigh East Yard - Maritime, 70008 passes the arriving 66509.

Then came an hour of nothingness - to the benefit of retail in Eastleigh.

The first delayed Freightliner, 66589 with 4O05 07:03 Birch Coppice - Maritime, which departed at 13:29.

66156 leads 4O40 1044 Morris Cowley - Eastern Docks, passing at 13:57.

The second delayed Freightliner, 70005 with 4O27 05:21 Garston - Maritime, arriving at 14:04.

4O29 08:50 Basford Hall - Maritime was held for a while behind 4O27 waiting for it to move onwards from platform 3. Arriving here behind 66563, only 10 minutes late.

Departures from Eastleigh Works, Saturday 2nd March 2019

47815 Lost Boys 68 - 88 0M60 11:50 Eastleigh - Leicester, returnin for ROG duties.

As D1748 the locomotive was new from Brush on 1st July 1964. As 47155 in early 1976 the locomotive had an interesting loan to the CEGB to act as an exciter at West Thurrock Power Station in Essex. 

66207 leads empty stock as 5Z54 14:24 Eastleigh - Doncaster Belmont Down Yard, for the Tornado and Alycidon charter on Sunday 3rd. (55009 had traction motor issues, train delayed at Drem, failed at Berwick, some passengers onto LNER, 67004 dragged the train south & video)

3141 is a relatively recently overhauled FO, built at BR Swindon to Lot 30717, entering traffic in February 1964. In 1976 it became RSO (Restaurant Second Open) E1063 and in December 1981 became SO 3608, running until August 1988 when it reverted to 3141 in charter services. Following a period of storage, sent to Nemesis Rail at Burton in August 2015, being delivered to Eastleigh in August 2018 for completion and return to traffic.

25th February - 2nd March 2019

66729 DERBY COUNTY of GBRf at Eastleigh, 2nd March.

800110 (likely on left), 442405 and part of 800108 (likely on right).

Monday 25th February: 66133 + 60065 6X01 10:17 Scunthorpe - Eastleigh one two
Tuesday 26th February: 66059+60065 6V40 14:05 Eastleigh - Westbury one two three four- 60065 for 'training' at Westbury
Wednesday 27th February:
Thursday 28th February: 73966 0Z59 20:45 Doncaster Down Decoy Gbrf - Eastleigh one two three (passing Eastleigh at 02:51 on Friday)
Friday 29th February:
Saturday 30th February: 47815 0M60 11:50 Eastleigh - Leicester one two, 66207 5Z54 14:24 Eastleigh - Doncaster Belmont Down Yard one two

60065 at Westbury one two three

Eastleigh Works: 11Feb - 13Feb - 14Feb - 15Feb - 18Feb - 19Feb

66623 worked south on 4O95 on 28th, heading to Eastleigh Works for a G&W orange and black repaint.

Expect Class 801 IEP electric-only sets for LNER to be dragged to Eastleigh T&RSMD for fitting-out activities, following from the 800/1 sets.

Freightliner is looking to hire trainee drivers at Whatley, in the Mendips area.

Freightliner strike action expected on 15th March (RMT), and on both that day and 29th (ASLEF).

Class 70s at Eastleigh, 23rd February 2019

The first standard Saturday timetable for 4 weeks.

After an almost 20 minute pause to allow passenger workings to pass, 70015 departs for the final stage to Maritime, with 4O90 05:27 Leeds-Maritime. Earlier at Worting.

70007 has recently been seen on logs workings for Colas, but is back to working for Freightliner since 22nd. Here arriving with the empty flats for weekend storage, 4B06 11:10 Maritme - Eastleigh.

It later returned light engine to Maritime.

70002 arriving with 4O29 08:50 Basford Hall - Maritime. Earlier at Worting.

A closer view of 70002.

Eastleigh Works, 23rd February 2019

47749 CITY OF TRURO has arrived to queue for a GBRf repaint, removing the Colas colours firstly applied here in 2007, after it spent a short period in the EMR scrapyard at Kingsbury.

9479 may have received bogie attention, these appear to be fresh.

73971 has received new wheels, and seems to be ready for return to Caledonian Sleeper duties in Scotland.

JLE12 (now ex-Jubilee Line Extension) is a bogie well wagon built by Bombardier in 1994.