16th - 21st September 2024

 

66784 + 66092 + 66750 6V40 14:05 Eastleigh - Westbury, in Eastleigh, 16th September. 66750 took over the Westbury circuit on Thursday.

56049 at Eastleigh, 16th September.

37901 arriving at Eastleigh, 16th September.

700106 is understood to need electrical repairs to damage caused by a ballast strike, in December 2023.

Monday 16th September: 69009 5O55 09:18 Eastleigh - Leicester one Flickr for the day; 66784 + 56049 6O41 10:14 Westbury - Eastleigh, 69006 + 56049 dragged onward later 0Y43 19:59 Eastleigh - Hoo Flickr for the day: ; 37901 (+ 700106) 6Q70 13:21 Three Bridges  - Eastleigh one two three Flickr for the day
Tuesday 17th September: 37901 6Z71 1140 Eastleigh - Dollands Moor one Flickr for the day;  
Wednesday 18th September: 802008 5X80 10:55 Eastleigh Works -Eastleigh Works one; 802004 5X81 1245 Eastleigh - Reading one two
Thursday 19th September: 800110 5X81 10:19 Eastleigh - Acton one (onward to Doncaster Carr); 43251 + 43357 1X23 15:28:Salisbury - Southampton - Salisbury one two
Friday 20th September: 800001 5X82 11:54 Reading - Eastleigh (earlier from North Pole)
Saturday 21st September:

Outside at Eastleigh Works:

• 800110 on 16th
• 57003 Inter City Railway Society on 18th
• 37401 Mary Queen of Scots on 20th
  
• 43058 is named Loch Eil

Flickr: Where is 57003?

"Freightliner has got the contract for three flows of imported gypsum:

- Southampton to Mountfield

- Tees Dock to Kirkby Thore (change route from S&C to Tyne Valley)

- Tees Dock to Gascoigne Wood"

• Spent too much time on platforms this week, at both Eastleigh and Westbury. It's a 1000 picture backlog, please bear with me while focus items  are in preparation !
  

Eastleigh in the afternoon, 12th September 2024

A failed mission to see 69009 run to Bournemouth with barriers - it stayed put.

66849 and 66791 on a rail train in the yard, the latter now with Colas logos applied, 18015, 69009, staying put, one of the 08s, 18014.


66784 Keighley & Worth Valley Railway 4M46 14:21 Southampton W Docks (Gbrf) - Trafford Pk Euro Tml Gbrf


70001 PowerHaul 4O49 09:32 Basford Hall Yard (Fl) - Southampton M.C.T.


66523 4M99 145:7 Southampton M.C.T. - Basford Hall Yard (Fl)

66197 approaching with 4O21 09:16 Trafford Park Euro Term - Soton W Docks Berth 109

66197 departing.


66150 4E68 15:48 Soton W Docks Berth 109 - Wakefield Europort

66771 Amanda 4Y19 12:22 Mountfield Sidings (Gbrf) -Southampton W Docks (Gbrf)

70007 4O38 09:52 Lawley Street F.L.T. - Southampton M.C.T.

9th - 14th September 2024

 

Recently repainted at Eastleigh, 59104 Village of Great Elm leads 6O68 09:11 Westbury Tarmac - Crawley at Romsey, 9th September.


59202 Pride of Ferrybridge, 6V62 13:21 Up Yard - Westbury Tarmac, at Eastleigh, 10th September.

458418, returned from Widnes on 28th August, 5Q91 13:20 Basingstoke - Bournemouth, passing Eastleigh, 10th September.

70016 4M65 13:12 Maritime - Lawley Street, Eastleigh, 10th September.

Sunday 8th September: 70000 + 57311 T+T 1Z48 08:14 Paddington - Eastleigh - Chichester, 1Z56 18:14 Chichester - Paddington Flickr for the day
Monday 9th September: 69008 0O72 15:00 Willesden - Eastleigh Flickr for the day
Tuesday 10th September: 69008 (+ 701006) 5Q98 11:30 Eastleigh - Derby
Wednesday 11th September: 
Thursday 12th September: 69009 5O45 05:21 Leicester - Eastleigh
Friday 13th September: 
Saturday 14th September:

43058 partially visible at Eastleigh Works, following repaint.

458502 was worked to Bournemouth on 9th one two, but 69009 and barriers did not proceed beyond Eastleigh on 12th.

RIVIERA TRAINS TO SELL CARRIAGE FLEET TO WCRC

Waterside railway project confirmed terminated.

Maritime Transport acquired

34028 Eddystone for main-line?

GWR’s £10 million refurbishment project: Final train set to rejoin passenger service

Stately Train from Embsay to Bolton Abbey, 28th July 2024

 

Austerity 68067 (Hudswell Clarke 1752 / 1943, formerly Bold Colliery No 7 Robert, which became familiar at Rocket 150) is on hire, and brought the stock into Embsay station.

LNWR 5318 is a Directors' Saloon from 1913.


Great Eastern Railway 14 of 1889, "SPEC Officers' saloon for district engineer, Mr Wilson".

Great North of Scotland Railway 34 of 1896, 5-compartment lavatory composite.


Sumptuous interior of GNoSR 34, in which I travelled. "the only Scottish coach operational in England and only one of two complete GNoSR carriages left".

Great Eastern Railway 8 of 1877, and upgraded in 1881 for Edward, Prince of Wales, was added to the train by 08773.

LSWR Saloon No. 17 of 1885, as used by Queen Victoria from 1887, sometimes to travel to Gosport.

68067 waits for 08773 to complete the shunt move.

Later in the day, 68067 arrives at Bolton Abbey with the Stately Train. The signal box came from Guiseley Station.

As may be anticipated, here are a number of BR Mark 1 coaches. Also, these Class 307 coaches, built at Eastleigh 1954 - 56, which were converted as PCVs (Propelling Control Vehicle) for mail train shunt usage. They were acquired from West Coast Railway Company last year, and are used for storing Polar Express paraphernalia.

Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (Yorkshire Dales Railway)
Stately Trains

Eastleigh, 7th September 2024

 

66953 attached to a weekend civil engineering working.


DRP 81525 is a Plasser & Theurer heavy duty diesel hydraulic crane (number 5523 of 1981). Replacements for these cranes are now on order.


66420 was at the other end.


67024 arriving with Belmond Pullman empty-stock, 5Z83 10:57 Chichester - Eastleigh Trsmd, via a reversal in the East Yard.


66727 Maritime One bringing in wagon flats for weekend storage, an early running 4B46 14:49 from Western Docks.


70005 4O27 06:49 Basford Hall - Maritime.


67021 continues with 5Z83, coming out of the East Yard.

66733 6G14 13:01 Eastleigh - Tinsley Green


701010, 701023, 701030 and 701048, the latter brought back from storage, Long Marston - Wimbledon on 22nd August.

57003 into Railfreight Distribution colours

Named Inter City Railway Society 50th Anniversary 1973 - 2023. Rolled out at 14:30 today, during the annual visit of the society to Eastleigh Works.

57003, taken from a public place, on Campbell Road, Eastleigh. 7th September 2024.

The loco carried these colours when it was 47317 Willesden Yard.

2nd - 7th September 2024

 

57311 arrives at a misty Romsey with 1Z50, Wednesday 4th September.

The first coach was 3330, in an otherwise Mk 1 set.

D1935 (47805) Roger Hosking MA 1925 - 2013 on the rear. This was the same set of Saphos Tours coaches as seen on Shap 4 days previously.

Monday 2nd September: 66089 (+ 9502) 5Z44 10:43 Stewarts Lane - Eastleigh Flick for the day; 800110 5X02 13:46 Acton Main Line - Eastleigh one two Flickr for the day
Tuesday 3rd September: 802002 5X81 09:41 Eastleigh - Reading; 47805 + 57311 5Z50 07:14 Crewe - Westbury - Romsey - Eastleigh (change of route) - Norden one two
Wednesday 4th September: 47805 + 57311 1Z50 05:33 Bournemouth - Eastleigh - Romsey -Salisbury - Shrewsbury one two, 1Z52 15:50 Shrewsbury - Salisbury - Romsey - Eastleigh - Bournemouth, 5Z54 23:54 Bournemouth  - Southall; 802008 + 802004 5X03 15:18 Reading - Eastleigh Flickr for the day
Thursday 5th September: 69008 (+ 701011) 5Q70 11:36 Bicester - Eastleigh - 69008 light engine to Long Marston on Friday
Friday 6th September: 37175 + 37254 T+T 3Q36 00:15 Westbury - Southampton - Bristol Kingsland Road; 67021 + 67024 5Z83 10:59 Chichester - Eastleigh, 5Z84 17:30 Eastleigh - Chichester; [69008 (+701041 ) 5Q87 12:34 Long Marston - Wimbledon Park Flickr for the day]
Saturday 7th September: 67021 + 67024 5Z83 1057 Chichester - Eastleigh, 5Z84 17:30 Eastleigh - Chichester

One DTS of (45)5904 was reported at Hamilton Services on the M74 on Friday 30th, reason unknown.

The Schweerbau grinder, sometimes previously seen at Eastleigh, was returned to mainland Europe in late June.