Maiden Newton
Working 3Z14 09:20 Bristol East - Bristol East (via Weymouth and Swindon) BR blue 31106 gets away from Maiden Newton a few minutes late during a lucky break in the cloud. Had it departed right time, it would have been far duller than this.
17 November 2011
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17 November 2011
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Maiden Newton
Well, for once the BBC weather forecast was spot on; sunny intervals and that's just what it was.
Seen approaching Maiden Newton is First Great Western service 2E22 11:10 Weymouth - Gloucester worked by 150238.
17 November 2011
Seen approaching Maiden Newton is First Great Western service 2E22 11:10 Weymouth - Gloucester worked by 150238.
17 November 2011
Winfrith
In some stunning autumnal light, BR blue 73201 Broadlands heads through the Dorset heathland near Winfrith with 1Q08 05:27 Eastleigh Works - Eastleigh Works (via Fareham, Eastleigh, Weymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton).
Network Rail yellow 73138 tails the rear of the three-coach test train.
18 October 2011
Network Rail yellow 73138 tails the rear of the three-coach test train.
18 October 2011
Winfrith
1W54 09:20 Weymouth - Waterloo with 'Desiro' 444007 heads through the Dorset heathland near Winfrith.
18 October 2011
18 October 2011
Winterborne Monkton
The final Dorset Coast Express of 2011 sees 47500 pass
Winterborne Monkton on 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Waterloo
with 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the rear.
47500, of course, was once named Great Western and one of four Class 47s to sport the GWR150 Brunswick Green livery in the mid-1980s.
13 September 2011
Winterborne Monkton on 1Z95 16:35 Weymouth - Waterloo
with 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the rear.
47500, of course, was once named Great Western and one of four Class 47s to sport the GWR150 Brunswick Green livery in the mid-1980s.
13 September 2011
East Burton
Two loco-hauled trains in fifteen minutes! 66953 passes East Burton shortly after the Deltic with 6O49 11:35 Theale - Wool (via Dorchester) in perfect weather that is practically unheard of these days.
3 September 2011
3 September 2011
East Burton
An unexpected change in the weather with the sun finally making an appearance for 55022 Royal Scots Grey as it passes East Burton, near Wool, hauling Pathfinder Tours' The Dorset Deltic Explorer 1Z76 15:36 Weymouth - Crewe.
3 September 2011
(RW) 26/10/19
3 September 2011
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Christchurch
A South West Trains 444 'Desiro' unit heads into the setting sun along Christchurch Bank on a down service.
The train has just crossed the border from Hampshire into Dorset.
Of course, prior to 1st April, 1974, Christchurch and neighbouring Bournemouth were in Hampshire, the Hampshire / Dorset border then being between Bournemouth and Branksome.
31 August 2011
The train has just crossed the border from Hampshire into Dorset.
Of course, prior to 1st April, 1974, Christchurch and neighbouring Bournemouth were in Hampshire, the Hampshire / Dorset border then being between Bournemouth and Branksome.
31 August 2011
Stratton
34067 Tangmere sweeps round the curve at Stratton, close to the site of the former Grimstone & Frampton station, with the Weymouth Seaside Express 1Z93 18:08 Weymouth - Bristol T.M.
This was the final train of the year and has proven extremely popular, so much so the train was loaded to nine coaches instead of the usual eight.
28 August 2011
This was the final train of the year and has proven extremely popular, so much so the train was loaded to nine coaches instead of the usual eight.
28 August 2011
Cattistock
You won't get any more ex-GWR than this, even down to the fencing.
'Castle' Class 5029 Nunney Castle is on the former Great Western route from Thingley Junction to Weymouth near Cattistock with the returning Weymouth Seaside Express 1Z93 18:08 Weymouth - Bristol T.M.
Nunney Castle takes its name from a small castle near Frome in Somerset.
14 August 2011
'Castle' Class 5029 Nunney Castle is on the former Great Western route from Thingley Junction to Weymouth near Cattistock with the returning Weymouth Seaside Express 1Z93 18:08 Weymouth - Bristol T.M.
Nunney Castle takes its name from a small castle near Frome in Somerset.
14 August 2011
Cattistock
2V93 17:56 Weymouth - Bristol T.M. First Great Western service formed of 150248, 153377 and 158769 passing Cattistock to the north of Maiden Newton.
14 August 2011
14 August 2011
Winfrith
A lucky break in the cloud as 66547 passes Tadnoll Heath with 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool empties ready for the following day's loaded sand working back to Neasden.
6 June 2011
6 June 2011
Dorchester South
Not a patch on the freight workings that Dorset used to see in years gone by.
Running perhaps once a week is 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool seen here approaching Dorchester South with 66510 in charge.
The train is shunted to the Down Sidings at Dorchester and split, the train then running as two separate portions up to Wool ready for the following day's loaded sand train back to Neasden.
This is now the only regular freight working in Dorset.
9 May 2011
Running perhaps once a week is 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool seen here approaching Dorchester South with 66510 in charge.
The train is shunted to the Down Sidings at Dorchester and split, the train then running as two separate portions up to Wool ready for the following day's loaded sand train back to Neasden.
This is now the only regular freight working in Dorset.
9 May 2011
Wareham
Absolutely fantastic!
Preservation at its best as an immaculate 33012 (D6515) approaches Wareham with 73136 Perseverance, 73205 Jeanette and 3-CIG 1498 in tow operating as 5Z73 12:15 Bournemouth Depot - Swanage.
5 May 2011
Preservation at its best as an immaculate 33012 (D6515) approaches Wareham with 73136 Perseverance, 73205 Jeanette and 3-CIG 1498 in tow operating as 5Z73 12:15 Bournemouth Depot - Swanage.
5 May 2011
Rushton
Hawthorn in full blossom means winter is over and spring is in the air as 66616 passes Rushton hauling 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool sand empties in some lovely light.
3 May 2011
3 May 2011
Holes Bay
Grey 73107 Redhill 1844 - 1994 top & tail with yellow 73138 heads over Holes Bay with 1Q08 05:19 Eastleigh Works - Eastleigh Works (via Fareham, Weymouth, Portsmouth & Southampton).
19 April 2011
19 April 2011
Bournemouth
Another nocturnal visit to Dorset for Class 31s which operate on a twelve week cycle.
31233 stands under the train shed at Bournemouth which was restored during 1999 by Railtrack.
It is hard to imagine now the delapidated state the station was once in and on the verge of condemnation.
31233 was working 3Q02 20:44 Eastleigh Works - Hither Green (via Weymouth) with an unusally long seven vehicle formation with 31465 on the rear.
9 February 2011
31233 stands under the train shed at Bournemouth which was restored during 1999 by Railtrack.
It is hard to imagine now the delapidated state the station was once in and on the verge of condemnation.
31233 was working 3Q02 20:44 Eastleigh Works - Hither Green (via Weymouth) with an unusally long seven vehicle formation with 31465 on the rear.
9 February 2011
Rushton
Summer still seems a long way off as 66531 passes Rushton on 6M42 15:00 Wool - Neasden loaded sand train.
3 February 2011
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3 February 2011
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