Wool
Passing Winfrith on its return trip 66768 Yvonne Bradley now leads 66714 Cromer Lifeboat past Winfrith with 3Y88 09:05 Totton Yard - Totton Yard via Weymouth in weak sunshine, naturally the short drive home was a pleasant and sunny one.
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19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
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19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Poole
Talk about 'all or nothing'. With so little to go for throughout the year along the Dorset coast we find ourselves today with two targets in quick succession. Just 30 minutes after the barrier move went up the SITT (Snow & Ice Treatment Train) comes down lead by 66714 Cromer Lifeboat and with 66768 Yvonne Bradley trailing its two wagon consist. Presumably just a shake-down test-run, as this was the first move of the winter 2024 season, the train approaches Poole running as 3Y88 09:05 Totton Yard - Totton Yard via Weymouth running about 65 minutes late.
19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Poole
A close call with the Weymouth bound service, which can be seen to the left, as 57303 makes its ascent on the 1-in-60 Parkstone bank with the two Arlington barrier vehicles and running as 5M09 08:55 Bournemouth T&RSMD - Leicester LIP via Poole to run-round. The fine weather was about to be short lived as the cloud in the distance comes ever closer from the north-west.
19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Poole
Almost a repeat of the previous month with a barrier move requiring a run-round at Poole at an agreeable time of day. Having delivered the penultimate Class 458/4 unit No. 458414 the previous day from Alstom's Widnes facility the locomotive and two barrier vehicles remained overnight at Bournemouth depot and are seen here the following morning with 57303 approaching Poole running as 5M09 08:55 Bournemouth T&RSMD - Leicester LIP, running some 48 minutes late. Alstom have commissioned a short video to celebrate the completion of these Class 458 units, which can be viewed here.
19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
19 December 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Poole
It's such a rarity these days to get something of interest here at 'the right time of day' combined with some fine weather, which has definitely been in short supply during 2024, but an opportunity presented itself with a GBRf operated barrier move to collect 458514 from Bournemouth depot for transfer to Widnes for overhaul. Passing Poole Park boating lake is 57310 hauling two Arlington barrier vehicles running as 5B09 07:57 Eastleigh East Yard - Bournemouth T&RSMD via Poole (run-round). Of course this locomotive is no stranger to the area, having been 47831 Bolton Wanderer prior to re-engineering and a regular visitor pre-2003 when Virgin Cross-Country operated loco-hauled services to Dorset.
13 November 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
13 November 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Poole
It seems it's something of a rarity lately; to get a day that isn't cloudy, or raining, or just generally 'dull'. So trying to make the most of the weather conditions and my first shot since 29 July, 450100 is captured passing the Victorian boating lake and park at Poole operating 2W54 09:58 Poole - Bournemouth, which forms the front portion of 1W54 09:20 Weymouth - Waterloo (from Bournemouth) in glorious autumn light on Wednesday 13 November 2024.
13 November 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
13 November 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Wyke
South Western Railway (SWR) service 1L40 10:25 Exeter St Davids - Waterloo heads past Wyke, between Yeovil Junction and Sherborne with 159016 leading classmate 159009. These Class 159 units were introduced by British Rail in 1993 along the 'West of England' route between London Waterloo / Salisbury / Yeovil and Exeter and have proven to be very reliable since their introduction, with the fleet of 22 Class 159/0 3-car units maintained at Salisbury.
25 May 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
25 May 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Wyke
1L36 09:25 Exeter St Davids - Waterloo with 159108 leading 159019 through the Dorset countryside towards Sherborne. Surprisingly there are still a few units working this route in the old SouthWest Trains livery, such as this one. Although not quite there yet, these trains are rapidly becoming some of the oldest in use on the national network at over 30 years old and as part of Network Rail's plans to decarbonise the West of England route its only a matter of time before some sort of replacement is announced?
25 May 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
25 May 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
Bournemouth
Without a doubt what will become the most photographed South Western Railway Class 455 is 455868 seen here passing through Bournemouth station on its maiden trip leading classmate 455909, and running as 5Y51 14:32 Bournemouth T&RSMD - Wimbledon Park C.S.D. Built at BREL York and introduced by British Rail from 1982 onwards, the type is now approaching the end of its working life on the South Western network out of London Waterloo, and to celebrate South Western Railway have painted 455868 in its original British Rail blue & grey livery, albeit with some modern and compliant touches. The stunning looking unit was repainted at Bournemouth depot, which has been progressively repainting the entire fleet of Class 444 and 450 units and with a finish as good as this perhaps they should expand their field of operations?
06 March 2024
(6D Mk.II)
06 March 2024
(6D Mk.II)
Christchurch
So here I was, stood like a scarecrow minding my own business, when out of nowhere approached a figure asking "what are you doing in my field"? Of course I knew it wasn't "his field" but he lives under the bridge further up, and eventually he buggered off, much like the Snow & Ice Treatment Train (SITT) with 66764 and 66772 that I was waiting for that was booked to run to Weymouth, but instead had terminated short and returned to Totton Yard from whence it came. So, something of a consolation prize I guess was South Western Railways Class 159 No.159007 as it heads down Christchurch bank operating 5Y14 11:44 Salisbury T&RSMD - Bournemouth T&RSMD departmental move. Bournemouth undertake C4 exams on these units which involves new wheels and new air and fuel tanks.
5 January 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
5 January 2024
(6D Mk.II PL)
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