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7 minutes ago, Hobby said:

What's happening at Leicester?

I don't think selling a number of their first team players and not making any outfield signings helps. Its not over yet either, I suspect they will lose at least a couple more before the window closes. Got to be a little worried for them this season.

66418 'Patriot In Memory of Fallen Railway Employees' heads the 6Y85 14:08 Horsham - Eastleigh East Yard past Hardham on the Arun Valley line with a mixed rake of track components and spent ballast - 27 August 2022.

I recall seeing 60096 on some of the stone trains to Crawley New Yard, many of which originate from Acton. It was from when I started my daily commute to London, so later than 2011. Here it is a couple of years earlier passing Gatwick in 2007.

Graeme Hutchison picture linked from Flickr

I managed to get a couple of less than stellar pictures of a set passing throught York on 9th July.

I did not even get to catch the number on the unit.

The following day I managed to get a better shot of a Lumo service just north of York; 803005 I believe. I think the livery looks quite smart.

Yes, there are still a few around. More details in the recent article below.

https://eisenbahnseite.de/br-218/

I am amazed it has been nearly four years since I last updated this thread!

Well, the club is still going following the Covid hiatus, albeit with a few changes. Perhaps the most significant change has been the abandonment of our new 00 layout. Changes in personnel and interests have meant that we do not have enough 00 interest members to warrant a 24' long urban layout. At least for the time being the club will focus its attentions on our two existing layouts, 'Titherleigh' and 'Inspired by Friedrichstrasse'.

Titherleigh

Inspired by Friedrichstrasse.

More projects are being considered, including a US N gauge layout.

We also have a good number of private members layouts, covering Japanese N, Dutch H0, south London 00, US H0 and German H0; a number of which are available for exhibition. There are plenty of other projects and interests which keeps the club membership occupied. 

If anyone is in the Haslemere, Petersfield and Bordon areas, and looking for a club with wide and diverse interests, we may well fit the bill.

We meet every Friday night at the Milland Valley Memorial Hall (post code GU30 7NA) between 20:00 and 22:00.

156404 at Doncaster - 9th November 2019

313216 pauses at Chichester on a west-bound service - 12th August 2022

A couple of shots of class 377s crossing the Arun river bridge just south of Pulborough earlier today.

An unidentified example heads a Bognor service away from its station stop.

377111 (identified by its unique livery modification) leads two class mates on a northbound service.

A busy day on the Arun Valley line saw five engineering services pass though. I did not catch all of them; two I completely missed and for one that I did see - operated by Colas 66849 - the photo was blurred. That left two.

66183 heads through Pulborough station with the 6N01 07:00 Cheam to Eastleigh East Yard. The front was unfortunately still in the shadows. Probably another 20 minutes would have seen the front better illuminated.

66002 heads the 6N02 11:04 Cheam to Eastleigh East Yard across the river Arun, just south of Pulborough station.

Both pictures taken Sunday 7th August.

Oops, I've only lived this way for 40+ years! Minor update to shift Barnham geographically...

A few 313s along the Coastway west last Monday - 25th July.

My turn to find 313201, this time at Chichester on an eastbound Brighton service.

A little further east 313214 arrives at Barnham with a Bognor service.

Back on more familiar territory, one of the more 'conventional' rebuilds 73965 hurries the fortnightly 1Q76 11:31 Tonbridge - Seaford track measuring train through Pulborough station on a sunny 28th July 2022. 73961 was bring up the rear of the train, which was running nearly 25 minutes early at this point. The rather smart canopies were refurbished fairly recently meaning they no longer leak!

Royal Skip, 67005 'Queen's Messenger', was out to play on the annual Pullman service for 'Glorious Goodwood', the 1Z80 09:39 Victoria - Chichester. Pullman liveried 67024 brought up the rear on a beautiful late July morning. Sadly the sun was not quite in the right place for a really good photo, with the ends of the locos in the shade. Here they both are just south of Pulborough - 29th July 2022.

Worth checking out this forum, there will be someone on here who can provide you with assistance.

https://jnsforum.com/community/

70016 leads 66599 on a Branch line Society tour to the freight lines of the North East on July 9th. 66010 can be seen in the distance at the back of the train.

Later in the day, the lead pair could be found passing through York. The 70 was rather smoky at this point!

A couple of class 60s on the East Coast main line steel trains, passing the Sidings Hotel, just north of York on 10th July.

60092 heads a northbound steel train. It was getting dark, and sadly the first picture was a little blurred. Got a nice long blast of the horn as it approached.

The following morning, 60007 heads a steel train from Margam up towards Tees Yard. It was reasonably early morning, with guests still in bed, so no blast on the horn!

Much better light looking north at this time of day.

69004 forms the 0Z69 08:45 Tonbridge West Yard - Eastleigh East Yard light engine move, approaching Pulborough on 20th July.

A frequent participant on this thread, 37422 rests at York - 9th July

158756 at York with a Leeds service - 9th July 2022.

A little further north, 156500 and 156456 await departure from Fort William with the 1Y44 11:40 Glasgow service, 14th July 2022.

156493 makes a convenient seagull perch/toilet at Mallaig, later that same day.

Scotrail Skateboard. 153377 is one of five units being converted to carry bicycles and other bulky passenger items such as skis along the West Highland Currently operating between Glasgow and Oban, the unit is resting at the latter on 15th July awaiting the more usual class 156 to come up from Glasgow. I believe these units can only operating in multiple as there has been agreement with the drivers not to use the smaller cab B for anything more than short trips/shunting etc. 

156474 at Crianlarich, about to form the 1Y21 Crianlarich - Oban service on 16th July.

73969's (formerly 73105) regular haunts are about as far removed from the classes original stamping grounds as is possible...

Here it is in the company of 66740 having just detached from the Caledonian Sleeper at Fort William - 14 July 2022

The 1Y84 York - Kings Cross rests at York in the hands of IC liveried 91119 on 9th July.

82212 at the driving end.

And they're off...

2 minutes ago, big jim said:

 

37668 not 37688 

 

not sure if 41 or 419 have RETB fitted to enable them to work the west highland line, they belong to a different company anyway so unlikely to drop onto a WCR service 

Ha! Yes, typo noted and corrected...

My comments around the 37/4s were more a whimsy related to the fact they were at Crewe and in my fantasy mind one would be up in the glens where they belong! The fact they are not WCRC owned or RETB fitted notwithstanding! 😀

Whilst a large percentage of the 37/4s were congregating in Crewe, a former stamping ground of the class had some unexpected class 37 action.

On 14th July, the usual steam engine diagrammed for the Jacobite service had failed, so 37668 (not a loco associated with the West Highland line) was called into action.

I am sure I could hear the collective groans from the horde on the opposite side of the glen as a diesel hoved into view. The driver did give a blast on the horn and opened her out to give a decent bit of thrash across the viaduct. 

If I were being fussy, 37401 (or even 37419, I like a bit of mainline livery) would have been much better there, than at Crewe! Yet despite that, 37668 put in a performance, especially on the return journey where I was seated in the second coach from the loco. Plenty of West Highland thrash, and one of those moments that transport you back in time. I would have loved to have caught regular loco hauled trains along this route, but first visited in 1989, a year too late!

When it was announced that the steam engine had failed, I thought there would be more disappointment, but it seems the emphasis of the service has very much changed. It is now being marketed as a 'Harry Potter' experience, with the bulk of the clientele more interested in that than what is up at the front. I was a little disappointed, but more than happy with the replacement they provided!

A photo of the depot at Fort William show just what an enterprise this has become. Three steam locomotives (44871, 45407 and 45212) and three diesels (37518 and 47245 'on shed' and 37668 on our train) is quite a commitment to this service.  

Class 66s seem to be a regular sight on the Fort William Sleepers, piloting the more expected class 73. According to RTT 66740 looks to be the usual traction for this service over the last couple of weeks, today accompanied by 73969.

Here they both are earlier in the day having shunted the sleeper stock into the stabling siding. Both pictures taken 14th July.