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On the Freightliner theme, here's some of the companies Class 66/9's. Initially the subclass was just 66951 & 66952, the first of the 'low emissions' Class 66 that eventually formed the bulk of the GBRf and DRS fleets. The external differences was a larger radiator, smaller fuel tank and a fifth door on one side. The Class 66/9 fleet later expanded slightly with Freightliner due to their being no more useable numbers in the 66/5 subclass. 66951 - Barnetby - empty coal to Immingham - 08.10.2013 66954 - Kings Sutton - 4M28 Southampton Maritime to Ditton FLT - 25.06.2014 66955 - Eastleigh - 4M61 Southampton Maritime to Trafford Park - 02.12.2014 66956 - Worting Junction - 6O26 Hinksey Yard to Eastleigh Yard - 09.01.2015 66957 "Stephenson Locomotive Society 1909-2009" - Eastleigh - 6O49 Neasden to Wool - 29.05.2012 Andy.

Here's some ex-DRS Class 66/4's as employed by Freightliner. They took on 66411 - 66420 from DRS in 2011, exporting some to Poland. After running around in full and debranded DRS colours, the locos started to be repainted into the newer 'Powerhaul' style Freightliner livery. After Genesse & Wyoming took over, the remainder went into their Orange style livery. Yet to get any pictures of them! 66414 - Eastleigh - 4O15 Hams Hall Parsec to Southampton Maritime - 04.11.2014 66415 - Bishops Dyke - 6M42 Wool to Neasden - 08.07.2013 66416 - Shawford - 4M28 Southampton Maritime to Ditton FLT - 29.05.2012 66418+66553 - Worting Junction - 4O70 Wentloog to Southampton Maritime - 09.01.2015 66419 - St. Cross - 4O15 Hams Hall Parsec to Southampton Maritime - 14.08.2013 66420 - Southampton Central - 4O49 Crewe Basford Hall to Southampton Maritime - 17.07.2012 Andy.

The same but different at the scenic spot of Kings Sutton. All pictures taken 25th July 2014, except the last two. Class 165's: "Chiltern Turbo" Class 165/0 - 165033 - 1U28 London Marylebone to Banbury "Thames Turbo" Class 165/1 - 165102 - 2L44 Oxford to Banbury Class 168's: Original build Class 168/0 (built 1998 - fleet of 5 units) - 168002 - 1H45 Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone "Clubman" Class 168/1, derived from Class 170 "Turbostar" (built 2000 - fleet of 8 units) - 168108 - 1G35 London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill "Turbostar" derived Class 168/2 (built 2004 - fleet of 6 units) - 168217 - 1G40 London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill Ex-Class 170 "Turbostar" Class 168/3 (built 2000 - originally South West Trains, then Transpenine Express - fleet of 9 units) - 168321 - working unknown - 19.05.2017 New build Class 172/1 (built 2010 - fleet of 4 units) - 172102 - working unknown - 16.09.2014 Andy.

A few pics of Colas Railfreight's Class 66's. There was a brief stint of them being used on Freightliner services a few years ago. I also seem to have 66848 following me... 66846 - Clapham Junction - 6Y42 Hoo Junction Up Yard to Eastleigh East Yard - 15.09.2015 66848 - Beaulieu Road - 6C03 Eastleigh East Yard to Dorchester South - 23.04.2016 66848 - Eastleigh - 4O29 Crewe Basford Hall to Southampton Maritime - 09.08.2014 66848 - St Denys - 4O09 Trafford Park to Southampton Maritime - 12.08.2014 66848 - Shawford - 6Y41 Eastleigh East Yard to Hoo Junction Up Yard - 26.02.2019 66848 - Stenson Junction - 4V30 Ratcliffe Power Station to Gloucester - 30.05.2014 Andy.

A pair of videos of the class as well. Andy.

Some Class 68's from a late Afternoon to early Evening at Kings Sutton, as a thunderstorm rolled in in the background. The date was 19th May 2017. 68010 "Oxford Flyer" - 1H62 Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone 68011 - 1K50 London Marylebone to Kidderminster 68012 - 1K45 London Marylebone to Kidderminster 68013 - 1U50 London Marylebone to Banbury Video of the afteroon, includes a few freights: Andy.

And here's some more EWS/DBS Sheds on Freight work. 66059 & 60065 "Spirit of Jaguar" - Mottisfont & Dunbridge - 6V40 Eastleigh East Yard to Westbury Down TC via Chandlers Ford - 26.02.2019 66108 - Shawford - 6Z60 Acton TC to Eastleigh Aggregates Siding - 19.09.2017 66169 - Hungerford Common - 6C58 Oxford Banbury Road to Whatley Quarry - 19.09.2018 66174 -Mottisfont & Dunbridge - 6Z33 Southampton Up Yard to Merehead Quarry - 24.06.2016 66237 - Shawford - 6V38 Marchwood MOD to Didcot TC - 09.05.2009 Andy.

Here's some EWS/DBS Class 66's engaged on ECS moves. 66003 - Mottisfont & Dunbridge - 5Z79 Bristol Temple Meads to Eastleigh Arlington - 24.06.2019 66023 - St. Cross - 5O61 Bescot Down Side to Eastleigh Arlington - 18.09.2017 66055 "Alain Thauvette" - Shawford - 5Z44 Burton Wetmore to Eastleigh Arlington - 19.09.2017 66127 - Shawford - 5O61 Wembley EFOC to Eastleigh Arlington - 24.06.2019 66174 - Gordons Lodge - 7X01 Derby Litchurch Lane to Wembley - 28.05.2015 Andy.

Here's a couple more shots of GBRf Class 66's. 66783 - Totton - 6O45 Bicester MOD to Marchwood MOD - 04.01.2018 66783 - Mottisfont & Dunbridge - 6M46 Marchwood MOD to Bicester MOD - 08.02.2018 66746+66743 - Eastleigh - 1Z82 Bath Spa to Banbury via Westbury, Southampton & Basingstoke - 09.07.2019 66783 "The Flying Dustman" - Great Bedwyn - 6V79 Angerstein Wharf to Pengam Sidings - 19.09.2018 Andy.

Wednesday saw Freightliner continue with the gradual take over of Mendip stone workings, with the stone to Chichester seeing haulage by the Green Team for the first time. A week previous saw a Hanson liveried Class 59 on this train, maybe we'll see Orange 59's in due course? 66610 - Mottisfont & Dunbridge - 7V07 Chichester RFT to Whatley Quarry - 21.08.2019 Also out and about were a pair of GBRf workings. 66712 "Peterborough Power Signalbox" - Mottisfont & Dunbridge - 6V44 Marchwood MOD to Kineton MOD - 21.08.2019 66711 "Sence" - Mottisfont & Dunbridge - 6V40 Eastleigh East Yard to Westburby Down TC via Chandlers Ford - 21.08.2019 Andy.

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As someone who was a passenger on this very service, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what the RAIB find. The seriousness of what was happening didn't fully hit until we'd cleared the platforms at Waverley and the Train Manager was running through the corridor to his cabin to bring the train to a halt. There was then a rather animated 'discussion' between him and the driver after we'd stopped within Calton Tunnel. It was my first journey on CS, and what a journey it was! The coaches seem quite smart when you step on, but the seats are really uncomfortable and don't recline enough. The ride quality was hit and miss, with several instances throughout the night where you could hear and feel the bogies not coping very well with whatever trackwork it was running over. There was one point where I thought we'd come off the track it was that bad! The older stock we got from Fort William a few days later was pretty ratty inside but was far more comfortable, except for the lack of A/C making it a sweatbox. There was a delay leaving Carstairs, which seemingly was due to issues trying to get the ETH cable in. The hostest from the lounge car came through and was talking to the TM or Shunter about there being no power in the kitchen to prepare breakfast. The staff (3 of them) all seemed stressed out, even before leaving London and were a touch rude at times. To me, CS seemed to play down the severity of the incident. I think they were lucky the incident didn't wind up being a test of how crashworthy the MK5's are. Andy.

A pleasure. I model pretty much both those periods (1998-2002 & 2015 onwards), and find Flickr a great resource for finding photos of workings in those eras, and more so locomotives that were around. YouTube is also a good place to find footage of certain workings or locations and what ran through them. The time around the turn of the 21st is quite an interesting period to model IMO, with the start of the 'GM Invasion' with Class 66 & 67 coming on tap but also many older locos running around and what liveries managed to evade the paintshop! It seemed anything went at that time, who would've thought you'd see a Railfreight Red Stripe Class 56 on a Virgin CrossCountry working?! Andy.

Off the top of my head there's a few things I can think of. Certain units clung onto NSE for quite a while. Most of the Class 365's on the ECML managed to retain the livery until at least 2007, when First Capital Connect took over. Not bad going when you consider that WAGN (West Anglia Great Northern) were the privatised company that took over from the BR/NSE operation in 1997! This video on YouTube shows a pair of Slamdoor EMU's leaving Woking in 2005, at the 6 minute 20 second mark the rear unit is still in NSE but with SWT branding. Can't quite catch the unit number though. Then there was 47711, which went into EWS ownership still wearing NSE colours and named "County of Hertfordshire". It kept the livery and name until 1998, when it was repainted into Virgin Trains livery but still retaining the original name. Not sure whether the ownership was transfered, or it was a long term hire-in by Virgin. It's something that interests me, seeing how long certain liveries managed to last! Andy.

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A search on Flickr yielded a few good results, showing that it strayed far from its Anglia stomping ground. Couple of pictures of it working Freightliner services, including one up the WCML in 2005. Seemed to be used a lot on stock moves of MK3's going to and coming back from painting into ONE colours prior to Class 90 worked services on the GEML. It got around on Railtours too, there's a shot of it at Edinburgh Waverly on one. Looks like it became part of the Cotswold Rail fleet from about 2005 until it went to Old Dalby, as there's pictures of it paired with their liveried Class 47's, as well as doing what looks to ad-hoc and spot hire work. Andy.

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Don't know how I missed this at DEMU! Definatley of interest to me, credit card will get a bashing I think! As some additional info if a full rake isn't feasable, they could be found on the Enterprise workings out of Southampton to Scotland. They were workings that were of interest to me before they ceased, as they could vary in length and type of wagon. This info is applicable for the mid-2010's. The wagons, amongst others such as double deck types, would be used for moving imported Renault vans and cars from Southampton Western Docks. The working ran as 6X44 to Eastleigh Yard, and normally had intermodal flats as well. For a short time, HEA's loaded with dredged pea shingle were in the mix too. The trip workings from Fawley Refinery and Marchwood MOD (if either ran) would be added on, and the whole lot went forward as 6X38 to Didcot. From Didcot, it went forward as 6X65 to Mossend via Warrington and Carlisle. I think Warrington is where an electric loco would be attached. The workings seemed to run as an 'X' if the car wagons were loaded, though didn't always happen. Otherwise the workings were 6B44, 6V38 and 6M65. Normally a DB Class 66 was used, however it wasn't unknown to find a Class 60 on the trip workings. This was during the time when DB had based one at Eastleigh to be used as a 'Super Shunter'. Class 67's may have been used as well, can't say I saw any though. Wagons would return on 6V15 from Mossend to Didcot, and then onwards to Eastleigh as 6O15. The trip to the docks ran as 6B43. A search of Flickr using the headcodes yeilds some results. As an aside, I believe 6X44 was also the headcode used for the car train from Dagenham to Didcot, which also joined onto 6X65. Also, I can't say I've seen 6M66 run with covered IPA's. They were normally the open or stathed type as the working would convey imported Ford Transits, as well as other Ford cars. Here's a few pictures! 66004 - Eastleigh - 6X44 Southampton Western Docks to Eastleigh Yard - 13.06.2013 66007 - Shawford - 6X38 Eastleigh Yard to Didcot Yard - 15.03.2013 66040+66001 - St. Cross - 6V38 Eastleigh Yard to Didcot Yard - 09.08.2013 66134 - Micheldever - 6X38 Eastleigh Yard to Didcot Yard - 14.08.2013 66139 - Worting Junction - 6X38 Eastleigh Yard to Didcot Yard - 21.02.2014 66168 - Didcot - 6X44 Dagenham to Didcot Yard - 17.09.2015 66221 - Worting Junction - 6M66 Southampton Western Docks to Garston - 09.01.2014 Andy.

Loving the pictures in this thread. Nice to see some good shots of the humble DMU at work! Here's a few of my own, though not as old as some on here unfortunatley! Pioneer production Sprinter 150001 races through Mottisfont & Dunbridge with 1F09 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour - 18.09.2018 150266 leads 158952 on a Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour service through Undy, in South Wales - 01.06.2018 EMT's 156404 disturbs a tranquil Cossington as it work 2L70 Lincoln to Leicster - 01.06.2017 SWT's 158884 slows for the stop at Mottisfont & Dunbridge as it work 2R58 Salisbury to Romsey - 24.02.2017 An unidentified 158/9 speeds through Lockerly (between Romsey & Salisbury) with a working for Cardiff Central - 03.01.2014 Heading through a gloomy New Forest, 159015 is seen at Bishops Dyke with 5Z34 Bournemouth T&RSMD to Salisbury T&RSMD - 26.03.2013 Andy.

Desiros internally look quite smart with the new interior, a shame to lose the 2+1 seating in 1st Class though. Externally, they look somewhat unloved... By all accounts, repaints should start this year, whether Bournemouth Depot gets it remains to be seen... Anyway, I found these in some unmarked folders. Shots of the 1497 "Freshwater" working on the Lymington Branch prior to the withdrawal of MK1 units on the line. A real shame to have lost them. I never did any pictures of 1498 "Farringford" on the line unfortunatley. Lymington Pier - 16.05.2010 Lymington Town - 16.05.2010 Jealous Copse - 21.05.2010 Setley Plain - 21.05.2010 Brockenhurst on the last day of service - 22.05.2010 The rather basic cab of 1497 - 16.05.2010 Headboard - 22.05.2010 These are the only two pictures I have of 1498 "Farringford". To even out the flange wear on the wheelsets, the pair of units ran as 5Z98 Bournemouth T&RSMD to Fareham via Netley and then back as 5Z99 to Bournemouth T&RSMD via a reversal at Eastleigh. Both workings are seen at Beaulieu Road on 31.03.2010. And a pair of pictures of more modern units. 377122 heads onto the Netley line, as 450106 comes off it at St. Denys - 27.02.2015 444002 heads away from a gloomy Southampton with a London bound service - 10.11.2016 Andy.

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Here's a couple of pictures of the JHA's today at DEMU. Look good, but was advised that there's some minor livery revisions to be done. These and the 59's are due later in the year, and was advised that the 59 *should* arrive a month or so after the wagons. Another run of JHA's with other numbers likely due this time next year. Did ask if an ARC specific wagon would be next, but seemed unlikely. However, there's quite the chance that the PTA could be next. Doable as an ARC & Yeoman liveried wagon as well as Iron Ore hoppers. Good choice I think! Also hinted that 59003 in GBRf livery could well feature in the next batch of 59's, with the loco specific modifications tooled up. And a 73/9 isn't out the picture, but maybe a few years away. Andy.

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