30th April - Poplar Miniature Railway |
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| A quick visit to see how Bruce is getting on 'ALICE' in steam and 'POPLAR LADY' on the last trains of the day while 'ALICE' is put away |
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30th April - East Anglian Railway Museum |
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| Another delightful place, bustling with activity Class 101 DMU and WD loco giving rides up and down the site - all with the service train to Sudbury running alongside |
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30th April - Mangapps Railway Museum |
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| A wonderful place filled with all sorts of rolling stock and memorabilia D2325 giving rides in the CP Rail Caboose and 'Fambridge' in steam giving rides to Old Heath and back |
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28th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 50026 is being prepared for its trip to Swanage next week 73141 has arrived for bogie repairs and new wheels |
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27th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 10729 is looking good as it nears completion SPML15 is outside |
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26th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 57303 is nearing completion of its exam | |
25th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| SPML15 Rail Grinder is in for maintenance A better look at 57308's new livery |
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24th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 57308 in the new DRS livery Re-powered 5912 is ready to leave |
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20th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 57306 is lowered onto its overhauled bogies Work has started on 08650's buckeye fitting |
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19th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 73961 and 73962 are stabled with a Test Train 07007 shunts a rake of chocolate and cream mk1s |
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18th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 37259 and 37609 have brought in the weekend's charter stock and are swapped round before departing The next batch of wagons wait in the scrap line |
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11th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 37611 now has decals and 'Pegasus' nameplates fitted 08879 moves under its own power back into its compound MMT4 is onsite for maintenance |
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10th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 37611 is shunted outside briefly as its moved across for decal fitting 50026 is under the crane for cylinder head replacement 66773 joins 66760 and 66766 |
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8th April - Avon Valley Railway Diesel Gala |
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| Visiting D8059 along with resident 08202 and 5518 and a couple of Barclays in action -
The failure of 'KINGSWOOD' meant 'Grumpy' got a run out Not one of the bigger galas but still well worth the visit |
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7th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 37611 is nearing completion in the Paintshop Four 08s undergoing various repairs 57306 has arrived for a bogie swap |
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6th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| The two MEA wagons have had their boxes cut off for re-use A pair of GBRf's newer 66s arrive for minor repairs |
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4th April - Arlington Eastleigh Works |
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| 47771 finally arrives, sandwiched between two 66s 37611 is in primer VGA 210538 heads the next batch of wagons for scrapping |
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3rd April - Lymington Branch |
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| 158888 operating the branch | |
3rd April - Southampton Central |
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| A few minutes waiting for the train to Brockenhurst | |