Eastleigh

  • Return of the Brighton Belle

    Return of the Brighton Belle

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    Restoring a 1930s all-electric Pullman train for use on the mainline is a project where the 5BEL Trust has faced and overcome numerous challenges. With the luxury train now being prepared for testing, Andy Coward brings us up-to-date with this ambitious restoration. Work on the restoration of four ‘Brighton Belle’ coaches is nearing completion, as…

  • Locomotive Services gets two Class 73s

    Locomotive Services gets two Class 73s

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    CREWE-based Locomotive Services Limited (LSL) has acquired two Class 73 electro-diesel locos. One of the pair is the first of the class – a ‘JA’ type, which dates from 1962. No. 73001 (E6001) has been acquired from the Dean Forest Railway and arrived at Crewe by road on May 2. The other acquisition is No. 73002,…

  • Autumn blockade for West Coastway route

    Autumn blockade for West Coastway route

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    SOUTHERN services on the West Coastway route will be disrupted between Havant and Chichester from October 26 to November 3. The nine-day closure will be followed by three further weekend blockades, allowing Network Rail to relay 2.3km of track and replace life-expired equipment at at Basin Road, Stockbridge Road, Brook Lane and Bosham level crossings. …

  • Mid-Hants ‘S15’ ready for comeback after almost two decades on the sidelines

    Mid-Hants ‘S15’ ready for comeback after almost two decades on the sidelines

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    URIE Locomotive Society-owned ‘S15’ No. 506 has steamed at the Mid-Hants Railway ahead of an imminent return to service.  The Eastleigh-built 4-6-0 last ran in 2001, and since then has received extensive boiler repairs along with a comprehensive bottom-end overhaul.  This work has included the removal and replacement of the front bufferbeam, and attention to corroded…

  • Class 50s unveiled in GB Railfreight livery

    Class 50s unveiled in GB Railfreight livery

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    THE close and growing relationship between the Class 50 Alliance and GB Railfreight has been underlined with the repainting of two of the former’s locomotives in GB colours as part of an on-going hire agreement. No. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance were unveiled on March 20 at Eastleigh Works after the repaint by Arlington Fleet Services.…

  • What’s in the Shops: Eight beats to the bar!

    What’s in the Shops: Eight beats to the bar!

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    Nigel Burkin reviews a completely new OO-gauge model of the Southern Railway’s four-cylinder ‘Lord Nelson’ express passenger 4-6-0s that has now arrived in the shops from Hornby  Reputed to be a difficult class of locomotive to fire, the Southern Railway’s Maunsell-designed ‘Lord Nelson’ (LN) 4-6-0s were constructed to haul the heavier cross-Channel passenger trains between…

  • End of the line as another Class 314 heads for Newport

    End of the line as another Class 314 heads for Newport

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    Another ScotRail Class 314 was sent for scrap on March 14, when No. 314206 was dispatched overnight.

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