Three railtours arrived at Eastleigh during Saturday 23rd May and below are
details and photos of the locos and tours involved:
Spitfire Railtours
1Z44 The Wessexman, Crewe to Weymouth
37069 and 37602 double-heading, due Eastleigh 1109, depart 1116 to Weymouth
1Z45 The Wessexman, Weymouth to Crewe
37069 and 37602 double-heading, due Eastleigh 1814, depart 1822 to Crewe
Photo by Brian Derricote
The Railway Touring Company
1Z70 The Dorset Coast Express, Norwich to Poole
70013 Oliver Cromwell - ran through to Swanage, due Eastleigh 1345,
depart 1347. 70013 was due to be replaced at Eastleigh by 47760 but this ran as
'shadow' 0Z70, hauling the return 1Z71 throughout as booked
1Z71 The Dorset Coast Express, Poole to Norwich
47760, due Eastleigh 1729, depart 1734 to Norwich
Photo by Brian Derricote
UK Railtours
1Z82 The Eastleigh Centenarian, London Waterloo to Eastleigh
35028 Clan Line, due Eastleigh 1037
1Z83 The Eastleigh Centenarian, Eastleigh to London Waterloo
35028 Clan Line, depart Eastleigh 1637
35028 Clan Line returned to Eastleigh for the Centenary event on Sunday and
Monday, 24th/25th May 2009