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tubemad wrote:Indeed Geoff, there is always 458s on the Windsor lines to and from Reading

Niall, there has been 458s to Windsor and Eton...such as the picture I found here:

http://britishrail1980sand1990s.fotopic ... 80522.html

Also lets not forget the original 458 route from Waterloo - Alton and IIRC Basingstoke.


Cheers,

James.

01pictoa wrote:450's run Waterloo to Poole services, ECS to/from Northam as well as outer suburban services and some Portsmouth Harbour services in either 8 or 12 coach formations.
444's run majority of the express services such as Waterloo - Weymouth, Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour and ECS to/from Northam.
Until May, the two slamdoor EMU's work the Lymington Branch, when they will be replaced with 158's.
158's run the Salisbury - Romsey shuttle. FGW 158's work Brighton or Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central and I think Great Malvern and Gloucester.
Southern run 377's or 375's on London Victoria or Brighton to Southampton Central. The mid afternoon working going back via Eastleigh to do a "school run" I beleive.
Either 455's or 458's can be seen working 5B39 Wimbledon - Bournemouth and 5B40 Bournemouth - Wimbledon moves for bogie overhauls at Bournemouth. These run most days at the moment.
Arriva use 220 and 221 Voyagers to/from Bournemouth to Manchester and further. These get refueled & cleaned at Eastleigh DBS depot so ECS runs between here and Bourenmouth happen.
Various Freighliner and DBS 66's working Intermodals between Southampton and the rest of the country. Most of these branch off at Basingstoke and head for the North via Didcot.
Freightliner run a sand train between Wool and Neasdon. The empties head to Wool on a Monday and Wednesday with loaded going to Neasdon on the Tuesday and Thursday.
DBS run engineers trains to/from Eastleigh to Westbury, Hinksey or Hoo Junction using 66's most weekdays.
Most weekdays an MOD runs from Marchwood to Eastleigh and then onto Wembley (did run to Didcot but now picks up the Wembley enterprise.)
GBRf 66's and 73's can be seen heading to and from Eastleigh for weekend engineering works. GBRf sometimes run a Gypsum train empty to Southampton Docks then loaded back to Mountsorrel. This used to run every weekday until a few months ago.
Class 59's work stone trains from Whatley, Merehead or Westbury to either Hamworthy Quay, Woking, Fareham or Chichester. These can be regular performers for a few weeks then stop for a another few weeks, etc.
Network Rail test trains happen from time to time, using 31's and DBSO, 37's or 73's. The HST has been down once. It ran a month or so ago when it worked to Weymouth from Old Oak Common.

Andy.

Lamtrain wrote:Why did Southwest trains decide to get rid of the 442's and give them to the Gatwick express?? They seem like the perfict EMU, minus a buffet.

01pictoa wrote: Until May, the two slamdoor EMU's work the Lymington Branch, when they will be replaced with 158's.
158's run the Salisbury - Romsey shuttle. FGW 158's work Brighton or Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central and I think Great Malvern and Gloucester.

jontrains12 wrote:hi Its 450/5s on the Windsor and Eton as with the Weybrige-waterloo on sta's Portsmouth-waterloo via guildford is 450/0's

energize wrote:

01pictoa wrote: Until May, the two slamdoor EMU's work the Lymington Branch, when they will be replaced with 158's.
158's run the Salisbury - Romsey shuttle. FGW 158's work Brighton or Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central and I think Great Malvern and Gloucester.

Until 22 May, two 3CIGs will be in use on the Lymington branch. The two CIGs are 4CIGs painted BR green and BR blue/grey respectively with a TSO removed.

The Great Malvern and Gloucester services are almost always 150 or 153 operated. The 08:23 from Southampton to Great Malvern, from my experience, is almost always a 150. Likewise, the 17:54 Worcester Foregate Street to Southampton Central is usually formed of two 153s, one of which is detached at Westbury. 150s often make an appearance on Brighton services, and occasionally those to Portsmouth. I'm not sure whether 153s are used on those or not, although FGW did ask permission from NR to run 153s to Portsmouth.