{"id":13058,"date":"2026-01-08T23:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=13058"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:33:40","slug":"october-2025-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=13058","title":{"rendered":"October 2025 Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>71000 \u2018Duke of Gloucester\u2019 returns to the main line &#8211; October 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"71000 \u2018Duke of Gloucester\u2019 returns to the main line - October 2025 \" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QlWTzFcvqfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unique BR Standard Class 8 4-6-2 No. 71000 \u2018Duke of Gloucester\u2019 returns to the main line after a thirteen year long major overhaul. Resplendent in the BR Green early crest livery she first carried in 1954, this iconic locomotive departed Crewe on a test run bound for Shrewsbury on Tuesday 7th October 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following day, Wednesday 8th October 2025, \u2018Duke of Gloucester\u2019 worked 1Z45 1029 Crewe to Shrewsbury \u201cThe Impossible Dream\u201d charter, for trust supporters which we saw passing Beeston Castle running 147 minutes late. The delay was caused by cows on the line on the scheduled route past Chester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shed, Grid &amp; Fugly Action! Dorset Engineering Trains &#8211; October 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shed, Grid &amp; Fugly Action! Dorset Engineering Trains - October 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HAQGGPvuMJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 2025 saw a couple of engineering trains visit Dorset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We saw DB Cargo\u2019s \u2018Railway 200\u2019 liveried Class 66 No. 66200 passing Christchurch on 18\/10\/2025 working a short engineers train. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following week it was a surprise visit to the county by Colas Grid Class 56 No. 56051 with Class 70 No. 70813 working a rail delivery train from Eastleigh to Dorchester and return. We saw the outward and return trips passing Poole on 23 &amp; 24\/10\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Swanage Railway Ghost Train<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swanage Railway Ghost Train - 28\/10\/2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T3L00Axm0MI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LSWR T3 No. 563 runs as the Swanage Railway Ghost Train &#8211; 28\/10\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trains at Eastleigh<\/strong> <strong><em>&#8211; Flashback to 2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trains at Eastleigh - 30\/10\/2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1hvxOiaBXfA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having got wind that Locomotive Services Limited\u2019s new Blue Pullman liveried High Speed Train was departing Eastleigh Works for the first time on a Friday afternoon at the end of October 2020, Yoshi and I set off in a bid to photograph this iconic train. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately the departure of the HST was delayed several hours and it eventually left under cover of darkness. Yoshi and I also found ourselves on the wrong platform with our view of the oncoming blue High Speed Train set blocked by a DB Cargo container train. We hurried over the footbridge, just in time to see the back end of the LSL racing past platform two. In the rush, I knocked the video setting on my phone to slow-mo, but I\u2019ve added the clip to the end of this featurette &#8211; 30\/10\/2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>71000 \u2018Duke of Gloucester\u2019 returns to the main line &#8211; October 2025 The unique BR Standard Class 8 4-6-2 No. 71000 \u2018Duke of Gloucester\u2019 returns to the main line after a thirteen year long major overhaul. Resplendent in the BR Green early crest livery she first carried in 1954, this iconic locomotive departed Crewe on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13058"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13064,"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13058\/revisions\/13064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}