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Wednesday January 18th to Tuesday January 24th 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was very cold. To keep themselves warm they sang Pooh’s song right through six times, Piglet doing the tidily-poms and Pooh doing the rest of it, and both of them thumping on the top of the gate with pieces of stick at the proper places.” ~ A.A.Milne <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been much colder here this last week, as you might expect in January, and Yoshi has enjoyed sniffing the hardened frosty ground as we venture out on our walks. On Wednesday January 18th, ice was preventing trains picking up electricity from the third rail between Poole and Weymouth. Train services were cancelled or delayed for up to 60 minutes. In an attempt to rectify the situation, the Totton Yard based Snow & Ice Treatment Train (SITT) made an additional afternoon day time run presenting a rare opportunity this year to see the SITT in daylight hours. We missed the ensemble heading to Weymouth, but we were able to get to Hamworthy railway station in time to see GBRf Class 66 No.’s 66722 ‘Sir Edward Watkin’ and 66745 as they hurried on their way back to Totton working as 3Y88 1245 Totton Yard to<\/small> Totton Yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GBRf Class 66 No.’s 66722 ‘Sir Edward Watkin’ and 66745 power through Hamworthy with 3Y88 1245 Totton Yard to<\/small> Totton Yard Snow & Ice Treatment Train – 18\/01\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier the same day, we were treated to the 5th Direct Rai Services (DRS) train to Winfrith for the collection of low level nuclear waste as 6Z62 0100 Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS)\u00a0to<\/small>\u00a0Wool. Time constraints and with my car still out of use, I hurried to Hamworthy station to see the early running working, which because of the ongoing situation with the landslip at Hook ( see last weeks blog, and below, for more information), was re-routed via Reading. Running very close behind a South Western Railway (SWR) Weymouth bound service, the Class 68 hauled DRS train was signal checked at Hamworthy and the driver brought it to a stop in the station. This gave ample time for photographic opportunities as well as for the driver to briefly get out of the lead locomotive and distribute badges to grateful onlookers. I certainly wasn’t going to refuse this kind gesture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DRS Class 68 No.\u2019s 68018 \u2018Vigilant\u2019 and 68016 \u2018Fearless\u2019 working 6Z62 0100 Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS) to<\/small> Wool at Hamworthy – 18\/01\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DRS Class 68 No.\u2019s 68018 \u2018Vigilant\u2019 and 68016 \u2018Fearless\u2019 working 6Z62 0100 Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS) to<\/small> Wool at Hamworthy – 18\/01\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DRS Class 68 No.\u2019s 68018 \u2018Vigilant\u2019 and 68016 \u2018Fearless\u2019 working 6Z62 0100 Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS) to<\/small> Wool rest at Hamworthy during a signal check – 18\/01\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DRS Class 68 No. 68018 \u2018Vigilant\u2019 at Hamworthy – 18\/01\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Class 68 No. 68016 \u2018Fearless\u2019 nameplate detail – 24\/03\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DRS Class 68 No.\u2019s 68016 \u2018Fearless\u2019 and 68018 \u2018Vigilant\u2019 departing Hamworthy working 6Z62 0100 Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS) to<\/small> Wool – 18\/01\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We also popped out to see the return working (6Z95 1603 Winfrith Sdgs\u00a0to<\/small>\u00a0Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS)) in fading light, which this time had no issues with red signals as it passed through Hamworthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In fading daylight, hence the motion blur, DRS Class 68 No.\u2019s 68016 \u2018Fearless\u2019 and 68018 \u2018Vigilant\u2019 storm through Hamworthy working 6Z95 1603 Winfrith Sdgs to<\/small> Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS) – 18\/01\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more information, photos and video regarding these Winfrith workings, check out these previous blog entries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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