{"id":6308,"date":"2023-05-11T11:07:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:08:05","slug":"a-brief-ingress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=6308","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Ingress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been a quiet week on the rails here, with only one special rail movement to report on the Bournemouth to Weymouth line. We’ve also been entertaining friends for an extended Coronation weekend, although I was fully behind the suggestion from Yoshi’s Mama of exploring Corfe Castle and Swanage on the Tuesday. I had hoped to see the Class 17 Clayton Type 1 diesel-electric locomotive arrive at Norden on a low loader in the afternoon but I was informed by the Norden crossing signalman that it wasn\u2019t going to arrive that afternoon. I\u2019ve since heard it did \u2013 so big sighs all round!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead of watching an old diesel locomotive being unloaded off the back of a lorry, Yoshi enjoyed zoomies in Corfe Castle – 09\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday we took a walk down Poole Quay in order to celebrate the sights, sounds and smells of the age of steam with visiting mini steam traction engines, all lovingly built and maintained by their owners and representing many hours of hard work. The traction engines are recreated from original Victorian drawings or old photographs. It was lovely relaxing on a sunny afternoon with a drink in one of the many pubs along Poole Quay as the smell of steam wafted in through the doors. Yoshi was initially quite happy to see the steam engines but later decided to bark at each one individually. Just like he would their full size cousins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before Yoshi took a dislike to the mini steam traction engines, he happily posed with this example – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mini Steam On The Quay at Poole – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mini Steam On The Quay at Poole – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mini Steam On The Quay at Poole – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mini Steam On The Quay at Poole – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mini Steam On The Quay at Poole – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mini Steam On The Quay at Poole – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mini Steam On The Quay at Poole – 07\/05\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The monthly Class 73 Electro-Diesel top and tailed Colas Test Train ran on Monday evening, passing through Hamworthy in a shower of rain on its outward journey to Weymouth. The weather put me off going back out to see the ensemble on the return journey as it headed to Eastleigh East Yard and journeys end. The locomotives utilised on the 1Q51 1115 Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail) to Eastleigh East Yard working this time were GBRf Class 73 No\u2019s 73964 \u2018Jeanette\u2019 and 73965 \u2018Des O\u2019Brien\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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