{"id":7275,"date":"2023-07-17T16:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2023-07-17T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T15:15:04","slug":"yoshi-and-the-hastings-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=7275","title":{"rendered":"Yoshi and the Hastings Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4227-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In between showers of rain, Yoshi takes a look at Hastings Unit No. 1001 at Weymouth following its arrival with &#8220;The Jurassic Coast Explorer&#8221; railtour &#8211; 08\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 5th 2023 to July 11th 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time around we were lucky enough to see two separate railtours grace our patch. But before that on Wednesday 5<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;July, the Ultrasonic Test Unit (UTU) reached Weymouth via &nbsp;Bournemouth working as 3Q02 2140 Eastleigh East Yard to Eastleigh East Yard via Weymouth Signal DR194. As the name of the UTU suggests, ultrasonic equipment \u2013 the same technology used in medical practices \u2013 is employed to detect minute flaws in the track as the train passes over it. Hauled by Colas Class 37 No. 37175 the ensemble was in much use in the South and visited Weymouth once again on Sunday 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;July (although running around two hours late) as 3Q14 1517 Westbury to Westbury via Weymouth. UTU\u2019s inspect around 64,000 miles of track all over the UK using four trains over 750 shifts annually.<\/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=\"Colas UTU July 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmq-zX-AKsQ?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ultrasonic Test Unit (UTU) in Dorset &#8211; July 2023  (Additional video by kind permission of G E Barrett)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultrasonic Testing Unit trains usually have 1 locomotive at one end, and a DBSO (Driving Brake Standard Open) at the other. The DBSO controls the locomotive at the other end whilst it is leading the formation. UTU trains have ground-penetrating radar systems to detect voids and deformations up to 2 meters into the ballast and earth. Similarly to Plain Line Pattern Recognition test trains (on which more below), UTU trains use rail profile scanners to help identify problems or degradation in track profile, comparing it to a template of an ideal track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-2048x1394.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4645-1568x1067.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit No. 1001 at Weymouth having arrived with &#8220;The Jurassic Coast Explorer&#8221; &#8211; 08\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first railtour over the weekend was Hastings Diesels Limited\u2019s (HDL) \u201cThe Jurassic Coast Explorer\u201d which ran on Saturday July 8<sup>th<\/sup> 2023&nbsp;employing &nbsp;their Hastings Diesel-Electric Multiple-Unit (DEMU), one of a class of trains built during 1957 and 1958 to replace steam-hauled stock operating between London and Hastings via Tunbridge Wells. The six-coach units, incorporating diesel generators at each end, were unique in having specially narrow bodies which enabled them to pass through the unusually narrow tunnels on the Hastings line. When the line was electrified in 1986, these \u201cHastings\u201d diesel units were withdrawn (and the tunnels single-tracked to solve the width problem). The preserved example, certified for mainline running, is numbered Unit No. 1001 but actually includes vehicles from several different units and trains including a buffet car from a 4-BIG electric multiple unit (EMU) and a Trailer Second (TSO) from a 4-CEP EMU which unlike the other stock are built to standard UK loading gauge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4649-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit No. 1001 speeds past Winfrith working 1Z70 0651 Hastings to Weymouth &#8220;The Jurassic Coast Explorer&#8221; &#8211; 08\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4642-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit No. 1001 at rest in Weymouth whilst working &#8220;The Jurassic Coast Explorer&#8221; &#8211; 08\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-1024x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-1024x394.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-768x295.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-1536x591.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-2048x788.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4643-1568x603.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit DEMU nameplate detail &#8216;Mountfield&#8217; &#8211; 08\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4644-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit DEMU nameplate detail &#8216;Tunbridge Wells&#8217; &#8211; 08\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4647-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit No. 1001 powers up through Upwey whilst working the return &#8220;The Jurassic Coast Explorer&#8221; 1Z72 1538 Weymouth to Hastings &#8211; 08\/07\/2023 (With thanks to G E Barrett for Dorchester images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"The Jurassic Coast Explorer 08072022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iqi783xlgZ8?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video of Hastings Unit No. 1001 railtour &#8220;The Jurassic Coast Explorer&#8221; &#8211; 08\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following day, Sunday July 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;the seemingly annual tour celebrating \u201cThe End Of Southern Steam\u201d reached Weymouth. The last day of regular steam haulage across the British Railways (BR) Southern Region took place on July 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;1967. 56 years later and Southern Railway Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 returned to the metals she would have travelled over back in her working BR days. Starting out from London Victoria the passengers were hauled by No. 35018 to Yeovil Junction via Salisbury where the steam locomotive was removed from the train for turning and servicing, the tour advancing to Weymouth behind West Coast Railway Company (WCRC) owned Class 47 No. 47802 which had been on the rear of the train since its London departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I left home thinking I had lots of time to find a location to photograph the train near Gillingham, and was surprised to see on Real Time Trains the tour had in fact gained five minutes by the time it had reached Dorset. So a change of plan was instigated and I diverted off to Sherborne where I was caught out by the train approaching my over bridge vantage point wrong line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4379-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Southern Railway Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 working wrong line at Sherborne as 1Z82 London Victoria to Yeovil Junction Down Main Platform &#8211; 09\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4650-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WCRC Class 47 No. 47802 resides departure with 1Z83 1344 Yeovil Junction Down Main Platform to Weymouth which left Yeovil 20 minutes late &#8211; 09\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4290-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yoshi meets Southern Railway Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 at Yeovil Junction which was being serviced at the Yeovil Railway Centre &#8211; 09\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4652-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nameplate detail for Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 &#8211; 09\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4380-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Southern Railway Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 having been turned on the Yeovil Railway Centre turntable &#8211; 09\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having been refreshed by the team at the Yeovil Railway Centre, No. 35018 worked light engine down to Weymouth where she re-joined the railtour for a spirited late afternoon departure bound for London Waterloo. I waited for the light locomotive at Evershot, but my view was obscured by steam. I then got ahead of No. 35018 and saw her again very close to the former Monkton and Came Halt which had been opened by the Great Western Railway in 1905 as part of their ambitions to combat road based transport. The station served the nearby Came Golf Links and visitors to Maiden Castle. This ultimately failed and the Halt was closed in 1957. Some remains of the platforms can still be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4381-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Running tender first to Weymouth as 0Z84 1523 Yeovil Junction Down Main Platform to Weymouth Jersey Siding to rejoin the main train Southern Railway Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 passes Monkton &#8211; 09\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4326-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Making a spirited climb towards Bincombe summit Southern Railway Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 hauling Railway Touring Company&#8217;s &#8220;End of Southern Steam&#8221; 1Z84 1724 Weymouth to London Waterloo tour advances towards Upwey &#8211; 09\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"End of Southern Steam 09072023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ys8p_Rssm4?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Southern Railway Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 the &#8220;End of Southern Steam&#8221; tour &#8211; 09\/07\/2023 (With grateful thanks to @da_buckley967 for the departure from Weymouth and G E Barrett for Dorchester footage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-incidentally two days later, London Waterloo celebrated its 175<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary which included the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the landmark birthday, a joint Network Rail and South Western Railway choir treated visitors to iconic \u2018Waterloo\u2019 songs such as ABBA\u2019s \u201cWaterloo\u201d and The Kinks\u2019 \u201cWaterloo Sunset\u201d as well of a preview of Class 701 \u201cArterio\u201d EMU No. 701043 on platform 19 which was also adorned with a celebratory London Waterloo 175 roundel . The fleet of 90 Class 701 trains are over two years late at being introduced on Reading, Windsor and South West London suburban routes. In addition, fittingly situated under the famous Waterloo clock on the station concourse, a fascinating 40-panel history exhibition was put on display for a limited time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4657-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Celebrating Waterloo 175 logo &#8211; 12\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4658-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An exhibition celebrating Waterloo 175 stood for a few days on the concourse of the Southern Terminus &#8211; 12\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Delayed by a week, Monday 10th July saw the monthly 1Q51 Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) test train head to Weymouth, as usual top and tailed by GBRf Class 73 electro-diesel locomotives, but this time in daylight. The train usually runs on our patch in in the late evenings but the rescheduled working was scheduled for a lunchtime turn around at Weymouth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4560-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GBRf Class 73 No. 73962 &#8216;Dick Mabbutt&#8217; leading the outward leg of 1Q51 1008 Woking Up Yard Reception to Woking Up Yard Reception via Weymouth Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) test train passing Hamworthy &#8211; 10\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4569-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GBRf Class 73 No. 73961 &#8216;Alison&#8217; at the rear of 1Q51 Woking to Woking via Weymouth passing Hamworthy &#8211; 10\/07\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plain Line Pattern Recognition uses a variety of tools to measure and detect defects and potential problems that might arise in track condition. PLPR uses equipment such as: 4 foot camera used to check the track condition, thermal imaging to check rail temperature, fasteners are checked with diagonal and top down cameras. The various cameras used store HD laser scanned images which show different angles and planes of the track and rails. PLPR was initially rolled out on the NMT measurement train, but has since been fitted to Network Rail\u2019s coaches and can be seen across the UK rail network. The coaches on the PLPR may also by fitted with Radio Survey equipment, for testing of NRN, CSR and GSM-R communication systems.<\/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=\"1Q51 10072023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8r1-wiCW5-I?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video of 1Q51 Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) Test Train &#8211; 10\/07\/2023 (With thanks to G E Barrett for Dorchester video)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the Archive&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to how SR Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 looked on her recent visit to Weymouth, below are three images of the locomotive and tender when she left storage on Portland taken by John Chappell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No. 35018 &#8216;British India Line&#8217; was the first Merchant Navy locomotive to have the original air-smoothed casing removed as part of a rebuild of the class and emerged from Eastleigh Works in her new form during February 1956. She was withdrawn from service with British Railways in August 1964 and despatched to Barry Scrapyard for disposal. However, after languishing in South Wales for 15 years, she was purchased for preservation by Richard Heather and John Bunch, and in March 1980 the engine was moved to the Mid Hants Railway&nbsp;(MHR) where it was planned for her to be restored to full working order. In the event little work was undertaken on the locomotive during this time and she was later moved to a site in Portland but following little work again being undertaken on restoring the engine she moved once again, in 2012, to Carnforth in Lancashire having been purchased by David Smith. She finally underwent a thorough restoration to running order for mainline standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654-1536x987.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654-1568x1008.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4654.jpg 1876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SR Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 departs storage on Portland &#8211; 24\/04\/2012 (Image: John Chappell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4655.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SR Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 is manoeuvred out of storage on Portland &#8211; 24\/04\/2012 (Image: John Chappell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4653.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tender for SR Bullied Pacific No. 35018 \u2018British India Line\u2019 departs storage on Portland &#8211; 24\/04\/2012 (Image: John Chappell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"Andy Piper Memorial Railtour 8th August 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7TzijPFoU7A?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit No. 1001 was privately chartered for the Any Piper Memorial Railtour from Hastings to London Waterloo, Bournemouth and Poole in conjunction with Network rail and GBRf &#8211; 08\/08\/2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Dorset Diadem&#8221; rail tour took Hastings Unit No. 1001 to Bournemouth and Swanage were she was scheduled to arrive at 1320 and giving passengers just under three hours at the seaside town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661-1568x1090.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4661.jpg 1896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit DEMU No. 1001 &#8220;The Dorset Diadem&#8221; at Wareham &#8211; 25\/06\/2011 (Image: John Chappell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662-1568x1031.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4662.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No. 1001 forming the &#8220;The Dorset Diadem&#8221; railtour to Swanage rests at Wareham &#8211; 25\/06\/2011 (Image: John Chappell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hastings Diesel Limited&#8217;s 57th public rail tour the &#8220;Weymouth Envoy&#8221; ran from Hastings to Weymouth via London Waterloo therefore running the entire length of the LSWR main line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664-1024x780.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664-1536x1170.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664-1568x1195.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4664.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At Weymouth No. 1001 was shunted to Jersey Sidings and is seen here pulling forward on the return to Weymouth Railway Station to pick up passengers passing Great Western Railway Class 150 No. 150927 &#8211; 20\/07\/2012 (Image: John Chappell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665-1568x1173.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4665.jpg 1856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hastings Unit No. 1001 awaits 1632 departure working as 1Z31 Weymouth to Hastings &#8211; 20\/07\/2012 (Image: John Chappell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4660.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Back in July 2015, Colas Class 37 No. 37175 was again in charge of the Ultrasonic Test Unit, seen here at Dorchester West propelling to Weymouth &#8211; 16\/07\/2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for stopping by. Your comments, corrections, contributions are most welcome. Be seeing you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 5th 2023 to July 11th 2023 This time around we were lucky enough to see two separate railtours grace our patch. But before that on Wednesday 5th&nbsp;July, the Ultrasonic Test Unit (UTU) reached Weymouth via &nbsp;Bournemouth working as 3Q02 2140 Eastleigh East Yard to Eastleigh East Yard via Weymouth Signal DR194. 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