| I was privileged to be chosen to work a 'Special' from Bournemouth to Waterloo formed of an ED and 3 car CIG unit normally confined to the Lymington Branch services. The train then formed a 'Retirement' special for long serving 'Controller' Nobby at Waterloo who has seen 43 years Railway service. The train ran to Brockenhurst where colleagues retired to a local pub to celebrate his retirement |
73235 is ready for the off at Bournemouth Depot in what litte sun we saw during the day Buy Print |
Lets hope a fast run on the main line blew away the cobwebs on 73235!! Buy Print |
Ground level shot of one of the Shunt dummies on the exit to the Depot Buy Print |
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Bang on time at 09.34, 1498 is pushed out of the Depot and into Branksome station Buy Print |
73235 at Branksome Buy Print |
Driver Paul Garrett boards 235 for the run to Waterloo as 5Z41 Buy Print |
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After a fast run to Basingstoke it was time for a crew chage and Driver Dave Hewson would work the train to Wimbledon Park then on to Waterloo and back to Basingstoke via Chertsey. The 'Lymington Flyer' headboard was added during a brief stop at Brockenhurst Buy Print |
73235 sits alongside a DESIRO at Wimbledon Park depot Buy Print |
73109 'Battle of Britain' appears at Wimbledon Depot and will couple on to 1498 to make the train Top and Tailed with EDs Buy Print |
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The EDs pass at Wimbledon depot Buy Print |
Under the watchful eye of the shunters at Wimbledon, 73109 couples up Buy Print |
The train is now brake tested and ready to form the 5Z42 ECS to Waterloo, 109 now sporting the headboard Buy Print |
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Close up of the Headboard and silver buffers on 109 Buy Print |
Contrasting front ends at Waterloo with 73235 and 444016 Buy Print |
Nobby makes his way up platform 12 at Waterloo where his train awaits. He was unaware of the special train until he was actually on the platform, a well kept secret!! Buy Print |
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A fitting headcode for 43 years good service Buy Print |
An atmospheric shot of a Slammer at Waterloo, the first one for 3 years Buy Print |
Courtesy of a signal check at Woking i grabbed this shot of 59204 waiting to leave on 6Z49 to Merehead Buy Print |
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73109 has arrived at Brockenhurst bang on time at 17.02 on 1Z43 from Waterloo Buy Print |
A timeless shot of the train at Branksome waiting to go into the Depot Buy Print |
Its a tough job but somebody has to do it. Myself and Paul pose for a photo at the end of our day Buy Print |
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73109 heads for a rest at Bournemouth depot but should make an appearence at the weekend on the Lymington 150 anniversary weekend Buy Print |
