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Morning All Can anyone let me know, what the numbers were/are of the 60's in the siding at Toton, as you looked down from the bridge on Brian Clough Way.. On Saturday 24th Sept. It was on my annual visit to Toton on my way up to North Yorkshire, so it's an obvious stop off point! I was quite...

Morning all I've seen 57308, this morning in Eastleigh East Yard! Not sure what they're doing with it.. It's been trundling up and down a few times, but now seems to be back on the stabling point, far side of platform 3! Cheers IAN

MORNING ALL Might be Old News, (I dont know), I've just seen 66101 sporting a new coat of DBS Red Livery, in Eastleigh East Yard this morning!! Cheers IAN 71A

Hi Evening All Mid afternoon today. The VSOE went through on the down main towards Southampton. "Topped and Tailed" with a pair of 67's! 67028 was on the rear, what was on the front please? Cheers IAN

Morning All... Had the delight this morning, of being 'Woken Up' by 'Brittania'. Shunting in Eastleigh East yard, with the Royal Scot set.. All the Blood and Custards looked fabulous with the Black of the engine! Isn't it handy to have windows that loook out onto the yard!! MAGIC.... Just think...

Thanks for that!!! THey must be "Rare Birds Now"!! First 56's i've seen down here for 2 years at least!

Evening All Tneres two 56's have turned up in the East yard.. I saw them there this morning, but in an awkward place where it was impossible to ID the loco numbers! Can anyone assist please? TA

thanks chaps

Cheers Matt. you star!!! award this man a bar of chocolate! Ta IAN

Greetings Gricers! Can any of our spotters out there let me know what the "FastLine" 66 was, thats just gone South through Eastleigh on an Inter modal for the docks at 16.05 this afternoon??? Cheers IAN

TA - thanks very much for that

Hi all I live in Eastleigh and the SW mainline backs onto my place. Which over looks Eastleigh East Yard.. Something "STEAM" has just whizzed up the mainline.. I just caught sight of the Smoke and steam and the rake of West Coast Maroon coaches! Anyone know what it was!.. I can't find anything...

60040 "Territiorial Army" spooted in Eastleigh East yard on Friday afternoon 15th April

Hi All. Can anyone help. I've just seen a "Colas Rail" Class 66, drifting along the Down Main, light engine, passing East Yard, approaching Eastleigh.. Does anyone know the number please!! A Very Rare Bird for these parts!!!!! Thanks

Thanks for the infor chaps on these 3 - 66's!.. In the case of 66104 being up in Scotland! I guess we all know that these days, they go anywhere!! In steam days of course, to see a Scottish engine down here would have had the jungle drums going like the clappers.. Now you only have to track the...