Mystery freight train yesterday @ Worthing

[southernyoshi]

Yesterday evening at about 17:20, I was on a diverted London-Brighton train that had just passed West Worthing. As I was getting ready to get off at Worthing, my home station, a freight train passed us, heading west on the Portsmouth-bound track. It was hauled by a Colas Rail, couldn’t tell the class. I just wondered if any of you know what it was up to - I’ve never seen a freight train at (or even near) Worthing in 5 years of being here, & with the Brighton Mainline shut I’m a bit baffled as to how it got here. Any clues?

 

[Mills444]

Yesterday evening at about 17:20, I was on a diverted London-Brighton train that had just passed West Worthing. As I was getting ready to get off at Worthing, my home station, a freight train passed us, heading west on the Portsmouth-bound track. It was hauled by a Colas Rail, couldn’t tell the class. I just wondered if any of you know what it was up to - I’ve never seen a freight train at (or even near) Worthing in 5 years of being here, & with the Brighton Mainline shut I’m a bit baffled as to how it got here. Any clues?

From the sounds of it would have probably been an RHTT service

 

[Surreytraveller]

Probably an engineers' train travelling from the block on the mainline to somewhere like Eastleigh

 

[3973EXL]

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U06776/2018/10/20/advanced

 

[Mag_seven]

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U06776/2018/10/20/advanced

600L 1700 Preston Park to Eastleigh East Yard

Real headcode:
6N03

Loco reported as:
70815

 

[southernyoshi]

Ah thank you. Thought it looked like a 70 but obviously it was passing at speed & my train was moving too. Something to do with the Mainline work I guess. Thanks again