Trains passing Emsworth during lockdown
14th April 2020:
73962 leads a Network Rail track inspection train with 73964 at the rear. This leg of the journey had originated at Littlehampton.
12th May 2020:
The same train with the same locos though this time 73964 leads 73962.
18th June 2020:
At around 21:30 a Freightliner 66 hauls a train of welded rail from Eastleigh to Streatham Common, to be used in an overnight track replacement work.
About two hours later a Colas class 70 can be heard passing with a ballast train, a class 66 is at the rear. I had not noticed the line of lights on class 70s before.
7th July 2020:
Colas Rail 37229 passes with rail alignment recording equipment mounted on the buffer beam, this part of the run went from Eastleigh to Hove where the loco reversed and then travelled back to Portsmouth Harbour.
Around 12:55 a Freighliner Class 66 passes with the Chichester to Meldon Quarry empties. which usually runs on Tuesdays.
A few minutes later Colas Rail 37099 passes with a Network Rail test train, previously seen with two 73/9s as motive power. The trailing locomotive is 37025.
8th July 2020:
Colas Rail 37229 passes again with the rail alignment equipment, this time heading for Littlehampton and then up the Mid-Sussex line to Horsham and then back to Eastleigh. For an unknown reason the loco returned to Eastleigh directly from Littlehampton without going to Horsham.
Around 15:30, Southern 313 201, in 1970s BR Blue and Grey, passes with a Littlehampton to Portsmouth stopping service. In the same clip a 377 passes going toward Chichester.
00:00 73962-73964
00:31 Class 66
00:52 Class 70
01:26 37229 - Class 66
01:54 Class 37-37025 - 37229
02:14 313201-Class 377
This video captures various train movements near Emsworth during the lockdown period between April and July 2020. It includes Network Rail track inspection trains led by locomotives 73962 and 73964, Freightliner Class 66 services transporting welded rail and ballast trains, as well as Colas Rail operations involving rail alignment recording equipment. Trains are shown traveling between locations such as Eastleigh, Littlehampton, Streatham Common, Hove, Portsmouth Harbour, Chichester, and Horsham. The footage provides a snapshot of railway activity during this time, featuring different operators and locomotive classes.
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