| There are lots of interesting aspects to this photograph taken at Eastleigh Works in Hampshire on 18th January 2012. Starting with the van, Ford Transit 6508F can normally be seen parked outside Acton Works. It was presumably visiting in connection with the storage here of several redundant LUL trains (the reasons for which are not currently known). Victoria Line 1967 stock driving motor 3078 is on the right, while Metropolitan Line A62 trailer 6226 is in the process of being unloaded (using the winch on the tractor unit and a fairly basic rail ramp) from an Allelys trailer in the background. Driving motor 5226 is also just visible in the top right. The green railway carriage is a coupling adaptor, used in pairs for movements of multiple units, and painted in Arlington Fleet Services livery. Finally, the diminutive green diesel shunter in the foreground is perhaps the most interesting. Built in Germany in 1957 it was given number 323 674-2 by Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1968. Allocated to Braunschweig in the 1980s, its subsequent history was detailed in the January 2012 issue of Rail Express magazine. It was bought by Balfour Beatty in 1990 and brought to the UK for use on Channel Tunnel construction work. A few years later it was taken to Hong Kong to work on a rail link to the new airport there. Brought back to the UK, the diesel hydraulic loco spent almost ten years out of use before being moved to Eastleigh for shunting duties in late 2011. |
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18/01/2012 |
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Regular. An extra large copy of this photo is available. |
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05/02/2012 |
