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TIMEPLANE 4th July 2011 20:12

Class 56's in eastleigh east yard
 
Evening All
Theres 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

Dave Rowland 5th July 2011 18:06

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Originally Posted by TIMEPLANE (Post 61992)
Evening All
Theres 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

They were 56059 & 56095, and were being moved from Eastleigh Works to Hinksey Yard (just south of Oxford) today. I'm not sure what's happening to them after that....:confused:

Dave Rowland 5th July 2011 18:50

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Originally Posted by Dave Rowland (Post 62003)
They were 56059 & 56095, and were being moved from Eastleigh Works to Hinksey Yard (just south of Oxford) today. I'm not sure what's happening to them after that....:confused:

Update: they're on the move again - 6M28 Hinksey to Bescot, hauled Eastleigh to Bescot by EWS 66137. What next, I wonder....

saxokid 8th July 2011 02:59

Hopefully they wil go to good home!! and not to the breakers.....

Dave Rowland 8th July 2011 12:10

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Originally Posted by saxokid (Post 62060)
Hopefully they wil go to good home!! and not to the breakers.....

Hmmm, probably not, but one can hope, I suppose. Oddly enough, the same pair were in East Yard the week leading up to the Works open day in May 2009; they appeared to be in very good condition, and I assumed they would be on display on the open days, but they weren't, just like red stripe Railfreight 58001 which arrived behind an EWS 66 the same week - THAT wasn't there either....
Here's a photo I took at the time.


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