Observation Meeting at Eastleigh

On Wednesday 15th June Solent Branch met for an observation meeting at Eastleigh Station from 16:30 until 20:00.

There were 11 members present all but one from the Solent Branch , the non Solent branch member being from Ipswich.

The observations were mainly of units of classes 158,220,221,444,450 and 701. The locomotives were of classes 66,69 and 70.

The notable sightings were the class 69 on a Gypsum train to Tonbridge , a 701 on either driver training or mileage accumulation and an unusual pairing of a 450 and a 444 on a Waterloo to Portsmouth train featuring 450025 and 444013.

The list of observations was as follows, note several repeat sightings.

66082/116/25/56/570/0/

69004/

70011/

158885/5/5/6/6/8/8/8/

220013/3/8/28/

221119/23/30/41/1/

444001/3/4/5/7/7/8/10/2/3/4/6/6/7/8/9/20/2/2/5/6/8/8/31/2/5/7/9/40/2/3/4/5/

450001/2/13/21/5/33/84/107/7/9/10/1/1/21/

701045/