Yeovil Junction & Westbury - 22nd September 2022
On Thursday 22nd September I made a short trip to Yeovil Junction and Westbury. The purpose of the trip was to record the Network Rail New Measurement Train operating in the Yeovil area, where it had to carry out a rare manoeuvre to stable. The line west of Axminster was closed due to engineering work, so the NMT was unable to carry out its full testing diagram, the set stabled at Yeovil before picking up its booked path.
Westbury never fails to provide interest with huge tonnages of Mendip stone conveyed from Whatley and Merehead Quarries to unloading terminals around dotted around the south of the UK. GWR and SWR also provide regular Intercity and local passenger connections
Westbury never fails to provide interest with huge tonnages of Mendip stone conveyed from Whatley and Merehead Quarries to unloading terminals around dotted around the south of the UK. GWR and SWR also provide regular Intercity and local passenger connections
Yeovil Junction
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Network Rail Mk2 No.72630 Structure Gauging Support Coach at Yeovil Junction on the 22nd September 2022. Support Coach No.99666 is also pictured. The coaches were taken out of a test train a month previous with defective wheelsets needing repair.
No.99666 was previously numbered No.3250 and was once painted as part of the Disney 'Quasimodo' train in 1997.
No.99666 was previously numbered No.3250 and was once painted as part of the Disney 'Quasimodo' train in 1997.
The tatty and weather worn ex LNER powercars No.43299 and No.43290 arrive into Yeovil Junction on the 22nd September 2022. The set was operating 1Q23 05:56 Reading - Salisbury. Becuase of engineering work beyond Axminster the set was booked to return to Yeovil Junction and recess for a couple of hours before returing to Salisbury in its booked path. In the adjacent siding two Network Rail Mk2 coaches from the Structure Gauging Train (No.72630 & No.99666) were stabled having been removed from a test train around a month previous with defective wheelsets. Heading in the oposite direction SWR Class 159s No.159013 & No.159010 wait to depart with 1L13 07:10 London Waterloo - Axminster service.
The tatty and weather worn ex LNER powercars No.43299 and No.43290 arrive into Yeovil Junction on the 22nd September 2022. The set was operating 1Q23 05:56 Reading - Salisbury. Becuase of engineering work beyond Axminster the set was booked to return to Yeovil Junction and recess for a couple of hours before returing to Salisbury in its booked path. In the adjacent siding two Network Rail Mk2 coaches from the Structure Gauging Train (No.72630 & No.99666) were stabled having been removed from a test train around a month previous with defective wheelsets.
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Network Rail MPV (operating as an RHTT set) formed of DR98974 and DR98724 arrives into Yeovil Junction on the 22nd September 2022 operating one of the very early RHTT services of 2022. This set was running as 3S01 05:33 Totton Yard - Totton Yard via Yeovil Junction. In the background the Network Rail NMT is pictured waiting to reverse and stable while operating 1Q23 05:56 Reading - Salisbury
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Network Rail NMT powercar No.43290 leads No.43299 leads 1Q23 05:56 Reading - Salisbury on the 22nd September 2022. Becuase of engineering work beyond Axminster the set was booked to return to Yeovil Junction and recess for a couple of hours before returning to Salisbury in its booked path.
Westbury
Still wearing First Great Western blue/ pink livery Class 166 No.166202 operates 5C12 11:37 Westbury - Westbury DMU Sidings empty stock on the 22nd September 2022.
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South Western Railway Class 159/0 No.159001 departs from Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 1V23 10:38 Basingstoke - Yeovil Junction via Westbury.
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GWR Class 158s No.158765 and No.158745 depart from Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 1F14 10:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central.
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GWR Class 158 No.158750 departs from Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 2M17 12:17 Westbury - Swindon stopping service.
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Freightliner Class 66/5 No.66523 departs from Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 7B12 11:23 Merehead - Wooten Bassett loaded aggregate.
GWR Class 166 No.166213 arrives into Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 2O76 10:40 Gloucester - Weymouth stopping service.
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First Great Western liveried Class 166 No.166202 exits from the stabling point at Westbury on the 22nd September 2022. The unit was operating 5E65 13:01 Westbury DMU Sidings - Warminster.
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South Western Railway Class 158/0 No.159011 is pictured at Westbury on the 22nd Spetember 2022. The unit as 1V27 11:37 Basingstoke - Yeovil Junction via Westbury stopping service.
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GWR Class 158's No.158760 and No.158951 arrive into Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 1F16 11:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central.
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Hanson-aggregates liveried Class 59 No.59104 arrives into Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 7A77 12:03 Merehead - Theale loaded Mendip stone service.
Network Rail NMT formed of No.43290 and No.43299 arrives into Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 1Z23 12:58 Salisbury - Reading Triangle Sidings. In there background Colas Class 70 No.70806 is also visible stabled.
GWR five-car IET No.800034 is pictured at Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 1C81 12:33 London Paddington - Exeter St Davids.
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DB Cargo Class 66 No.66001 is pictured at Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 stabled in the ballast yard.
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South Western Railway Class 159/0 No.159001 arrives into Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating 1O50 13:17 Yeovil Junction - London Waterloo via Westbury.
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First Great Western liveried Blue/ Pink Class 166 No.166203 is pictured at Westbury on the 22nd September 2022. The unit arrived as empty coaching stock 5D83 13:44 Warminster - Westbury before forming 2D83 14:23 Westbury - Filton Abbey Wood. On the oposite site of the station another First Great Western blue Class 166 No.166215 departs with 1F17 12:30 Cardiff - Portsmouth Harbour.
Freightliner 'Genesee and Wyoming' coloured Class 59/2 No.59204 is pictured arriving into Westbury using the up goods loop on the 22nd September 2022. The loco was operating the late running 6L21 13:22 Whatley Quarry - Dagenham.
From A Different Viewpoint:
A GWR Class 158 is reflected in he hose reel at Westbury on the 22nd September 2022. In the background DB Cargo Class 66 No.66001 is pictured stabled in the yard area.
Freightliner Class 66/5 No.66541 arrives into Westbury on the 22nd September 2022 operating the late running 6C58 12:10 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley Quarry empty box wagons. The train passes the Friends of Westbury Station flower border and an appropriately placed Royal Mail van displaying the 'ER' crest which will soon need to be changed under King Charles III