- First Class 707 unit delivered
- Class 450 Advertising Vinyls
- Class 456 in Quantity Off Peak
- Class 458/5 Stately Progress
- New Power Car for 5913
- Refurbished Class 456 units in service
- Class 458/5 Out and About
- Class 456 at Waterloo
- Class 456 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Interiors
- Class 458/5 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Press Launch
- SWT Class 456 Driver Training
- Class 458/5 Early Days
- Juniper Movember
- Class 159 to Swanage
- Junipers in New Platforms at Reading
- 159/1 Livery Variation
- Diversions via Wimbledon Park
- Cigs To Leave Lymington
- Desiro Day!
- First Refurbished 455/8s
- Regenerative Brake Testing
- Desiro Derailment Waterloo
- Lymington 150
- 1498 Carries Passengers on Mainline
- Swanage Beer & Diesel Gala
- 458 Refresh at Bournemouth
- 455 to Chart Leacon
- Early Refurbished 455s Get More Attention
- Maroon Isle of Wight Units
- High Capacity Desiros
- SWT Livery in Far North
- Thunderbird is Go!
- Two Slammers at Wimbledon
- SWT Ends 170 Operations
- Lymington Cigs Turned
- Gordon Returns to Bournemouth
- Gordon Moves to Wimbledon
- First Refurbished 158 Arrives
- Gordon Outing to Swanage
- 444 Most Reliable Train
- Juniper Diversions
- First 159/1 Enters Service
- SWT Gain Another 17 350s
- Desiro on Lymington Branch
- Mixed 455 Formations
- 450101 Finally Enters Service
- 34th Refurbished 455
- SWT 159/1 Preview
- Engineering Work at Woking
- Arrivals and Departures
Lymington 3CIGs together in turning move
The 3Cig units dedicated to the Lymington Branch are periodically turned on the triangle bounded by St Denys, Eastleigh and Fareham as the branch is largely a long left hand curve. As these two units are only cleared to work the branch and between Bournemouth Depot and Brockenhurst these turning moves are usually topped and tailed by Electro-Diesels. However something exceptional happened on Saturday 21st July 2007 when both units were turned at the same time (whilst Desiro 450073 worked the branch) and with a single EDL, 73109 "Battle of Britain". On this occasion the turning move was performed Bournemouth - St Denys - Fareham - Eastleigh - St Denys - Bournemouth .
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73109 with 1498 and 1497 behind approaching Swanwick photograph by Stephen Hodgson |
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1497 trails 1498 and 73109 beyond Swanwick station photograph by Stephen Hodgson |
Note also that the Lymington Branch will be completely closed for track improvements and maintenance between 00:01 on 30th September until 23:59 on 18th November 2007.
