| 12 July 2011 The second of 2011's series of trains was the first to involve Yeovil Railway Centre this year. 70013 was not available for the previous week's train so 34067 was used in both directions with diesel assistance. |
| 70000 'Britannia' arrived at 01.02 Tuesday morning. Next morning she is over the pit. |
| Nameplates are not being carried at present. |
| Reversing out ready for the run to Weymouth. |
| South West Trains 159 unit passes. |
| Dummy is 'off' for 70000. |
| The down train approaches Worgret Junction near Wareham with 34067 'Tangmere' in good form. (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| 70000 'Britannia' running slightly early at Maiden Newton en route Yeovil to Weymouth. (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| The return journey was delayed prior to departure from Weymouth and ran an hour or so late. See here at Wool Station. (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| In the evening 34067 'Tangmere' arrives for a week's stabling. |
| 17 July 2011 'Pectin' pulls 34067 'Tangmere' out of the loop and over the pit so that the ashpan can be emptied and a fire lit later. |
| (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Ben's concentration. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Over the pedestrian crossing. 'Pectin' gave a good throaty bark during this operation! |
| Repairs to the Model Railway cabin are interrupted! (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 'Pectin's' safety valves. (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| Down train with 5029 seen near Trent. (Photo courtesy Bob Tucker) |
| Train seen at the east end of the Centre's site. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 5029 enroute to Weymouth with the first Weymouth Seaside Express for Railway Touring Company. Seen near Chetnole. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Into the Dorset hills! (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| Arrival, light engine. (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Coaling 5029 after its return light engine from Weymouth. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| A quick spin! |
| (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| 5029 'Nunney Castle over the pit. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Servicing completed. |
| 'Tangmere' and 'Nunney Castle' eye each other up? (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| Having arrived over 10 minutes late, 5029 reverses out of the site just a couple of minutes behind time. |
| Back to Weymouth! (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| Passing 34067. Any rivalry between Southern and Western?? |
| Dorchester West. (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| Return train seen at Hummer Bridge. (Photo courtesy Roger Marsh) |
| Near Trent. (Photo courtesy Bob Tucker) |
| 19 July 2011 'Tangmere' gets ready for working the return Dorset Coast Express from Weymouth to London Waterloo. |
| David in front of 34067. (Photo courtesy Pete Divall) |
| 34067 is in there somewhere! |
| 70000 Britannia arrives after working from London Victoria to Weymouth and banking the return as far as Dorchester. |
| 24 July 2011 As 70000 was over the pit, 'Cockney Rebel' is used to move 'Britannia' in preparation for 5029's arrival. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| 5029 and train seen just south of Yeovil Junction en route to Weymouth. |
| At Beer Hackett. (Photo courtesy Bob Tucker) |
| Evershot bank. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Action Stations!! 5029 runs in. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Coaling. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Turn complete - ready to move onto the pit area. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Not a nice job clearing the smokebox! (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| At the other end, 5029's tender gets a fill. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| And off she goes! (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Return journey at Sparkford. (Photo courtesy Bob Tucker) |
| 26 July 2011 First experiment with the new elevator! 70000 creeps along the platform. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| JCB in use to load enlarged hopper. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Coal is taken with ease. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| It works! (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| After coaling, the opportunity was taken to undertake a short run down the Clifton Maybank branch to check that all was OK following the boiler wash out and minor repairs. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| Pictures were taken of course! (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| 70000 then coupled up to the support coach. (Photo courtesy John Cornelius) |
| 27 July 2011. Ready for its run to Salisbury, to be stabled overnight, and then work to Canterbury. |
| Away 'Britannia' goes. |
| Seen near Bradford Abbas, just to the east of Yeovil Junction. (Photo courtesy Bob Tucker) |
| 31 July 2011 Weymouth Seaside Express powered by 34067 'Tangmere' seen near Yeovil Railway Centre. |
| The elevator worked well. This was the first time it was used with a severe time constraint! |
| Off to the turntable.... |
| BACK |
