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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened a carriage and wagon works at Eastleigh in 1891. In 1903, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Dugald Drummond, oversaw the construction of a large motive power depot in the town, replacing the existing maintenance and repair shops at Southampton. In January 1910, locomotive building was likewise transferred to the new workshops at Eastleigh from Nine Elms in London. Following the merger of the LSWR and other railways to form the Southern Railway, Eastleigh was to become the principal works for the new railway. The new Chief Mechanical Engineer, Richard Maunsell, re-organised the works. Like most of the railway works, Eastleigh was heavily involved in the war effort. The works was also part of a joint venture with other workshops to produce Horsa gliders for the D-Day airborne assault. With Lancing works, it turned out 200 tail units. It also produced 1,500 anti-tank gun barrels and, with Brighton railway works, 240 multiple rocket launchers, plus landing craft, fuel tenders and harbour launches. Eastleigh Works built 23 examples of the London Midland and Scottish Railway 8F 2-8-0's for use by the War Department. By the end of 1947, the works had built 304 locomotives with a further 16 before steam locomotive building ceased in 1950, following Nationalisation. However the works were kept fully occupied between 1956 and 1961 in rebuilding over 90 of the Bulleid Pacifics. Thereafter the Works gradually changed over to steam and diesel repairs. In 1962, the Works was again reorganised with the carriage works site being sold, and carriage and electric multiple unit repairs transferred to the main locomotive works. In 1962, Eastleigh Works built the first six electro-diesel locomotives of British Rail Class 73 but the remainder of the class were built at the Vulcan Foundry. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the plant was acquired from British Rail Engineering Limited through a management buyout in June 1995 and rebranded Wessex Traincare In 1998 it was sold to Alstom and renamed Alstom Wessex Traincare. The site was used for carriage and multiple unit repairs. In 2004, Alstom announced the works were to close the works due to lack of work, which took effect in March 2006. The site is now leased to several sub tenants including Knights Rail Services and Arlington Fleet Services. As of 2010, the site's facilities include overhead cranes, third rail electricity supply, paint facility, and refuelling facility. Additionally Siemens undertook maintenance of its South West Trains Class 444 and Class 450s on site, and Network Rail MPVs were stored on site. In 2007 Knights Rail Services (KRS) began operations on site, using it to store off lease rolling stock, as well as undertake repairs and refurbishments. In January 2012, KRS signed an extended lease on the site to 2016. In September 2012, KRS was purchased by co-tenant Arlington Rail Services, which is based at the site with and is composed of Arlington Rail Services providing storage facilities, Arlington Fleet Services providing repair and maintenance of railway rolling stock and Arlington Fleet Workshops providing paint shop facilities. It started in 2004 when Arlington Fleet Services Ltd was established by a group of railway engineering professionals to perform rail vehicle maintenance including heavy repair. By 2014 the works was again nearly fully occupied and Arlington extended its lease of the works until 2019. Seen here from the back with the stock sidings on the left and a DRS Class 57 in the yard.
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EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened a carriage and wagon works at Eastleigh in 1891. In 1903, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Dugald Drummond, oversaw the construction of a large motive power depot in the town, replacing the existing maintenance and repair shops at Southampton. In January 1910, locomotive building was likewise transferred to the new workshops at Eastleigh from Nine Elms in London. Following the merger of the LSWR and other railways to form the Southern Railway, Eastleigh was to become the principal works for the new railway. The new Chief Mechanical Engineer, Richard Maunsell, re-organised the works. Like most of the railway works, Eastleigh was heavily involved in the war effort. The works was also part of a joint venture with other workshops to produce Horsa gliders for the D-Day airborne assault. With Lancing works, it turned out 200 tail units. It also produced 1,500 anti-tank gun barrels and, with Brighton railway works, 240 multiple rocket launchers, plus landing craft, fuel tenders and harbour launches. Eastleigh Works built 23 examples of the London Midland and Scottish Railway 8F 2-8-0's for use by the War Department. By the end of 1947, the works had built 304 locomotives with a further 16 before steam locomotive building ceased in 1950, following Nationalisation. However the works were kept fully occupied between 1956 and 1961 in rebuilding over 90 of the Bulleid Pacifics. Thereafter the Works gradually changed over to steam and diesel repairs. In 1962, the Works was again reorganised with the carriage works site being sold, and carriage and electric multiple unit repairs transferred to the main locomotive works. In 1962, Eastleigh Works built the first six electro-diesel locomotives of British Rail Class 73 but the remainder of the class were built at the Vulcan Foundry. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the plant was acquired from British Rail Engineering Limited through a management buyout in June 1995 and rebranded Wessex Traincare In 1998 it was sold to Alstom and renamed Alstom Wessex Traincare. The site was used for carriage and multiple unit repairs. In 2004, Alstom announced the works were to close the works due to lack of work, which took effect in March 2006. The site is now leased to several sub tenants including Knights Rail Services and Arlington Fleet Services. As of 2010, the site's facilities include overhead cranes, third rail electricity supply, paint facility, and refuelling facility. Additionally Siemens undertook maintenance of its South West Trains Class 444 and Class 450s on site, and Network Rail MPVs were stored on site. In 2007 Knights Rail Services (KRS) began operations on site, using it to store off lease rolling stock, as well as undertake repairs and refurbishments. In January 2012, KRS signed an extended lease on the site to 2016. In September 2012, KRS was purchased by co-tenant Arlington Rail Services, which is based at the site with and is composed of Arlington Rail Services providing storage facilities, Arlington Fleet Services providing repair and maintenance of railway rolling stock and Arlington Fleet Workshops providing paint shop facilities. It started in 2004 when Arlington Fleet Services Ltd was established by a group of railway engineering professionals to perform rail vehicle maintenance including heavy repair. By 2014 the works was again nearly fully occupied and Arlington extended its lease of the works until 2019. Seen here from the back with the stock sidings on the left and a DRS Class 57 in the yard.

  • EASTLEIGH LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (ELH/71A/70D) - This large depot was opened by the LSWR in 1903 with the code ELH. It was a very large 15-road through shed, brick built, on the east side of the line adjacent to the Works site. Even as late as May 1965 it boasted an allocation of 103 steam engines, not very many of them of SR origin. In addition to 5 Class USA 0-6-0T's for shunting duties in Southampton Docks, the depot was home to 15 LMS/BR tank engines, 47 BR Standard Mixed Traffic 2-6-0's and 4-6-0's and 36 West Country/Battle of Britain Pacific's. The steam depot closed in July 1967 and was replaced by a much smaller diesel depot built in 1958 nearby. By 1965, this two-road shed had expanded to 8 roads, home to shunters of Classes 08 & 09 and Class 33 and 73 locomotives. As of 2018, the depot is still open, operated by Arriva Traincare servicing Cross Country Voyagers. Seen here is the locoshed in December 1938 with LSWR Class H15 4-6-0 No.490, LSWR Class T1 0-4-4T No.3 and LBSCR Class I3 4-4-2T No.2087 in the yard.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - 08649 GH STRATTON, showing it's pre-TOPS number D3816 as well, in seen here in Eastleigh Works as Wessex Traincare Limited pilot, 16/04/98. This loco is now operated by Railcare at Wolverton works.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - 08649 GH STRATTON appears from Eastleigh Depot with vehicles to be turned before entering Eastleigh Works, 07/04/97. This engine is currently employed by Railcare at Wolverton Works.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - 30758 LORD ST LEVAN - Plymouth Devonport & South West Junction Railway 0-6-2T - built 1907 by Hawthorn Leslie as PD&SWJR No.5 - 1923 to SR No.758, 11/50 to BR No.30758 - 12/56 withdrawn from 71A Eastleigh - seen here in the Eastleigh Works scrapyard, 10/59.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - 73204 STEWARTS LANE, on new bogies, leaves Eastleigh Works with 3 refurbished Gatwick Express coaches, 31/03/99. This loco is still in traffic with GBRF.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - Adams LSWR Class B4 0-4-oT No.30102 is seen here undergoing overhaul. This loco was built in 1893 as LSWR No.102 GRANVILLE for shunting duties in Southampton Docks and was withdrawn in September 1963.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - A shot from the Works' Open Day on May 13th, 1973. The object of interest here is EMU Class PEP No.4001. Built in 1971 by BREL York, they were entered service in 1973 and were the forerunners of the British Rail Second Generation electric multiple unit fleet. Three units were built, one two-car unit (2001), and two four-car units (4001/4002). They were later reclassified as Class 445 (4PEP) and Class 446 (2PEP). Internal layout was for commuter services; low-backed, bus-style 2+2 seating in open saloons, wide gangways with hanging straps, and no lavatory facilities. They were the first electric multiple units designed by British Rail with electric sliding doors, outside the Scottish Region. They were unable to operate with any other stock due to their new coupling system. In passenger use, they normally operated together as a ten-car formation. The Class 446 unit was withdrawn from traffic in August 1974, while the two Class 445.s were officially withdrawn from revenue service in May 1977. After the units were withdrawn from passenger service, they continued to be used by the Research department for further tests. The two Class 446 power cars were teamed with a newly built pantograph trailer and became TOPS Class 920, number 920001. This was then used for the development of Classes 313-315. The two Class 445 four car sets became TOPS Class 935, numbered 056 and 057 in the Southern Region departmental unit series. 056 saw little use, being stored at Wimbledon Park until June 1980, when it was transferred to the Railway Technical Centre at Derby, while 057 was used as a testbed for a number of new bogie designs between 1979 and 1983. All three units were finally taken out of use in the mid-1980's. None of the cars has survived; 920001 was scrapped in 1987, 056 in 1986 and 057 in 1990.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - Class 07 was a class of 14 engines built by Ruston & Hornsby of Lincoln to shunt in the docks and ports of the south coast with short wheelbases for sharp bends. Most of them ended up at Southampton and were moved nearby Eastleigh when the docks depot closed. 07005, built as D2989, was withdrawn in July 1977 and sold to ICI Wilton for further use. It is seen here at Eastleigh Works in 1974 and is now preserved on the Great Central Railway.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - Class 421 745 in Connex Southeastern livery, is literally ex-Works at Eastleigh, 31/03/99.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - Seen here in front of the Paint Shop is Works pilot No.01508 in January 2014. This loco started life as WD No.428 and was built by Ruston & Hornsby, looking rather similar to the other works Ruston shunter, 07007.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - Seen here in November 1962 looking spick and span after a visit to Works is Maunsell SR Class Q 0-6-0 No.30546, withdrawn in January 1964 from 70F Bournemouth.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - Seen here in the Paint Shop at the Works in 1934 is Beattie LSWR Class 330 0-6-0ST No.0334, built 1876 by Beyer Peacock & Co. it was withdrawn from Eastleigh in 1932 after 27 years on the Duplicate List. Engines that has been set aside for possible preservation were often kept in the Paint Shop.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - Seen here in the Paint Shop at the Works is Billinton LBSCR Class B4X 4-4-0 No.2060. It was withdrawn in December 1951 from 75A Brighton and may have been placed here for possible preservation.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened a carriage and wagon works at Eastleigh in 1891. In 1903, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Dugald Drummond, oversaw the construction of a large motive power depot in the town, replacing the existing maintenance and repair shops at Southampton. In January 1910, locomotive building was likewise transferred to the new workshops at Eastleigh from Nine Elms in London. Following the merger of the LSWR and other railways to form the Southern Railway, Eastleigh was to become the principal works for the new railway. The new Chief Mechanical Engineer, Richard Maunsell, re-organised the works. Like most of the railway works, Eastleigh was heavily involved in the war effort. The works was also part of a joint venture with other workshops to produce Horsa gliders for the D-Day airborne assault. With Lancing works, it turned out 200 tail units. It also produced 1,500 anti-tank gun barrels and, with Brighton railway works, 240 multiple rocket launchers, plus landing craft, fuel tenders and harbour launches. Eastleigh Works built 23 examples of the London Midland and Scottish Railway 8F 2-8-0's for use by the War Department. By the end of 1947, the works had built 304 locomotives with a further 16 before steam locomotive building ceased in 1950, following Nationalisation. However the works were kept fully occupied between 1956 and 1961 in rebuilding over 90 of the Bulleid Pacifics. Thereafter the Works gradually changed over to steam and diesel repairs. In 1962, the Works was again reorganised with the carriage works site being sold, and carriage and electric multiple unit repairs transferred to the main locomotive works. In 1962, Eastleigh Works built the first six electro-diesel locomotives of British Rail Class 73 but the remainder of the class were built at the Vulcan Foundry. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the plant was acquired from British Rail Engineering Limited through a management buyout in June 1995 and rebranded Wessex Traincare In 1998 it was sold to Alstom and renamed Alstom Wessex Traincare. The site was used for carriage and multiple unit repairs. In 2004, Alstom announced the works were to close the works due to lack of work, which took effect in March 2006. The site is now leased to several sub tenants including Knights Rail Services and Arlington Fleet Services. As of 2010, the site's facilities include overhead cranes, third rail electricity supply, paint facility, and refuelling facility. Additionally Siemens undertook maintenance of its South West Trains Class 444 and Class 450s on site, and Network Rail MPVs were stored on site. In 2007 Knights Rail Services (KRS) began operations on site, using it to store off lease rolling stock, as well as undertake repairs and refurbishments. In January 2012, KRS signed an extended lease on the site to 2016. In September 2012, KRS was purchased by co-tenant Arlington Rail Services, which is based at the site with and is composed of Arlington Rail Services providing storage facilities, Arlington Fleet Services providing repair and maintenance of railway rolling stock and Arlington Fleet Workshops providing paint shop facilities. It started in 2004 when Arlington Fleet Services Ltd was established by a group of railway engineering professionals to perform rail vehicle maintenance including heavy repair. By 2014 the works was again nearly fully occupied and Arlington extended its lease of the works until 2019. Seen here from the back with the stock sidings on the left and a DRS Class 57 in the yard.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened a carriage and wagon works at Eastleigh in 1891. In 1903, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Dugald Drummond, oversaw the construction of a large motive power depot in the town, replacing the existing maintenance and repair shops at Southampton. In January 1910, locomotive building was likewise transferred to the new workshops at Eastleigh from Nine Elms in London. Following the merger of the LSWR and other railways to form the Southern Railway, Eastleigh was to become the principal works for the new railway. The new Chief Mechanical Engineer, Richard Maunsell, re-organised the works. Like most of the railway works, Eastleigh was heavily involved in the war effort. The works was also part of a joint venture with other workshops to produce Horsa gliders for the D-Day airborne assault. With Lancing works, it turned out 200 tail units. It also produced 1,500 anti-tank gun barrels and, with Brighton railway works, 240 multiple rocket launchers, plus landing craft, fuel tenders and harbour launches. Eastleigh Works built 23 examples of the London Midland and Scottish Railway 8F 2-8-0's for use by the War Department. By the end of 1947, the works had built 304 locomotives with a further 16 before steam locomotive building ceased in 1950, following Nationalisation. However the works were kept fully occupied between 1956 and 1961 in rebuilding over 90 of the Bulleid Pacifics. Thereafter the Works gradually changed over to steam and diesel repairs. In 1962, the Works was again reorganised with the carriage works site being sold, and carriage and electric multiple unit repairs transferred to the main locomotive works. In 1962, Eastleigh Works built the first six electro-diesel locomotives of British Rail Class 73 but the remainder of the class were built at the Vulcan Foundry. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the plant was acquired from British Rail Engineering Limited through a management buyout in June 1995 and rebranded Wessex Traincare In 1998 it was sold to Alstom and renamed Alstom Wessex Traincare. The site was used for carriage and multiple unit repairs. In 2004, Alstom announced the works were to close the works due to lack of work, which took effect in March 2006. The site is now leased to several sub tenants including Knights Rail Services and Arlington Fleet Services. As of 2010, the site's facilities include overhead cranes, third rail electricity supply, paint facility, and refuelling facility. Additionally Siemens undertook maintenance of its South West Trains Class 444 and Class 450s on site, and Network Rail MPVs were stored on site. In 2007 Knights Rail Services (KRS) began operations on site, using it to store off lease rolling stock, as well as undertake repairs and refurbishments. In January 2012, KRS signed an extended lease on the site to 2016. In September 2012, KRS was purchased by co-tenant Arlington Rail Services, which is based at the site with and is composed of Arlington Rail Services providing storage facilities, Arlington Fleet Services providing repair and maintenance of railway rolling stock and Arlington Fleet Workshops providing paint shop facilities. It started in 2004 when Arlington Fleet Services Ltd was established by a group of railway engineering professionals to perform rail vehicle maintenance including heavy repair. By 2014 the works was again nearly fully occupied and Arlington extended its lease of the works until 2019. Seen here from the eastern end, that is the back, in 2018 with the main works complex on the right and the paint shops at the top.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The other pilot in the Works is 07007, a remarkable survivor, seen here in its BR Blue livery with 70801 and 70805. The loco is actually preserved at the Great Central Railway but has been at Eastleigh for many years, having been withdrawn by BR in May 1973 as D2991 and never having carried this livery or number.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The Works are in the distance of this shot taken from Eastleigh Station in 1984. Note how busy the goods yard is.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The Works broke up many ex-Southern Railway locomotives and seen here in October 1959 are the mortal remains of Drummond LSWR Class M7 0-4-4T No.30322. This loco had been in store since April 1951 at Eastleigh but was only withdrawn in November 1958.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The Works had a very active scrapline and many steam locomotives were broken up there. Seen here in April 1964, 18 months after it had been withdrawn from 72A Exmouth Junction, is Drummond LSWR Class 700 0-6-0 No.30700 - built 03/1897 by Dubs & C0.
  • EASTLEIGH WORKS (ZG) - The Works had a very active scrapline and many steam locomotives were broken up there. Seen here is Maunsell SR Class Q 0-6-0 No.30546, withdrawn in January 1964 from 70F Bournemouth and languishing on the scrapline the following August.
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