Watching trains at Eastleigh, including a stricken Class 56 No. 56051 ‘Survival’ - 27/02/2026 скачать в хорошем качестве

Watching trains at Eastleigh, including a stricken Class 56 No. 56051 ‘Survival’ - 27/02/2026

As Caroline had a lunch planned with a friend in Southampton, I chivalrously volunteered to drive her over the county border and back home after her catch-up. No, no… of course I didn’t mind waiting! So that’s how I found myself at Eastleigh railway station on the afternoon of Friday February 27th 2026 witnessing the chaos caused by Colas Class 56 No. 56051 ‘Survival’ which had been booked to operate OZ56 1150 Eastleigh Yard to Eastleigh Yard via Basingstoke in the company of on hire Class 66 No. 66544. The Grid made it as far as the approaches to Eastleigh where it suffered an internal combustion incident with flames reportedly coming out of the locomotive. All lines between Eastleigh and Winchester were immediately put on a stop situation, with trains being unable to run past the stricken loco. Eventually the Shed dragged ‘Survival’ back to Eastleigh East Yard where a fire engine was waiting its arrival. Trains were subject to delay for several hours afterwards, and this made for a busy couple of hours while things slowly got back to normal.