tctours2012 episode 2 The Hampshire Hotchpotch
Main event the Pathfinder Hampshire Hotchpotch 5th May 2012 which ran to Eastleigh Works Knight Rail Services, Southampton Eastern and Western Docks. Also allowed quite a bit of new mainline track scratching along the way. Traction was 20308 and 20312 (dud!) with a very noisy 37409 as TnT loco in the Southampton area. Original spec was Eastleigh depot loop but I reckon the works was more fun. We did manage to miss the uplift at Eastleigh after the works (reversed back) and the ran through the Didcot set down non-stop, the driver alleging it wasn't on his sheet.... Odd pics from the Friday and Sunday either end just for fun, really. Herself managed to survive a Spa day with Mrs C on the Saturday.
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