Dorset Coast Statesman 20/5/2023

[VEP3417]

comming from Whitchurch (Shropshire) to weymouth this saturday so ill try and take some photos

https://www.statesmanrail.com/journey/dorset-coast-statesman-20-05-23

Realtime Trains | 1Z34 0530 Whitchurch (Shropshire) to Weymouth | 20/05/2023

Real-time train running information for 1Z34 0530 departure from Whitchurch (Shropshire) to Weymouth on 20/05/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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Realtime Trains | 1Z36 1535 Weymouth to Whitchurch (Shropshire) | 20/05/2023

Real-time train running information for 1Z36 1535 departure from Weymouth to Whitchurch (Shropshire) on 20/05/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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[MiNi]

comming from Whitchurch (Shropshire) to weymouth this saturday so ill try and take some photos

https://www.statesmanrail.com/journey/dorset-coast-statesman-20-05-23

Realtime Trains | 1Z34 0530 Whitchurch (Shropshire) to Weymouth | 20/05/2023

Real-time train running information for 1Z34 0530 departure from Whitchurch (Shropshire) to Weymouth on 20/05/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Realtime Trains | 1Z36 1535 Weymouth to Whitchurch (Shropshire) | 20/05/2023

Real-time train running information for 1Z36 1535 departure from Weymouth to Whitchurch (Shropshire) on 20/05/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Should be 47828 & 593 in multi

 

[VEP3417]

sure was! got a few pics, not great ones but ill try again on its return journey

got some better pics this time as it went slow through the far platform

 

[LUYMun]

Running significantly late on the journey back, 35L past Winchester as of writing.

 

[12LDA28C]

Running significantly late on the journey back, 35L past Winchester as of writing.

Due to an issue between Dorchester and Weymouth I think. I was on the train and I believe all Waterloo trains were cancelled out of Weymouth at one point. We did however catch up some time due to being routed out Fast Line at Wembley vice the booked slow but lost that time again due to an axle counter failure at Birmingham International with the driver having to pass a signal at danger.

sure was! got a few pics, not great ones but ill try again on its return journey

got some better pics this time as it went slow through the far platform

Nice photos. Quite rare to get that back platform loop for anything loco-hauled in my experience.

 

[VEP3417]

i think it was the far platform as there seems to be a broken rail, so i heard at brockenhurst as all trains get routed through platform 1 and platform 2 hasnt been used for a couple of weeks now as the rails have gone all rusty

 

[zwk500]

i think it was the far platform as there seems to be a broken rail, so i heard at brockenhurst as all trains get routed through platform 1 and platform 2 hasnt been used for a couple of weeks now as the rails have gone all rusty

Yes, broken rail been showing in OTT for a while now. AIUI there's nothing booked to overtake in the current timetable so trains can be worked around with a small delay but not catastrophic. Presumably at some point a cyclical possession will come up that will allow the rail to be cut out and replaced.