6th April 2024

(1) The Cogload Climber!: Having waited for two SWR services to pass, at 15.20 Hastings DEMU no. 1001 (201001) departs Chard on the returning railtour 1Z15 14.40 Exeter Central to Hastings, via Salisbury and Eastleigh. The train attracted a fair-few visitors, not entirely surprising given the rarity of anything other than Class 159s on this route, let alone a rail tour.

Watch the train leave here: https://youtu.be/9pnVDRUVhzk