21st August 2001

Another former EWS Class 66 that now calls France its home: no. 66208 approaches the station at 11.44 on the 7O39 08.36 (TThO) Merehead Quarry to Hamworthy, a loaded Foster Yeoman stone train coming off the Romsey line. Stone to Hamworthy, the docks for Poole, stopped in 2012, restarted in 2017 but has since ended. The branch remains, pending further developments (2025)