Summer Mystex excursion from South
Wales to the South Coast taking the Southampton line at
Romsey, led by Brush type 4 D1829. These excursions were
popular for a few years with the passengers not knowing
their destination , hence Mystex ...
DEMU passing Romsey Signal Box, Oct 10th 1980
We have Hampshire DEMU heading
to Eastleigh past the box - looking east ,
the box still
has its Southern Railway - green, name boards , as well.
The afternoon Exeter to Brighton through train passes Romsey
signal box ( behind the train ) and takes the Redbridge
line hauled by double headed Crompton diesels - photo taken
from the down yard
Viewed from the Romsey Signal
Box a return South Coast to South Wales Mystex excursion
comes off the Eastleigh line past the down main inner home
signal & heads west.This Brush type 4 locomotive has
an experimental headcode setup - black letters on a white
background.
A Portsmouth-Cardiff through train passes Romsey Signal
box & passes the down branch inner home signal off the
branch from Redbridge hauled by a WR Hymek diesel loco
Hampshire DEMU # 1114 takes the
route to Eastleigh as seen from Romsey signal box. This
was taken after passenger service had ceased - it was running
empty stock from Salisbury
January 1st 1971 - snow on the
ground - we have the first train of the day from Portsmouth-
Salisbury arriving at Romsey off the Redbridge line making
its own tracks.
1st January 1971 finds the first
through train of the day from Cardiff to Portsmouth going
through a snowstorm at Romsey. The train hauled by a WR
'Hymek' diesel is about to take the Redbridge branch as
it passes Romsey signal box.
6 car Hampshire DEMU led by unit 1103 leaves Romsey with
a local service from Salisbury - Portsmouth via Redbridge
in the snow of 1971
Another weekend mystery excursion
passes Romsey and takes the Eastleigh route to the south
coast, led by a Brush type 4 locomotive, this shot is taken
looking west out of the Romsey signal box window - 1972
A slight accident in the Romsey
Up yard at the west end , an engineers train backed up too
far & went through the stop blocks next to Fishlet bridge,
the brake van almost went over the edge
Another shot of a couple of wagons
that derailed when the Guards van went through the stop
block at Romsey up yard ( see previous picture )
Here we have some of the wrecked
tanks from Fawley to Plymouth that came to grief at
Dunbridge. These were mobile so came to the nearest siding
, that being Romsey Up Yard
During the early 70 s weekend
resignalling of the Southampton area, mainline trains were
diverted from Eastleigh to Southampton
via Romsey & Redbridge - here we have a mainline electric
REP/TC set up in the down platform
at Romsey -ready to reverse. the diesel engine is on the
far end out of sight.
Romsey station taken from the signal box. 1973. We have
the Westbury to Northam cement train crossing
from the down line to the up &
it will reverse into the up yard - line to the right. It
was diverted to Romsey yard as
Northam could not take it for several hours . It had arrived
after passing Romsey over an hour before via
Southampton & Redbridge. A most unusual event
-hauled by a 'Western' class diesel hydraulic locomotive
Picture of Hampshire DEMU No 1129
in the up platform at Romsey on a service to Eastleigh -
summer 1968, before passenger service withdrawn 5th
May 1969. - 44 years ago.
A late evening Cardiff to Portsmouth
passenger working led by 'Hymek' diesel locomotive passes
the up platform at Romsey about to take the Southampton
line at the junction - circa 1969
We have ex Southern Railway
S15 No 828 heading through Romsey to Salisbury..circa
1990's with an excursion
A view of the 19.00 service to
Cardiff. This time at the east end of Romsey station . The
local from Eastleigh is in the down siding , waiting to
cross over to the up platform . The signal box in the background
- now preserved in the ex-school grounds. The SCATS building
to the right all add to the scene - approx mid 1960's
Romsey Up Yard:-
The local DEMU to Eastleigh sits in the up siding as a WR
modified hall class loco heads back to Salisbury & the
Western Region ,after bringing a freight from Severn Tunnel
Junction
to Eastleigh . circa 1964. Malmesbury
Rd houses on right
A Cardiff - Portsmouth train passes
Romsey in the evening, hauled by a Std class 3 steam loco
- a relief porter stands & observes the passing - 1963
Important visitors to Romsey Station?
