66716 & 69005 Mount Pleasant (Southampton) 11 August 2022

66716 Locomotive and Carriage Institution Centenary 1911 - 2011 has failed 69005 Eastleigh in tow, as it passes Mount Pleasant (Southampton) on 11 August 2022 with the 4Y19 12:30 Mountfield to Southampton Western Docks gypsum empties. Unfortunately it seems that the Class 69s are not as reliable as was hoped, and 69005 Eastleigh is certainly having a bad time, as it failed on the same train the previous day as well. On that occasion being replaced at Tonbridge by 66796 The Green Progressor. I was not impressed when I arrived at Mount Pleasant to find that this train had come to a stand near Lewisham, but I decided to stick it out for a picture of this unusual double header, by now running exactly two hours late.