69010, 701524 & 701518 South Marston 1 August 2024

Running 42 minutes early, 69010 passes South Marston on 1 August 2024 with the 5Q86 12:24 Worcester to Eastleigh, conveying South Western Railway EMUs 701524 & 701518, which had been in storage. This should have run the day before as the 5Q86 15:39 Long Marston to Eastleigh, but that left Long Marston over two hours late, and so was terminated at Worcester. These Class 701s are getting plenty of 'off the juice' haulage, as 69010 had taken a ten car set to Long Marston the day before, prior to bringing these two five car sets out!