Class 56's in eastleigh east yard

[TIMEPLANE]

Evening All
Theres two 56's have turned up in the East yard.. I saw them there this morning, but in an awkward place where it was impossible to ID the loco numbers! Can anyone assist please?
TA

[Dave Rowland]

Originally Posted by TIMEPLANE

Evening All
Theres two 56's have turned up in the East yard.. I saw them there this morning, but in an awkward place where it was impossible to ID the loco numbers! Can anyone assist please?
TA

They were 56059 & 56095, and were being moved from Eastleigh Works to Hinksey Yard (just south of Oxford) today. I'm not sure what's happening to them after that....

[Dave Rowland]

Originally Posted by Dave Rowland

They were 56059 & 56095, and were being moved from Eastleigh Works to Hinksey Yard (just south of Oxford) today. I'm not sure what's happening to them after that....

Update: they're on the move again - 6M28 Hinksey to Bescot, hauled Eastleigh to Bescot by EWS 66137. What next, I wonder....

[saxokid]

Hopefully they wil go to good home!! and not to the breakers.....

[Dave Rowland]

Originally Posted by saxokid

Hopefully they wil go to good home!! and not to the breakers.....

Hmmm, probably not, but one can hope, I suppose. Oddly enough, the same pair were in East Yard the week leading up to the Works open day in May 2009; they appeared to be in very good condition, and I assumed they would be on display on the open days, but they weren't, just like red stripe Railfreight 58001 which arrived behind an EWS 66 the same week - THAT wasn't there either....
Here's a photo I took at the time.