Class 156411 SuperSprinter DMU Loughborough 2016 Night Photo

Class 156411 'Super Sprinter' DMU, Loughborough Train Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen 

This night photo of East Midlands Trains Class 156 411 2-car DMU, allocated to NM - Northampton Eastcroft, taken on a warm summer evening in August 2016 at Loughborough station, is one of my all-time favourites for a couple of reasons.

Class 156411 unit coach number are as follows: 52411  57411.

Firstly, it is the colours that were captured during the long exposure time (around half a minute). How the rich blues, reds, oranges and yellows of the East Midlands Trains livery create a vibrancy that I did not fully appreciate when I composed the picture.

Secondly, I believe that the bright, flared train headlight sets the whole image off a treat. Though, once again, I wasn't at all aware of this until I saw the final image.

In addition to all of this, I love the way the Brush Traction building, built in the 1800's, is  peeping cheekily above the cab roof of the dmu.

Constructed between 1987 and 1989 by Metro-Cammell, at Washwood Heath in the West Midlands, who manufactured such rolling stock as the Class 310 electric multiple unit, the Class 156 diesel multiple unit, known as a 'Sprinter', began entering service in 1988.

 

114 two-car sets (228 carriages) were produced bearing fleet numbers 156401 - 156514.  

The current (2018) operators using Class 156 diesel multiple commuter train units are; Scotrail, East Midlands Trains, Greater Anglia and Northern.

 

In 2018 twelve sets carry the following names:
156 416  Saint Edmund

156 418  ESTA 1965-2015

 
156 420  LA' AL RATTY Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

 

156 440  George Bradshaw

 
156 441  William Huskisson MP

 
156 448  Bram Stoker Creator of Dracula
 

156 459  Benny Rothman - The Manchester Rambler

    

156 460  Driver John Axon G.C.
 

156 464  Lancashire Dales Rail
 

156 466  Gracie Fields
 

156 469  The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (The Fighting Fifth)
 

156 490  Captain James Cook Master Mariner


News Update:

Seeing East Midlands Trains colourful livery of red, white, orange and red flashing along the railway tracks, will soon become a thing of the past.

Abellio will take over the East Midlands Trains franchise on Saturday 18th August 2019. The Class 43 HST Intercity 125 and Class 222 diesel multiple unit will gradually be phased out by brand new Hitachi trains that will be a variant of the bullet-nosed Class 800 bio-mode DMU.

The new trains will have a lavender livery and be branded with 'EMR' on both sides.

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DB Schenker Liveried Class 60017 Diesel Loco Wellingborough Station 2014

Class 60017 Loco, Wellingborough Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

DB Schenker liveried Class 60017 diesel-electric locomotive is seen here entering Wellingborough station from Bedford, hauling a freight train of petroleum tankers on the 27th June 2014.

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Nicknamed 'Tugs' by railway enthusiasts, Class 60017 was built at Brush Traction, Loughborough in October 1990.

When built, 60017 carried the name, 'Arenig Fawr', after the mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, which is situated close to the Llyn Celyn reservoir.

In October 1996 the named was removed, and a month later 60017 was renamed 'Shotton Works Centenary Year 1996'.  At time of writing (Feb 2018) 60017 carries no name.

At present (2018) 18 DB Schenker Class 60's are available for operation while the remaining 73 are in storage.

In addition to being used in the transportation of petroleum, the Class 60's are used in the movement of stone, ballast, aggregate and steel.

As well as DB Schenker (DB Cargo UK), the 100-strong class of Class 60 locomotives have been operated by British Rail, English Welsh & Scottish Railway, and Colas Rail.

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