Night Photo Class 377701 Southern Trains Electrostar EMU Train 2018

Southern Trains Class 377701 'Electrostar' Electric Multiple Unit, Bletchley

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Night photo of Southern Trains Class 377701 Electrostar electric multiple unit (EMU) UK passenger train, with dual power systems - third rail and overhead lines pantograph - stands in Bletchley station on an April night in 2018.

 

239 units of the class 377 were produced by Bombardier Transportation at its Derby Works from the early 2000's onwards.

Electrostar electric multiple units work suburban services in South London, and main line commuter services to Sussex, Surrey, Kent and the South Coast, where they replaced 4Cig and 4Vep slam-door units.

Class 377 emu units also replaced - Class 319 (Thameslink), Class 421 (Mainline), Class 423 (Mainline) and Class 456 (Metro).

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Photo Class 321403 Silverlink Trains EMU Wolverton 1990s

'Silverlink Trains' Class 321403 Electric Multiple Unit, Wolverton

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Photo of UK Silverlink Trains Class 321403 electric multiple unit (EMU), leaving Wolverton station, Buckinghamshire, heading for the next stop on the line - Northampton, in the 1990s.

The Silverlink Class 321 units passenger trains on the Northampton Line were later superseded the Class 350 emu's when London Midland Trains took over the franchise, and then again by West Midlands Trains.

Short video of a Silverlink Trains Class 321 EMU Entering Wolverton Station.

(Not Class 321403 in this post, but worth a look)

Wolverton railway station historical note:

It was at Wolverton railway station in Buckinghamshire, on the 9th September 1845, that bare-knuckle fighter, Bendigo, stepped from a carriage of a London & Birmingham Railway train surrounded by a horde of his supporters.

His destination was the nearby town of Newport Pagnell where it was arranged that he would take part in an illegal fight with Ben Court.

At the last possible moment, for various reasons, the venue was switched to the village of Lillington Lovell, 4 miles north of Buckingham.

The match went ahead with Bendigo being heralded the winner after 96 gruelling rounds.

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Photo Silverlink EMU Train Class 321422 Wolverton 1990s

'Silverlink Trains' Class 321422 Electric Multiple Unit, Wolverton

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Photo of UK 'Silverlink Trains' electric multiple unit, (EMU), Class 321 321422 entering Wolverton station in Buckinghamshire whilst operating a service from London Euston to Northampton.

Owned by National Express, 'Silverlink Trains' passenger trains operated passenger services on various lines between March 1997 and November 2007, taking over from the 'boxy-shaped' Network South East Class 317s.

The Class 321 electric multiple units consisted of 117 4-car units drawing from power from overhead lines.  The trains were built between 1988 and 1991 at British Rail Engineering Limited's York Works in three batches.

The Silverlink Class 321 units on the Northampton Line were superseded the Class 350 emu's when London Midland Trains took over the franchise, and then again by West Midlands Trains. 


Wolverton railway station historical note:
It was at Wolverton railway station in Buckinghamshire, on the 9th September 1845, that bare-knuckle fighter, Bendigo, stepped from a carriage of a London & Birmingham Railway train surrounded by a horde of his supporters.

His destination was the nearby town of Newport Pagnell where it was arranged that he would take part in an illegal fight with Ben Court.

At the last possible moment, for various reasons, the venue was switched to the village of Lillington Lovell, 4 miles north of Buckingham.


The match went ahead with Bendigo being heralded the winner after 96 gruelling rounds.

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Photo London Midland Trains Class 321412 EMU Train Wolverton 2000s

Class 321412 Electric Multiple Unit, Wolverton Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Electric multiple unit, (EMU), passenger train Class 321412, in London Midland Trains livery, waits at Wolverton station in Buckinghamshire with a service from London Euston to Northampton.

The Class 321 EMU fleet of 117 units were built between 1988 and 1991.  These passenger trains superseded the Network South East Class 317 units that themselves had replaced the old and worn out British Rail Class 310s.

Wolverton was once well-know for the Carriage and Locomotive Works since being established in 1938 by the London and Birmingham Railway Company.  Part of the works stood approximately where the block of flats in the background now stand.

Nowadays Wolverton Works is much reduced but remains notable as the home of the British Royal Train. 


Wolverton railway station historical note:
It was at Wolverton railway station in Buckinghamshire, on the 9th September 1845, that bare-knuckle fighter, Bendigo, stepped from a carriage of a London & Birmingham Railway train surrounded by a horde of his supporters.

His destination was the nearby town of Newport Pagnell where it was arranged that he would take part in an illegal fight with Ben Court.

At the last possible moment, for various reasons, the venue was switched to the village of Lillington Lovell, 4 miles north of Buckingham.


The match went ahead with Bendigo being heralded the winner after 96 gruelling rounds.

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