Photo Class 90034 EWS UK Electric Locomotive at Rugby Station 1990s

 

EWS Class 90034 - Rugby       Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 90034 electric locomotive, photographed in English Welsh & Scottish Railways (EWS) livery, stands in Rugby station in the 1990s around the time of its  modernisation.

 

Built by British Rail Engineering Ltd. (BREL) at Crewe between 1987 and 1990, the electric Class 90 locomotives, a derivative of the Class 87, and initially intended to be classified Class 87/2, were produced essentially for mixed traffic duties on sections of the UK railway network.  

Due to their unreliability in the early years of service, they were unfortunately nicknamed, 'Skodas', a derogative name for the cheap and, some claim, unreliable Skoda Czech-manufactured car.

In response to the aging of various electric locos on the UK railway network, dating from the 1960s, such as Classes 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85, BREL tendered proposals to build 25 examples to replace.

In total 50 units were produced with all of the fleet in still service or stored at the present time.

At the time of writing the current Class 90 operators are - DB Cargo UK, Freightliner, and Locomotive Services.

Photo Class 350104 London Midland Trains Desiro EMU Rugby 2012

Class 350104 'Desiro' EMU, Rugby Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 350/1 350104 electric multiple unit (EMU), in London Midland Trains livery, (now West Midlands Trains) spotted in Rugby station on the 2nd of February 2012 just ahead of the dark clouds of an approaching thunderstorm.

Personally, I like the reflection of the storm clouds in the front window.

 

Class 350/1 350104 is a 4-car unit and the coach numbers for the set are as follows: 63764  66814  66868  63715.

Built between 2004 and 2005, there are 87 Desiro UK commuter trainsets in the class with 77 trains operated by London Midland Trains (now West Midlands Trains) and 10 are operated by TransPennine Express.

 

 

 

 Video Clip - Two Class 350 EMUs Passing at Bletchley Station

 

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