Photo Class 172104 Chiltern Railways 2-Car DMU Train Banbury 2014

Class 172104 'Turbostar' DMU, Banbury Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Chiltern Railways Trains, Class 172104 Turbostar diesel multiple unit (DMU), resplendent in bright and whit livery, stabled until needed in its usual role as a commuter train at Banbury station in 2014.

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Photo Class 171721 Southern Trains 2-Car DMU Train Ashford International

 Southern Trains Class 171721 'Turbostar' DMU at Ashford

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Peeking Through the Girders

Photo of Class 171 721 Turbostar diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train, in Southern Trains livery, glimpsed between the platform girders of Ashford International railway station on the 9th June 2013.

More commuter trains photographed at Ashford:

South Eastern Trains Class 395021 Javelin EMU 'Ed Clancy MBE' Ashford 2013

Class 377521 and Class 465923 EMUs

Eurostar Trains 3001 and 3230, 2013

 

South Eastern Trains Class 375905 Electrostar

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Photo Class 170101 Turbostar Midland Mainline Livery DMU Train Wellingborough 2001

Class 170101 DMU Wellingborough

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In Midland Mainline livery, passenger train Turbostar Class 170101 diesel multiple unit (DMU), enters Wellingborough station en route for London St. Pancras  2001.

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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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Photo Class 170109 Turbostar Midland Mainline DMU Train Wellingborough 2001

 Class 170109 DMU Wellingborough

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Passenger train Class 170109 Turbostar diesel multiple unit (DMU), in Midland Mainline livery, enters Wellingborough station after leaving Kettering 2001.

 

Note the use of warning lights each side of the track-crossing walking boards.  These lights are triggered, and go out as seen above, when a train passes over a certain part of the railway track whilst approaching the station.

The need for such lights were superflous when the platform ends with safety features such as barriers and 'black crocodile teeth' pads were installed.

 

 

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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.

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Photo Class 170108 Cross Country Turbostar DMU Train Ely Station 2014

Class 170108 Cross Country DMU, Ely 

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Cross Country Trains Turbostar diesel multiple unit (DMU) 3-car passenger train, Class 170108, photographed in the late afternoon, entering Ely station in June 2014.

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Night Photo Chiltern Railways Class 172103 and Class 172101 DMU Train Banbury 2018

Class 172103 and 172101 DMU, Banbury

 

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Chiltern Railways Turbostar DMU 2-car units, Class 172/1 172103 and Class 172/1 172101, allocated to AL - Aylesbury TMD, standing coupled together at platform 3 Banbury station forming the 22:55 commuter service to Reading via Oxford on the evening of the 13th April 2018.

                       

Class 172/1 172101 at Banbury Station April 2018     
Photo: Charles Moorhen

The unit coach numbers for Class 172103 are as follows: 59113  59213.
The unit coach numbers for Class 172101 are as follows: 59111  59211.

Both trains were built between 2009 and 2010.

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Classes 172212 2-Car and 172331 3-Car London Midland Trains DMUs Leamington Spa 2016

Class 172212 and 172331 DMUs, Leamington Spa Train Station

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On a bright, sunny August day in 2016, 3-car diesel multiple unit Class 172/3 172331 allocated to TY - Tysley TMD (Birmingham) sits in bay platform 1 at Leamington Spa station alongside 2-car DMU Class 172/2 172212 allocated to TY - Tysley TMD (Birmingham), both in the green, white and black London Midland Trains livery

Class 172331 unit coach numbers are as follows: 50331  56331  79331.
Class 172212 unit coach numbers are as follows: 50212  79211.


Built by Bombardier at their Derby Litchurch Lane Works, the Class 172 Turbostar diesel multiple units were introduced into service from July 2010.

39 Class 172 commuter trainsets were produced in a combination of both 2-car and 3-car sets, and are operated by London Overground, Chiltern Railways and West Midlands Trains (formerly London Midland Trains).

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Class 172345 3-Car London Midland Turbostar DMU Train Kidderminster 2016

Class 172345 'Turbostar' DMU Leaves Kidderminster Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen 

Looking sleek and shiny in the afternoon sunlight, London Midland Trains Class 172 345 Turbostar DMU allocated to TY - Tysley TMD (Birmingham) pulls away from Kidderminster railway station on a summer's day in 2016.

Class 172345 unit coach numbers are as follows: 50345  56345  79345.

This class of diesel multiple unit, seen here in the green, black and white livery of London Midland Trains, was built by Bombardier at their Derby factory between 2010 and 2011.  A total of 39 commuter train units were built - 27 for London Midland Trains, 8 for London Overground and 4 for Chiltern Railways.

This DMU photo was taken prior to visiting the adjacent Severn Valley Railway where I was lucky enough to photograph ex-Great Western Railway steam locomotive, 7802 Bradley Manor as it left the station heading towards Bridgnorth.

That same evening when it grew dark enough, I was able to take a night photo with a powerful torch of a number of milk churns stacked on a platform barrow .  

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