Photo Class 168005 Chiltern Railways Clubman DMU Train Banbury 2017

Class 168005 Clubman DMU Waits at Banbury Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Chiltern Railways diesel multiple unit, (DMU), Class 168005 Turbostar, waits for the green light at Banbury station before heading off to Moor St. station, Birmingham, in May 2017.

Clubman diesel multiple units, such as Class 168005 commuter passenger trains, were constructed between 1998 and 2004, with the earliest examples entering service on the 20th May 1998.

In all, 19 trainsets were built with 2/3/4 cars per set.  With a top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h), 4-car unit Class 168005 offers 272 seats with air-conditioning throughout.

The 168 Clubman Class of dmu can be found operating on the Chiltern Main Line, London to Aylesbury Line, London Marylebone - Oxford, Princes Risborough - Aylesbury Line.

Network South East, then operated by British Rail, originally planned the Class 168 for their expansion of services on the Chiltern Main Line to Birmingham Snow Hill or New Street stations. In the event, privatisation put and end to the NSE plans. 

 

 

Video Clip - Class 168005 DMU Leaving Banbury Station

 

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Night Photo Class 220009 Voyager Cross Country Trains DEMU Banbury 2017

Class 220009 'Voyager' DEMU, Banbury Train Station

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Night photo of 'Cross Country Trains' Voyager diesel multiple unit Class 220 009 spotted waiting at Banbury station while heading south in January 2017.

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Photo Super Sprinter Class 153370 GWR DMU Enters Truro 2017

Class 153370 'Sprinter' Unit, Truro

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Single-car Class 153 153370 Super Sprinter DEMU, based on a Leyland bus chassis, in GWR green livery, enters Truro railway station, Cornwall, operating a late afternoon commuter service in mid-June 2017.

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The sprinter Class 153 diesel multiple units were built by Leyland Bus between 1987 and 1988 as two-coach units before being converted to single-car units in 1991/92 by Hunslet-Barclay.

Class 153370 was allocated to Exeter St. Davids.
Class 153370 unit coach numbers as follows: 57370.

A 'grab-shot' that very nearly didn't happen as I was totally unaware this diesel multiple unit (strange name for a single-car train) was approaching!

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Other Class 153 DMU's:

Class 153 366 DMU at Bletchley 2015
London Midland Class 153 364 DMU Night Photo at Bedford

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Night Photo Class 20311 HN Rail Diesel Loco Banbury Station 2017

Class 20311 Loco at Banbury

Class 20311 Diesel Loco
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New Underground Trains En Route To The London 

HNRail Class 20 311 diesel freight locomotive, at the rear of a train delivering new London Underground rolling stock, pauses a while at Banbury station on the evening of the 11th April 2017.  

Class 20311 was built in December 1961 and is allocated to GBRf  Peterborough.

Between 7th July 2007 and the 30th September 2010 Class 20311 was named 'The 20 'Fifty' Class.

Other locomotives used in the train were Class 20 20107, 20096 and 20314.

The train diesel multiple unit trying to muscle in at the right of the top picture is Chiltern Railways DEMU Class 165015, about to leave with a service to Marylebone station, London.

 

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Photo Voyager Class 220006 Cross Country Trains DMU Truro 2017

Class 220006 DMU In a Cornish Sunset

Class 220 006 Cross Country DMU
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Voyager Class 220006 DMU
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'Cross Country Trains', Class 220 006 Voyager diesel multiple unit, pauses at Truro railway station while operating the 20:18 service to Penzance station, Cornwall, on Wednesday the 10th May 2017.

 

Class 220006 was built between 2000 and 2001 and was allocated to Central Rivers Barton-under-Needwood.

Class 220006 unit coach numbers are as follows: 60306  60706  60206  60406.


Truro signal box in the background dates back to the days of the old Great Western Railway. 

 

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Night Photo Class 20314, 20107, 20311 Diesel Locos Banbury 2017

Class 20314, 20107, 20311 HNRail Locos

HN Rail Class 20314 Diesel Locomotive
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Class 20107 and Class 20096 heading London Underground rolling stock
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Late evening, on the 11th April 2017, a Derby to London train of new London Underground S1 rolling stock paused for around forty-five minutes at Banbury railway station.

Motive power for the train were four classic Class 20 diesel locomotives.  Heading the train were Class 20107, built in December 1961, and Class 20096 built in October 1961, both in BR standard livery.

At the rear of the train, in Harry Needle Railroad Company livery, were Class 20314, built in February 1962, and Class 20311, built in December 1961.

Class 20311 standing next to Chiltern Railways DMU 165 015
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The new London Underground stock, sandwiched between the four ageing diesel locomotives, built by Bombardier in Derby, have air-conditioning, more space, improved accessibility and better customer information systems.

The trains have an increased passenger capacity of up to 25%, compared with their predecessors, while providing enhanced comfort.

 

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