Night Photo Class 150109 London Midlands DMU Sprinter Train Bletchley 2018

Class 150109 Diesel Multiple Unit, Bletchley Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Resplendent in bright, freshly applied livery, UK trains London Midland Trains Class 150109 Sprinter diesel multiple unit passenger train stands in Bletchley station on the night of 18th April 2018, about to operate a local service that will probably be the last trip of the day to Bedford.

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Class 395021 South Eastern Javelin EMU Train Ashford 2013 Photo

Class 395021 Electric Multiple Unit, Ashford International Station

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UK Electric multiple unit, Class 395021 Javelin passenger train, 'Ed Clancy MBE', operated by South Eastern Trains, running a scheduled service to Margate photographed waiting for the 'all clear' at Ashford International Station on the 9th June 2013.

More trains photographed at Ashford:
South Eastern Trains Class 375905 Electrostar

 
Southern Trains Class 171721 Turbostar DMU

 
Eurostar Trains 3001 and 3230, 2013

 
Class 377521 and Class 465923 EMU

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Photo Class 222 Midland Mainline Meridian DEMU Train Wellingborough

Midland Mainline Liveried Class 222 Diesel Multiple Unit, Wellingborough

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Unidentified Class 222 UK passenger train diesel multiple unit train in striking blue and white Midland Mainline livery stands in Wellingborough station in the early 2000s.

This train livery was superseded by the colourful East Midlands Trains livery when the company took over the franchise.

With the capability of a top speed of 125 mph, and the ability of travelling 1,350 miles (2,170 km) between each refuelling, the Class 222 diesel multiple unit has been in mainline service since 2004.

Built for Midland Mainline and Hull Trains, and at time of writing operated by East Midlands Railway by Bombardier Transportation in Bruges, Belgium, a total of 27 sets were manufactured.

Although the Class 222s are fitted with the same Dellner couplers as those on the Class 220 Voyager DMU and Class 221 SuperVoyager DMU, they cannot work together in one train as the electrical connections are not compatible with the 220s and the 221s.

Due to their superior acceleration, the Class 222 DMUs replaced all of the Class 170 DMUs and a number of Class 43 Intercity 125 HST on the Midland Mainline.

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Night Photo Empty Didcot Parkway UK Train Station 2004

 Empty Didcot Parkway UK Train Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

A rare sight indeed.  An early evening black and white photo of a totally deserted Didcot Parkway UK railway Station.

Didcot Parkway station was originally opened simply as Didcot by the Great Western Railway in 1844.

The station is served by both local services operated from Reading to Didcot and Oxford, and by mainline services from London Paddington to the south-west of England and Wales.

The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (DN&S) once linked Didcot with Newbury, carrying services to Southampton via Newbury, Highclere, Winchester and Eastleigh.

The DN&S was closed to passengers on the 10th September 1962, and to freight workings in 1967.

At the eastern end of Platform 1, there is a raised section of the east car park which used to be the bay platform for the DN&S.

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Since writing this page, the car park has been excavated by archaeologists revealing the footings of numerous buildings.

In 1985 a new main station building was opened on the 29th July by David Mitchell MP, and the name of the station was changed from simply Didcot to Didcot Parkway.

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Photo Class 205028 BR DEMU Train Eastleigh Train Station 1989

British Rail Class 205028 Diesel Multiple Unit, Eastleigh

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Photo of DEMU Class 205028 3-car unit UK passenger train, looking in a sad state of affairs due to the rundown of British Rail prior to privatisation, standing alongside a near-deserted platform at Eastleigh station, Hampshire.

205028 escaped the death sentence of the scrapyard and is now, unrestored, at the heritage Dartmoor Railway, Devon.

The diesel shunter in the background. to the right of the picture, is 09025 carrying the unofficial name 'Victory'.  

The class 09 loco  diesel shunter was built at Horwich Works by LYR/LMS/British Railways in 4/1/62.  

After years of service, 09025 was finally withdrawn on the 31/8/2005 and is now preserved on the East Kent Railway.

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Photo Class 45133 British Rail Peak Diesel Loco Whitemoor Depot 1989

BR 'Peak' Class 45133 Diesel Locomotive at Whitemoor Yard, March

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'Peak' UK diesel locomotive Class 45133, in BR Blue livery, is seen in a sorry, dilapidated state, waiting on sidings at Whitemoor Yard, near March station in Cambridgeshire; a prime candidate for the scrapyard?

 

Thankfully, the cutter's torch was destined not to touch this impressively strong diesel locomotive.

D40 (45133) was used to test the abilities of this class of 127 diesel locomotives by hauling 16 coaches up the notorious Lickey Incline, between Barnt Green and Bromsgrove station in Worcestershire, on the 20th September 1961...it was successful!

Sulzer Type 4 Class 45133, which held the original number D40 after production, was built at the BR Derby Works in July 1961 and went on to give 26 years of service across various regions with BR.

In October 1990 the locomotive was sold into preservation with the Class 45/1 Preservation Society and is based at the Midland Railway, Butterley.

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Photo Class 43033 Intercity 125 HST First Great Western Train Didcot 2004

 Class 43033 Intercity 125 Train, Didcot Parkway

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An early evening image of UK Class 43033 Intercity 125 High Speed Train waiting at Didcot station, Oxfordshire, whilst operating an express service from the South West of England to London.

In 2004, Class 43033 carried the name, 'Driver Brian Cooper  15 June 1947 - 5 October 1999', one of the drivers who died in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash on the 5th October 1999.

Although it cannot be seen in this black and white photo, Class 43033 Intercity 125, is in First Great Western blue livery.

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