1980 - Odd One Out
Hybrid Class 302/504 unit 244 at Barking station in February 1980, and someone has left a door open on the 'wrong' side...
The leading carriage was originally from a redundant side-contact 1200vDC Class 504, and had been swapped for the damaged driving trailer from the Class 302 after a collision with a lorry. So carriage M77164 became E77164, as seen here.
The hybrid arrangement lasted until 1985, when another Class 302 driving trailer became available, and E77164 was scrapped.
Restored from an under-exposed grainy blue/red-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
1980 - Odd One Out
Hybrid Class 302/504 unit 244 at Barking station in February 1980, and someone has left a door open on the 'wrong' side...
The leading carriage was originally from a redundant side-contact 1200vDC Class 504, and had been swapped for the damaged driving trailer from the Class 302 after a collision with a lorry. So carriage M77164 became E77164, as seen here.
The hybrid arrangement lasted until 1985, when another Class 302 driving trailer became available, and E77164 was scrapped.
Restored from an under-exposed grainy blue/red-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown