1971 - 2-BIL in the Last Months..
Ex-SR 2-BIL EMU 2135 at Lewes station, in April 1971.
The last of these units was withdrawn from passenger service in July 1971, followed by a 'farewell railtour' in September, which included unit 2135, and was seen here at Broad Street station:
www.flickr.com/photos/rgadsdon/5977118971
One unit - 2090 - has been preserved, by the National Railway Museum..
Today (2022) this single-track platform has been filled in, with gravel and some potted plants..
Restored from an under-exposed unfocussed grainy blue-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
1971 - 2-BIL in the Last Months..
Ex-SR 2-BIL EMU 2135 at Lewes station, in April 1971.
The last of these units was withdrawn from passenger service in July 1971, followed by a 'farewell railtour' in September, which included unit 2135, and was seen here at Broad Street station:
www.flickr.com/photos/rgadsdon/5977118971
One unit - 2090 - has been preserved, by the National Railway Museum..
Today (2022) this single-track platform has been filled in, with gravel and some potted plants..
Restored from an under-exposed unfocussed grainy blue-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown