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Class 221, 221132

British Rail Class 221 'Super Voyager' Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 221132 with the 1V58 09:00 (12:45 RT) Glasgow Central - Penzance Cross Country Trains service train at York Station on the East Coast Main Line in North Yorkshire (UK).

 

This train arrived at Penzance on time at 20:54.

 

Note the Dellner type coupling system at the front of the train. The Dellner Coupling is a version of the Scharfenberg coupler which connects pneumatics and electronics at the same point of contact.

 

The energy absorption technology in a Dellner Coupling allows collisions at speeds of up to 9 mph with no structural damage and up to 22 mph with deformation while the carriages remain on track.

 

My Class 220 221 album flic.kr/s/aHsk721uQh

 

Photography from my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with very kind permission.

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Uploaded on March 1, 2015
Taken on February 26, 2015