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Seen here on 5H77 1244 Derby Litchurch Lane To Bletchley T.M.D Delivering new Class 387s For GWR line. The unit No's were 387170 and 387160 behind it on Wednesday 8th November 2017

2K21 Newbury to Reading. Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train used by Great Western Railway for regional and commuter services, known for its dual-voltage capability and a top speed of 110 mph. It was manufactured by Bombardier Transportation and is part of the extensive Electrostar family of trains. GWR introduced the Class 387 fleet to replace older Class 165 and Class 166 diesel multiple units on electrified routes in the Thames Valley. The GWR Class 387s primarily operate services between London Paddington and Reading, Didcot Parkway, and Newbury.

Pont Alexandre-III

En 1824, Navier commença la réalisation d'un pont suspendu à cet emplacement. Des complications techniques obligèrent à le détruire avant son achèvement.

Lors de la décision d’organiser une Exposition Universelle en 1900, il fut décidé de détruire le Palais de l’Industrie pour le remplacer par deux palais, de part et d'autre d'une voie qui prolongerait la place des Invalides.

Le cahier des charges prévoyait qu'il soit suffisamment plat pour qu'on puisse voir entièrement les Invalides depuis les Champs-Élysées. Il ne devait pas entraver la navigation et avoir un tirant d'air au moins égal à celui des ponts les plus modernes. Sa largeur devait être proportionnée à celle de l’avenue qu’il prolongeait : d'abord envisagée à 50 m, elle fut arrêtée à 40 m pour ne pas trop perturber la navigation. Il devait être symétrique et décoratif (d'où une largeur imposée des quais de 22,50 m).

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In 1824, Navier began the realization of a suspension bridge in this place. Technical complications obliged to destroy it before its completion.

During the decision to organize a World Fair in 1900, it was decided to erase the Palace of the Industry to replace it by two palaces, on both sides of a way which would prolong the place of the Disabled persons.

The specifications planned that it is enough flat so that we can see completely the Disabled persons since Champs-Elysées. He did not have to hinder the navigation and have a headroom at least equal to that of the most modern bridges. Its width must be proportionned in that of the avenue that it prolonged: at first envisaged in 50 m, it was stopped in 40 m not to perturb too much the navigation. He was to be symmetric and ornamental (where from a compulsory width of the quays of 22,50 m).

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57306 approaches Huntingdon with former Greater Anglia "Electrostar" EMUs 379020 and 379029 in tow. The working is 5Q77 08.40 Worksop Down Yard - Hornsey EMU Depot, and the train is passing under the A141 road bridge over Great Stukeley Railway Cutting.

This was the first of these moves I'd managed to photograph. Having been off lease for two years, in March 2024 the thirty-strong fleet, now in warm storage at Worksop but with regular trips to Doncaster to connect to a 25kV supply, was sold by Akiem to Porterbrook; Porterbrook was to lease them to Govia Thameslink Railway to replace the 387s on Great Northern services (with the 387s being transferred to the Southern operation). However, units were not only being moved from Worksop to Hornsey - some of those already brought south were taken back to Worksop.

I'd not been here for a few years, and was surprised at how much the bushes on the cutting side had grown - and one in particular, near the bottom, is already tall enough that it is a problem if you stand wider. I've previously used a 50mm lens here (equivalent to 75mm on a full-frame camera), but after the train had set off from Peterborough I decided to change to a wider lens so I could include the whole of the bridge (I usually lose the extreme right) and more of the sky - but this meant cropping the image. I think using a 50mm lens might actually have been better...

As can be seen, there was lots of cloud around, but there was a reasonable clearance at the train's booked time - and the train was on time. But I think the sun was only a minute or two away from going behind a medium-sized but quite thick cloud, so I was quite lucky!

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LOCATION:- Balcombe Viaduct

DATE:- 14.04.2016

HEX unit 332013 departs London Paddington with the 1055 service to London Heathrow Airport.

These Spanish built 22 year old units completely retire on December 28th and replaced with 387s of which can be seen to the left on final testing and driver training . 5 332s have been sent for scrap already ! 11/12/20

379008 and 379002 approach Poplar Drove user-worked level crossing (north of Littleport), working 1T21 09.42 King's Lynn - King's Cross. [Pole, 5.5/6 sections (~7.4m)]

This was the passenger train in front of 6M89 (the DCR sand to Ravenhead, today worked by 56049 hired in from Colas), and I took it partly as a test shot (it was the first train to pass after I had arrived) and partly to get another shot of a 387 before they all transfer to Southern - not realising until it passed that it was a pair of 379s! In fact, I was told that the northbound train just before I'd arrived had been a pair of 379s, and the next northbound (which delayed the sand) was also a pair of 379s... This train went forward from Cambridge as a twelve-car, 379025 being added to rear (according to Realtime Trains).

379s are the fourth EMU type to be used on Great Northern services to King's Lynn, a line which was actually part of the pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway and part of Network SouthEast's "West Anglia" route prior to electrification in 1992. Electric services were worked initially by 317s, but it wasn't many years before the 365s appeared. 387s took over with the May 2017 timetable change, and then the 379s (built for National Express East Anglia) entered service on the Great Northern during 2025 and the transfer of 387s to Brighton began in earnest.

I've uploaded a significantly cropped version of the image, using a frame before the pantograph of the leading unit "clashes" with an OHL mast; my "standard angle" prime lens is just a little bit too short for this location, although it does allow plenty of "wobble room" when using the pole.

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With the withdrawal of the 332s over Christmas 2020/21 the new Class 387s have now completely taken over on the Paddington - Heathrow Express service. 387 130 streaks past a GWR stablemate in the sidings at West Ealing.

The onboard staff give the Kings Cross station staff the okay to give the signaller the 'Train Ready To Start' signal to get 5W85 2050 Kings Cross - Hornsey Down Reversing Sidings underway.

Class 379s, ex-Stansted Express units have been off-lease from Greater Anglia for years. Since the Class 365s were scrapped it has been on the cards to transfer the 379s to Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern). But for various reasons, they didn't but now finally, after years in store, Great Northern drivers are on the handle of the class 379 units.

This will displace several 387s to Southern.

66745 drags Heathrow Express units 332003 & 332004 with 66739 trailing at the rear of the train working 6X32 0901 Old Oak Common - Newport Sims Metal Scrap yard passes Denchworth on a lovely winter sunny morning 15/12/20

These 22 year old Spanish built Electrical Multiple Units carried millions of passengers to and throw from London Heathrow Airport to London Paddington station . Sadly their last trip now is to the scrap yard. All replaced by 387s units December 28th .

If a non ' Rail Enthusiast ' was to see this move they may assume these trains are brand new and off for delivery !! With old cabs and poorly body shells / Wheel sets that's sadly not the case .

Latest GWR cl 387s are 142 and 143 seen at Gordons Lodge on a test run from Crewe-Wembley...Jan 17 2017.

1P81 06:05 Peterborough - Kings Cross, formed of a pair of debranded Gatwick Express units, pauses at Biggleswade.

There are only three workings each morning through Biggleswade which are booked as Class 387s, and this is the only one to use the fast-line.

Stagecoach London 19773, LX11BFO - Route 387 | Barking Station with a Barking Riverside Bound Service.

Wednesday 15th February 2017

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387206 brings up the rear of 1T14 08.42 King's Cross - King's Lynn, as it passes Poplar Drove (north of Littleport). 387107 is leading.

For a change, this is a fenland shot taken from ground level (rather than off the pole), and not even stood on ladders! I'd come here for blue 60028 on the Saturday sand, and was considering the best angle for that train when a pair of white "Electrostars" appeared heading south (and were snapped with a 35mm lens, but from a wider angle than this - and from lower down as I'm stood on the ramp up to the level crossing here); waiting at Littleport to come north was this pair, and I'd just changed lenses when they appeared. I'd not had time to set up the pole, and was actually trying not to use it today (at least, not very high) as it was quite windy.

It is suggested the red Gatwick Express-liveried 387s will soon transfer back south of the Thames, so I was pleased one of them was on the south end.

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Stagecoach London 10330, SN16OKM - Route 387 | Sunningdale Avenue, Barking with a Barking Riverside Bound Service.

Thursday 16th February 2017

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LOCATION:- Balcombe Viaduct

DATE:- 14.04.2016

377521 brings up the rear of a Saturday afternoon Thameslink service destined for south of the river, pictured departing from Kentish Town.

I'd spent the morning and early part of the afternoon on the Sutton Loop, attempting to photograph 319s (which were soon to be replaced by newly-built 700s), but with little success on the sunshine front as the clouds began to roll in shortly after 9am. I then came here for a shot looking the other way (with some interesting buildings in the background), but the sun didn't reappear until it was well round and on the north end of trains... and I never made it back for a second attempt before the 319s finished. I did, however, manage a couple of 319 shots in sun looking southwards (one of which, looking though the very short tunnel off the end of the platform, has already been uploaded), but thought I'd upload one of a pair of "Electrostars".

"Electrostar" EMUs worked on Thameslink only for about eight years, with the 377/5s being built for the route (allowing some 319s to be transferred to the Liverpool / Manchester area). At the time of this photo, the 377/5s were in the process of being transferred to Southeastern, being released by the entry into service of new class 700s. 377521 carries First Capital Connect livery, albeit with the "city lights" vinyls removed; after transfer to Southeastern, the pink doors became light blue. The first 387s (387101 to 387129) also operated on Thameslink for a year or two when first built, but were transferred to Hornsey depot for work on the Great Northern when the first 700s started operating on Thameslink.

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66704 dragging Heathrow Express Units 332010 332007 with 66724 on the rear working 6X32 Old Oak Common - Newport Sims scrap yard passes Reading station platform 13 with these 22 year old units off for scrap 12/1/21

These Spanish built 332 units have just all been replaced by Derby built class 387s.

The barrier wagons are used for braking due to the units not being able to brake themselves whilst being dragged.

Note this photo was taken whilst doing my daily exercise pacing up and down the platforms whilst on a break at work ! :-D

With the scraping of the class 313s, Southern have had a bit of a change around. Class 377’s have taken over from the 313s, Great Northern Class 387s have cascaded over from Hornsey after the introduction of the Class 379s on the Ely services.

Most of the Southern long distance services out of London Victoria are covered by Class 387’s which includes the Gatwick Express.

Here, an example of the various former & present train operating company’s livery’s are on show. 387306 (former C2C livery) is seen leading 387202 (Current Gatwick Express livery) & 387119 (Current Great Northern) through Shoreham - By - Sea on the 21st of March 2026, working the 08:29 1J18 service from London Victoria to Brighton. Due to engineering work on the Brighton Main line, this service was diverted to Brighton via Horsham, Littlehampton & via the West Coastway line to Brighton.

Taken with the aid of a tall pole.

Seen leading an 8-car set towards Queen Adelaide on the 1012 Kings Lynn-Kings Cross, slowing for the signal at Ely North Junction, where it was held for a couple of minutes for the path to clear ahead.

The Kings Cross to Kings Lynn services are served by 387s for the most part now, replacing the 365s previously used. Despite their filthy external appearance, from a travellers point of view I think these are a step up with aircon/tables etc, and the seats are good too. Extended platforms along the line now mean 8 car running all through can be done too.

This had left Bedford very early but was duly held outside St.Albans City awaiting it's booked path. I was expecting it on the fast lines so you can imagine my surprise as at the booked time a pair of 387s came sailing past. My frown disappeared when this duly appeared around the corner a few seconds later on the relief lines.

Stagecoach London 19798, LX11BHV - Route 387 | Barking Riverside with a Little Heath Bound Service.

Wednesday 15th February 2017

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Note: On Saturday 18th February 2017, Route 387 will be renumbered to EL3 & Awarded to Blue Triangle with 14 New Bus For London Double Decker Vehicles.

66745 drags Heathrow Express units 332003 & 332004 with 66739 trailing at the rear of the train working 6X32 0901 Old Oak Common - Newport Sims Metal Scrap yard passes Denchworth on a lovely winter sunny morning 15/12/20

These 22 year old Spanish built Electrical Multiple Units carried millions of passengers to and throw from London Heathrow Airport to London Paddington station . Sadly their last trip now is to the scrap yard. All replaced by 387s units December 28th .

If a non ' Rail Enthusiast ' was to see this move they may assume these trains are brand new and off for delivery !! With old cabs and poorly body shells / Wheel sets that's sadly not the case .

Stagecoach London 19765, LX11BEY - Route 387 | Sunningdale Avenue, Barking with a Barking Riverside Bound Service.

Thursday 16th February 2017

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Thank you all for viewing, please check out my photos, collections and albums.

Note: On Saturday 18th February 2017, Route 387 will be renumbered to EL3 & Awarded to Blue Triangle with 14 New Bus For London Double Decker Vehicles.

5Z87 Peterborough Nene Sidings - Hornsey.

Three c2c Class 387s had previously moved from Shoeburyness to Peterborough, with the other 3 (from Reading) delayed from an aborted move last week.

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) class 91 No. 91119 ‘Bounds Green INTERCITY Depot 1977 - 2017’ resides in platform number 7 at London Kings Cross sitting next to a trio of Great Northern class 387s, 387105 at the northern facing end of the consist with a fellow member of the LNER fleet, class 801, 801111 arriving in platform 5 with 1B87 from Newark Northgate 91119 would depart ten minutes later working the 17:30 1F27 London Kings Cross to York with DVT 82214 on the rear. 11/02/2023.

What would turn out to be a very chaotic and entertaining evening out to London Kings Cross began with this locomotive. I’ve got to say, 91119 does look even smarter now in this updated version of the Intercity livery to make it more correct. A very enjoyable evening in the end, after this we managed to also get 91111 but didn’t have enough time for 91124 as it was late and we had a train to catch. That train home was an experience to say the least that got Henry Pinkney and I laughing for a while afterwards! It was nice to see some of these locos as I’m not able to see them that often and considering they have always been my favourite class, despite others being close contestants, I will be disappointed to see them go, whenever that’s I’ll be, I won’t say when I have heard as it’s all rumours and don’t want to start any drama!!

Suburban units for secondary services have never been very common on the GWML between Didcot and Swindon but since the electrification Class 387s travel out to Swindon to stable in Cocklebury Sidings

387145 is the lead unit of this Sunday ECS working, 5Z72 12:31 Reading Depot - Swindon Cocklebury Sidings, seen slowing to a stop for signals at South Marston while it waited for an eastbound IET before using the crossover just the other side of this footbridge

The replacement for the Heathrow Express 332s. A number of existing GWR 387s are receiving overhauls at Ilford EMUD and this the first set consisting of 387 130 & 140 have returned to Reading depot in order to begin dynamic testing

66507 passes the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (between Cambridge station and Shepreth Branch Jn.), working 6Y92 12.28 Whitemoor Yard LDC - Channelsea Jn.

After getting 60028 on the Ravenhead sand, the clouds began to come across from the north-west, so, after a quick coffee at a garage on the A10, I returned home. But there seemed to be a lot of blue sky around Cambridge and the cloud seemed to be burning off as it came across... I spotted this was running with about half an hour to get here, although had no idea what was on it (and didn't even check whether it was a DB or Freightliner working). The light angle could have done with another half an hour or more, and the train went past while the sun was right in the middle of the thickest patch of (thin) cloud in the sky which took the edge off the colours, so this has also had a little tickle. The thick cloud didn't seem to be coming over very quickly, so I then stayed nearly an hour photographing multiple units - 387s, 700s, 720s and 755s (on Norwich - Stansted Airport).

(Freightliner class 66s locos were given the nickname "Freds", meaning Freightliner "Shed", when they first appeared; the EWS examples were known as "Sheds" as a result of the corrugated appearance of their bodysides.)

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Taken mid October, Gatwick Express 387 204 passes Southern 377 143 on the sea front at Bulverhythe, St Leonards. St Leonards Depot, filled with a treasure trove of preserved Southern DMUs is behind them on the left. On the sea front cycle and foot path a dog sits watching as it's owner bags up it's recent 'deposit'!

We were down in Hastings as we are every mid October for the Hastings Bonfire Festival. However, as the festival was cancelled this year for obvious reasons we still went as it would be our last minibreak for sometime. It would also mean I could get shots of a unique working at the moment, as during the pandemic season Southern is running a Brighton to Ore service using Gatwick Exoress stock along the Sussex coast.

We decided to take our bikes down on the train as well so we could do some cycling on the coast and get around a lot more. We spent the afternoon of our arrival, in glorious weather, cycling to Bexhill and back. Arriving at the footbridge outside St Leonards depot, I didn't have long to wait before one of the bright red GatEx 387s arrivied at the same time as one of the usual Southern services along this stretch of coast, making for a nice splash of colour!

387151 is seen at Swindon with a service to Cardiff Central. I still can’t believe 387s have found their way to Swindon, let alone e Cardiff!

Last pair of new GWR 387s,137 and 135 return from Crewe to Wembley after their first mileage run...the next batch are for C2C. Northampton...Sep 30 2016.

On my post of 92 016 here yesterday I suggested I would be back here again today - and so it proved. This was the train I came for - the Bletchley - Brighton and return mileage accummulation run for new Gatex 387s. This pair now sport full Gatwick Express lettering on the bodysides ready for introduction into service at the end of the month.

Not only did I almost get completely bowled by the northbound 378 but crossing the first half of the viaduct it was in complete cloud shadow! Pretty well every freight I saw here had a gravitational pull to a small cloud too!

I suspect this shot will no longer be possible in a couple of weeks as the central lift shaft for the new apartments duly shoots up in the foreground.

5G87 12.21 Reading Traincare Depot - West Ealing EMU Sidings approaches it's destination.

These drags moving 387s to and from maintenance for GWR will soon cease when the wires are energised between Maidenhead and Reading.

66779 Evening Star and 66776 Joanne are at the head of 3Z01 10.20 Whitemoor Yard - Stowmarket DGL, pictured taking the Soham branch at Ely Dock Jn. This was moving two RHTT sets (reported as 642041 with 642019, and 642050 with 642036), while 66753 EMD Roberts Road is between the two sets and 66769 League Managers Association / Paul Taylor Our Inspiration is on the rear.

This train had been "called" (activated) in the early hours of the morning, and after photographing 66783 on the sand I noticed it had three and then four locos showing on RTT. When I got back to the car (after photographing the passenger trains each way half an hour or so after the sand), I saw the train had already passed Manea, 24 minutes early, having set off slightly ahead of time and then not been put into March Up Yard. I'd planned to go to Fordham, but if it continued to run early (it was booked another 15 minute stand at Ely, which I thought it might not take) the sun would not quite be far enough round. I thought about continuing further east (probably to Cattishall, just the other side of Bury St. Edmunds), but I wasn't sure the sky was cloudless plus the car needed petrol (at the time, it was significantly cheaper in Ely than at home!) and I didn't think I had time to fill up. So, assuming the train would run early, I came here - only to find the lineside vegetation has grown up since I last did this angle.

3Z01 appeared just as I had got set up (having had to go back to the car for my ladders as I had to stand on the bridge itself to avoid the worst of the vegetation), but a Greater Anglia passenger service was on its way from Soham, so it had to wait. The "FLIRT" ran into the station, but 3Z01 didn't set off; was it going to wait until its booked time? But that was now less than half an hour away, and the sun angle would still be OK here in half an hour, so I decided not to risk moving to Fordham. A small cloud ran in front of the sun, and just as it cleared I heard the sound of a 66 starting to move off. The train was still over 20 minutes ahead of schedule (it passed Soham 23 early).

I then hung around another 15 minutes for a pair of ex-c2c 387s coming back south from King's Lynn (I'd photographed them going north), went for an early lunch, and then headed over to Manea for another RHTT wagon move, using 69006 and 69010 and heading for Broxbourne. But that ended up being cancelled, and the afternoon was not very productive!

When the Ely Southern Bypass was proposed, a few years ago, many people objected because they said it would spoil the view of the cathedral. Of course, from most angles it does not block the view (and has actually created a new one), but the view of the cathedral is gradually disappearing as a result of tall trees and will be lost completely in not many years!

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A few months ago, I went to my local Sunday market. Whilst walking around, I suddenly noticed a camera in the corner of the table of all the junk items. The owner said $40AU because I didn’t know if it works or not so I ask him if he could sell it to me for $30AU. Surprisingly, he said “yes” and gave me camera bag as a bonus. You guess what is inside? Beside the 28mm Nikon f 2.8 attached to the camera, inside the bag was a 50mm Nikon f1.4, 80-200mm f 4.5 Soligor len with case and a National PE 387S Flash! Those extra items were for free! Every item works perfectly except for the camera. I didn’t test it because it is a film camera . I really don’t worry it works or not , I still own my Nikon 801 sit in the bag more than 15 years since I bought the digital camera Canon G2 in 2003(still works ) Today, I want to show you how nice it is. This is a legend classic Nikon FM2!

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With Gatwick Express 387s made redundant over the Easter weekend due to the closure of London Victoria for engineering work, a few sets were put to work on Eastbourne/Hastings/Ore services for Southern. Here's 387209 on the approach to Lewes with 2G18 Brighton - Ore.

C2C Class 387s, 387306+387305 pass Tamworth on the up fast working 5A55 Crewe to Wembley EFOC undergoing tests and mileage accumulation.

This is reason for the 387s finishing with Thameslink this weekend and transferring to Great Northern. There are currently 44 class 700s that have so far been delivered from Germany including 15 x 12 car class 700/1s. Just one of these displaces 3 x 4 car class 387s! From next week 700s should be working 24 Thameslink diagrams.

166203 sits under Isambard Kingdom Brunel roof at London Paddington waiting its next allocation . Not long left for turbos going into London . They will soon be a thing of the past ... Replaced by electric 387s, 11/8/17

It was rather a different scene when I returned here in the midst of the evening rush hour!

387s will be a short term stopgap on Thameslink services before transferring to Great Western so get your shots now.

43014 and 43013 work 0Q45 Leicester to Welwyn GC.

The Class 387s were delayed for quite a few minutes, so didn;t allow a clear approach view of the powercars.

Class 360 Desiros were once an extremely common sight here on Heathrow Connect services but since being ousted by 387s they have been in store at Long Marston. Newly outshopped in EMR colours from Eastleigh Arlington Works the former Greater Anglia example (last of the fleet) is being towed back to Cricklewood by 47 749.

South West Trains "Juniper" EMU 458520 is the front unit of a ten-car train heading for Waterloo, pictured passing Putney.

The SWT 458s had not long been extended from four-car units to five-car by inserting a car from the Gatwick Express class 460s, which had all been replaced by 387s and had no new homes. They had been repainted from the white "long distance" version of SWT livery into the blue "outer suburban" version. At the time of uploading this image to Flickr (February 2023), the first of the 458s had just been taken to the Alstom facility at Wigan for refurbishment and removal of the former class 460 car!

I'd come here for 37800 taking Southeastern "Electrostar" 375901 back to Ramsgate after refurbishment work at Derby, which passed just over half a minute later, and in slightly brighter light. Unfortunately, the clear blue sky had disappeared just as I alighted from the District Line train that brought me to East Putney about an hour and a half earlier, and even this weak sun soon disappeared. I spent the rest of the day chasing 319s on Thameslink, initially on the Sutton Loop, but then at Kentish Town - where the sun finally reappeared late in the afternoon.

Unfortunately, I've not used a high enough shutter speed to completely freeze the front of the train - I was still getting used to this higher resolution digital camera which did not have an anti-aliasing filter, and still liked to use ISO 200 whenever possible (hence a much lower shutter speed than I would use now). But I've not got many pictures of 458s...

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This could well be the last 387s through the high level - only time will tell with the 700 introduction!

A pair of 387s head north past a field of beet at Bygrave, near Baldock, with a Great Northern service from King's Cross to King's Lynn, first stop Cambridge

c2c operated a press special with their new class 387s today on a Southend Central to Barking round trip ahead of their introduction into traffic next Monday.

The glorious sunny weather coincided with not a sniff of a breeze making for a very enjoyable autumn day.

On mileage accumulation testing prior to entering service for Great Western Railway, Bombardier-built Class 387/1 EMUs Nos. 378136 & 378134 speed south along the West Coast Mainline at Coton Lane, Tamworth forming 5K56 1404 Crewe - Wembley FOC on 30th August 2016. In the foreground are the composite pieces of what was once a temporary crossing point for vehicles, as there is gated access at this point for the engineers. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved