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40 year old British Rail Class 315 4 car 25kV EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) 315837 leads the 8 car 2W90 10:42 (10:49 RT) TfL Rail London Liverpool Street- Shenfield service train northbound at Stratford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in East London (UK).
Class 315 EMU's were built by BREL (British Rail Engineering Ltd) in 1980/1 and were based on the then new 1972 British Rail 'standard' EMU design.
315837 is one of the last 315 units still in service as most have been withdrawn/scrapped and replaced by the Class 345 Aventra Elizabeth 'Crossrail' Line EMU's which of course the TfL Rail London- Shenfield Metro GEML will form a part of.
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Class 506 EMU 59401 at Glossop.
Class 506s entered service in 1954 and the last run was in December 1984 when the line was converted to 25kV AC.
British Rail Class 745 25kV 12 car Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 745110 working the 1P27 10:00 (10:40 RT) Greater Anglia Norwich- London Liverpool Street service train southbound at Ipswich Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Suffolk (UK).
The Class 745 EMU's were a direct replacement in early 2020 for the ageing 30 year old plus Class 90 electric locomotives and their slam door British Rail Mk3b coaches which previously worked the Norwich- London Liverpool Street express services.
745110 was built by Stadler Rail at their facility in Bussnang Switzerland as one of the Stadler 'FLIRT' (Fast Light Intercity and Regional Train) modular family of trainsets.
Note the Dellner type coupling system in the big ugly hole at the front of the trains. The Dellner coupling is a version of the Scharfenberg coupler which connects pneumatics and electronics at the same point of contact.
Greater Anglia had an option to have a cover fitted in these coupling holes by Stadler but declined for cost and ease of maintenance reasons.
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The Taigei class submarines are the newest class of conventionally powered Attack submarines of the JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force). With a planned number of 7 (with 4 already in operation), they are the quite possibly the most advanced convenional submarines in the world.
With a crew of 70, a length of 84meters (275ft) and a displacement on the surface of 3000 tons, these subs are equipped with an advanced Air-independent propulsion system (AIP) which gives them considerable range efficiency and noise reduction underwater compared to older submarines.
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BTH Type 1 - Class 15 - D8237, converted to ETH Unit ADB968002, at Toton in the early-80s..
The loco had been withdrawn from service in 1969, and converted, and was then finally scrapped in April 1985.
One member of the class - D8233 - has survived, and is currently being restored, at the East Lancashire Railway.
Restored from a faded unfocussed grainy original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
February 10th, 1980
Near Leeds
Heading out of Leeds near Copley Hill is Class 46 46031 (formerly D168) with a Newcastle to Liverpool express. Note the second man is waving !
Ref 58-04
47006 Shunting at Derby in May 1960 this loco was built at Horwich in November 1953 and was scraped in November 1966 (Black & White Slide From My Collection)
London Midland Class 172 172331 departs University station with the 12:07 1V15 Birmingham New street to Hereford service. These diagrams are usually worked by 170's. Taken at 12:07:46
Two from the bridge.... two red... one UP & one DOWN... Operating the very occasional 5Z47, the 12:38hrs from Alnmouth to Tyne Yard.
The first Class 700 EMU to enter the country
Seen here after arrival at the new Three Bridges Depot at 02:37 in the morning..
Hauled by GBRf loco 66769 running as 6X66 in charge was yours truly.
The 12 car unit was separated into three sections between barrier wagons.
Here we see one of the driving cabs of the new class 700.
British Rail Class 375 'Electrostar'' 750v DC 3rd rail EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) 375804 about to work the 1H82 14:50 (14:50 RT) 'South Eastern' Hastings- London Charing Cross service train at Hastings station in East Sussex (UK).
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Class 45, 45068 is signal checked at Gloucester. The loco, along with the BT building behind, has long since been demolished.
58 year old English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37716 as operated by Direct Rail Services
on a Norwich- Willesden Brent light engine movement at speed southbound at Hatfield Peverel Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Essex (UK).
37716 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows and entered service for British Railways as D6794 on February 27th 1963.
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142058 heads towards Runcorn East station on an unidentified passenger service
time 14:13
Preserved English Electric Type 1 'Chopper' Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 20205 at Thuxton Station on the Mid Norfolk Railway in Norfolk (UK).
20205 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as British Railways Type 1 D8305 in 1967 and withdrawn from service on December 18th 1989.
The English Electric Type 1 Class 20 locomotives were first introduced onto British Railways in 1957.
20205 was guest locomotive at the MNR courtesy of Michael Owen and the Class 20 Locomotive Society.