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Brand newish British Rail Class 755 4 car diesel electric Bi-Mode Multiple Unit (BMU) 755417 working the 1K79 13:27 (14:26 RT) 'Greater Anglia' Norwich- Stansted Airport service train at Ely Station in the County of Cambridgeshire (UK).
The Class 755 BMU's were a direct replacement from 2019 for the ancient Class 156 'Sprinter' DMU trains that operated on rural Greater Anglia secondary lines.
The pantograph is down here and the unit is operating on diesel power as no OHLE from Norwich to Ely, however from beyond Ely southbound the unit with raise the pantograph and operate on 25kV.
755417 was built for Greater Anglia 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.
The Class 755 bi-mode units should not be confused with the almost identical looking Stadler Rail 'FLIRT' Class 745 Electric (only) Multiple Units which are also operated by Greater Anglia.
Note the Dellner type coupling system in the big ugly hole 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.
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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Working The 2C73 13.30 Sheffield To Hull Via Goole And Brough Calling At
Meadowhall
Rotherham Central
Swinton (South Yorkshire)
Mexborough
Conisbrough
Doncaster
Kirk Sandall
Hatfield & Stainforth
Thorne North
Goole
Saltmarshe
Gilberdyke
Brough
Ferriby
Hessle
And Hull
Brand newish Class 720 'Aventra' 5 car 25kV EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) 720522 working the 2F45 13:35 (14:03 RT) Greater Anglia Colchester Town- London Liverpool Street service train at speed southbound at Hatfield Peverel Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Essex (UK).
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GWR Hitachi Class 800 No.800307 passes Pugham farm with the 12:51 Exeter St Davids to London Paddington service,on the 14th of October 2018.
Problems during production and testing led to several class 323 bodyshells being stored in Halifax. Here seen at the former Asquiths engineering company at Highroad Well. These units were built by Hunslet in Leeds.
Class 76 on a class 8 near Crowden, taken from a brake van heading east in early 1978 whilst 'road learning' the Woodhead route. Didn't think it worthy of printing at the time but it conveys the atmosphere of that winter from the distance of 35 years!
DB Class 66 No.66113 passes Burngullow Junction,with the 09:23 Par to St Blazey via Penzance RHTT working,on the 5th of October 2023.
50008 "Thunderer". Fabulous name for a loco!! Always good memories of this loco as the first class 50 I saw, back at Crewe works open day in September 1979. Worked a special to the open day and in immaculate condition.
BR Class 483 No 008 with the 1807 Ryde Pier Head-Shanklin service, seen here approaching Brading station.
Built in February 1940, these former London Underground trains have been running on the Isle of Wight Island Line since 1989, and are coming to the end of their working life.
DB Cargo class no. 66023 in erstwhile EWS livery but with makeshift DB branding pauses alongside Lostwithiel signal box whilst running around its rake of clay hoppers on 12th August 2016
British Rail Blue lveried class 56 , 56081 , at the Hitachi train factory in the North East of England .
PKP Class Ol49 2-6-2 No.Ol49-59 in the yard at Wolsztyn depot, 18 November 2017. The Ol49 Class were a Polish development of the Russian Class Su 116 were built (Including 4 for North Korea) in 1951-54 by Fablok of Chrzanow. The class introduced a new type of boiler-mounted smoke deflector peculiar to Poland. They had 40 sq ft grate, 5'9" driving wheels, 19.6" x 25" cylinders, 227 psi boiler pressure and weighed 82 tons.
Finally, the business trip ended. I was extremely exhausted for a week. Without any kind of good rest in Madrid, I am now seating in a business class 12D begining my 12 hours journey flying back to Hong Kong with the home bird Cathay Pacific and of coz' with the home ladies FAs who served me nice champagne and tenderloin.
Metro-Cammell Class "101" (originally Class "102") Local Passenger 3-car dmu Set No.C820 consisting of Class 101/1 (No.W51512), 171 & 101/2 cars, of the 1959 batch in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all yellow front ends, passing Chelvey, near Nailsea & Backwell, on a Cardiff - Weston super Mare service, 08/82. Scanned photograph taken with a Canon AE-1 Program.
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. Type JT42CWR Class 66 Co-Co diesel locomotive 66504 in 'Powerhaul' livery stabled at the Freightliner refuelling yard and sidings at Ipswich Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Suffolk (UK).
66504 was built at the EMD facility in Ontario Canada and arrived in the United Kingdom on August 17th 1999.
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I meant to upload these pics alwhile ago. They are from the class I taught this summer here in Chicago. The dolls are made by my students ( the people in the pics).
Bombardier (Derby) Class 377/2 "Electrostar" 25k v ac overhead/750v dc 3rd rail express 4-car emu No.377 214 of Southern leaving Watford Jct.on a service to Gatwick Airport and Brighton, 07/08.
Intercity class 86 no. 86253 'The Manchester Guardian' heads south away from Crewe on 27th August 1988
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British Rail Class 156 'Super Sprinter' 2 car Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 156402 working the terminating Greater Anglia 2J69 08:50 (09:34 RT) Greater Anglia Lowestoft- Norwich service train at Norwich Station in Norfolk (UK).
Class 47 47207 is pictured, with accident damage, in Crewe Works on October 12th 1975. It was originally D1857, and was eventually withdrawn in April 2001.
Bombardier (Derby) Class 387/1 'Electrostar' 25 kV AC overhead/750 V DC 3rd rail express 4-car emu No.387 106 of Thameslink at London Bridge on a Brighton service, 12 September 2015. Note the narrow crew platform which seems to be a new addition to stations, making photography more difficult!
An unidentified class 33 rests in the bay platform at Tonbridge having brought in a train of mail vans. A Network Day in 1988.
Preserved British Rail Class 03 0-6-0 diesel mechanical shunter D2184 at the Colne Valley Railway near Castle Hedingham in Essex (UK).
D2184 was built by British Railways at Swindon Works in 1962 before being sold to the National Coal Board (NCB) in 1968 for shunting duties at Southend coal depot until 1986.
The gentleman at the controls is my regular photostream contributor David who is having a quick shunt up and down the yard. ;-)
Brush Class 47/7 2,580 hp Co-Co No.47 727 'Rebecca' (ex-47 569; 47 047; D1629) (ex-Caerphilly Castle; Duke of Edinburgh's Award; the Gloucestershire Regiment) in Caledonian Sleeper livery on the tail of 13.59 Pengam Sidings - Eastleigh Works empty coaching stock train passing through Keynsham, 22 July 2018. The appearance of this loco on the tail of the working caught me by surprise hence the half in sun half in shade capture.