4 Cig/Big & 3 Cop (Class 421/422)
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4 Cig unit 1735 approaching Hampden Park on a coastway service
in April 1991 at the time of the Eastbourne resignalling. Note the new colour
light signal already in place beyond the sempahore signal.
photograph by Mark Westcott |
| Before becoming 3 Cops these 4 Big units were simply renumbered into the 14xx series and ran for a short while with their buffet cars used as ordinary coaches. | ||
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| 1408 (ex-2261) in Network SouthEast livery seen leaving Chichester on 5th December 1997 with the buffet car still in the unit. | 1403 (ex-2203) at Brighton on 7th February 1998 without the buffet car and in Connex SouthCentral livery. | |
photographs by John Lewis |
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| Unit 1312 pictured here working a semi-fast Portsmouth Harbour
service at Clapham Junction during January 1999 shows non standard Cep style
hopper windows in its first two compartments.
photograph by Jonathan Hall |
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A South West Trains 4 Cig still in NSE livery seen in the
Egham area during June 1999.
photograph by Jonathan Hall |
| Connex Cig 1719 is seen here at Berwick bound for Eastbourne
on 10th June 1999. Upper quadrant semaphore signals are still in use.
photograph by Michael Taylor |
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Connex 4 Cig 1704 is displaying the broad yellow first class
stripe on its roof at Clapham Junction on 13th October 1999.
photograph by Colin Duff |
| Unlike the previous unit 1907 still has the original Connex
SouthCentral branding, also seen at Clapham Junction on 13th October 1999.
photograph by Colin Duff |
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South West Trains unit 1880 working a Portsmouth Harbour
semi-fast service is pictured leaning into the curve (albeit slightly
exaggerated by the wide angle lens) at Clapham Junction on 8th April 2000.
photograph by Colin Duff |
| Although they only haa a year or so of life left Cigs were
repainted into the new South Central green livery. Here is fly-blown South
Central Cig 1740 in the new livery at Hastings on 16th May 2002.
photograph by Colin Duff |
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