4 Cig/Big & 3 Cop (Class 421/422)

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.
Now you see it .... now you don't!
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

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

A South West Trains 4 Cig still in NSE livery seen in the Egham area during June 1999. photograph by Jonathan Hall

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