5 Wes (Class 442)

2422 formed the 4:09pm departure to Wareham from Eastleigh on 17 April 2002.

photograph by Colin Duff

Inter-car connections.

Left: The low level only connections seen between the DTC/DTS and DTS/MBLS.

Right: The high and low level connections seen between the MBLS/TSW and TSW/DTS. The connections on the other side of the unit appear to be almost a mirror image from one end of the unit to the other, i.e. low level only one side, high and low level on the other side of the corridor connection.

However the MBLS has an additional socket on its end adjacent to the TSW. This is for traction power within a depot where for safety reasons there are no conductor rails. A long jumper cable carrying the traction supply is connected to this socket. This allows a unit to be moved by its own motors until a pickup shoe is connecting with the third rail.

photographs by Colin Duff

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