Class 450/0 - 4Des and Class 450/2 (Siemens Desiro series)
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Sunday 5th October 2003 saw these units enter revenue earning service for the
first time and Paul Ferbrache was there to record the event.
Unit 450015, with 450026 behind, stand at Bournemouth before departing with the 1:30pm service to Weymouth. photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
| 450015 and 450026 stand at Weymouth having arriving there
with the above-mentioned 1:30pm service from Bournemouth.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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The following month 450015 is seen waiting at Southampton to leave with the
9:55am service to London Waterloo on 22nd November 2003.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
| 450017 stands at Clapham Junction with a London Waterloo to
Basingstoke service on 18th December 2003.
photograph by Paul Ferbrache |
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| The units below were photographed at Woking station on 1st October 2003. The units, which are believed to have arrived from Bournemouth, stood at platform 1 for about 5 minutes before reversing into a siding outside the station. |
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The cabs of both 450016 and 450019 and the gangway connection between them.
photograph by James Stearn |
| The side of 450019 showing the colours of the doors, a nice
clean bogie and the recess in the roof where, presumably, a pantograph could be
mounted should it ever be required.
photograph by James Stearn |
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The first class area of 450019 showing the new light blue dots and stickers
on the windows signifying the first class area.
photograph by James Stearn |
| An overall view of both units (019 and 016). 019 is the unit
in the foreground.
photograph by James Stearn |
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This page was last updated 11 May 2004
