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The refurbishment programme of =$ext_southwesttrains;?> class 455/7 fleet continues apace. 5739 was the 34th unit to be refurbished, being sent to Chart Leacon on the 6th April 2006 and returned to Wimbledon Park on the 26th May. Monday June 5th 2006 was the unit's first day in service in its new finery working diagram WM650 coupled to 5709
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The unit is seen here on that day at Kingston with the 14.19 anti-clockwise "roundabout" service to Waterloo via Wimbledon photograph by Colin Duff |
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5739 a few weeks earlier being worked on at Chart Leacon photograph by Mike Cook |