- First Class 707 unit delivered
- Class 450 Advertising Vinyls
- Class 456 in Quantity Off Peak
- Class 458/5 Stately Progress
- New Power Car for 5913
- Refurbished Class 456 units in service
- Class 458/5 Out and About
- Class 456 at Waterloo
- Class 456 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Interiors
- Class 458/5 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Press Launch
- SWT Class 456 Driver Training
- Class 458/5 Early Days
- Juniper Movember
- Class 159 to Swanage
- Junipers in New Platforms at Reading
- 159/1 Livery Variation
- Diversions via Wimbledon Park
- Cigs To Leave Lymington
- Desiro Day!
- First Refurbished 455/8s
- Regenerative Brake Testing
- Desiro Derailment Waterloo
- Lymington 150
- 1498 Carries Passengers on Mainline
- Swanage Beer & Diesel Gala
- 458 Refresh at Bournemouth
- 455 to Chart Leacon
- Early Refurbished 455s Get More Attention
- Maroon Isle of Wight Units
- High Capacity Desiros
- SWT Livery in Far North
- Thunderbird is Go!
- Two Slammers at Wimbledon
- SWT Ends 170 Operations
- Lymington Cigs Turned
- Gordon Returns to Bournemouth
- Gordon Moves to Wimbledon
- First Refurbished 158 Arrives
- Gordon Outing to Swanage
- 444 Most Reliable Train
- Juniper Diversions
- First 159/1 Enters Service
- SWT Gain Another 17 350s
- Desiro on Lymington Branch
- Mixed 455 Formations
- 450101 Finally Enters Service
- 34th Refurbished 455
- SWT 159/1 Preview
- Engineering Work at Woking
- Arrivals and Departures
1498 carries passengers on the mainline
...though unfortunately for we enthusiasts not the paying public. On Thursday 10th July 2008 "thunderbird" 73235 piloted 1498 first to Wimbledon Park to pick up 73109 on its rear and then to Waterloo. From Waterloo to Brockenhurst via Staines the formation, led by 73109, formed a staff special in honour of a Controller retiring after 44 years. The Webmaster's employers please take note - this is my sort of retirement party!!! After dropping off passengers at Brockenhurst the train continued to Bournemouth depot. (Note has a derogation only to carry fare paying passengers specifically in 1497 and 1498 between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier.)
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London bound - 73235 piloting 1498 through Frimley on the way to Wimbledon, 10th July 2008 photograph by Ian Parish |
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73109 leading 1498 and 73235 though Pirbright to Brockenhurst photograph by Ian Parish |
