- 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
New Power Car for 5913
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photographs by "GB" South West Trains' unit 5913 was extremely unlucky when on 5th November 2010 a cement lorry plunged off the overbridge at Oxshott, crushing the roof of the unit's power car and, comparatively fortunately, only injuring passengers and the driver of the lorry. 5913 was working a Guildford (New Line) to Waterloo service at the time. Following assessment the damaged coach 62838 was judged beyond repair and following investigations it was decided to re-build a still existing DTSO coach, originally from prototype Class 210 DEMU, as a replacement. The conversion proved to be involved and extensive. It was not until 26th July 2013 that 5913 was observed back in passenger service. Above replacement power car 67301 (retaining its number from when it was converted to the experimental 3 phase EMU 7001) is viewed at Waterloo on 14th October 2014. Below shows the only readily visible noticeable difference between 67301 and a standard 455 vehicle is that the structure which rests on the air suspension and the lifting point are different. |
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