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Whither Wessies?

MBLS 62945 in NSE livery The Wessex Electric fleet has appeared in at least 6 liveries -
  • Network SouthEast
  • Network SouthEast with Stagecoach/SWT branding
  • Stagecoach/SWT
  • South West Trains (Best Designs)
  • South West Trains (Best Designs) modified during C6 overhaul to be RVAR compliant (see below)
  • and following the announcement that the lease will not be renewed, post-C6 basic white and grey (as first applied to u2421)

All liveries are pictured throughout these pages, however here are some close-ups of details.

(above left) Network SouthEast with Solent & Wessex sub-sector branding

(left) Network SouthEast with Stagecoach/SWT branding

photographs by John Lewis

NSE livery with Stagecoach/SWT branding
2402 SWT South West Trains lettering 2402 Stagecoach lettering

(above left & right) Details of lettering applied to the Stagecoach/SWT livery
photographs by John Lewis

 

47841 hauling 442401

At the beginning of 2006 the class 442 fleet commenced its C6 overhaul programme at Bombardier Ilford. u2401, left Bournemouth hauled by Brush type 4 47841 for Ilford on the 4th January 2006, this being the first of a rolling programme which continued even after South West Trains announced it was not going to renew its lease on the fleet from February 2007.

photograph by Mike Cook
broadside shot of 2401 at Ilford

photograph by Mike Cook (with permission from Bombardier)

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Some weeks later, a glimpse of the new DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) compliant "swoosh" being applied to South West Trains' 442 401 at Ilford during its C6 overhaul.  Note the "swoosh" now extends further back along the coach by the length of another window and the door within it is a contrasting yellow. Other doors are red as before.
overhauled 422 coupled to a unit in original form A picture is worth a thousand words and here is a comparison of overhauled 2401 coupled to 2416 clearly demonstrating how the "swoosh" and cab vestibule door has been changed during the overhaul.

photograph by
Colin Duff
This fortunate shot was taken during shunting at Clapham Yard on June 7th. Interestingly, the doors into the rear of the cab vestibule are now orange (a lighter shade than the orange of the "swoosh"), believed to be as originally designed, and not yellow as seen at Ilford above.

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