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The Fall and Rise of South West Trains' 458 Units

Exterior Details

All photographs on this page are by Colin Duff unless otherwise credited

 

(left) airconditioning unit and (right) pantograph well (both u8028 5th June 2006)
airconditioning unit pantograph well
rooftop view (left) general view of roofs along a unit, left to right DMCO, PTSO, MSO, DMCO (u8028 5th June 2006)

 

lessor's plate on end of 458021 The lessor's plate on the end of the DMCO(B) of 8021.  Note 4 JOP is an official designation though under Southern Region convention arguably it should be 4 Jop!
(6th September 2006)

 

 

no gangways between units gangways and connections between cars

(above left) gangways between units back in use again (8009 and 8019 1st August 2007)
(above centre) gangways between units when long since out of use
(8010 & 8026 29th June 2006)
(above right) gangway and connections between adjacent cars
(MSO to DMCO u8010 29th June 2006)
(below left) Scharfenberg coupling (u8015 4th October 2002) and
(below right) units 8019 and 8021 coupled together (6th September 2006)
coupler coupler whilst unist coupled together

 

(left) window blanks to disabled access lavatory in PTSO (u8010 29th June 2006)
(right) window blank to lavatory in MSO (8020 29th June 2006)
exterior of disabled lavatory exterior of other lavatory

 

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INTRODUCTION | 8001-8005 | 8006-8010 | 8011-8015 | 8016-8020 | 8021-8025 | INT DETAILS | RETURN TO FEATURES INDEX
GATWICK  EXPRESS 458s | OTHER JUNIPER EMUs

 

 

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