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| Desiro Day! |
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Modern Locomotives Illustrated Magazine is running a "Desiro Day" on 26th September 2009, giving unlimited travel on South West Trains services for £20 (all routes except West of Basingstoke to Exeter/Bristol, Salisbury-Romsey-Southampton and Ryde-Shanklin). Tickets are only available using the form printed in MODERN LOCOMOTIVES ILLUSTRATED #178 DESIRO EMUs (August-September 2009 edition). This will be on the bookshelves of most major newsagents until the end of September. There is no other way to get a ticket except by using this form. Anyone wanting to take advantage of this offer should get the form in IMMEDIATELY, as MLI need about 7-10 days to get the tickets out.
photograph on left by James Mayl and on right by James Dixon |
| Desiro derailment at Waterloo |
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In circumstances yet to be confirmed, this website will not repeat unsubstantiated rumours, on Sunday 13th July high capacity Desiro 450545 impacted with the buffer stops on platform 16 at Waterloo. The jolt back through the train appears to have caused the second car to displace the track and derail. No injuries were reported and it is not clear if the train was in service at the time. The unit is pictured here the next day. How close it is to the buffer stops can be judged from the railing and red markings on the platform. Note also how the second car is out of alignment with the remainder of the train. photographs by Colin Price |
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