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Class 450
EMU-450048 heads '1T41' the 14:09 from Waterloo to Portsmouth via Eastleigh.Seen approaching Basingstoke.
..10 august 2023..
These days about the only time you see a SWR-Unit looking clean is shortly after it has received an overhaul or a repaint! Here is 450093 that has obviously just been released back into traffic after a full repaint and freshly overhauled bogies. Here seen at Mount Pleasant in Southampton with '2E44' the 14:38 from Portsmouth &Southsea going only as far as Southampton Central.
..06 february 2023..
Immaculate looking SWR liveried 450113 enters Southampton-Central with '2B48' the13:02 from Bournemouth stopper going to Winchester.
..31 january 2023..
Originally these Class-450's were liveried in Blue but now SWR'y are giving them the same livery makeover as the Class-444's.The only clue from afar is these are 4-car as opposed to 5 with the 444's. So here is a freshly repainted 450096 with '2E40' the 13:38 from Portsmouth &Southsea to Southampton Central. Pictured at Mount Pleasant under a scorching sun.
..11 july 2022..
EMU-450035 crosses the River Itchen on the approach to Bitterne with '2E57' the 18:44 from Southampton Central to Portsmouth & Southsea.
..24 may 2022..
Still in its old SWT blue colours EMU-450002 rattles through St Denys with '2B43' the 15:49 from Winchester to Southampton-Central.
..14 june 2021..
Blue 450005 passes through Eastleigh with '2B19' the 09:49 from Winchester to Bournemouth.Pretty soon all these 450's will be repainted in the now predominant white/black colous og the SW-Rly.So even this rather mundane shot will become histoty!
..14 june 2021..
450078 leads '1B29' a 12-car service from Waterloo (dept 14:35) going only as far as Southampton-Central.Seen speeding non-stop through St Denys in the suburbs of Southampton.
..14 september 2020..
This EMU,450111 is I think the first Class-450 to receive the then new 'South Western Railway' vinyl'd livery.This style was abandoned quite quickly and a brighter,plain painted version has now become the norm. So here is 450111 coming off the Portsmouth line at St Denys with '2E44' the 14:44 from Fratton to Southampton-Central.
..24 june 2020..
There are altogether 127 sets of these 3rd-rail Siemens 'Desiro' EMU's in service with South Western Railway.This one.450022 is seen passing through Redbridge with a 12:50 from Poole to Waterloo service '2B48'.
..7 august 2018..
This is a fleetingly busy moment here at Mount Pleasant Road in Southampton.EWS-GM 66013 stands in the 'Up' sidings about to depart for Wembley with some empty MMA's whilst a Voyager bound for Bournemouth passes a pair of SWT-EMU's going north.
..10 may 2017..
SWT 450116 runs from Eastleigh down to Northam C.S.D as an ECS '5B29' passing Campbell Road in Eastleigh. After over 20 years of running the services on the Southern,SWT has been booted out of the franchise in favour of a bunch of chinese investors in league with 'yes you guessed it' First Group! Just like personal banking,car insurance and cable-tv if you do a good job and are a loyal customer to the government or what-ever you end up getting shafted because apparantly the bottom line is the most important feature in any deal.All part of the Cesspit of privatisation!
..10 may 2017..
3rd-Rail Steel-Tube 450123 gets away from Southampton with the 12:35 from Waterloo going to Weymouth.--Well---- the sun was out!
..22 august 2014..
Here is an ECS from Waterloo going to Northam-CSD.Running as '5B91'.It comprised of 450108 (leading) along with 450546 and 450119.Although it was running non-stop the actual speed through Eastleigh station area was quite slow due to a severe speed retriction in place there.
..12 june 2014..
An 'In your face' type shot of Siemens-Desiro 450018 as it rushes towards me speeding non-stop through Millbrook in Southampton at about 60mph.This was '2B48' a stopping service (Not here though) from Poole going to Waterloo. This uncropped shot was taken with a 70-200 L zoom set at 105mm (about 170mm in old 35 SLR film terms) Nice to use this lens occasionally!
..14 january 2014..
'2B31' the 11:39 from Waterloo going to Poole in Dorset passes Saxon Road Footbridge in Southampton. 3rd rail EMU 450119 in colourful Red/Blue and Orange was doing the duty.
..04 september 2013..
450085 sits quietly under the canopy at Waterloo waiting time. This station in the evening on a Saturday is a vastly different place to the madhouse that it is during the working week around teatime!
..23 february 2013..
450093 sits in Waterloo against the blocks awaiting its next working.
..23 february 2013..
450003 passes St-Cross shortly after departing Winchester going to Portsmouth via Eastleigh '1T45'.It departed from Waterloo at 15:09.
..17 april 2012..
The 12:09 from Waterloo going to Portsmouth via Eastleigh diverges at Worting heading for the south coast.450118.one of the SWT units in the more colourful Blue/Red/Orange colour scheme working the duty.
..17 april 2012..
The 13:39 from London-Waterloo bound for Poole in Dorset diverges at Worting on the seemingly single line at the flyover complex.450 124 in the colourful South-West Trains livery doing the job.
..06 october 2011..
The 11:39 from Waterloo going only as far as Southampton-Central passes the Flyover as it takes the seemingly single line down main towards Southampton.450 095 being the Unit in question.
..06 october 2011..
Not a service trian but a stock move from Clapham-Junction down to the main depot at Northam-CSD of servicing.Running as '5B97' this unit 450 569-HC is normally used on the high density commuter routes around Waterloo.The 'HC' in the number denotes 'high capacity' meaning either less seating(more standing room) or more seating tightly packed together.Viewed passing the now dead Willow-Herb Bed there at Worting.