Third-Rail EMU Photos

[Southernman46]

Oh yes.....we were still being issued with the old, long, rubberised black BR macintoshes for wet work, in those days. You wore your yellow bib vest over that. One evening, whilst doing the shunt in filthy weather, I felt a whack across the top of my back. Swinging around, there was no-one there, and I thought one of the team was playing silly bu88ers, but had to continue the shunt. It happened again, twice, and still no-one to be seen. When I was getting undressed that night for bed, by wife screamed. Most of my back had gone black and blue, like I had been beaten with a rubber hose or something. Turns out my coat had drifted over the juice rail, and I had had three electric shocks. The vulcanisation of the mac had not stopped the flow of electricity, perhaps because there was so much water and grease combined. It didn't actually hurt afterwards, and the marks just went away after several days.

Nasty - I can vouch for that experience entirely - had the same thing happen at Eastleigh (just the once though so didn't get the bruising and being of an electrification background realised straight away what had happened)

[jonny777]

I admit, this is a bit of a cheat and perhaps not best described as a 3rd rail EMU - but here is 373014 near Wandsworth Road on 28th August 1998. 

 

 

[roundhouse]

A few recent photos from Redhill including one of a train terminating at the north end of new platform 0. A long walk for those getting off to the exit and even longer walk to the three car unit for Tonbridge at the north end of platform 1 which is now a bay

[Johann Marsbar]

Bury, 25th March 1978

 

 

Garston, 10th August 1978

 

 

Ormskirk, 10th August 1978

 

 

[jonny777]

Excellent photos Mr Marsbar; they bring back lots of memories. 

[dvdlcs]

Re Post #884.

 

With respect to platform 1 at Redhill now being a bay, is that a temporary or permanent arrangement?

 

Would seem very odd (to me) if it were a permanent arrangement, as it would appear that a turnout roll-in and a couple of additional signals - yes, I know from experience this is not as trivial as it sounds - would give a through road which presumably would be more useful operationally.

 

Apologies for going off-topic on a thread for EMU pictures...

[John M Upton]

It's permanent, and also utterly daft as anyone can see clear as day that it could so easily have been connected through to the up main off platform 2.

 

Whoever designed Platform 0 should be brought to book though, all open, barely any shelter and apparently in poor windy weather, rather abysmal to stand on!!

[Redkiterail]

Redhill platform 1 was made into a bay platform due to the limitations of the Interlocking it requires TBASC to be converted or upgrade to put back to through platform

[roundhouse]

Talking to a friend  who designs signalling for NR he said that despite the south end turnouts off platform 1 to access platform 0 which shortened platform 1 to less than 12 cars, they could have easily made the platform 1 a through one keeping it at 12 cars but decided not to. I wont repeat what he said about the current design.

 

There was also talk of a northern footbridge but that's hasn't happened. The current layout either delays trains when they are last minute replatformed whilst passengers swap platform and hike it to the train or they miss the train if it isn't held.

Edited January 25, 2019 by roundhouse

[Peter Kazmierczak]

If one saw that layout on a model, you'd think it wasn't prototypical.

[75B]

A few recent photos from Redhill including one of a train terminating at the north end of new platform 0. A long walk for those getting off to the exit and even longer walk to the three car unit for Tonbridge at the north end of platform 1 which is now a bay

Quite an interesting photograph of the unit at the north end of platform 0; normally if the Victoria to Reigate service has to be terminated at Redhill, it would be at the south end by the exit.  Yesterday, this particular service was running about 17 minutes late therefore not enough time to go to Reigate and back; the return working to Victoria is the last of the morning peak to join with one from Gatwick (I presume 8 cars, hence waiting at the north end of Platform 0).

 

Keith

[75B]

Some photographs taken at Redhill on the 7^th November 2009 showing the track layout before platform 0.

 

 

 

 

377109 leaving platform 1 with a Reigate - Charing Cross service.

 

 

 

377451 leaving platform 2 with a London bound service (possibly Tonbridge – Charing Cross).

 

 

377424 in Platform 2 with a Victoria service, and 377432 waits in platform 1 to follow with a Charing Cross service.

 

 

 

[roundhouse]

A few more shots of Redhill this time back in 2004 from that same footbridge.

 

And from the North end of platform 1 and 2 of a DEMU stored in the old headshunt which has now gone

 

 

This  shot was taken from my other halfs old place of work. Its now been demolished and rebuilt as a Siansburys extension and a Travelodge hotel plus car park etc. Shows the old liveries including Connex.

A view now changed by the new platoform 0 and  there will be another supermarket, car park and block of flats on the car park if it does actually ever commence.

[roundhouse]

A few from 2005  that can no longer be seen at Redhill

 

Edited January 26, 2019 by roundhouse

[Joseph_Pestell]

I still find it hard to believe that they have not rebuilt Redhill properly.

[lmsforever]

The green and white livery looks good which train company ran the service?

[Claude_Dreyfus]

That's a 165 on the Reading - Gatwick service in old Thames Trains livery.

[Joseph_Pestell]

That's a 165 on the Reading - Gatwick service in old Thames Trains livery.

Not the picture I'm looking at (which is a 4-CIG in an early Southern livery).

[roundhouse]

Not the picture I'm looking at (which is a 4-CIG in an early Southern livery).

That was when Southern took over from Connex

[Claude_Dreyfus]

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I was looking at this picture. Missed the 4 CIG.

[royaloak]

As they did at the end of steam.

But they werent replaced by other steam engines were they?

In the modern example we have new electric trains replacing half life (or nearly  new) electric trains so hardly comparable to new, more reliable, cheaper to run, easier/quicker to maintain etc etc diesel trains replacing old (or not so old but still), less reliable, expensive to run, maintenance heavy etc etc steam engines !

 

Arent we rather OT here?

Edited January 26, 2019 by royaloak

[Ian Smeeton]

But they werent replaced by other steam engines were they?

In the modern example we have new electric trains replacing half life (or nearly  new) electric trains so hardly comparable to new, more reliable, cheaper to run, easier/quicker to maintain etc etc diesel trains replacing old (or not so old but still), less reliable, expensive to run, maintenance heavy etc etc steam engines !

 

Arent we rather OT here?

 

We are now!

 

Regards

 

Ian

[Northmoor]

A 450 out playing in the snow yesterday, between Camberley and Bagshot (one of the more rarely-photographed areas of the network):

[Darius43]

Some pictures from Littlehampton this morning, taken whilst waiting for a diverted Victoria train.

 

 

 

 

 

Didnt realise that semaphores were still in use here

 

Cheers

 

Darius

[Owd Bob]

A few from a  'Merrymaker' day trip from the Manchester area to Ramsgate station in 1981. The only loco i saw all day at Ramsgate was the one we been hauled behind from the Wembley area which was 33 061, it was stabled up near the station until our return journey. I normally would'nt have wasted valuble film on these units. Wish i had taken more now though!

 

 

 

 

Edited February 10, 2019 by Owd Bob