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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    My mistake. I thought that disintive sound (which I read somewhere was the compressors), would not be heard when the trains get re-tractioned. I was simply saying the unit sounded like it used to the last time I heard one a few years ago; and so hadn’t been re-tractioned (which isn’t a surprise...
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    The two units stabled at Fratton this afternoon that I saw were the grey 442404, and 442406 in unbranded Gatwick Express. The lights were out but it looked like the interior of 442404 had been done. The distinctive “chug-chug” compressor sound from 442404 lead me to believe it had the original...
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    313201 livery

    http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/emu-overhaul-includes-heritage-livery.html
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    From http://otp.investis.com/generic/regulatory-story.aspx?newsid=857157&cid=858 : "*We will introduce charging points on all other mainland trains - Class 442s, Class 444s and 450s by December 2018, Class 158s and 159s by December 2020"
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