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The love of the 455 is tied to nostalgia. Everything from jumper cables to compressors. Nostalgia stemming from the tech of decades ago. Anything with AC and with 10 coaches and a good interior would have been a better type of stock out of Waterloo, the 701 is a good unit and it suits the...

Usually not I think. Carriages have been reformed before example VEP 3404 which was a hybrid Clapham and Purley survivor train, the remaining carriages naturally being scrapped. I think the 455 unit involved in the Oxshott incident was returned to service after a very expensive repair with a...

Well I can recollect very well VEP unit 3404 was almost blacklisted in all but name. It even had a nickname floating about at some point but for the life of me can’t remember what it was But yes you’re right on the points you make from a purely factual point of view. It all seems a bit...

Possibly rephrase to would anyone want to sign it again and drive it? Doubt it. These are tough units and it’s not been caved in by a rear end collision. For all we know and I predict that the rolling occurred at low speed, but you may end up seeing the first driving car kept as a spare and...

387172 appears ok at first sight, I suspect here the unit may have emergency braked upon derailment and the last 3 coaches may have tipped slowly anyway. 387304 is highly unlikely to be running for a very long time indeed now if at all

387172 involved in the Lewes derailment. 387304 is the unit with 3 carriages on their side. Glad to see no fatalities; demonstrates the strength of these units

That’s fair enough and you make fair points. Hopefully in that case it’ll be addressed in good time

Probably a lack of gap between the red shape at the ends and the doors, it’s madness in all honesty as all the doors are correctly grey. How we coped before I don’t know

What I’m more annoyed about personally is not necessarily the stock which IMHO looks ok. It should be toned down with plain blue intermediate coaches however with maybe the darker shade of blue shaped in the middle to break it up a bit. But what really gets me is the complete lack of any...

I remember it well! And the water poured in

That’s the one thank you

Sorry I had but it seems to have been edited out I’m not sure if I did that two ticks

Seems to be a video circulating showing a 701 with a sagging floor I kid you not. Whether it’s just the plastic flooring overlay or not it’s really bad and not inspiring confidence in the interior fit of these units

Perhaps hopefully this is a screw up with the vinyl and is a human error because it looks rubbish compared to the electrostar and arterio version

Oh dear! That variation is terrible the red should be far nearer to the cab front on the side.

IMO short distance odd numbered units such as 3- car 159s really would benefit from a plain blue centre car with the darker blue triangular shape only and of course the text branding. But this livery does seem to be rather ill through through so I expect it to be slapped with the red ends and...

Exceptional work from all involved, RAIB, NR, the TOCs and no doubt the public who have on the whole been understanding in this process. Well done all

Recovery here seems to be going very well which is great for the investigation timeline to continue at pace and also good for the restoration of the railway naturally which is a key priority here. Back in the 80s at Clapham, it was exceptionally difficult due to access roads, but more so due...

Yep - we're not going mad. Confirmed by drivers on a related FB post. Shame I never rode or got a pic of such a formation. I do remember it absolutely belting it though.

I seem to remember some years back, and I mean some years back there was a strike day that saw the units running in 12 car formation to Basingstoke or Guildford/Woking. It was a skeleton service as a 12 car 455 whizzed past my shuttle train from Surbiton to Clapham Junction. Barely any...