Chiltern unit 960301

[paulo]

Whilst at Preston Road station today I was passed by a rather unusual Chiltern Railways unit, unfortunely I was'nt quick enough to get my camera out but I did get the number (960301) can anyone throw some light on what class this unit was? I think it may have been a sandite unit as the windows were all painted out and it only consisted of 2 cars.

 

[djw1981]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_960 indicates it to be a water-cannon unit.

 

[87015]

117308. Although strangely the centre car is an ex-driving motor!!

 

[paulo]

My guess is it is a sandite unit as the leaf fall is now well under way, and that I misread the last few digits of the number! it was right on me before It registered!!!! do you know what is the water cannon unit used for?

 

[NSEFAN]

It blasts the rails with water to clean leaf mulch off them. Works better than sandite apparently.

The chiltern-based units are mainly water cannon (I think)

 

[paulo]

so I may have got my digits correct! im not really up on my BR/NR stock but is always nice to see the oldies now and again.