Electric Multiple Units Gallery
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Description
Through electric working between London and Clacton & Walton had begun some years before I arrived in Essex. But that was in the era of blue or blue and grey colour schemes which did not make for interesting pictures. But with the introduction of the red, white and blue Network South-East livery, trains suddenly became phototgenic. The breakup of NSE into numerous privatised TOC's brought both change and variety as one TOC sometimes borrowed another's stock and livery. The 'one Railway' slate blue livery never caught up with the large fleet of emu's in the area before that in turn was overtaken by the change to National Express East Anglia.
Showing 28 items:
01 - Blue/grey 312
02 - NSE 312
03 - NSE 309
04 - FGE 312
05 - 312 in the Wild West
06 - NSE 313
07 - NSE 315
08 - FGE 315
09 - FGE 317
10 - WAGN 317
11 - Mystery 317 units
12 - NSE 321 (1)
13 - NSE 321 (2)
14 - Early FGE 321
15 - Two versions of FGE 321s
16 - Later FGE 321
17 - Freeport 321
18 - Silverlink 321
19 - Early 'one' 321
20 - Stansted Express 322 (1)
21 - Stansted Express 322 (2)
22 - Original 360
23 - 360s 'f ' logos
24 - Later 360
25 - 360 without stripes
26 - 360 in NXEA colours
27 - 315 unit ECS to Clacton
28 - NXEA stripes on Class 321
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- Update on liveries in the Colchester area on
13th August 2008
As predicted, we are now in a period of mixed liveries on the London-Norwich service. At present there appears still to be only one complete passenger set but at least 3 locos in the full NXEA grey/white. All the rest of the stock has acquired the broad white stripe below the windows bearing the branding 'national express' at one end and 'East Anglia' at the other. There still seems to be shortage of NXEA Class 90 locos, as both 90035 and 90036, bearing different versions of EWS livery, were active in mid-August. So far only one 360 unit has the full livery but at least two have been seen with the white stripe etc. A number of 321 units have received the white stripe treatment in place of the former green stripe below the windows. Meanwhile the 170 units continue in 'one' slate grey complete with rainbow end panels. - National Express E.A. replaces 'one' on
13th August 2008
From February 27th 'one' Railway was re-branded as 'National Express East Anglia' (NXEA). Inevitably this heralds yet another change in livery, so soon after slate blue had become universal on the Norwich line rolling stock. For the launch a complete train set was turned out in grey and white, a combination likely to dazzle bystanders in sunny weather and look drearily dull under under leaden skies. A similarly attired 360 unit has been seen at work, but so far the 170 units remain unchanged. As far as the Norwich stock is concerned, an interim measure has been the removal of the rainbow end panels from most locos & vehicles, and the addition of a broad white stripe bearing the NXEA branding. Trains of mixed liveries are once again appearing.