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This Central class 170 has a new livery for us...Derwent Valley Mills. It is seen about to depart from Ely on the 20th August 2004. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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Porterbrook 170399 with a new Midland Mainline centre car at Leicester London Rd. on March 30th, 2001. Midland Mainline ordered centre cars for a few units of their Class 170 fleet due to frequent overcrowding. There is extra first and standard class accomodation, a small bar has also been included. Photo and scan: © Alexander James Lovell

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QJump liveried Class 170 Turbostar seen passing Undy in Gwent, one of the saving graces of UK standardisation is the number of non standard livery, the date of the photograph is 20 February 2004. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Pictures taken on Canon EOS10D Digital SLR.

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Bombardier unit seen at Manchester Oxford Rd, I believe this is like 399, a unit for hire. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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Porterbrook Class 170 Turbostar on the Derby to Matlock local. These units were built as demonstrator and speculative hire vehicles. The Derby - Matlock route has often been a running in turn for new units and locomotives, during the Modernisation Programme locomotives built at Derby works were put on the Derby - Manchester turn, after this route was truncated at Matlock so was the test route, being close to the engineering works and also their builder this route was ideal. Obviously old habits die hard! Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Email address ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All pictures take by me on a Kodak DC260 Digital Camera, and slightly processed using Paint Shop Pro 5

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Class 170 seen passing Portway in Birmingham Olympic livery, kinda nice against the green of autumn. [In its pink livery 399 was for the Birmingham bid for the European capital of Culture 2008, not the Olympics as stated.] Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker, photograph taken on Canon EOS10D, capturing in RAW format. Email address ecml@yahoo.co.uk.

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12 March 2004 at Derby/Nottingham was a very interesting day, especially on the Turbostar front, first of al I managed to get 170 513 and whilst photographing that unit 170 397 entered Nottingham - -on the wrong platform. Fortunately whilst taking some night shot Notwork Rail and Central Trians obliged by putting it on a Nottingham - Worcester working. Copyright belongs to Andrew Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken on Canon EOS10D.

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Class 170 399 re-liveried in support of Birminghams sporting bid. Seen at Derby. Copyright belongs to author, photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera, processed using Photo Paint V7

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Re-liveried from Porterbrook scheme, I believe this unit may be transferred to SWT but the livery may change. Photographed at Derby. Copyright belongs to author, photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera, processed using Photo Paint V7