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4-car EMU class 412. The vanished scene at Basingstoke sees a 1960 built 4-BEP 2305 on a westbound semi-fast passing an Anglia Railways DMU 170 208 on their now discontinued cross-London service from Chelmsford. A rainy Monday September 18th, 2000.     Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (michael@einbahn.org) Website www.EinBahn.org

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South West trains DEMU class 231 2315 is seen in the sidings at the Eden Valley Railway on an open day. Saturday the 26th of August 2006 Photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk

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Farewell to Slam-door stock ... Buffet/service-car of a Class 412 of South West Trains, seen upon turnaround at London-Waterloo. These units mainly run on fast services to Southampton. 8th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Farewell to Slam-door stock ... Interiors of Buffet/service-car of a Class 412 of South West Trains, seen upon turnaround at London-Waterloo. This car also has a buffet counter (not in use any more) and a Guard compartment, further in the background. These units now mainly run on fast services to Southampton, but they used to be diagrammed on Boat Trains between London-Victoria and Folkestone-Harbour ot Dover-Western Docks until the early-80s Pre-refurbishment (early-80s), this car used to have a dining-room and a full galley. Upon refurbishment, catering on South East services was downgraded to buffet-accommodation, and shortly thereafter to a mere trolley-service, which has displaced 412s to London-Waterloo fast services. 8th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Farewell to Slam-door stock ... Interiors of Buffet/service-car of a Class 412 of South West Trains, seen upon turnaround at London-Waterloo. This car also has a buffet counter (not in use any more) and a Guard compartment. These units now mainly run on fast services to Southampton, but they used to be diagrammed on Boat Trains between London-Victoria and Folkestone-Harbour ot Dover-Western Docks until the early-80s Pre-refurbishment (early-80s), this car used to have a dining-room and a full galley. Upon refurbishment, catering on South East services was downgraded to buffet-accommodation, and shortly thereafter to a mere trolley-service, which has displaced 412s to London-Waterloo fast services. 8th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Farewell to Slam-door stock ... Interiors of Buffet/service-car of a Class 412 of South West Trains, seen upon turnaround at London-Waterloo. This car also has a buffet counter (not in use any more) and a Guard compartment. These units now mainly run on fast services to Southampton, but they used to be diagrammed on Boat Trains between London-Victoria and Folkestone-Harbour ot Dover-Western Docks until the early-80s Pre-refurbishment (early-80s), this car used to have a dining-room and a full galley. Upon refurbishment, catering on South East services was downgraded to buffet-accommodation, and shortly thereafter to a mere trolley-service, which has displaced 412s to London-Waterloo fast services. The bench-seat can comfortably accommodate 9 passengers. 8th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Farewell to Slam-door stock ... Cab/Standard-class car of a Class 412 of South West Trains, seen upon turnaround at London-Waterloo. These units now mainly run on fast services to Southampton, but they used to be diagrammed on Boat Trains between London-Victoria and Folkestone-Harbour ot Dover-Western Docks until the early-80s 8th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Farewell to Slam-door stock ... Standard-class car of a Class 412 of South West Trains, seen upon turnaround at London-Waterloo. These units now mainly run on fast services to Southampton, but they used to be diagrammed on Boat Trains between London-Victoria and Folkestone-Harbour ot Dover-Western Docks until the early-80s 8th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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This is the South West trains logo from a DEMU class 231 2315 in the sidings at the Eden Valley Railway on an open day. Saturday the 26th of August 2006 Photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk

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Class 423 on a shunting move at Clapham Junction. The unit moved from Clapham Yard (adjacent to the station) down to the crossover and then back up on the Windsor Lines, probably using the Windsor Lines to access the East Putney 'London Underground' to Wimbledon and the Depot there. This route is used to avoid congestion on the old LSWR mainline. Date is August 02, 2003. [actually, 2314 is a class 412/1 unit, MvU] Copyright belongs to author. Photograph taken on Canon EOS10/

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Second part of the shunting movement from Clapham Yard to Wimbledon Depot, 02 August 2003. Copyright belongs to author. Photograph taken on Canon EOS10/

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Waterloo, on a dull St. Valentine's Day morning, Monday 14th February 2005. Imagine the conversation : "My train's got a Dellner !" "Yeah, but my train's got buffers !" Class 412 4-BEP unit no. 2311, one of the last two in service with South West Trains at that time, waits at the rear of a 12-car slamdoor formation about to depart empty from Platform 13. In Platform 12, Class 450 Desiro unit no. 450078 has recently arrived at the head of a 12-car formation on the 07.24 service from Basingstoke, substituting - ironically - for a 12-slam, and will soon depart at the rear of the 08.39 service to Southampton Central. The diagram starting with the 07.24 ex-Basingstoke service ran as a 12-slam every day for the rest of the week. Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Waterloo, on a dull St. Valentine's Day morning, Monday 14th February 2005. Class 412 4-BEP unit no. 2311 at Platform 13, Class 450 Desiro unit no. 450078 at Platform 12. Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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Waterloo, Friday morning, 18th February 2005. Class 412 4-BEP unit no. 2315, the other one of the last two in service with South West Trains at that time, waits at the rear of a 12-car slamdoor formation about to depart empty from Platform 13. In Platform 12, Class 421 4-CIG unit no. 1302 has recently arrived at the head of a 12-slam on the 07.24 service from Basingstoke, and will soon depart at the rear of the 08.39 service to Southampton Central. The diagram starting with the 07.24 ex-Basingstoke service ran as a 10-car Class 444 formation from the following Monday, 21st February 2005, but reverted to a 12-slam after the Easter break. Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.