Now this is not something you would see in the U.K. unless a train was assisting a failure. Electric loco 1723 is providing motive power from the middle of this 8 coach double-decker train pictured at Dordrecht on the 3rd June 2004.

Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com

British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.