Few from January
27th January 2008
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Just a few from the Midland Metro and around Trowbridge - the lovely sunshine enticing me out for a wander around.
Chiltern Trains 168 Clubman unit interior shot - this provided the ride from Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill
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 Passing through flooded countryside around Bicester
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 Midland Metro operates 16 T69 trams built by Ansaldo in Naples (Italy).
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Tram 14, named Jim Eames after the former Lord Mayor of Birmingham.
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 Tram 14 'Jim Eames' is passed by un-named tram 4. The T69 trams provide a regular service between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton, a distance of just over 12 miles.
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 Midland Metro tram number 2. Around West Bromwich, the trackbed is shared with a footpath from which these shots were taken.
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Tidland Metro tram 11, 'Theresa Stewart'
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 Midlan Metro tram 8 'Joseph Chamberlain', the father of future prime minister Neville Chamberlain, started his working life at a Birmingham screw factory, becoming mayor of the city in 1873.
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 Midland Metro tram 15 'Agenoria', presumably named after one of the very first steam locomotives to haul a passenger service (the original was built in 1829 by Foster Rastrick & Company in Stourbridge for service on the Earl of Dudley's Shutt End Colliery Railway in Kingswinford, Staffordshire.)
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The Midland Metro trams are soon to lose their original livery in favour of a new Network West Midlands livery (Network West Midlands is a brand name of Centro, the transport authority), comprising a silver body, magenta skirt, magenta area of the cab window and blue doors.
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 Trowbridge on a sunny January afternoon sees 150239, still in former Wessex colours, about to call with a Weymouth bound service.
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 Busy Sunday afternnon scene at Trowbridge with Wessex liveried 150239 and Alphaline branded 158749 in view.
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Cross Country diversions are a regular feature of weekends at Trowbridge
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 Nearly two years into the franchise, the streetlamps at Trowbridge station are being 'Firsticated', the one nearest the camera carrying the final colour scheme
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 Refurbishment of the First Great Western high speed trainsets is now just about complete, all powercars fitted with MTU engines and carriages refitted.
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The West Country local fleet is also now starting to recieve attention, former Trans-Pennine 158761 being one of the first to be treated.
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 158747 carrying vinyls celebrating Richard Trevithicks pioneering activities in 1804 heads north into Trowbridge in January 2008.
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