





BR Class 310086 EMU at Northampton

Photo: Charles Moorhen





Trainspotting Class 310086 EMU



Class 310 086 EMU, in standard British Rail blue livery , is seen waiting at platform 2 of Northampton railway station in June 1988 with a destination board that reads 'special'.

Class 310086 unit coach numbers are as follows: 76170 62111 70771 76220 .

Note the use of curtains in the windows of the First Class carriage.





50 of these 4-car slam-door trains were produced, as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification project, at British Rail C & W Works , Derby, between 1965 and 1967 and had a maximum speed of 75 mph.





This class of non-corridor electric multiple unit was replaced on the Euston to Birmingham service in 1987 by the unattractive, box-shaped Class 317 , which itself was superseded by the Class 321 and then by Class 350





On the 11th October 1984 Class 310 310086 & Class 310 310067, forming an eight-car 17:54 service from Euston to Bletchley, was involved in a serious accident with a freight train.

The freight train, headed by Class 86 86006 & Class 85 85035, collided with the electric multiple unit





The driver of the passenger train had passed a signal at danger.





Three passengers died as a result of the collision and the driver of the passenger train, along with 17 others, were injured.





Following refurbishment in 1985, the Northampton-line Class 310's continued in service until eventually being withdrawn between 2001 and 2002.









Class 317327 EMU in Network Southeast livery, Northampton

The Class 317 4-car electric multiple unit replaced the Class 310's on the Euston - Birmingham service.





Class 321437 Waits at Wolverton Station en route to London Euston

The Class 321 4-car electric multiple unit (321437 seen above in Silverlink livery) subsequently took over from the Class 317 units.













Class 350104 Waits at Rugby Station

The Desiro Class 350 4-car electric multiple units subsequently replaced the Class 321 units on the Euston to Birmingham line.







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