British Rail Class 350 25kV Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 350372 shortly before boarding in anticipation for the 1W09 10:49 (10:49 RT) 'London Midland' London Euston- Birmingham New Street service train at Euston Station in London (UK).
The Class 350 is part of the Siemens Desiro family of EMU's.
Note the Dellner type coupling system at the front of the train. The Dellner Coupling is a version of the Scharfenberg coupler which connects pneumatics and electronics at the same point of contact.
The energy absorption technology in a Dellner Coupling allows collisions at speeds of up to 9 mph with no structural damage and up to 22 mph with deformation while the carriages remain on track.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class350/
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Tags: WCML west coast main line uk england gb great britain EMU rail railway railways train trains service train electric multiple unit class 350 london midland siemens desiro siemens desiro virgin DMU united kingdom coupling dellner dellner coupling euston station london euston railway station 350372
© All Rights Reserved
British Rail Class 221 'Super Voyager' Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 221117 as operated by Virgin Trains West Coast just after working the 1R24 05:51 (09:41 RT) arrival from Holyhead at Euston Station in London (UK).
221117 was built by Bombardier Transportation and entered service on April 12th 2002.
Note the Dellner type coupling system at the front of the train. The Dellner Coupling is a version of the Scharfenberg coupler which connects pneumatics and electronics at the same point of contact.
The energy absorption technology in a Dellner Coupling allows collisions at speeds of up to 9 mph with no structural damage and up to 22 mph with deformation while the carriages remain on track.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class221/
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Tags: 221117 WCML west coast main line uk england gb great britain rail railway railways virgin virgin trains train trains service train Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Class 221 DMU Diesel Multiple Unit united kingdom diesel Super Voyager coupling dellner dellner coupling Virgin Trains West Coast euston station london euston railway station Voyager Dellner Coupler
© All Rights Reserved
The compact standard class interior in coach 'B' on a Class 390 'Pendolino' Electric Multiple Unit train which operate out of London Euston Station up the West Coast Main Line to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow etc. by Virgin Trains West Coast.
The compact interior dimensions on Class 390 Pendolino's is required due to the train's raison d'etre, it's ability to tilt at speed.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/pendolino/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_390
Tags: pendolino class 390 EMU rail railway railways WCML virgin virgin trains station london england uk train trains gb service train electric multiple unit West Coast Main Line coach carriage interior standard class Virgin Trains West Coast coach b
© All Rights Reserved