UP13
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- 27 Jul 2018
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Don't get me wrong. I'd much prefer a 707, 450 or even a 458 if I actually wanted to go somewhere. But 455, the sounds, the liveries of the 1990s and vague memories of the stock at Strawberry Hill Depot (i.e. the 419 pet depots etc) take me back.
I always thought as a child that I hallucinated seeing London Underground trains and Networkers (like we saw near my Nan's) at Strawberry Hill. Only recently did I learn that that 465s were tested there and the 483s on the Isle of Wight briefly went there before going there. Very nice to know that I wasn't make it up.
Shame that Strawberry Hill is now just a driver depot - it had a rich history as an R&D site for British Rail I believe.
I always thought as a child that I hallucinated seeing London Underground trains and Networkers (like we saw near my Nan's) at Strawberry Hill. Only recently did I learn that that 465s were tested there and the 483s on the Isle of Wight briefly went there before going there. Very nice to know that I wasn't make it up.
Shame that Strawberry Hill is now just a driver depot - it had a rich history as an R&D site for British Rail I believe.