Sad Sprinter
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Class 465/466 Networkers. Growing up in South East London in the 1990s it was kinda difficult for Networkers to not be a big part of my life. Always loved the sound the units made as they pulled away from a Station or Signal, especially on the MetroCammell/GEC units. Would travel on them into London at the weekend; usually to Charing Cross to head into the West End with my Mum, occasionally we’d go to Victoria if we were visiting one of the Museums in Kensington. Even though their now almost 30 years old, they still look and feel like almost new trains.
Ah yes-Networkers as a child. I remember them long into privatisation proudly sporting the "Network SouthEast" and "Kent Link Networker" labels-they seemed so exciting.
I remember my first trip on one after leaving Herne Hill and hearing those traction motors and asking my Mum if that noise was a UFO