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A very interesting ride to London Liverpool Street from Stowmarket again. Heres the ride in some detail. We depart Stowmarket on the 0929 service to London Liverpool Street which was already 5 late from Norwich, by the time we left Chelmsford the train was standing room only in standard class, so i headed to the First Class doors and there was no one there by then i was happy to a smooth ride to London Liverpool Street, at least i thought, disaster struck at Shenfield we had already been on a speed restriction into the station however we were stopped at a red signal at the station. As we were coming in i heard about a person being hit by a train which triggered me to think this service would be cancelled at Shenfield, after being held for around 10 mins we were told by the driver we were held here to due to incident at Seven Kings and the doors would be unlocked however the people off a cancelled 321 set were told not to get on the train so i decided to get off and stretch my legs a bit and film a bit. After 20 mins we were given the green signal to proceed and we were off. I had filmed the majority of the journey to Liverpool Street from Shenfield.
Class 90 info:
The British Rail Class 90 electric locomotives were built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Crewe Works in 1987-1990, weighing 84.5 tonnes and with a top speed of 110 mph (177 km/h). They operate from 25 kV AC overhead lines and produce 5,000 bhp (3,700 kW). The class is employed on express passenger and heavy freight trains.
Description:
Fifty were built in the late 1980s, numbered 90001-050. They were developed from the Class 87, with many improvements and new features, and were initially classified as the Class 87/2 prior to introduction. However, due to many visual and technical differences, they were reclassified. The Class 90s were primarily built to replace the ageing Class 81s, Class 82s, Class 83s, Class 84s, Class 85s and the Class 86s, dating from the early 1960s, which were prone to having faults as well as a fire risk.
The class is fitted with rheostatic brakes in addition to standard Westinghouse air brake equipment. A Time-Division Multiplexer (TDM) is fitted to enable two or more locomotives to work in multiple. It also allows a Class 90 to work a push-pull passenger train with a Driving Van Trailer (DVT), DBSO or Propelling Control Vehicle.
In the early 1990s, with the sectorisation of British Rail, 26 locomotives were dedicated for freight traffic; they were reclassified Class 90/1 and renumbered 90125-150 by the addition of 100 to the original number. The modifications included lowering the maximum speed to 75 mph (121 km/h) and isolating the electric train supply. Many of these locomotives were repainted in the new Railfreight Distribution two-tone grey livery, which was replaced by a revised version in 1994. Three locomotives, 90128, 90129 and 90130, received special "continental" liveries (NMBS/SNCB blue, Deutsche Bahn red, SNCF grey respectively) to celebrate the Freightconnection event in 1992.
Around the same time, five locomotives, 90016-020, were repainted into the new Rail Express Systems livery and dedicated to postal trains. They were primarily used on London-Glasgow, London-Newcastle and Birmingham-Glasgow services.
Of the remaining locomotives, the first 15, 90001-015, were operated by InterCity West Coast on express passenger services. 90021-024 were operated by Railfreight Distribution, but remained as standard Class 90/0 locomotives to enable them to rescue passenger trains.
Many Class 90 locomotives have received names. The passenger locomotives were named after cities, newspapers or famous institutions. Many of the freight locomotives have been given names with a commercial link. The Class 90 was the first new locomotive to carry InterCity Swallow livery.
Greater Anglia:
In early 2004 Anglia, (later became "ONE") needed a replacement for their ageing Class 86 locomotives on the Great Eastern Main Line. At the same time Virgin Trains was starting to retire its Class 90 locomotives as Class 390 units were introduced. A deal was struck and progressively 90001 - 90015 were delivered to Norwich Crown Point to replace the Class 86s.
National Express passed their franchise onto Abellio Greater Anglia in February 2012, who now operate the locos.
The Greater Anglia fleet is scheduled to be replaced. In August 2016 it was announced Stadler Rail to build 10 Class 745 Stadler FLIRT Electric multiple units, which will come into service between January 2019 and September 2020.
Freightliner:
Freightliner inherited 10 Class 90/1 locos, These have since been returned to their original Class 90/0 configuration.
