Electric trains, Colchester, 1988
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Electric trains, Colchester, 1988
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 2 May 1988
On this Mayday weekend certain "heritage" trains were running on the Great Eastern line. At the country end of Colchester station, class 302 (formerly AM2) unit 207 in original green livery attracts the attention of enthusiasts on the platform. Of equal interest, at this remove in time, is the train behind them composed of class 309 (formerly AM9) Clacton express stock. One unit is in Network Southeast livery, and one in the short-lived and rather attractive "Jaffa Cake" livery. The viewpoint was a bank of waste ground, now developed into a superstore.
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