John Oram's photos with the keyword: South Western Railway

At a time when we are struggling out of Covid but shackled by a fuel shortage, movement remains restricted and autumn is closing around us, photography is a challenge and one is happy with a record shot. It was a prematurely gloomy evening with steady rain when I snatched a couple of pictures at the grubby Portsmouth & Southsea. The dot matrix indicators made little sense but South Western Railway Class 450 emu 450031 was possibly going to form a service to Southampton. Its livery contrasts with the adopted SWR colours on a Class 440 unit at the high-level platform which I read off as 440038. TZ70_2_P1000719E

At a time when we are struggling out of Covid but shackled by a fuel shortage, movement remains restricted and autumn is closing around us, photography is a challenge and one is happy with a record shot. It was a prematurely gloomy evening with steady rain when I snatched a couple of pictures at the grubby Portsmouth & Southsea. The dot matrix indicators made little sense but South Western Railway Class 450 emu 450031 was possibly going to form a service to Southampton. TZ70_2_P1000716E

South Western Railway Class 707 Desiro City 707022 at Waterloo's platform 20 with a service for Windsor & Eton Riverside. 200_4_P1020974E

Class 701 Aventra emus of South Western Railway continued to be stabled at Eastleigh during pre-service testing. On this occasion they were (l-r) 701008, 701006, 701002 and 701013. Interestingly, 701002 displayed only the unit number (without the class number prefix) and that was on the left hand side. In my picture of 16 August 2020, which included 701006, all four units shown displayed that format. 200_4_P1000988CE

In the second half of 2020, Bombardier Transportation Aventra Class 701 emus for South Western Railway arrived at Eastleigh reportedly to be in position for test runs. A number of units were seen there. On Sunday 16 August, these were (l-r) 701006, 701007, 701005 and 701002. 200_3_P1130345CE

In the second half of 2020, Bombardier Transportation Aventra Class 701 emus for South Western Railway arrived at Eastleigh reportedly to be in position for test runs. A number of units were seen there. On Sunday 16 August, these were (l-r) 701006, 701007, 701005 and 701002. 200_3_P1130342CE

In the second half of 2020, Bombardier Transportation Aventra Class 701 emus for South Western Railway arrived at Eastleigh reportedly to be in position for test runs. A number of units were seen there. On Sunday 16 August, these included 701006 and 701002. 200_3_P1130332CE

South Western Railway Class 450/0 emu 450031 at Lymington Pier with the Wightlink ferry 'Wight Sky' as a backdrop. At the time of this picture, the Wightlink service between Lymington and Yarmouth was suspended due to reported 'extremely low volumes of traffic'. 200_3_P1120971E

South Western Railway Class 450/0 emu 450031 at Lymington Pier with the Wightlink ferry 'Wight Sky' as a backdrop. At the time of this picture, the Wightlink service between Lymington and Yarmouth was suspended due to reported 'extremely low volumes of traffic'. 200_3_P1120975E

South Western Railway class 450/0 Desiro 450003 forms a service for Brockenhurst at Eastleigh's platform 2. Two and a half years after SWR took over the franchise, the South West Trains liveries survive on many units. 200_3_P1120360E

Now 30 years old, the much re-purposed Class 442 units introduced by Network SouthEast now find themselves with South Western Railway for services between Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour which are currently in the charge of Classes 444 and 450 Desiros, some of which can be seen in the background. 442402 is seen at Fratton Traincare Depot in an intermediate livery before receiving the full livery of the franchise which began operations in 2017. 200_3_P1080557

Now 30 years old, the much re-purposed Class 442 units introduced by Network SouthEast now find themselves with South Western Railway for services between Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour which are currently in the charge of Classes 444 and 450 Desiros, some of which can be seen in the background. 442402 is seen at Fratton Traincare Depot in an intermediate livery before receiving the full livery of the franchise which began operations in 2017. 200_3_P1080558E

South Western Railway emus idle at Wimbledon early on a Sunday morning. Most, if not all , units are still in South West Trains liveries. TZ30_P1050193E

Displaying one of two liveries in service at the time of the franchise change, former South West Trains Class 444 Desiro emu 444035 operates the South Western Railway 0857 (0848 ex Portsmouth Harbour) service from Fratton to Waterloo. 200_3_P1020957R

Invariably on a Sunday there are a lot of trains at rest at Fratton. On this occasion, the emus of the former South West Trains were all in the livery of the defunct franchise as the changes arising from the advent of South Western Railway, around three weeks previously, were just beginning. Class 450 Desiro unit 450027 was amongst those at the much reduced site, the former expanse of which was some years ago replaced by commercial properties and new roads. 200_3_P1020952R

On 4 September 2017, the slightly delayed transfer of the franchise operated by South West Trains took place. South Western Railway is owned jointly by FirstGroup and MTR Corporation. It is going to take a fair chunk of the planned investment referred to on the poster to make Fratton even slightly salubrious. The poster holder has been tagged as seems inevitable for both the times and the area. 200_3_P1020954