Kentish Town Electrostar 20170429--114

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Kentish Town Electrostar 20170429--114
Kentish Town Electrostar 20170429--114

377521 brings up the rear of a Saturday afternoon Thameslink service destined for south of the river, pictured departing from Kentish Town.

I'd spent the morning and early part of the afternoon on the Sutton Loop, attempting to photograph 319s (which were soon to be replaced by newly-built 700s), but with little success on the sunshine front as the clouds began to roll in shortly after 9am. I then came here for a shot looking the other way (with some interesting buildings in the background), but the sun didn't reappear until it was well round and on the north end of trains... and I never made it back for a second attempt before the 319s finished. I did, however, manage a couple of 319 shots in sun looking southwards (one of which, looking though the very short tunnel off the end of the platform, has already been uploaded), but thought I'd upload one of a pair of "Electrostars".

"Electrostar" EMUs worked on Thameslink only for about eight years, with the 377/5s being built for the route (allowing some 319s to be transferred to the Liverpool / Manchester area). At the time of this photo, the 377/5s were in the process of being transferred to Southeastern, being released by the entry into service of new class 700s. 377521 carries First Capital Connect livery, albeit with the "city lights" vinyls removed; after transfer to Southeastern, the pink doors became light blue. The first 387s (387101 to 387129) also operated on Thameslink for a year or two when first built, but were transferred to Hornsey depot for work on the Great Northern when the first 700s started operating on Thameslink.

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Taken on: April 29, 2017
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