A rare sight of a locomotive on the Shepperton branch line, almost all of the trains on this line are electric metro services.
Yard overview with low flying bird in the foreground-and low flying plane in the far distance!
'Desiro' unit number 16 heads up to Waterloo on one of it's first trains in service.
The train in the foreground has put in 30 years of hard work and is now just months away from its demise, replaced by the 'Desiro' trains as seen in the background.
This brand new unit had just arrived at Woking for display at the open day the following day.
The 1620 Exter to Waterloo is seen about to leave.
The only electric locomotive to carry this livery is seen here hundreds of miles from the Network South East area.
These cars are attatched at the rear of the train and remove the need for the locomotive to change ends.
One of the electric units used for South Manchester suburban services in the 1990s.
