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27/07/09 at 08:57 First Great Western Trains Closeup

Camera: Canon PowerShot A610
Exposure: 1/40 Sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 7.3mm
ISO Speed: 50
Original Size: 2048px x 1536px
Date Taken: July 5, 2006 at 4.31am EDT

First Great Western Class 180 DMU 2 sets coupled together at London Paddington Station. All Class 180 DMU’s were pulled from service by the end of 2007 and returned to their leasing company with less than 6 years of operation due to reliability problems. They were replaced by refubished 30 year old HST train sets retired by other operators. I personally think this is a awesome shot, showing off the curved livery of the trains.

Source: Olton Hall

Train Information

The Class 180 "Adelante" is a type of British diesel multiple unit built by Alstom between 2000 and 2001 at Washwood Heath in Birmingham for express use by First Great Western (FGW). The last 180s in service for FGW were withdrawn on 27 March 2009. They are part of the Coradia 1000 family along with the Class 175.