The class 800/2 units, illustrated here while on a Doncaster to Darlington return test run, are 5 car bi mode units capable of running off the 25kv overhead or via underfloor diesel engines. Up to this point they have always been seen in York on diesel power because of signal interface problems but a close look at these pictures show that they are now running north of Doncaster taking power from the overhead.
Limited services are being operated to Leeds with these units and as they are phased in so the class 91 and Mk 4 sets and the HSTs will be withdrawn.
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| On the north bound leg of the test the unit passes though platform 5 at York... it is not painted in zebra livery, they are the shadows from the roof!! |
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| Rounding the curve into platform 3 on its return from Darlington. |
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| It stopped briefly in platform 3 before leaving for Doncaster where these units are based. |
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