Greater Anglia Class 90s - 90004

Locomotive hauled passenger trains on the Great Eastern Main Line between London and Norwich (Thorpe) ended after 169 years without any ceremony on 25th March 2020. This is my tribute to the last generation of loco hauled services which were formed of rakes of eight or nine [toward the end seven or eight] Mk.3 coaches sandwiched between a Class 90 locomotive at the London end and a Driving Van Trailer [DVT] of the 821xx series at the Norwich end of the train. These trains had replaced the previous generation of Great Eastern loco hauled services from 2004. This stock had previously worked on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, originally under British Rail ownership and then with Virgin West Coast after privatisation.

Most of the video is mobile phone footage.

90004

On 26th June 2013 90004 is seen propelling a train from Liverpool St to Norwich at Stratford. The whole train and locomotive is in former "ONE" livery with 90004 carrying "City of Chelmsford" nameplates.

On 23rd August 2013, 90004 is seen arriving at Colchester with a train from Norwich to Liverpool St, still carrying "ONE" livery.

On 9th January 2018, 90004 is seen arriving at Colchester with a train from Norwich to Liverpool St. By now the locomotive and train is in Greater Anglia white/grey livery with "greateranglia" logos.