Virgin Atlantic Class 390 Pendolino
by Gordon James
Title
Virgin Atlantic Class 390 Pendolino
Artist
Gordon James
Medium
Photograph - Photography Digital
Description
The British Rail Class 390 Pendolino is a type of electric high-speed passenger train operated by Avanti West Coast in the United Kingdom, leased from Angel Trains. They are electric multiple units using Fiat Ferroviaria's tilting train Pendolino technology and built by Alstom. Fifty-three units were originally built between 2001 and 2004 for operation on the West Coast Main Line (WCML). They were ordered as eight-car units, later extended to nine cars, of which some were then lengthened further to 11 cars. These new 11-car trains were renumbered as the subclass 390/1. The trains of the original batch were the last to be assembled at Alstom's Washwood Heath plant, before its closure in 2005. The remaining trains in the fleet were built in Italy. The image here is the locomotive in a pre-Avanti West Coast guise, when the line was run by Virgin Atlantic and was taken leaving Northampton.
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December 12th, 2019
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