SWT (10) : Guildford 456

456 012 at Guilford.

SWT (9) : Clapham Junction

458 534 at Clapham Junction.

SWT (8) : Reading

450 083 at Reading.

SWT (7) : Woking pair

450 093 and 037 at Woking.

SWT (6) : Guildford 455

To mark the end of the Southwest Trains franchise a week of photos from this popular and long-lived Train Operating Company.

Starting with 455 917 at Guildford.

SWT (5) : Guildford

Front end comparison Class 455 (left) and 456 (right).

SWT (4) : Clapham Junction

159 005 heads through.

SWT (3) : Portsmouth Harbour Station

450 562 at the buffers.

SWT (2) : Alton

450 031 and another 450 at Alton.

SWT (1) : Vauxhall

Southwest Trains will lose the franchise for rail services into South West London in the Summer, so here is a week showing them still in action. Starting with 455 712 departing Vauxhall bound for Waterloo.

Waterloo bound

455 708 at Clapham Junction.

Third rail

For the 600th post to this blog here is 450 117 at Portsmouth Harbour.

Pompey TOCs

Southern 377 153 and SWT 450 105 at Portsmouth Harbour.

444 Clapham

444 011 at Clapham Junction.

JOP to it

458 635 at Clapham Junction.

Pompey Desiro

450 103 rests at Portsmouth Harbour Station.

Two TOCs one station

Two TOCs represented at Portsmouth Harbour by Southern's 377 153 and South West Train's 450 105.

The future

A mock-up of the future Class 707 at Waterloo. Plans are for it to enter service with South West Trains in the Summer of 2017.

Next stop the sea

444 044 at Portsmouth Harbour.

159 snake

159 108 leads a snake of 159s through Clapham Junction.