Class 180 GEC Alstom Adelante DMUs for British Rail

(re-edit 31/08/2022)

High-Speed Diesel-Multiple Units - express DMUs

Constructed of steel by Alstom Birmingham in 2000-2001 and designed to travel at a maximum speed of 125 mph and can work with Class 175 train units.

They are the only mainline passenger trains powered by hydraulic transmission (Voith)

Contemporary and Heritage-Preserved, Diesel, Diesel-Electric and Electric Locomotives

Class 180 express DMU units featured: 180101 180103 180104 180105 180106 181109 180110 180111 180112 180113 180114

Four Class 280 DMU sets are named:

Ashley Jackson - 180105 The Yorkshire Artist; 180107 Hart of the North; 180108 William Shakespeare;180112 James Herriot

My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

Blaby Road Bridge, Wigston, southwest of Leicester, Class 180 express DMU 180110 with an EMR service from Nottingham to London (May 10th 2022)

One of the Class 180 sets now working East Midlands Railway services between Nottingham and London St Pancras stations.

Class 180 express DMU 180109 with an EMR London to Nottingham service (May 10th 2022), approaching Blaby Road Bridge, Wigston, southwest of Leicester

Class 180 Diesel-hydraulic power unit 180114 at Platform 5, York Station, with a Grand Central service to Sunderland (March 2022)

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DMU Class 180 180101 at Platform 5 of York Station with a Grand Central service from London Kings Cross to Sunderland.

Grand Central Class 180 DMU unit WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE leaving York Station with a train for Sunderland

Grand Central Class 180 EMU unit 180104 (above) and Class 180 DMU unit 180112 (below) passing through Doncaster station with KX-Sunderland services (13/09/2019)

Class 180 DMU 180106 passing through Peterborough with a Grand Central KX-Sunderland service. (July 2019)

Class 180 DMU 180106 at York with a Grand Central Sunderland-Kings Cross service. (Jan 2019)

Class 180 DMU 180112 passing through Grantham station with a Grand Central KX-Sunderland service. (July 2019)

(180112 is named "JAMES HERRIOT CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 1918-2018")

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Class 180 DMU 180111 passing through Grantham station with a Hull Trains service to London Kings Cross. (July 2019)

Class 180 express DMU 180106 at York station with a Grand Central Kings Cross - Sunderland service (April 2018) Profile below.

Class 180 180106 is ex Hull Trains, see above later in Grand Central livery!

Class 180 DMU with a on-stopping Grand Central express train from KX to Sunderland passing north through Peterborough station (29/11/16)

Class 180 high speed DMU unit 180112 leaving Northallerton station with a Grand Central train for Sunderland

Class 180 express DMU at Doncaster with a KX to Bradford train

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A Class 180 DMU (leading driving carriage 50905) Grand Central heading for Thirsk, York and Kings Cross soon after leaving Northallerton station (June 2015).

Class 180 103, express DMU set 180103 under the splendid arches of Paddington Station, London.

Class 180 high speed DMU unit 105 (180105, named THE YORKSHIRE ARTIST ASHLEY JACKSON) on a Grand Central express train for King's Cross, south of York at Colton Junction.

Profile of Class 180 112, 180112 JAMES HERRIOT in the Grand Central livery of black with an orange stripe.

Two examples of the middle coaching stock of the five car sets are shown below

Profile of Class 180 GC rolling stock Coach F of DMU 180112

Profile of Class 180 GC rolling stock Coach ? of DMU 180112

Class 180 EMU 101 180101 standing in King's Cross Station with a Grand Central trains for Sunderland.

First Hull Trains 180111 at King's Cross Station (EMU 317343 on right)

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GRAND CENTRAL train headed by express passenger DMU Class 180 180101 (180 101) standing in York station with a train for London Kings Cross.

Class 180 101 180101 hauling a Grand Central train from London via Sunderland, but here at Newcastle Central Station. Class 180 consist of five car carriage sets.

On the right is Northern Rail DMU 156483

Class 180 105 (DMU unit 180105) with a north-bound train at Doncaster station

A driving van trailer for a Class 91 locomotive, a Class 43 locomotive, and Class 180 express DMU 180113 plus another DVT at Kings Cross Station.

A Class 180 DMU Grand Central train service from London to Sunderland, stopped at Northallerton station in Oct. 2016

Grand Central DMU Class 180 unit 180114 with a Grand Central Train for KX (Peterborough, 29/11/16)

Hull Trains Class 180 180109 speeding southbound for KX through Peterborough station (29/11/16)

Class 180 DMU unit 180110 heading northbound through Peterborough station at high speed with a Hull Trains service from London Kings Cross to Hull

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Grand Central Class 180 "Adelante" express DMU at Northallerton Station with a Kings Cross to Sunderland service.

DMSL 50912 and 59912 at either end of Class 180 180112 named "JAMES HERRIOT CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 1916-2016"

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My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

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