The 0Z44 13.26 Wembley Yard to Kidderminster (SVR) passes just

north of Milton Keynes station taken from one of the city's many Redway routes that crosses the line. The four power cars are (from the front) 43423, 43467, 43484 and 43465. The pair of liveries make for an interesting comparison with all four being used on various stock moves throughout the network. Of the three power cars seen here, the oldest is 43423 which as 43123 was a spare late set delivered to the East Coast route in May 1979. It was never formed into a 254 set as was 43122. The other three in this photograph were all part of the batch four sets delivered during the summer of 1982 (as 43167, 43184 and 43165) to operate on the NE/SW route ousting many locomotive-hauled services. Of course, all four were later converted in a stop-gap move to operate as ECML DVTs gaining their buffer beams whilst awaiting the late delivery of IC225s.