The Wessex Electrics - Class 442

Happy New Year everyone! :D Reviving the long dormant practice of dedicated InterCity express trains on the Southern Region, the Class 442 Wessex Electrics, through their distinctive style and use of the proven Mark III coach as their underpinnings, took 1960s technology and tailored it to the railway market of the 1980s, creating what is officially the world's fastest third-rail electric powered train, but one that was so specialized for its function that its eventual withdrawal from top line expresses would inevitably herald a lack of potential ongoing users, and its unavoidable downfall. Chapters: 0:00 - Preamble 0:59 - South West Electrification 3:52 - Class 442 Development 7:49 - Class 442 Entry into Service 10:09 - Teething Problems 12:24 - Network Southeast Years 14:42 - Southwest Trains Ownership 17:53 - Gatwick Express Era 21:29 - South Western Railways and Final Withdrawal 24:12 - Conclusion At the request of one of the original copyright holders, under Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), this video has not been monetised. Use of this material has been made for the purposes of education under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, in which allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. The use of said footage is not being made in any commercial capacity, but is displayed for the purposes of education and example in the context of the documentary. To comply with the above, this video has not been enabled for monetization and thus no earnings are being made off the use of this footage. Proof of this complicity can be made if required. All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): [email protected] The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images. If you enjoyed this video, why not leave a like, and consider subscribing for more great content coming soon. Press the Join button to get access to new videos a week ahead of schedule by becoming a channel member for just £2.99 a month! Paypal: https://paypal.me/rorymacve?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/rorymacve Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D References: - Network SouthEast.co.uk (and their respective sources) - Kent Rail (and their respective sources) - Wikipedia (and its respective references)