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379013 IPEMU at Harwich International (28/1/15)

Having learned of this project being trialled on the Harwich Branch I was determined to get some photos of the Independantly Powered Electric Multiple Unit. The trial would be for a 5 week period on weekdays from Monday 12th January until Friday 13th February. Electrostar Unit 379 013 was the unit chosen for this project. On the day I was able to go (Wednesday 28th January) it was not in public use. Instead it would be taking some VIP's on a non stop demonstration run from Harwich International to Manningtree and back. This meant that the usual Dusty Bin unit would operate the hourly passenger shuttle on the Harwich Branch. I thus went to Harwich Intl station and lo and behold it was there in Platform 1. Whilst at Harwich I was able to get some photos of it before it went on its demonstration run for the VIPs. The diagram of the demo run that 379 013 operated are below: [5G71] 11:45 Parkston H.S. to Harwich Intl [2G71] 12:19 Harwich Intl to Manningtree [2G72] 12:37 Manningtree to Harwich Intl [5G72] 13:56 Harwich Intl to Parkston H.S. With just a couple of weeks left of the Battery Unit's operation on the Harwich Branch I was fortunate to get the oppertunity to see the IPEMU before it has the batteries removed and returns to its usual territory, the West Anglia Main Line. The batteries are Valence Technology lithium iron magnesium phosphate and inside the boxes mounted underneath one of the coaches are up to 80 000 individual batteries.It is the first time in more than half a century that a battery powered train has operated on the UK Railway Network. Another feature of the IPEMU is that if the batteries become low on charge or develop a fault the driver can simply raise the pantograph and carry on using the power from the overhead power lines. I hope you enjoy my video of the IPEMU in action.