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312's in servicePictured below is one of the 312's that once served this line, seen leaving Leigh-on-Sea. These units were transferred from the West Anglia Great Northern route, having been used between Cambridge and Liverpool Street.
This one was heading for Shoeburyness. I can remember getting a steam hauled train from Laindon to Leigh, getting off there and walking through to Southend on a Sunday morning as a child.
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TheMan
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I'm 99% certain that is a 312 not a 310.
Its the window frames that give it away. 
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| TheMan wrote: | I'm 99% certain that is a 312 not a 310.
Its the window frames that give it away. |
I will take your word on that as I never could tell the difference.  
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purfleetsteve
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There were a couple of differences.
1) The 310's had a single "Guard" door as well as the double "Goods" doors.
2) At the Front, the 310's had a 2 section windscreen, whilst the 312's had 3 sections.
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Tepic
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Most of our 310s also had plates covering the tops of the main res & brake pipes.
310s have the horns on the drivers side, and the DSD isolator on the 2nd mans side. If I remember correctly 312s had Yaw bars on the bogies, 310s did not.
That pic looks like a 312 to me. Do you have a higher res version?
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purfleetsteve
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Yes it is a 312 as it has a 3 piece windscreen.
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Tepic
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310 units have the same windscreen steve. Refurbished ones do anyway 
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purfleetsteve
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Ah right, didn't know that, although the windscreen is 1 way of telling the difference between Class 86 & 87 locos.
Actually I have tried to zoom in on the powercar and, from what I can make out, it looks like a 310 as it appears there is a single door close to the edge of the bodywork (although it may be just my eyes).
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Tepic
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We'd be guessing with such a low res picture. I miss both 310 and 312s. They were lovely to drive.
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purfleetsteve
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Did cab them both thanks to a couple of friends. The only "modern" class I didn't cab was the 302's.
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Tepic
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I worked 302's as a Guard and a Depot Driver. They were awful really. I am glad I didn't have to deal with them at any speed.
They had one brake cylinder per carrage. having clasp brakes they had no WSP and could be a nightmare to stop cleanly. From what I remember most of them were falling to pieces as well!
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purfleetsteve
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Next time you drive through Purfleet or Dagenham Dock, watch out for some mad swine with long hair & a beard wearing an old brown leather jacket & a baseball cap. He might take your photo.
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Tepic
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Heh. I'm used to having my photo taken. I even try to sit up smartly and smile
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| purfleetsteve wrote: | | Next time you drive through Purfleet or Dagenham Dock, watch out for some mad swine with long hair & a beard wearing an old brown leather jacket & a baseball cap. He might take your photo. |
Then again, if you see some old fogey with glasses (Not dark ones to hide from B/O man's Mate) wearing Dark Blue baseball cap and fleece with a tiny camera, it could be............Me!
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Class 312 773 seen close to Fenchurch Street during a visit I was on with the LT&SR Society and to the signal box a few years ago.
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I found this in my collection and felt it should be on here. Goodness knows why I lost it, but the memory is there and February 1972 according to the back of the photo. Class 312 796 approaching Dagenham Dock.
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