The Train Guy's video: GBRf Class 47 With a Bombardier Class 720 Aventra Rake Other High Speed Trains on WCML

A lucky evening watching fast trains skip Watford Junction at a very high speed. I went to capture the Intercity Express of Locomotive Services but returned with a lucky catch of a Class 47 with a brand new Aventra rake for Greater Anglia Rail. Location : Watford Junction Date : 9th September 2022 Locomotive : Class 47 Fleet Number : 47749 Name : City of Truro One of the perks of spotting trains at Watford is that most trains honk here, as people tend to stand closer to the tracks, with trains approaching at 130-140 kmph. The Class 720 is a member of the rolling stock manufacturer Bombardier's Aventra family of multiple units, having been developed from the company's successful line of Electrostar electric multiple units (EMUs). In comparison to the preceding Electrostar, with which it shares numerous elements, the Class 720 is a considerably lighter vehicle, and features longer carriages: a ten-car Class 720 train is approximately the same length as a 12-car Class 360 train, the ten-car Class 720 has a tare weight of 386 tonnes in contrast to the 516 tonnes of the 12-car Class 360 train, while providing considerably more seating. The train in the video is was being taken from the assembly unit in Derby to the depot at Ilford in eastern London. Greater Anglia (legal name Abellio East Anglia Limited) is a train operating company in Great Britain owned as a joint venture by Abellio, the international arm of the state-owned Dutch national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and the Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. It operates the East Anglia franchise, providing the commuter and intercity services from its Central London terminus at London Liverpool Street to Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire as well as many regional services throughout the East of England.