BR Class 442 Wessex Electrics Grey – 2421

The Wessex Electrics come home!

We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming the unusual yet charming Class 442 Wessex Electrics to the Rail Tags fleet! Units 2421 & 2424 join us after being retired to the bustling sidings of Eastleigh Works and mercifully scrapped. These two veterans have seen 29 years of work along the Brighton Main and South Western Mainline

Unit 2421's history:

442 421 was delivered to Bournemouth T&RSMD on October 25th 1988.

2421 found itself working its final SWML service on the 19:12 Winchester to Poole on December 2nd 2006. Two days later it was sent to Ilford EMU Depot for a C6 Overhaul. 2142 then emerged on December the 21st sporting the Gatwick Express interim white livery. She was then placed into warm storage, initially at Bournemouth but then moving to Eastleigh Works in the new year. The majority of the fleet were sent for warm storage at Eastleigh Works.

 2421 and 2424 both re entered service on December 15th working together from Brighton to London Victoria on the Gatwick Express. The Class 442s would operate GatEx services until 2016 when they were replaced by Class 387/2s.

In August 2017 South Western Railway committed to leasing 17 Class 442 EMUs for services to Portsmouth. This left six units off lease being 2401, 2405, 2407, 2412, 2421 and 2424.

Arlington Fleet Services purchased 2421 and 2424 from Angel Trains and used them for component recovery and were scrapped during 2020.

Edition Two has been crafted from: 442 421 MBLS 62957 and TSO 71838, 442 424 DTF 77405. Please note: you will receive a random tag from MBLS 62957 or TSO 71838. Tags are numbered from 001 onwards by their coach of origin. This is to reflect the limited nature of the panels.

Due to the authentic nature of the material variations and imperfections such as paint chipping may occur. These are a natural part of the product. Multicolour Patterns May Vary