Class 442s: The Wessex Electrics

by Mark V Pike

First introduced in the late 1980s, the Class 442s were like nothing that had been seen before in terms of Southern Region electric multiple units. These stylish and sleek trains were the first electric multiple units capable of reaching 100mph, and after many years traveling on the old Southern slam-door stock, mostly in vehicles that dated back to the steam era, the public's experience of riding in one of the 442s must have been incredible. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802821848
• ISBN13: 9781802821840
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Key Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages