LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington
LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth
LMS Route: Rugby to Leicester
LMS Route: Rugby to Market Harborough

Rugby Shed: lnwrrm2490

A number of AM10 Electric Multiple Units are seen being serviced at Rugby depot on 29th March 1965. Later classified under TOPs as Class 310 sets, the AM10 is a slam-door, alternating current (AC) electric multiple unit (EMU) introduced in 1963 as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification project. Constructed at BR's Derby Carriage and Wagon Works they consisted of four coach types: a second class driving trailer; a second class trailer; a second class motor car (with guard's/luggage compartment above which the Stone Faiveley AMBR pantograph was mounted); and a composite (1st and 2nd class) driving trailer. The maximum speed was 75 miles per hour. A glass partition behind the driver's cab enabled passengers in the leading and rear coaches to have an excellent view of the line ahead or behind. Original livery was overall Rail Blue. Initially they were primarily used on local services from London Euston to Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Birmingham, and within the West Midlands. They were also the first EMUs to be based on the British Rail Mark 2 bodyshell, which featured semi-integral construction.

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