British Rail Class 487

The British Rail Class 487 was a class of electric multiple units built by English Electric in 1940 for the Waterloo and City line. Twelve motor carriages numbered 51 to 62 and sixteen trailers numbered 71 to 86 were built and ran in formations from a single motor carriage to pairs of motor cars with up to three intermediate trailers. They were originally classified Class 453 under TOPS but were later reclassified Class 487. Because the line ran entirely in tunnels and did not connect with the rest of the network, the units had no yellow warning ends and showed two red lights at the front instead of the usual white. By the 1990s they were urgently in need of replacement, and new Class 482 two-car units were delivered in 1992 and 1993. The last vehicles went to Glasgow for scrap, but one motor carriage, number 61, was restored by the London Transport Museum.