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Three-car Met-Camm DMU set C812 (presumably 51463 + 59561 + 51533) seen at Minety Crossing at Stroud and despite the blind this was a service from Swindon on 2 March 1985. Nicholas T Smith.
A Class 117 DMU seen at St Mary's Crossing at Stroud on 2 February 1985. It is accessible via a small - probably private - dead end short lane to St Mary's Mill via a bridge over the Thames and Severn Canal. St Mary's crossing box is listed, though the lever frame has gone. Nicholas T Smith.
A Class 116 DMU with a blue centre car in Leamington Spa station on 26 January 1985. It is thought to be set TS619 formed of 53854 + 59598 + 53907. Nicholas T Smith.
End of the line at Bridport. A Class 121 DMU sits in the station, date unknown, probably in the run up to the 1975 closure. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
A Class 118 DMU crossing the River Taw on Homeland Bridge, Eggesford, on the Tarka Line in 1983. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
Class 121 55034 in Princes Risborough on 18 August 2016. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
The interior of Class 121 55034 taken while on Aylesbury-Princes Risborough duties on 18 August 2016. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
Class 121 "Bubble Car" 55034 in Princes Risborough station on 18 August 2016. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
55034 at Princes Risborough on 18 August 2016 with "Barmouth" displayed on the destination blind. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
The single unit DMMU Pandora was booked to visit the South-West on 25 June 2007 and to return to Derby the following day. The latter move was running as 5Z21, the 09.00 from Bristol Barton Hill depot, being routed via Didcot, Reading, Didcot because of a possession at Didcot West Curve to Oxford, Hatton and Birmingham. 960011, formerly 55025, is reported as being an early candidate for withdrawal so even though the light was quite poor I decided to have an attempt at a shot. I think that such a short train always looks better in an identifiable location with some background rather than open countryside and as Hatton station is only about a 12 minute drive from my home, I went there. Here is Pandora some 39 minutes early passing the down platform. Peter Tandy.
977873 takes the spur onto the main line as it departs Hatton station on 18 April 2008 while on a training run for WSMR crews. Peter Tandy.
977873 at Hatton on 18 April 2008, and if it were not for the branding on the sides of 960014 this picture could almost have been taken in the 1980s, at least if one ignores the modern signalling. In earlier days a train such as this would have turned left at the junction and gone to Stratford-upon-Avon but this working is a training run for WSMR crews and will take the spur onto the down main line at Hatton once the Voyager shown above has cleared the section. Peter Tandy.
On 18 April 2008 bubble car 960014 was booked to run straight through Hatton station on its return to Birmingham but through previous late running lost the path and was looped in Hattons Down Goods Loop to allow a down Arriva Trains Voyager to pass on the main line. It ran into the Stratford-upon-Avon Branch platform, rekindling memories of the many years that units of this type shuttled back and forth between Leamington and Stratford. Peter Tandy.
Some crew training runs in connection with forthcoming WSMR trains between Wrexham and London Marylebone using the single car DMMU 960014 took place on Friday 18 April 2008. The first run was to Birmingham New Street and the second up the main line to Leamington Spa. I am far more interested in seeing this old survivor of the early DMU fleet than the test runs with class 67s as these will be around for some time and I can get my photographs when the fuss has died down. This train was running about 15 minutes late at Hatton due to some earlier signalling problems and managed to run through the platforms at exactly the same time as a northbound Chiltern Trains class 165. I quickly grabbed this receding shot as the 960014 passed a load of untidy clutter on the ballast - the seemingly inevitable aftermath of major engineering work. Just why the mess can't be cleared when the work ends escapes me; it seems to invite vandalism. Peter Tandy.
At this time, 7 April 2008, there was a lot of fuss made about the training runs for the upcoming WSMR trains between Banbury and Marylebone with class 67 locomotives, but very little said about the blue & grey single unit also running in the Birmingham area. I much prefer bubble cars to 67s so made the effort to go out and to get a shot of it which is here seen approaching the outskirts of Balsall Common, between Coventry and Birmingham International stations. Peter Tandy.
On 30 November 1989 55022 is seen heading from Greenford to Paddington taken with a 135mm lens as it rounded the curve towards West Ealing station. This unit survived at least until 2014 as DB977873 used for Sandite operations. I'll wager that the Mk3 Ford Cortina alongside the boarded staff crossing in the background didn't last as long! Peter Tandy.
I believe that the Greenford branch was the last in the London area to use single car DMUs on a diagrammed basis. This picture shows 55020 (L120) taking the switch from the down relief line line to the branch at West Ealing on 29 November 1989. The diminutive vehicle looks a bit dwarfed by the large 1960s office block complete with huge communications dish. Peter Tandy.
The footbridge on the down side of West Ealing station was a popular spot for railway photographers although not always the easiest place to stand on occasions due to one or two dubious characters who used it for peddling illegal substances! I spent most of a day there on 30 November 1989 and took an bagful of pictures including quite a few DMMUs on local trains. This one shows class 117 L413 (51349 + 59501 + 51391) working a Paddington to Slough service away from the station stop. Of interest in the background is the former GWR goods platform shelter now used as a partly-covered storage area. Peter Tandy.
Class 114s were quite a rare sight at Stratford-upon-Avon by 26 April 1989 so when I saw T221 (presumably 53002 + 54047) arrive at the station from my then nearby home I took a camera down for a shot. It is seen here leaving platform 2 with the customary exhaust smoke as the 08.13 to Leamington Spa with the familiar figure of staff member Aubrey Wheeler silhouetted on platform 1. I had good relationships with most of the staff here and Aubrey in particular who always put aside a copy of the week's Special Traffic Notice (STN) for to collect on either Friday evening or Saturday morning. This picture was taken in vertical format on a Mamiya 645 but a large scan has allowed me to crop it to landscape format without any significant loss of quality. Peter Tandy.
Still carrying its Tyseley set number T203 on 13 January 1990 this class 108 (presumably 53971 leading) was photographed about to pass Barnetby station just after I had arrived on my one and only visit to the area. Early morning frost was still in evidence on the sleepers as the DMU, one of only 2 I saw during the day, was highlighted amongst the misty background with the famous signal gantries of Wrawby Junction in the background. Most passenger services were in the hands of Sprinters by this time so a proper DMU was a welcome addition to them and the constant flow of freight seen here. Peter Tandy.
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