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Class 105 DMU at Southport

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The Cravens/Gloucester Class 105/100 hybrid DMU formed of cars M53812 & M53355 was emerging from the Steamport running line and onto the BR connection at Windsor Road Southport on September 23rd 1984. The unit was running a shuttle service to and from Southport Station during a joint BR/Steamport open day.

The Gloucester/Cravens twin set were the last two servicable non-asbestos types of their respective classes paired together at Newton Heath Depot. The Sheffield built Cravens machines had a long association with the various lines around Lancashire, and this was the end of an era. After withdrawal the unit was to become part of the National Collection at York, but whilst in store at Crewe South the DMU was vandalised beyond repair, and was subsequently scrapped.

The land visible behind the DMU once formed part of the Southport Goods Yard complex and was also the original route of the West Lancashire Railway from Preston to its small terminus at Kensington Road.

Class 105
53812
Southport
23rd September 1984

Martyn Hilbert
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