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In the days when Blackpool South still had two operational platforms and when the former booking hall on Waterloo Road bridge had a large model railway shop and layout, a three-car Class 104 Manchester-Blackpool 'white-liner' DMU was operating the 12.1 Mile, Blackpool South to Kirkham & Wesham shuttle service on May 19th 1979. The set complete with its first class saloons in the leading car and the centre trailer, was formed of cars M50524, M59180 & M50472. Visible in the view are the remains of much redundant railway land, including the trackbed and platform that was once part of the direct line between Blackpool South and Kirkham in the days when this was a busy location with trains going to and from the terminus at Blackpool Central that closed in November 1964. All the land to the right of the DMU is now given over to car parking and a link road to the M55 motorway, and where the DMU was stood, the track has gone and large advertising hoardings facing the road, ar
Type: Class 104 Vehicle: 50524 Location: Blackpool South Date: 19th May 1979
Photographer: Martyn Hilbert Views: 18 View on flickr: (opens in a new window)
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