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Unknown Date
Vehicle: 51360 Set: T302
T302 (presumably 51360 + 59512 + 51402) heads this 9-car formation on a special over Galton Bridge. Tom Clift.
15th October 1966
Vehicle: 51129
The 1.35pm Stourport-on-Severn Junction - Birmingham Snow Hill service on October 15th, 1966 is formed of two 3-car Class 116 sets led by M51129 with DMPV 55996 on the rear. Seen at Galton Bridge, Smethwick. Michael Mensing.
15th October 1966
Vehicle: 55996 Set: P4
DMPV 55996 is on the rear of the 1.35pm Stourport-on-Severn Junction - Birmingham Snow Hill service on October 15th, 1966. It is attached to the rear of two 3-car Class 116 sets and seen at Galton Bridge, Smethwick. Note the damaged gangway cover, not unusual on these vehicles. It carries set number P4 in the cab window. Michael Mensing.
22nd October 1966
Vehicle: 55996 Set: P4
DMPV 55996 on an up working at Galton Bridge, Smethwick at 1.02pm on October 22nd, 1966. The vehicle has been turned since passing over the bridge the previous week. The P4 in the window is a set number, on this date Tyseley had 55993-6, so this was the 4th parcel vehicle. Michael Mensing.
1966
Vehicle: 50465
Late in 1966 a three-car Class 104 is seen at Galton, Smethwick. The number on the DMBS seems to read M50465. Michael Mensing.
22nd October 1966
Vehicle: 50914
A Derby suburban set (later Class 116) with M50914 closest is seen on the viaduct at Galton on October 22nd, 1966. Michael Mensing.
May 1984
Vehicle: 99900
FA99900 leads the Fison's weedkiller train into Walton on Naze in early May 1984. Colin Brooks.
28th June 1984
Vehicle: 53653
A Class 120 (M53653 closest) tails a 101 set on an ECS at Walton on Naze on Thursday 28th June 1984. Colin Brooks.
11th September 1985
Vehicle: 53523
Class 104 53523 leads a Preston to Ormskirk service along the former double track mainline at Pages Crossing, Ulnes Walton, just west of Midge Hall on the 11th September 1985. The white trackside building is an extended former crossing keepers cottage, an occupation crossing still serves farms on both sides of the railway here. Martyn Hilbert.
29th May 1985
Vehicle: 54076
Having worked over the Pennines from Leeds to Preston, an Eastern Region 2-Car Class 101 with West Yorkshire Metrotrain branding was used on a fill-in turn from Preston to Ormskirk at tea-time on May 29th 1985. This was a Monday-Friday routine, that saw three different DMU sets working to Ormskirk in the early evening, the services crossing in the loop at Rufford. Having worked to Ormskirk E54076/E 53136 pass over Pages Crossing returning to Preston on the approach to Midge Hall. Martyn Hilbert.
circa 1979
a refurbished Met-Camm set in Malton station, North Yorkshire, with a service to Scarborough circa 1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.
20th May 1983
Vehicle: 53527
A 2-Car Class 104 DMU with M53527 leading, passes Cocker Bar Farm as it runs between Midge Hall and Croston with a Preston to Ormskirk service on May 20th 1983. This was the period when these units had been reduced from three cars with the removal of the unpowered centre trailer car. The down Midge Hall distant signal against the farm access bridge has since been replaced by a reflective board. Martyn Hilbert.
5th September 1979
Vehicle: 51941
A late Summer scene on the Preston to Ormskirk line, as a two-car Class 108 with DMBS M51941 leading, accelerates away from the token exchange at Midge Hall whilst working a Preston to Ormskirk service on September 5th 1979. The former crossing keepers cottage is on the right of the unit, the building being set back as the route was once double track in the days before the line was severed at Ormskirk and services ran to and from Liverpool Exchange. The landscape here is dominated by Globe Mill an animal feed plant located adjacent to the signalbox and level crossing at Midge Hall. Martyn Hilbert.
7th November 1982
A Class 108 heads into the gathering gloom with its tail lamp visible late on a Autumn afternoon as it passes the Cocker Bar between Midge Hall and Croston with a Preston to Ormskirk service on November 7th 1982. Dominating this scene is the Down Distant signal for Northbound trains approaching Midge Hall, unfortunately in the intervening years the tall peg has since been replaced with a reflective board. Martyn Hilbert.
16th April 1983
Vehicle: 50219
A 2-car DMU with E50219 leading arrives at Malton with a York - Scarborough service on a damp 16th April 1983. Syd Young.
10th September 1985
Vehicle: 53739
With a friendly wave from the driver, a three-car Swindon built Class 120 Cross Country DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second M53739 leading, had just passed over Pages Crossing, South of Midge Hall with the 18.00 Preston to Ormskirk service on September 11th 1985. This was a regular turn for a Class 120 unit in 1985/86. With the passing loop at Rufford being used for its intended purpose (trains passing), the evening peak service on the Ormskirk line saw three different DMU sets in operation. The normal service unit was in use, then a West Yorkshire based set made one return trip to Ormskirk from Preston, filling-in whilst having worked from Leeds to Preston, and finally one of the Class 120 sets normally used on Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria duties, also made one return trip along the line. Martyn Hilbert.
4th April 1988
Vehicle: 53529
With Globe Mill at Midge Hall in the far distance, a two-car Class 104 DMU formed of DMSL M53529 - complete with a Network South East logo on the cab front - and the DMBS presumably being M53421, was passing Pages Crossing with a Preston to Ormskirk service on April 4th 1988. This was the period when first generation DMU sets that were past their best, were kept operational to cover for the then almost new ailing Class 142 Pacer fleet. Martyn Hilbert.
Unknown Date
One of the first batch LMR Cravens driver-trailer sets in Alton station (Staffordshire). Date unknown, it closed in 1965. Mel Smith.
circa mid-1960s
A Rolls-Royce powered Cravens set heading for Manchester at Waltons Siding on the Blackburn to Bolton line between Entwistle and Sough Tunnel in the mid 1960s. Walter Burt.
10th September 1985
Vehicle: 53523
Class 104 Driving Motor Second Lavatory (DMSL) M53523 was passing over Pages Crossing as it was approaching Midge Hall with an Ormskirk to Preston service on September 11th 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
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