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25th March 1977
A Class 105 DMU at Rufford, Lancashire, 25/03/1977. Seen entering the station with an Ormskirk-Preston service. Graeme Phillips Collection.
11th May 1988
A Class 104 at Rufford Level Crossing (Ormskirk Line). Having called at Rufford with an Ormskirk to Preston service on May 11th 1988, the Class 104 can be seen in the distance accelerating away to the next stop at Croston, as in time-honoured fashion the traditional timber level crossing gates swing open to let the waiting traffic cross. This scene would be lost forever within six months as the old signalbox and crossing gates would be replaced by a portable cabin and lifting barriers in November 1988. Martyn Hilbert.
4th October 1986
Vehicle: 53307
A class 101 2-Car DMU, with M53307 leading, comes out of the passing loop at Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk Service on the 4th October 1986. The cab front has received a custom black window surround. Martyn Hilbert.
11th May 1988
Vehicle: 53529
With the former goods loading dock ramp in the foreground, a Class 104 2-Car DMU with M53529 leading, departs from Rufford with an Ormskirk to Preston Service on the 11th May 1988. For many years this unit had been a three car set working off Newton Heath Depot on Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North Services. By the time this image was recorded the unit had lost its centre car and was having an extended life as the newly introduced class 142s were starting to have reliability issues. Martyn Hilbert.
13th May 1981
Vehicle: 50765
The single line token exchange is about to take place, As a Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50765 & M50804 arrives at Rufford with the 17.19 Preston to Ormskirk service on May 13th 1981. The Ormskirk services were normally in the hands of Derby built Class 108s and the appearance of a Cravens unit was not common. Martyn Hilbert.
12th July 1980
Vehicle: 50971
Alighted passengers walk down the platform as Class 108 M50971 & M56262 departs from Rufford with the 16.15 Ormskirk to Preston on July 12th 1980. The unit is carrying the short-lived 'refurbished' DMU white/blue stripe livery. Martyn Hilbert.
13th May 1981
Vehicle: 50804
There appears to have been some repair work done to the timber level crossing gates at Rufford on May 13th 1981. With some of the gates in primer, Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50804 & M50765 on the 17.19 Preston to Ormskirk, was awaiting the arrival of the 17.28 Ormskirk to Preston, due at 17.38, off the single line section. This was in the days when peak-hour services in the morning & evening saw services utilise the passing loop at Rufford. Martyn Hilbert.
18th March 1979
Vehicle: 50764
Cravens Class 105 Motor Brake Second M50764 leads a 2-Car power-twin into Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk working on March 18th 1979. M50764 has a clean almost ex-works appearance. Waiting at the level crossing is Threlfall Haulage Bedford TK flatbed lorry, Registration number POD 654H dating from 1969. The shot is the wrong side for the light, but the gates were closed as I arrived and forced this view! Martyn Hilbert.
15th March 1982
Vehicle: 50810
Cravens Class 105, 50810 + 50764, with a Preston-Ormskirk service, crosses the service I was on, at Rufford, 15th March 1982. Paul James.
12th April 1988
Vehicle: 53870 Set: N652
Reduced to two-cars, a Class 116 Suburban DMU formed of Driving Motor Brake Second M53870 and Driving Motor Second M53923, were arriving at Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk service on April 12th 1988. The unit had previously worked in the West Midlands, and had been allocated to Newton Heath (Set N652), to cover for almost new Class 142 Pacers that were then being sidelined with numerous faults. Martyn Hilbert.
10th May 1988
Vehicle: 53454
A two-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of Driving Motor Brake Second M53454 and Driving Motor Second Lavatory M53528, was arriving at Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk service on May 11th 1988. Martyn Hilbert.
28th July 1985
Vehicle: 51578
A three-car Swindon Cross-Country DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51578 leading (and centre car 59580), was arriving at Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 25th 1985. These were the days when during the evening peak, the passing loop at Rufford enabled two units to pass. There used to be three different DMU's that worked to Ormskirk in that late afternoon/early evening period. The first, in the late afternoon would be a West Yorkshire set (101 or 110) that had worked to Preston from Leeds, whilst the second would be the regular unit that had been running back and forth all day, the third being a Class 120 off a Manchester - Blackpool working, bringing the non- too common sight of a Swindon Cross-Country DMU to the Ormskirk line. Martyn Hilbert.
25th July 1985
Vehicle: 51917
A two-car Class 108 DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second M51917 leading, was departing from Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 25th 1985. Martyn Hilbert.
12th April 1988
Vehicle: 53870 Set: N652
Former West Midlands PTE Class 116 Suburban 2-Car DMU formed of cars M53870 & M53923, was stood in the passing loop at Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk service on April 12th 1988. Martyn Hilbert.
13th April 1988
Vehicle: 53468 Set: N673
A Class 104 two-car DMU formed of M53468 & M53494 (N673) was departing from Rufford with the 17.25 Ormskirk to Preston service on April 13th 1988. Martyn Hilbert.
13th May 1981
Vehicle: 50534
With the token exchange underway, Ormskirk services were passing at Rufford at tea-time on May 13th 1981. Cravens Class 105 Power-Twin formed of cars M50804 & M50765 were working a Preston to Ormskirk service whilst Class 104 M50534 & M56177 was heading in the opposite direction with an Ormskirk to Preston service. These were the days when additional services ran at the morning and evening peak and necessitated the use of the passing loop at Rufford. Martyn Hilbert.
25th July 1985
Vehicle: 52064
Derby built Class 108 Driving Trailer Second Lavatory (DTSL) M52064 was arriving at Rufford whilst leading a Preston to Ormskirk service on July 25th 1985. The car was one of the final batch of Class 108's built at Derby in 1961 and was the penultimate vehicle constructed of a total of 333 cars built to various configurations. M52064 has survived into preservation at the Severn Valley Railway. Martyn Hilbert.
1st April 1989
Vehicle: 54056
A two-car Class 101/108 hybrid DMU formed of cars 54056 & 53949 was arriving at Rufford with an Ormskirk to Preston service on the evening of April 1st 1989. The Tarleton Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was then a quiet little-used backwater. This location now has marinas either side of the canal, a footbridge, car parks and the railway is now obscured by trees. Martyn Hilbert.
Unknown Date
A Class 108 DMU departs from Rufford station, date unknown. Stuart Parkinson.
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