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Class 103 at Chester depot on 22 March 1975. At rest on a Saturday afternoon. The closest vehicle appears to be M56153. Alistair Ness.
Class 103 M56153 Chester Depot 6 August 1976. Alistair Ness.
A sorry-looking and heavily stripped Park Royal Class 103 Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory, car number M56153, was awaiting disposal at Chester depot on August 21st 1977. The car had been in a collision with a fallen tree on the Conway Valley line in January 1976 which had sealed its fate. 56155 is on the left. Martyn Hilbert.
Three withdrawn Class 103 vehicles in Chester depot on May 30th 1978. The closest vehicle is M56153 which had hit a fallen tree on the Conway Valley line in January 1976. The blue/grey vehicle is a 120. Rex Holt.
A Derby Works image (negative 58-301) of the second class interior of a Park Royal DTC, probably 56155. Circa April 1958. British Railways.
A Derby Works image (negative 58-300) of the first class interior of a Park Royal DTC, probably 56155. Circa April 1958. British Railways.
A Derby Works image (negative 58-302) of the rear second class saloon of a Park Royal DTC, probably 56155. Circa April 1958. British Railways.
56155 leads this set out from Dewsbury on 29/4/81. Malcolm Clements.
A tidy looking two-car Park Royal Class 103 DMU was coupled to a Class 108, stood at Crewe with a service to Chester on May 19th 1981. The leading car is Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56155, complete with its first class saloon with orange curtains. Martyn Hilbert.
M56156 leads this Park Royal DMU at Dudley Port (looking south) on July 25th, 1959, heading for Walsall. The DMBS is thought to be M50401. Michael Mensing.
A Park Royal DMU in Dudley Port station with a Walsall service on 25 July 1959. The vehicles are thought to be M56156 + M50401. Michael Mensing.
M56156 leads a Park Royal DMU heading to Wolverhampton seen after passing under the A461 between Lichfield and Hammerwich on 25 July 1964. Michael Mensing.
M56156 at the front of an eight-car formation for the Machynlleth-Towyn section of a BSRS (Bristol Suburban Railway Society) Cambrian Special railtour at Machynlleth on 10 August 1980. The tour started in Bristol with loco-hauled stock, 47 185 took it to Shrewsbury then 25 056 + 25 327 on to Machynlleth. At Machynlleth passengers transferred to the DMU. Nicholas T Smith.
A Park Royal DMU departs from Streetly station on 25 July 1964 on what is likely a Walsall - Birmingham New Street service. The leading car seems to be M56157 which was allocated to Ryecroft at the time. Michael Mensing.
This Park Royal class 103 D.M.U. DTCL M56157 was withdrawn in November 1980 from Chester depot. By mid 1982 the windows and doors had been covered with plywood from the inside. Somewhere between those dates I photographed it at this unknown location. It was cut up in June 1984. Curly42.
A Park Royal DMU formed of M56158 + M50404 seen at Fairbourne station with Machynlleth on the destination blind. Date unknown, the 3" high vehicle numbers suggest late 1960s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 103 DTCL M56158 on Chester Depot on 22 September 1979. Brian Daniels.
Park Royal Class 103 M56158 and M50402 standing in Crewe Station, 6th June 1981. Paul James.
A Park Royal Class 103 DMU with vehicles M56158 + M50402 in Llandudno station on Friday 2 April 1982, David Russon.
To mark the final closure of the Caernarvon Branch in February 1972 after it had been re-opened following the Menai Bridge Fire, a special Farewell Caernarvon Railtour was run by among others the WRC and the NWRC on the 5th of February 1972. The 6 car dmu involved is seen in Caernarvon, with M56159 closest. The KDH Archive.