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Class 104 DMCL M50495 was withdrawn after a collision with a lorry at Chivers Occupational Crossing on 3 December 1976. Here it is seen in Derby Carriage and Wagon Works during the open day on 13 August 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
In the fading-light of an Summer evening, a six-car BRCW Class 104 'White Line' DMU formation was arriving at Wigan Wallgate with a Manchester Victoria to Southport service on August 26th 1977. The leading car was Driving Motor Brake Second M50472. The Newton Heath allocated white-liners were normally associated with the Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North services, but also had peak-time workings on the Southport line. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 104 DTSL E56188 leads a Cravens DMBS into Yarmouth Vauxhall station with the 14:10 service from Norwich on 9 September 1977. The station pilot on the left is 03 086. Robert Thomas.
With the cobbled roadway of the former goods yard on the right, a well filled three-car BRCW Class 104 DMU formed of cars M50453, M59161 & M50505, complete with two first class saloons, was passing Salwick at speed with a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service on Saturday September 10th 1977. The former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway signalbox dating from 1889, was retained at Salwick as a fringe box to the Preston PSB. The structure which must have been a busy place when the route between Preston and Kirkham had four tracks, was 'modernised' with UPVC windows and a lowered internal ceiling in later years. The 'box was closed in November 2017 as a prelude to resignalling and electrification between Preston and Blackpool North, and was demolished on December 19th 2017. The now electrified Blackpool-Preston route is signalled from the ROC at Ashburys. Martyn Hilbert.
A three-car Class 104 DMU led by DMCL M50503 is seen at Five Ways with a Redditch service in the spring of 1978. Michael Mensing.
An ex-works M50537 is at the rear of this Class 104 departing from Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.
Class 104 vehicles in Lancaster station on a Sunday in the late 1970s. These are related to the derailment of an outbound Leeds train which possibly derailed on the remaining points from the old Glasson Dock branch at the North end of platforms 1 & 2. All trains were cancelled on the WCML through Lancaster while the Breakdown train from Wigan attended. Andrew Pilkington.
A white-stripe Class 104 arrives at Wigan Wallgate in 1978. Rex Holt.
BRC&W set 78 and a Cravens set at Haughley Jct - north of Stowmarket on GE main line to Norwich. The destination blind shows Ipswich, date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
A three-car Class 104 DMU seen at Leigh, Staffordshire, in 1978. Michael Mensing.
A 3-car Class 104 dmu pauses at Uttoxeter station on 14 January 1979 to allow Saturday shoppers to alight from the 14.30 from Derby on this dull January afternoon. According to Wikipedia, the ex-North Staffordshire Railway buildings on the left were destroyed by fire in 1987. Tom Burnham.
Newcastle Station - East end Concourse, on 21/01/1978. This was the Saturday prior to withdrawal of BR services between Manors and West Monkseaton via Benton. There appears to be some kind of electronic information boards, although not for platform 2. The paper notice stands are presumably about arrangements for replacement bus services. A Class 104, typical traction at the time, is behind the red ticket inspector's kiosk, several 101s are to the right. Graeme Phillips Collection.
A Class 104 DMU at West Monkseaton, North Tyneside with the 12:25 Newcastle - Newcastle circular service, 21/01/1978. This was the last day of services around the entire North Tyneside loop. These services were replaced by the Tyneside Metro a few years later. Graeme Phillips Collection.
This is the 1205 Newcastle-Benton-coast-Newcastle, calling at West Monkseaton, on 21/01/1978, the last day of services around the entire North Tyneside loop. These services were replaced by the Tyneside Metro a few years later. Graeme Phillips Collection.
A two-car Class 104 DMU at Penistone on a diversion via Woodhead, February 1978. MARK LEVING.
A Class 104 departs Manchester Piccadilly with a Buxton service on 5 February 1978. The leading car was noted as M50487. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Class 104 DMU in Rochdale station on 18 February 1978. Alistair Ness.
Class 104 set 84 at Yarmouth Vauxhall on 25/3/78. Ian Francis.
Running at full speed, a BRCW Class 104 three-car 'Manchester-Blackpool White Liner' with Driving Motor Composite Lavatory (DMCL) M50522 leading, was passing the island platform of Salwick station whilst running between Kirkham and Preston with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on April 3rd 1978. Allocated to Newton Heath depot, these well-worn 104's were a familiar sight along this busy route at the time. To the right of the DMU was the site of a pair of fast lines that once avoided the station platform at Salwick, a legacy from the days when the four track route from Preston to Kirkham North Junction handled huge amounts of excursion traffic. Martyn Hilbert.
A Class 104 and 105 are seen at Blackpool on 9/4/78. Ian Francis.