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Last Day No.5. Cravens 105 373 triple climbs from Cart Junction on the ‘Down Branch’ to the main line at Elderslie No.2 with the 10:01 Kilmacolm - Glasgow service. An old notebook suggests this was DMBS E50384 (nearest camera) + DMBS E51301 + DTSL E56464 (leading). The ‘Up Branch’ from Elderslie No.2 via the fly-under is in the foreground. Saturday 08 January 1983. alicia hartman.
Class 105 Paisley Canal 8 Jan 1983. A Cravens 3 car formation (DMBS 50384 attached to 51301 and 56464) passes Paisley Canal box with a service from Kilmacolm to Glasgow Central on the last day of service. Alistair Ness.
The 14:01 Kilmacolm - Glasgow service is seen near Kilmacolm on the last day of services, 8/1/83. It is formed of a 2-car Class 105 with an extra DMBS - 50384 / 51301 + E56464. The two DMBS demonstrate the two different van layouts the class had. Hamish Stevenson.
Last Day No.17. Cravens 105 373 crosses the viaduct over the River Gryffe at Bridge of Weir. It is heading east towards the station on the 14:01 Kilmacolm - Glasgow Central service. An old notebook suggests this was DMBS E50384 (nearest) + DMBS E51301 + DTSL E56464. The girder bridge crosses a minor road to the then children's home at Quarriers Village. There was a tannery on the other side of the viaduct which is long gone. However, leather manufacture still exists in Bridge of Weir at a modern facility on the other side of town by the Locher Water. Saturday 08 January 1983. alicia hartman.
A Cravens class 105 DMU (DMBS 50384 attached to 51301 and 56464) forms a Kilmacolm line train near Bridge of Weir on the last day of service, 8 January 1983. Alistair Ness.
105 373 comprising 3 driving vehicles (50384 + 51301 + 56464) reverses at Kilmacolm on the last day of passenger services on the branch, Saturday 08/01/1983. The line between Elderslie and Kilmacolm officially closed completely and between Elderslie and Shields Junction to scheduled passenger services on 10 January 1983. Andrew McConnell.
105373, made up of 3 driving vehicles (50384 + 51301 + 56464), pauses at Paisley Canal Station on the last day of operations of the branch, 8 January 1983. The line between Kilmacolm, Elderslie and Shields Junction closed completely to scheduled passenger services on 10 January 1983, although the section to Paisley Canal subsequently reopened and is now electrified. A temporary footbridge replaces the former wooden booking office, which was situated on the road bridge with staircases to each platform. The main station building was converted to a pub. The new station is a single terminus platform on the other side of the bridge. Andrew McConnell.
Single DMBS 50384 is attached to 51301 and 56464 at Kilmacolm on January 8th, 1983. The headboard requires a little bit of explanation - the last two surviving Class 126 sets had somehow managed to escape withdrawal at the time of the line's closure and one of the Swindon Diesel Preservation Society members had contacted BR to enquire if the sets could be rostered for service on the last day. A headboard was knocked up in the hope that something could be arranged. In the event, the Swindons were not rostered and the board seemed somewhat inappropriate, but was mounted for a short time at Kilmacolm for photographs. Andrew McConnell.
Last Day No.23. Cravens 105 373 triple idles at Kilmacolm and is probably waiting to form the 16:01 service for Glasgow Central. An old notebook suggests this was DMBS E50384 (nearest) + DMBS E51301 + DTSL E56464. This may have been the last daylight departure from Kilmacolm. The masonry wall to the left is the corner of the former goods shed. Whilst the station buildings survived closure as a pub, the goods shed succumbed to redevelopment and was flattened to make way for housing. Saturday 08 January 1983. alicia hartman.
Last Day No.21. Cravens 105 373 triple has arrived at Kilmacolm on the 15:07 ex Glasgow Central with E50384 nearest the camera. An old notebook suggests the Set was DMBS E50384 + DMBS E51301 + DTSL E56464. The train is starting to fill up again for the return to Glasgow Central on the 16:01. 'Passengers' are keen to get a good seat on one of the few remaining trains. Saturday 08 January 1983. alicia hartman.
A Cravens DMU (50384, set 105373) arrives into Bridge of Weir station on the last day of operations on the Kilmacolm branch, 8 January 1983. Andrew McConnell.
Last Day. Cravens triple 105 373 on the approach to Houston and Crosslee station. The double fence on the left is the footpath from the station to Brookfield via the footbridge from which the picture was taken. DMBS E50384 + DMBS E51301 + DTSL E56464 are working the 12:01 Kilmacolm to Glasgow service. Saturday 08 January 1983. alicia hartman.
Last Day. Cravens 105 373 triple has arrived at Kilmacolm on the 15:07 ex Glasgow Central with E50384 nearest the camera. An old notebook suggests the Set was DMBS E50384 + DMBS E51301 + DTSL E56464. Saturday 08 January 1983. alicia hartman.
On the final day of passenger services to Kilmacolm on 8 January 1983, Cravens-built trailer 56464 is at the "Glasgow end", 51301 is in the centre and 50384 at the end nearest the photographer. These were built in the second half of the '50s, All were built by Cravens of Sheffield, 50384 was new in 1957 and the other pair in 1959. Jeremy Chapter.
Having arrived at Kirkham & Wesham with the 18.01 from Blackpool South, an ex Eastern Region Class 105 Power/Trailer two-car set formed of Driving Motor Brake Second M50385 & Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory M56118, was stood in the Upside platform awaiting the return with the 18.58 to Blackpool South on June 28th 1980. These were the days when the majority of services on the Coast Line were formed of units shuttling back and forth between Kirkham and Blackpool South. Although the station at Kirkham had lost its iron & glass platform canopy, the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway buildings in the companies favourite yellow brick style, were still in use. Martyn Hilbert.
At a run-down looking Windermere terminus on a wet Summer day, Cravens Class 105 M50385 & M56118 were the rear two cars of the four-car Oxenholme to Windermere branch service on June 29th 1980. Since 1986, this part of the station has become part of a supermarket. Martyn Hilbert.
Cars M50385 M56118 await departure from Blackpool South with the 18:01 Blackpool South-Kirkham & Wesham, 5/7/80. Graeme Phillips Collection.
E50386 + E56440 with the 13:55 Darlington - Hartlepool diverted on the avoiding lines around the back of Stockton station on February 16, 1981. 37 009 is on the p-way train. John Carter.
50388 with 56145 at St Albans Abbey. Phil Bidwell.
A two-car Class 105 DMU (M50388 + M56145) at Bedford St Johns in the third quarter of 1980. Rob Paterson.