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Class 108 set T065 (presumably 51927 + 52065) at Llandudno Jct on June 4th, 1991. Hamish Stevenson.
Class 108 set T066 (51943 and presumably 51568) arrives into Birmingham New Street with what is thought to be the 09:59 from Great Malvern on 15 December 1990. Robert Thomas.
The morning of an unrecorded date in January 1991 (I can't read the scrawl in my notebook!) saw bright sunshine and a sharp frost at Cosford. I do recall that the wooden platform was quite slippery as Class 108 T066 (51568 + 51943) left the station with a train from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton, the driver having forgotten to change the destination blind. The attractive wooden buildings have now been replaced with prosaic bus shelters and the platform surface brought up to modern standards. The station is also unmanned although that is arguably better than when an especially grumpy individual was on duty who clearly didn't much like enthusiasts invading his territory. He didn't seem keen on passengers either! Peter Tandy.
Class 108 unit T066 (cars 51943 and 51568) seen arriving at Leamington Spa one evening in summer 1991. Bob Belcher.
An ECS working at Bescot on 22 November 1991 as Class 108 T066 (51568 + 51943) heads towards the station at Bescot Junction. The elevated portion of the M6 is in the background with the line to Walsall and Sutton Park passing underneath it. Peter Tandy.
Class 108 DMU set T066 (51568 and presumably 51943) at Barkston on 11 June 1992. Nottingham is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108 DMS 52058, set number T067, is seen stabled at Tyseley carriage sidings on 14.10.1990. This had been once been a Buxton vehicle, hence the white cab roof. Andy Cole.
Two-car Class 108 DMU set T069 (52049 + 51902) seen in Hope station in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Two-car Class 108 DMU set T069 (51902 + 52049) departs Hope station in late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Hybrid 108/116 set T069 leaves Crewe with the 10.30 to Nottingham, circa 1991, presumably formed 52049 + 53050. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 108s in CF Booths scrapyard in Rotherham, including a vehicle from T069 on the left (presumably 52049). Circa 1992. Robert Frise Collection.
Class 108 DMS 52062, set number T070, is seen in the fading light stabled outside the factory at Tyseley on 26.12.1990. Andy Cole.
Looking towards Nottingham I photographed class 108 T071 (53930 + 52056) near Lenton Junction at Nottingham on 13 April 1991. A Welsh Dragon symbol is still visible on the cab front and the remnant of a white cab roof hasn't been lost. Peter Tandy.
Class 108 DMS M52056 at Snailwell on 21 February 1992. Nicholas Youngman.
A misty morning at Cosford on 29 November 1986 made the use of black & white film a better bet than Kodachrome 64. The subject is class 108 DMU T072 (51566 + 53933) complete with headlight and a red dragon emblem on the cab front. The train is about to stop at Cosford station with a Wolverhampton to Chester service stopping at all stations at least as far at Shrewsbury. Peter Tandy.
T072 (51566 presumably with 53933) proudly displaying it's Welsh Dragon while at Matlock in the heart of Derbyshire circa 1991. Roy Lambeth.
Tyseley's class 108 set T072 didn't work only in the Birmingham and Chester areas. On 14 April 1991 51566 + 53933 were approaching Nottingham station when I photographed them a short way to the east of Lenton Junctions. Peter Tandy.
I often had a drive over to Cosford in 1991 because of 1) the MGR traffic to and from Ironbridge Power Station still sometimes with class 20s in charge and 2) for the first generation DMUs on the Chester services. On 14 September 1991 class 108 T072 (53933 + 51566) was photographed in a lucky patch of sunshine on a largely cloudy morning as it slowed for the stop at the nearby station while working a Chester to Wolverhampton service. The bracket signal was the obvious attraction of this location and without it the shot would have been much less photogenic. Peter Tandy.
The sunshine didn't last long at Cosford on 14 September 1991 and by the time that class 108 T072 (51566 + 53933) returned from Wolverhampton towards Chester the cloud and murk had returned allowing a shot from the north side of line thus giving a better view of the signals and other infrastructure. The wind sleeve in the background marks the site as being part of RAF Cosford, a training establishment and museum of many things aeronautical including an unfortunately static TSR2 experimental strike and reconnaissance aircraft, a victim of Governmental dogma. Peter Tandy.
Class 108 DMU set T072 (51566 and 53933) sits in Long Eaton station with the 14.20 Nottingham - Crewe service on 26 November 1991. Dave Warby.