Unidentified Class 109 DMU images
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1957
A Wickham image (negative W/215) showing the skeleton framework of a trailer vehicle in the yard at their works, circa early 1957. Wickham of Ware.
circa 1957
Inside the Wickham of Ware factory circa 1957. Two DMU vehicles can be seen in the rotary manipulators that allowed easier access for welding. Some foreign railcars are at the rear, trolleys on both sides, and in the foreground some of the components (vacuum cylinders and dynamos) may be destined for the British Railways DMUs. Image courtesy of the James West Collection. Wickham.
circa 1957
A bogie from a Wickham power car. Wickham.
21st March 1959
The staff are having a chit-chat at Marks Tey as this Wickham set waits to depart on the 5.20pm Ipswich - Cambridge service, March 21st 1959. Michael Mensing.
19th July 1959
A Wickham set is seen north of Ely, on the March route, with the 4.51pm Ely - Peterborough service, Sunday July 19th 1959. Michael Mensing.
4th February 1961
A Wickham DMU with a Long Melford service in Cockfield Suffolk station on 4 February 1961. The station, on the line from Bury St Edmunds, closed in April of that year. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa March 1962
A Wickham DMU seen near Thorpeness, on the Saxmundham-Aldeburgh branch, circa March 1962. British Railways.
circa March 1962
A Wickham DMU approaches Thorpeness from Leiston as it heads to Aldeburgh circa March 1962. British Railways.
29th July 1964
A Wickham set seen at Manningtree on 29-7-64. Tim Stubbs.
Unknown Date
A Wickham set at Wivenhoe station. As the unit has a tail-light on the and closest and no driver visible, it has probably arrived from Brightlingsea and left its passengers for the next Colchester train whilst it shunts out of the way for the next down trip. Undated. Llangollen Railcar Group Collection.
Unknown Date
A Wickham DMU arrives at Peterborough East. Date unknown, the station closed to passengers on 6/6/66. Walter Burt Collection.
1966
A Wickham set arrives at Clare on a Cambridge - Sudbury working in 1966. P Hoquard courtesy of David Underwood.
Unknown Date
A Wickham DMU sits in Norwich Thorpe, alongside blue GRC&W /green Cravens sets. Date unknown. Walter Burt.
1980
This was Port of Spain in Trinidad in 1980 - found purely by chance. The taxi driver couldn’t understand why I got him to stop so I could take a photo of what to him was a roadside cafe. Andrew Middleton.
22nd February 1986
Class 109 Trinidad Wickham Port of Spain 22 February 1986. In the early '80s I worked as a Property Manager for British Airways and was sent to all sorts of exotic places. On a visit to Trinidad I came across these two Wickham half coach front ends welded back to back which had been used as a café in one of the outer suburbs of the capital Port of Spain. Along with some others dumped behind the old railway station downtown I reckon at that time there were enough parts surviving from all four coaches E50415, 50419 and E56170, 56174 exported in late 1961 but I am unable to say which ones were which and they almost certainly won't exist now. A letter from me along with this picture was published in Rail Magazine in issue 337, August 12-25 1998. Alistair Ness.
22nd February 1986
Class 109 Trinidad Wickham Port of Spain 22 February 1986. In the early '80s I worked as a Property Manager for British Airways and was sent to all sorts of exotic places. On a visit to Trinidad I came across these two Wickham half coach front ends welded back to back which had been used as a café in one of the outer suburbs of the capital Port of Spain. On mentioning this to the local manager he said he knew of some others dumped behind the old railway station downtown. On my next visit on 14 May 1986 he drove me there and I will later be uploading pictures of these (it'll be a while though as I work though my negatives next). A Rastafarian family was living in one of them and the man kindly unscrewed and gave me the two original aluminium lot plates LOT No 30289 which I still have. Alistair Ness.
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