Derby Lightweight DMU images
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6th July 1985
Displaying the headcode 6Z08, Ultrasonic Test Train DB975007 - DB975008 arrives at the south end of platform 6 at Wigan North Western, 6th July 1985. Built in 1955 the unit had been converted to departmental use 15 years earlier and would eventually be secured for preservation after final withdrawal in 1994. S Gaskell.
1st August 1985
The Derby Lightweight Ultrasonic Test train 975008 + 975007 stopped at Leamington Spa. The driver is on the phone to the Signal box visible beyond him, officially Leamington Spa SB though the cast nameboard included North, but not picked out in white, while the diagram included Jc. The adjacent box to the South was by then, Fenny Compton. The new SSI PSB is behind the photographer then in shadow mode. P42 is a power operated derailer as there isn't room for a trap point. Nicholas T Smith.
10th August 1985
This is what the Ultrasonic Test Train looked like in 1985. It consisted of two Derby Lightweight DMU vehicles carrying the numbers 975007 + 975008 and on 10 August of that year was carrying the reporting number 6Z08 while running from Derby to Marylebone when I photographed it passing Leamington Spa station. Peter Tandy.
22nd October 1985
The Derby Lightweight Ultrasonic Test Train 975007 + 975008 at Newcastle on 22/10/1985. Graeme Phillips Collection.
16th January 1986
RDB 975010 'Iris' stabled at Dingwall on the 16th January 1986 while on RETB testing duties. Hamish Stevenson.
8th June 1986
Derby Lightweight single car RDB 975010 'Test Coach Iris' stabled on Derby RTC on 8-6-86, with APT non-driving motor 49005 behind. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
1986
975010, Test Coach Iris, at Doncaster in 1986. John Law.
circa 1986
975010 - Test Coach Iris - seen at Bletchley TMD circa 1986. Graham Baker.
circa 1986
975010 at Bletchley TMD circa 1986. It's carrying CA, DY and RG shed stickers! Graham Baker.
23rd August 1986
975007 is seen at Tyseley carriage sidings on 23.08.1986 coupled to it's long time partner 975008. Andy Cole.
23rd August 1986
975008 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 23.08.1986. It was converted from 79612, and is with partner 975007. Andy Cole.
Unknown Date
Test Coach Iris 975010 seen at Crewe. Undated. The blue sticker in the centre cab window reads "The Orcadian" - a momento from it's time at Inverness. Andrew McConnell.
10th June 1987
Test Coach Iris DB975010 heads northbound through Peterborough on 10th June 1987. AndrewHA.
July 1987
The Ultrasonic Test Train 975008 + 975007 seen entering Reading station circa July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
July 1987
The Derby Lightweight Ultrasonic Test Train 975007 + 975008 rests probably at Reading station, circa July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
12th August 1987
The Ultrasonic Test Train 975008 + 975007 is seen at Penzance on 12.08.1987. Andy Cole.
1988
Test Coach IRIS at Reading. Robert Chilton Collection.
1988
Test Coach IRIS at Reading. Robert Chilton Collection.
1988
The Ultrasonic Test Train 975008 / 975007 in the sidings next to Leicester Station circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.
1988
The Ultrasonic Test Train 975008 / 975007 in the sidings next to Leicester Station circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.