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This Leeds to Sheffield Class 114 DMU has just passed Ecclesfield West and is running parallel to the former Great Central route via Ecclesfield East, whose tracks can be seen to the right. The ex-GC route latterly terminated just beyond the bridge in the background, at the Smithywood Coking Plant. The picture dates from the summer of 1982. Andrew Walker.
First DMU to Huddersfield, 1983 The Sheffield to Huddersfield service was re-routed to travel via Barnsley from 9th May 1983 and this is the first DMU to operate the service in the Huddersfield direction arriving at Barnsley station that morning. Someone has one of the doors partially open already, even though the train has half the platform still to travel! Andrew Walker.
A Huddersfield-bound DMU pulls into the staggered platforms at Shepley station on the Penistone line in January 1983. It is formed of a Class 114 - E50012 seems to be leading - and a two-car Met-Camm. Andrew Walker.
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.
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.
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.
On 14 April 1991 former Strathclyde class 101, now Tyseley set T078 with 53146 + 51249 were calling at Nottingham station while working an eastbound train. The destination blind is blank so I have no idea of the destination but either Lincoln or Skegness are possibilities. Most of the waiting passengers were clearly waiting for a later train as none seem to be moving towards the DMU. Peter Tandy.
Tyseley's four car sets were mostly formed of class 115, 116 and 127 as was the case on 6 May 1991 when I photographed T412 (53055 + 59446 + 59591 + 51867) passing the now demolished Smethwick West signalbox with a Hereford to Birmingham New Street train. The class 47 waiting at the signal was 47813 working a railtour that had just visited Handsworth in the days before the line was re-opened through to Snow Hill. Just behind the camera the Handsworth line crossed the Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton route. This is now the site of Galton Bridge Station interchange where passengers can change trains between the two lines thus making the old Smethwick West station redundant. It's worth noting that any train leaving the Handsworth branch including this railtour had to run wrong line as far as Rood End Yard between here and Langley Green. Peter Tandy.
On 14 May 1988 it was quite easy to walk around the slightly derelict-looking Washwood Heath area and take pictures of anything that came along. One of the bagful of slides I shot during the morning was this of a class 114 DMU as it worked ECS from Tyseley and about to pass Washwood Heath No5 signalbox. Peter Tandy.
Barnt Green station is at the junction where the Redditch branch leaves the Birmingham to Gloucester main line. On 26 August 1991 Tyseley set T416 was formed of 53891 + 59609 + 59648 + 51876 from classes 116, 127 and 115 as it joined the branch with a Cross City service from Four Oaks. This formation was the usual for Tyseley's four-car sets at the time but class 150s were not far off mass introduction so scenes like this were well worth recording and in 2021 OHLE masts have changed everything with electric units working both the branch and Bromsgrove terminating trains. Peter Tandy.
55012 at Barnt Green Just as I arrived at Barnt Green on 26 September 1991 55032 was stopping at the up platform with a stopping train from Bromsgrove. My 35mm Olympus loaded with colour transparency film didn't fit into my bag with a lens attached so I took only this black & white picture of the class 121 single unit just as it pulled away. I did once ride on one of these units from Bromsgrove to Longbridge and the first part of the journey up the 1/37 gradient of the Lickey Incline from a standing start was a credit to the pair of 150bhp engines. Peter Tandy.
A London Midland Region publicity image (negative DM904) ahowing a Derby Lightweight DMU in Carlisle station on 7 February 1957. British Railways.
A Derby Works image (negative 61/659) showing a final drive casing being removed (or assembled) from a wheelset circa mid-1961. Two vehicles can be seen in the background - Park Royal M56161 on the left and a Cravens on the right. British Railways.
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.
A mixed 3 car DMU set, 120518, crosses the River Clyde and approaches Glasgow Central terminus on the afternoon of 29th July 1986. Leading is Class 120 DMSL 53647 with CL101 TSL 59063 in the middle of the set and Cl 120 DMBS 53741 bringing up the rear. All 3 vehicles would be scrapped at Snailwell by January 1988. Bob Woolnough.
Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 118 Suburban 3-car dmu No.B464 in BR Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends (presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321) with another unidentified set near Chepstow on a Cardiff - Gloucester service, 07/86. Hugh Llewelyn.
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu Nos.B407 consisting of Class 117/1, 176 & 117/2 (51345 and presumably 59497 + 51387) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends at Cardiff (Central) on a Bristol (Temple Meads) service, 06/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
BR (Swindon) Cross Country 3-car dmu (Class 120) No.C560 with 4 character headcode in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front end at Cardiff (Central) on a Gloucester service, 06/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Metro-Cammell Class "101" No less than four twin sets of Local Passenger Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 2-car dmu's with two character headcode panels and in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, approaching Cardiff (Central) on a Special service, 05/75. Scanned slide. Hugh Llewelyn.
BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C323 (50843 and presaumably 59355 + 50896) in BR Rail Blue with all yellow front end, leaving Cardiff (Central) with a Penarth - Rhymney service, 05/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
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