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The underframe equipment under one of the experimental Paxman diesel-electric vehicles, believed to be 9821. The engine is to the left, generator to the right. The fire system components were of the same type used on some regular DMUs: the flame switch under the BRC&W works plate; the fire alarm control panel further to the right; and two fire extinguishers can just be seen, one on either side of the engine/generator. Taken at Derby on 14 October 1956. Photograph courtesy of and © Paxman Archive Trust, series 2 negative 6360. Paxman Archive Trust.
An official image (16 of 18, negative W6691/18) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the interior of a centre car - the door leads to the toilets, presumably W59497 from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
An official image (15 of 18, negative W6691/10) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the interior of a vehicle looking at the end and the doorway through the gangway to the adjacent vehicle. Presumably this is on set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
An official image (14 of 18, negative W6691/06) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows a route map fitted above a passenger door, presumably in one of the vehicles from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
The Paxman experimental railcar (9828 + 9821) at Derby on 14 October 1956. At this stage it had spent several weeks on trial. Photograph courtesy of and © Paxman Archive Trust, series 2 negative 6359. Paxman Archive Trust.
The original 645 transparency of this image was found in an old developing tray in the spare room once used as my darkroom and I thought it worth scanning. I've no idea when it was taken but circa late 1980s and was obviously from Kings Sutton, taken in the early evening on a slightly misty day. The collection of vehicles heading for Banbury ( 115/108 and 101/suburban hybrids) is best described as a mish-mash both of colour schemes and classes. Peter Tandy.
It doesn't take long for a train to travel from Wilmcote to Hatton, reverse, and then return. Despite the gloomy weather I must have thought int worthwhile on 11 November 2004 to hang on for 960014 to return for its second visit of the day to Stratford-upon-Avon. Peter Tandy.
During the layover of 960014 at Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 November 2004 I took the opportunity to drive to Wilmcote station for another shot as it went north to Hatton on its route learning run. Here it is passing under the GWR footbridge, albeit in an odd shade of muddy pink. Peter Tandy.
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.
A Marylebone based class 115 passes on the down main line at Leamington Spa with am 1L04 High Wycombe to Matlock charter operated by Chiltern Trains on on 19 July 1985, long before privatisation and the official adoption of that name by the TOC. The set comprised of vehicles 51675, 59763, 59649 and 51671 and with 4 coaches was a relatively unusual sight at Leamington. The signal for the up main was on green so there had been a reasonable chance of a really messy picture with a third train in shot as the special passed a class 116 unit in platform 2 but all was well on this occasion. Peter Tandy.
A rare visitor to Leamington Spa on 19 July 1985 was single car set L101 operating a crew road learning run. This unit was W55001 by now in the Departmental fleet and numbered TDB 975023 and still carrying the overall blue livery from its previous days in passenger service in the London area. Peter Tandy.
Class 117 set B431 (51369 + 59521 + 51411) worked trains between Leamington Spa at Stratford-upon-Avon on 19 July 1985. The procedure at the time was for trains arriving into platform 3 at Stratford-upon-Avon from the north to leave the station on the up line and then use the crossover just around the corner to reverse and come back either into platform 2 for Birmingham services or to run through the station before reversing again to gain bay platform 1 for Stratford. This picture shows B431 having completed the first reversal as it ran past the flower beds on platform 2. Peter Tandy.
I arrived at Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday 19 July 1985 to catch the 08.12 train to Leamington Spa to find an unusual replacement for the usual single unit or pair of single units in the form of class 117 set B431 comprising 51411, 59521 and 51369. I assumed that this had been pinched by Tyseley to cover a shortage of their own sets after it had arrived at Birmingham New Street during the previous day. I sat in the first class compartment to take full advantage of the thicker padding and better backrests of the seats... Peter Tandy.
Birmingham University station is situated on the stretch of line between New Street and Kings Norton. Running alongside the canal it used to offer some interesting locations but whether this is case since the advent of overhead electrification I could not say. On Saturday 7 February 1987 a Longbridge to Four Oaks service was composed of a class 116 power-twin, a single unit bubble car, and a normally-formed 3 car class 116 set bringing up the rear. This type of mish-mash setup from Tyseley Depot was far from unusual and added to interest of the unit scene around Birmingham. Peter Tandy.
This image was taken at Bescot on 25 February 1987 and shows a 2 coach class 108 comprising vehicles 53931 + 51562. I was told on the day that the unit was being used as a route learning special covering various lines in this part of the world. DMUs were not especially common here at the time as all local trains to Walsall were in the hands of EMUs so I'm glad that I used a frame of colour transparency film on it. Peter Tandy.
Two 104s in Oban station: 37 104 and the Class 104 "Mexican Bean" DMU (53424 + 53434). Date unknown, the DMU is carrying small 'Scotty Dogs' on the bodyside which it only did during the 1985 season, the following year they were replaced with larger ones. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
A two-car Class 110 DMU in York station, date unknown. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
Swans and a Class 122 Bubble car (which appears to be 55003) near Terras crossing on the Looe branch circa 1992. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
A member of the train crew has his arm out ready to receive the token at Westerfield Junction. The Cravens is on the service to Felixstowe 1980. If it is the driver, his other hand will be on the "deadmans holdover button" to prevent the brakes coming on. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
A Class 101 DMU with the Alston train in the platform at Haltwhistle, circa early/mid-1970s. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
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