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Metro-Cammell unit 50321 is not too environmentally friendly as it waits to depart from Birmingham New Street. The train is the 13.05 Longbridge - Four Oaks, across from the train 45 120 waits to head for Bristol. In the foreground a porter uses a BRUTE trolley for it's intended purpose, sitting in the sun reading the sports page of the Daily Mirror. 29/05/1982. Geoff Dowling.
A class 108 Derby unit adds it's own fragrance to the air as it accelerates past the signal box at Agecroft Junction. The train is the 07.58 Manchester - Blackburn, 04/05/1984. Geoff Dowling.
Nuneaton Abbey station looks a little bleak on a cloudy 14th September 1959. The station was located on Midland Road and served the housing estates rather than the town centre. Behind the station is the large Judkins Quarry complex this supplied the area with a constant film of dust which covered everything in the immediate vicinity. The opposite platform has a water crane still in use the station closed to passengers 4th March 1968. Approaching the station is an LMR 3 car Cravens unit on a Nottingham - Birmingham working. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
On a beautiful May morning a Class 120 DMU strides through the romantic landscape at Agecroft Juntion with the 07.57 Blackpool - Manchester train. Dominating the scene is the huge complex of Agecroft colliery. 04/05/1984. Geoff Dowling.
An unkempt class 115 dmu pollutes Marylebone station as it waits to leave with the 13.10 service to Aylesbury 30/11/1982. The station was slated for closure at one point, fortunately that did not happen and today we have the splendid refurbished terminus of the Chiltern line. The centre platforms are a parking ground for B.R engineers vans which trundled from the road, through what is now the busy station concourse, to park where the cycle storage is today. Geoff Dowling.
Birkenhead (Woodside) was near Woodside Pier on the Mersey. The station was a mini Paddington with lovely curved overall roof, it was closed on 5th November 1967, this photograph was taken 30th August 1967. This picture, which has been published but in brutally cropped form, features a Park Royal 103/145 dmu discharging a healthy number of passengers, and a Met-Camm on the left. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
A green liveried DMU calls at the splendid ornate station at Kenilworth, on the Coventry to Leamington line, on 18 January 1965. This was a rebuild of an earlier station and dated from 1884. The station lasted until 18th January 1965 when it closed although the structure remained intact for many years as a builders merchants. Various plans have appeared over the years for a new Kenilworth Station, eventually succeeding. This shot shows a country station with porter, coal trucks in the siding and as many station signs as could be crammed in. The DMU formation includes a Metro-Cammell twin and what could be Park Royal and Gloucester twins. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
Keswick station, circa 1970, was a shadow of it's former self, like so many stations shortly to close it is dilapidated and uncared for. To the far right is the water tower from steam days, a sign on the left platform says Subway although there is no reason to cross. In the platform is the lone surviving working, an out and back from Penrith, Keswick was an intermediate station beween Cockermouth and Penrith, which was recommended for closure in the Beeching report. The line closed west of Keswick 18th April 1966 leaving an 18 mile branch to Penrith, and that was closed 4th March 1972. The left hand building of Kewick station is now looked after and is the start of a popular footpath along the old track bed. Geoff Dowling.
A two-car Gloucester RCW unit (later class 100) is bowling past Bournville signal box, no doubt preparing to stop at Bournville station, circa early 1960s. The scene is dominated by the water tower of Bournville loco depot. To the left of the unit is Bournville signal box, as well as the main lines it controlled the entrance to Lifford Goods canal branch which followed the line of the canal. On this (undated) picture a brake van is parked on the approach to Lifford goods. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
A Trans-Pennine DMU arrives into Liverpool Lime Street, circa mid-1960s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Only a handful of Met-Camm vehicles received a full yellow end while still in green livery. One of those, SC56411, is seen in platform 4 of Stirling station on 31 August 1968. The vehicle has the revised style of lining and a white stripe for first class. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 120 DMU set P557 in Newquay station with a Par service in August 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 116 DMU set C303 (presumably 50129 + 59037 + 50087) in platform 7 at Bristol Temple Meads on 3 August 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The RPPR "The Mayflower" railtour at Plymstock on 12 October 1980. Visible are 51328 (P470) and 51312 + 51327 (P480). Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 119 set L584 (51098) and L580 (51094), presumably in their home depot at Reading. The slide process date was November 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Met-Camm DMU set 101355 (53245 closest) departs from Edinburgh Waverley in 10 August 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The Fisons weedkiller train with converted Class 100 FA99900 (ex-E56315) closest at Haughley Junction on the Great Eastern Main Line. Date unknown, the cleanliness suggests circa mid-1975. A Class 31 is at the far end. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 121 W55033 in Stapleton Road station on Severn Beach duties circa 1982. Note the Avon Link branding next to the BR logo. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The unmistakable 54247 + 53964 leads this six-car DMU formation (two Class 108 twins and a 108/101) at Baron Wood, north of Lazonby & Kirkoswald on the Settle and Carlisle Line, on 6 May 1989. The set had been transferred from Chester to Neville Hill a couple of days before. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 120 DMU set EP503 in Matlock station sometime in 1983. Brian Daniels.
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