Railcar Topics

Accidents involving DMUs

Asbestos — many DMU vehicles were built with this as an insulating material.

Birmingham Cross-City Farewell photo feature

British Industries Fair The DMUs that ran the shuttle services in the 1950s.

Building A DMU A photographic look at the construction of Swindon 79xxx Inter-city vehicles.

Buxton Class 104 Farewell photo feature

Coupling Procedure - A British Transport Films filmstrip on coupling two units together.

Day Line Diesel Tickets - A North Eastern Region promotion in the late 1950s.

Destination Blinds - Where would you like to go?

DMU Builders A look at the companies that built the DMUs.

Driving - what's involved in driving a DMU?

The Edinburgh DMU Story - told by Alan Rintoul

Exhibitions:
    - Modern Railway Travel - Battersea Wharf June 1957
    - The Modern Railway - Glasgow Central September 1959

Hawksworth Coaches - used by the WR as extra centre cars

Introduction of set numbers:
    - LMR, 1969 - Control and Maintenance of Diesel Multiple Units
    - ScR, 1966 - Control and Utilisation of Diesel Multiple Units

Llandudno Junction Fitters' Logs - diaries kept by the staff detailing their daily activities.

Lightweight Train Committee - Minutes from the LMR decision makers.

Mock-Ups - testing aesthetics before building.

Non-conventional Publicity - places you could find DMUs away from BR promotional material and the enthusiast press.

Operations - A look at DMUs that worked in different Regions and features on different lines.

The Quaintonian - A regular excursion to the Buckingham Railway Centre.

The Railbus Story - a look at the decision making and planning for the four-wheeled railbuses. This part takes us up to the delivery of the first vehicle, looking at what was behind the ordering of these vehicles and how the plans for their use evolved.

Railcar50 - the display boards for the event give a brief summary of the overall DMU story.

Railtours - a look at some railtours that featured DMUs.

Sandite DMUs - a look at the vehicles that were used for sandite duties.

Six Lochs Land Cruise - the popular Scottish circular excursion that ran from 1958 to 1965.

A Sunday Drive On the Railway Track - the filming of a Shell Mex advert in 1967 by David Underwood

Staff Training - training steam era drivers and fitters on the new diesels (including the 'Motive Power Diesel Instruction Car' vehicles.

Tail Loads - Recollections of DMUs pulling tail loads.

Unofficial Names:
    - Tynerail in 1971
    - 1980/90s - by Jonathan Horswell

Timing Logs - A list of timing logs printed in magazines.

Western Region units in the North East - the suburban and Cross Country units sent to Newcastle to help out during the Pacer crisis.

Features

Stourbridge Workings in 1963 by Andy Cope
Valley Lines Day Ranger 1987 by Phil Evans
1991 Rugby Special by Gazza Prescott
A Farewell to 101s in North Wales by Eddie Knorn
One Day at Doncaster by Leonard Rogers
Railcar Memories - Eric Stuart remembers the early years of DMUs.
Working the DMUs by Arno Brooks