This page has been compiled from input by the Dean Forest DMU Group, Edwin Knorn, Simon Stevens, Ian Fleming, Andrew Dyson and the Swindon Diesel Preservation Society.

Type codes : A - additional information E - error U - update

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Picture

Type

Comments

100

3rd

U

53628 went to the East Anglian Railway Museum, then on loan to the Keith & Dufftown Railway.

101

middle

E

This was 1995 not 1985.

101

bottom

E

53971 was a DMBS not a DTCL. The vehicle in view is DTCL 54224.

102

notes

E

The overall width of the bodies was the normal 9ft 3in.

103

middle

E

The door shown was not central, but the one at the rearmost passenger vestibule, next to the van. Press releases from Wickham when the vehicles were new described the moquette as green in 2nd and blue in 1st. The DMCs had 50 2nd class seats.

106

notes

A/E/U

Not all were allocated to the NER, as the second batch went to the LMR. The surviving trailer moved to the East Lancs Railway and then to Wensleydale. The 3rd batch of TSLs (59808-17) were heavier at 24 ½ tons. There is no mention of the aluminium window frames (different from Class 104s) or the trailers which went to the ScR.

106

bottom

E

This picture is of a Class 104 TCL interior. Curtains were not fitted to Class 110s, as notable in the picture above. The picture clearly shows an unbraked composite vehicle, yet as stated in the notes Class 110 DMCs were non-smoking in 1st, and so would have non-smoking labels as in the picture above. The interior picture was published in the Railway Gazette of 14th June 1957, 4 years before the Class 110s were built.

107

middle

E

The cab roof is still in white, although very dirty! White is visible on the gutters and at the side of the headcode box.

109

bottom

E

'MetroTrain' was a West Yorkshire PTE brand.

111

notes

E

TBSL commonly refers to Trailer Brake Second, open seating with Lavatory. The buffet cars (59573-8) were branded 'TSLRB'.

116

left

A/E

51753 was a DMBS. Note the different sizes of lamp brackets compared with the right picture.

117

top

E

This is a Class 105 not a Class 112. Class 112s, being single engined only had one exhaust outlet, and they didn't have the filler recesses on the bodysides.

The 112/113s were delivered numerically DMBS/DMC from start to finish, 51756 was delivered with 51731, not 51780, and so was the first 113 delivered in 11/59 according to Railway Observer. Not photographed but mentioned in the caption, 51780 was indeed the last and delivered in July '60, but with 51755. 

118

bottom

E

There may only have been 3 Class 112/3 cars scrapped at G. Cohens, but this is not one of them! It is very clearly a Class 129 (55998).

119

notes

A/E

50000/56000 are generally not regarded at being part of Class 114. The DMBSs were all delivered (bar 50000 and possibly 50049) with Leyland 680 150hp engines. 50000 kept its Rolls Royce engines until withdrawn.

121

top

E

The route indicator has not been plated over, nor have marker lights been fitted. The headcode glass remains, with white vinyl circles and a black vinyl background stuck to the inside. The original back lighting lighted the discs.

121

middle

E

It is DTCL 56007 that leads a Class 114 DMBS in the DMU line up.

122

middle

A

Originally two of the double seats (the centre row of three) were reversible.

125

middle

E

The 2nd vehicle is a former DTC, and so not 55931/53040.

127

notes

A/E/U

50049 was the first to use the 230hp Albion engine in 1957. TCs weighed 29 tons. There was little difference between 115 and 127 interiors, as the 127s had already made the jump away from the bus type seating, and the TSs even shared the same diagram number. No preserved 115s are on the Midland Railway Centre, Strathspey Railway or Mid-Norfolk Railway, but there is some on the Colne Valley Railway. The NRM has no involvement with any Class 115 vehicles, but it does have with 51562 which is a Class 108 DMCL. The guards vans were smaller than the 116s etc. but there were two per unit (also applies to Class 127s).

127

top

E

Both toilets were accessible by 1st and 2nd class passengers.

131

bottom

A/E

Not a Class 108 TS. The 4-car is formed of two 115 DMBS / 108 DTCL 2-car sets. Fourteen Marylebone Class 115 DMBSs were gangwayed to run with twelve Class 108 DTCLs.

132

bottom

E

This is a 7-car formation, not 8. T403 was a 4-car, and T307 a 3-car 117.

134

top

E

The vehicle in NSE livery is a TCL.

135

notes

A/E

According to the BR Diagram book both DMBS and DMS weighed 36 tons. The TSs weighed 29 tons. The TCs were not fitted with toilets at any time. Just the addition of the gangway and the necessary through doors on internal partitions would reduce seating to 88 (20 1st + 68 2nd), and TSs reduced from 106 to 98. Plymouth and Cardiff Canton allocations had gangways fitted from the late '60s onwards, long before refurbishment. No mention made of the cars allocated to the ScR. The gangways on the ScR cars came from GWR design vans (Siphon G). The ER obtained some 116s from Scotland and gangwayed them for use on Essex branches.

136

bottom

E

There were eight further cars converted in total. The other four were DMBSs 53051 & 53072 as set TS100 (in 1986), and 53083 & 53820 as set L307 (in 1987).

137

top

E

529 described the set number applied to the three vehicles. Wherever possible, the set number matched the centre trailer e.g. 501 had M59001.

138

bottom

E

The trailer is a Class 117. The gangways were fitted in 1970/1.

139

2nd

E

Again, the Class 116 trailer should not have a toilet, and the cars were gangwayed long before refurbishment.

141

2nd

E

The TCL was a Class 127, possibly 59594. Not 1994, probably 1984. The train is ascending Hatton bank, not descending.

141

3rd

E

It is a DMS leading, not DMBS 53073. It is 53891.

142

top

E

The TCL was a Class 115.

144

notes

E

The HA Scot Rail 117s are not used on the Edinburgh - Glasgow route, but used to supplement the Edinburgh - Fife Circle services at peak times, plus the odd working to Perth.

144

top

E

The Class 117 does not have cream lining! This was an early Class 117 livery, as introduced on the first sets.

144

bottom

E

Typo - WS1352 should read W51352.

146

top

E

Incorrect numbers. B407 was formed of 51345, 59497 & 51387. The three vehicles mention formed B405, and later L412, while B407 became L410.

146

bottom

E

At this date Class 126 and Class 127 were still in service.

147

2nd

E

The trailer was a Class 116, possibly 59359.

147

bottom

E

The destination blind has been removed not wound to blank as the two white lamps can be seen.

148

middle

E

The trailer was a Class 116.

150

top

E?

Were they burnished? Silver paint would be more likely.

152

top

E

This cannot be as early as 1985.

156

top

E

Corridor connections were not fitted until 1969/70. Plymouth/Laira based 118s often ran without centre cars.

161

top

E

The best yet. A high density 119! It is a Class 116.

163

top

E

This is a Class 108. The cab lining on the 119s dropped only very slightly at the top corners but the bottom one lifted. On 108s, because of the lower bodyside windows, the top band dropped considerably and the bottom one stayed level, as in this picture. Not many Class 119s made it to Leeds at this period. Oval buffers are rare on a Class 108.

163

middle

A

Note the two different buffers.

164

top

E

The trailer car is a Class 120, identifiable by the fewer ventilators and their zigzag pattern. Could be W59282 which worked with W51052 and W51080 in set L571 and received the luggage stowage modifications along with its Class 119 brethren.

165

middle

E

It was a "C" that was painted out.

167

bottom

E

It was allocated to Heaton at this time, ex-CF. It was transferred to cover for stock shortages.

169

title

E

While the class were known to operate as 2-cars, there normal formation was 3-cars.

169

notes

E

DMBCL vehicles 50696-50744 weighed only 36 tons. The buffets were classified TSLRB, and weighed 30 tons 12cwt, and the TSLs 30tons 3cwt. When new, there was not 3 types of power cars. The DMBFs were a later ScR conversion. The 50xxx - 53xxx renumbering didn't start until early 1983.

170

top

E

The last batch with the headcode panels only had one marker light. This was a box fitted temporarily for testing, to a car which was built with 4 lights.

170

middle

E

There was only marker light fitted to this batch. The trailer is a non-buffet vehicle (contemporary with the headcode-fitted power car) and thus cannot be W59262.

171

top

E

W59683 should read W59583 (it is a TSL not TBSL as there is no buffet). Motor Brake Second should read Motor Second in the bit about seating numbers.

172

top

E

At least the two outer lights should work, although at this time would not have red lenses for tail purposes.

172

2nd

E

51793 was a Motor Second.

172

3rd

E

The centre car is a Class 116 not 118. There is no toilet compartments on 116s and first class is not in the middle on 116 trailers. New marker lights were not fitted, but translucent discs fitted to the new plating, and the original back lighting lit these.

172

bottom

E

Only the marker light on the right is a new one.

174

middle

E

There are only six passenger doors per side.

175

top

E

Not all the Class 120s were 1957 built. Some were as late as 1961.

175

bottom

E

Anachronistic reference to "standard" class.

176

2nd

A

Both Class 120 power cars are from the original ScR batch (the rear one is one of the DMBF conversions).

176

bottom

A

There was interest in preservation, but it was not successful.

177

notes

E

Class 121 DMBS weighed 37 tons 8 cwt, Class 149 DTS weighed 29 tons 7 cwt.

178

top

A/E

The roof is in light grey, not off-white as the cab dome is. Note that unusually the trailer carries a BR emblem.

178

bottom

E

Wrong date - 1979 or before. By 1989 this vehicle was in Midline Livery and allocated to Tyseley, had lost its No. 2 end headcode box and was equipped with round buffer heads.

180

top

E

P125 was 55025 not 55020.

180

middle

E

Gangway fitting reduced TS seating to 89. None were done at this time, only two were converted around 1988.

182

top

A

Note the replacement Class 122 style roof dome fitted to this car.

185

notes

E

The Class 122 DMBS weighed 36 tons, and the Class 150 DTS weighed 27 tons after gangwayed.

185

bottom

A

All 64' underframe vehicles with twin describer box below the centre window have this arrangement of the 'V' not meeting, (except Class 114 vehicles when the whiskers were applied retrospectively at the depots). All 57' underframe vehicles with twin describer box have the 'V' meeting (as on pages 93/94).

186

top

E

There are ten actual doors as the guards van has two.

187

top

E

These two vehicles are Pressed Steel 121/149. The diagram book shows the addition of a gangway to a DTS reduced seating to 85 (although no vehicles from Class 150 were ever treated).

187

bottom

E

The vehicle in this picture has been structurally altered. It has centrally placed double doors replacing a window in the centre, and most of the door handles have been removed. It is unlikely to be 55009, which was shown in ABCs as allocated to the LMR at that period and for several years after, and was not noted as being used for parcels as the others were. When this picture appeared in Colin Marsden's 1982 book "Motive Power Recognition: 3 DMUs" the vehicles identity is given as 55007.

188

top

A

Note also the GGPTE logo on the Class 122 (this was rare, it was usually followed by "Trans Clyde"), and the "Buffet" lettering and tablet catcher on the Class 120.

188

2nd

E?

Was the roof was light grey?

188

3rd

A/E?

Was the exhaust not silver? The first passenger window at the far away end has been plated over.

190

top left

E

Bletchley's L119 55019 appeared in NSE livery.

190

middle

E

Only two were, 55000 & 55012.

191

notes

E

The TSLRB weighed 33 tons 5 cwt. Did Swindon Works hold the world record for DMU building or are these the delivery dates?

192

2nd

E

52101 leading is a DMSL not DMBSL.

192

3rd

E

52096 leading is a DMSL not DMBSL.

192

bottom

E

As stated in the text, no Class 123s were refurbished, although the vehicles were spruced up for this reason. While at least one car did have proper marker lights fitted to a blanked over headcode panel, this one just has a translucent circle inserted and used the existing headcode lighting.

193

bottom

E

Another anachronistic reference to "standard" class.

195

notes

A/E

Reference to a "powered trailer"! No mention is made of the similarity to contemporary AM3 (later Class 303) EMU cabs, with the same designer, although in steel rather than GRP.

196

middle

E

Another reference to powered trailers!

197

bottom

A

An early interpretation of blue/grey, with yellow cab doors. Several other classes also carried this rare livery.

198

3rd

A

A very interesting picture, as although both Classes were blue square, the Met Camms had the bellows gangway and the 124s Pullman gangways.

198

top

A

Note the unusual headlamp fitted to this car, as fitted to Class 87s / early 56s.