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A Met-Camm DMU about to pass Ardrossan North No.2 Signal Box, date unknown. Mike MacDonald.
Ayr MPD allocated refurbished Class 101 Set No.172 is seen waiting for departure time in Ardrossan Harbour Station on the 3rd May 1978. Formed of DMBS SC51469 leading, TCL SC59557 intermediate, & DMCL SC51536 trailing she is forming a Boat Train service to Glasgow Central Station. The Clyde can be glimpsed through the opening on the right hand side of the image. Bob Woolnough.
A class 107 Dmu connects with the Arran ferry at Ardrossan Harbour before returning to Glasgow Central on 4/10/1978. Stephen Burdett.
Ardrossan Winton Pier station closed in 1987 when Ardrossan Harbour station opened slightly further inland. On 17 April 1979 a Derby-built Class 107 diesel unit stands at the platform adjacent to a sign pointing up the stairway to the "Belfast Ferry". Unfortunately this had ceased in 1976. In 1979, the ferry services from the adjacent pier sailed to Brodick. Jeremy Chapter.
Sc51992 has reached the end of the line at Ardrossan Harbour, 27/6/80. Chris Lings.
Class 101 set 176 at Ardrossan Harbour on 28/05/1981, with DMBS SC51795 nearest the camera, awaiting departure with a service to Glasgow Central. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The Branch Line Society "Ayrshire Wanderer" railtour at Ardrossan Harbour station on August 29, 1981. This used to be considered "rare track" as trains only ran here in connection with ferry sailings. Since 2009 there has been an hourly electric service to a new station closer to the town (i.e. further from the ferry). Jeremy Chapter.
Three-car car Class 107 Derby DMU with 51989 leading waits to return to Glasgow at Ardrossan Harbour on 16th September 1981. David Scott.
Metro-Cammel DMU 101319 stands at Ardrossan Harbour. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.
Sc52031 on Ardrossan Harbour on August 1st, 1982. It carries set number 444 in a cab window, older set number 151 can still be made out where the stickers have been peeled off under the driver's window. The ferry to Arran in the background. John Carter.
SPS Railtour. Class 126 six car set with Sc51026 (126 413) at the buffer stops at Ardrossan Harbour (Winton Pier). Unit 126 406 at the rear will lead the Ayrshire Wanderer back to Holm Junction and South Beach Station where it will reverse then head north for Hunterston Low Level. Saturday 09 October 1982. alicia hartman.
Class 126 DMS Sc51026 at Ardrossan Harbour (Winton Pier) with the SPS Ayrshire Wanderer railtour on Saturday 9 October 1982. John Horne.
The SPS "Ayrshire Wanderer" railtour at Ardrossan Harbour on 9 October 1982. It was formed of 51026 + 59404 + 51043 / 51036 + 59411 + 51017. John Horne.
Class 126 DMS Sc51026 at Ardrossan Harbour on Saturday 9 October 1982. It is working the Swindon Preservation Society Ayrshire Wanderer railtour, a tour of the same name had been run by the Branch Line Society the previous year. John Horne.
A 6-car formation at Ardrossan Harbour on 30 July 1983. The nearest set, 101 310, is a Class 101 / 107 hybrid. Chris Lings.
Three Class 107 DMU sets in Ardrossan Town station in 1984. Closest is 107449 (the DMBS presumably 52010) with 107447 beside. Corriebob.
Strathclyde liveried Class 107s at Ardrossan Town station in 1984. The closest has a Met-Camm centre car, the furthest is 107449. Corriebob.
Ardrossan Harbour railway station on Saturday 11 February 1984. Closest is Class 101 DMSL 53163, behind is a Class 107 centre car, and it appears the far power car is a Class 101. Ian 10B.
Class 104 DMS 53510 is taking the place of a Class 107 DMS in this view at Ardrossan on May 10th 1984. Mike McDonald.
Ardrossan South Beach - May 1985. View looking east, showing the up platform and building, which were abolished upon modernisation and electrification soon after this was taken. Unidentified class 120 dmu on a Glasgow bound train, class 101 313 on a Glasgow Central to Largs train. Scanned from a slide given to me by a former railwayman. Gordon Thomson Collection.
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