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Cravens M56129 + M50374 with a BRC&W unit at Stockport on August 4th, 1980. John Carter.
M55005 at Stockport on the Stalybridge service on 19 November 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
This formation - with at least nine vehicles - is seen at Stockport circa 1985 with 'Excursion' on the destination blind. M52050 is at the front as part of a three-car Class 108, followed by a three-car Class 104 and three other vehicles, the first two being 108s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
M55994 is seen helping the 13:20 Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton along at Stockport on the 9th January 1985. Paul Moxon.
A Class 104 DMBS / Class 108 DMSL hydrid (53447 + 52055) at Stockport in August 1985 with the Stalybridge shuttle. Ian Docwra.
The infamous Stockport to Stalybridge service, here arriving into Stockport formed of a hybrid class 108/104 set (52055 + 53447) in August 1985. Ian Docwra.
Class 108 DMU on the Stockport-Stalybridge shuttle, in one of the bay platforms at Stockport station. 17th October 1985. Paul James.
A three-car Class 108 DMU arriving into Stockport station on 27 February 1986. The three vehicles are noted as 53634 + 59387 + 51935, although the last could be a typo for 51934 which formed set BX491 with the other two at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A GRCW bubble car with Pressed Steel type exhausts, M55005 is seen in the bay platform at Stockport Edgeley, awaiting departure on a shuttle service to Stalybridge, 14/3/86. Malcolm Clements.
A two-car Met-Camm Class 101 DMU at Stockport on 29 November 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
A class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU approaching Stockport on a service from Stalybridge, 29th November 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
Class 104 M53466 + M53511 at Stockport on August 15, 1987. John Carter.
The British Rail Class 104 diesel multiple units were built by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company from 1957 to 1959. The first units were ordered for the London Midland Region, with the majority of the class for use in North West of England, sets were also used on Tyneside, like the Metro-Cammell class 101's these units truly worked nationwide, but of all the routes worked by the class the Buxton route was the one with which they became synonymous. Here is a Newton Heath allocated set comprising of M53465 + M53499 in Stockport's platform 3a with the Stalybridge shuttle service on 30th August 1987. Andrew J Crowther.
A Class 108 set seen departing from Stockport on the 14th November 1987. Chris Lings.
Entrusted to working the days Stockport-Stalybridge shuttle services, standing in Stockport's platform 3a is a hybrid unit that had a bit of a following around the Manchester area, it comprised of a 1957 Gloucester built class 100 DMBS (M53355) and 1958 built Cravens class 105 DMCL (M53812), both cars were asbestos free which was the reason they were the last of their class in service, they were withdrawn towards the end of 1988, its nice to see that the destination blind is set correctly, a month later this blind had disappeared. 9th January 1988. Andrew J Crowther.
Something i have learnt today about these Cravens units is that they have the identical side profile, the same windows and doors to MK1 coaching stock! Entrusted to working the days Stockport-Stalybridge shuttle services, standing in Stockport's platform 3a is a hybrid unit that had a bit of a following around the Manchester area, it comprised of a 1958 built Cravens class 105 DMCL (M53812) and a 1957 Gloucester built class 100 DMBS (M53355), both cars were asbestos free which was the reason they were the last of their class in service, they were withdrawn towards the end of 1988. 9th January 1988. Andrew J Crowther.
A BRC&W Class 104 DMU M53516 + M53442 arrives at Stockport with the shuttle from Stalybridge on the 9th April 1988, a service that ran hourly. Andrew J Crowther.
53492, then part of N663, at Stockport ex-Stalybridge shuttle, 16th April 1988. Gazza Prescott.
The retro-green Class 108 DMU 53964 + 54247 seen from a passing train at Stockport on 28 May 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Still wearing it's ScotRail branding, former Haymarket allocated Metro-Cammell class 101 dmu 101305 (53264, 51227) is in the North facing bay, platform 3a at Stockport with the Stalybridge shuttle, 23rd July 1988. In May 1989 this service changed to becoming a Parliamentary or Ghost train, that runs once a week (January 2016) on a Friday at 09.22 from Stockport in one direction only. Andrew J Crowther.
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