Unidentified Class 100 DMU images
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circa late 1956
Solebar units for Gloucester twins. This is possibly a touched up version of image 18034 where the welds attaching the hollow sections to the plates are much more evident. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
These three steel fabrications would be incorporated into the solebars on GRC&W twin sets (later known as Class 100s). Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
This photo shows construction details for the GRC&W twins. On the left is the lower end of one of the bodyside pillars. The right shows where the bodyside, solebar, floor and underframe meet. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
A cantrail unit for a Gloucester twin under construction. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
Corrugated steel floor units ready for assembly into a Gloucester twin. The same style of floor was used in other DMUs such as those built at Swindon. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
A bolster unit for a Gloucester Twin. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
End longitudinal units for Gloucester Twin DMUs. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
An underframe for a Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon twin vehicle during construction, circa late 1956 / early 1957. It is sitting upside down, and the 'centre castings' which sit on the bogie (and are held in place by a 'centre pin' through the hole) can be seen. It also shows the longitudinal corrugated steel sections forming the floor, also know as 'key sheeting'. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
The bodyside for a Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon twin (later a Class 100) DMBS seen in the assembly jig, circa late 1956, early 1957. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
A "Body End Unit" for a Gloucester twin DMU. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
circa late 1956
The roof for a Gloucester twin DMU under construction. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
1957
A motor bogie for a Gloucester Twin DMU. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
1957
Strain gauges around the doorway of a Gloucester Twin bodyshell during stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
1957
Strain gauges on the Bolster Quarter of a Gloucester Twin bodyshell during stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
1957
Strain gauges on the floor of a Gloucester Twin bodyshell during stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
1957
The bodyshell of a Gloucester Twin trailer undergoing stress testing. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
1957
An official image (GRC&W, negative 5-57/7) of a new GRC&W twin set. Location unknown. Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon.
17th June 1957
An official image (Derby Works Collection negative 57-728) showing a driver at the controls of a GRC&W twin set (either Sc50340 or Sc56095) on 17 June 1957. British Railways.
circa January 1958
A Scottish Region publicity image of a GRC&W DMU in Edinburgh Waverley. This is probably a posed shot, it's in a bay platform (17) at the wrong end of the station for North Berwick and taken prior to introduction. The photo was used on the cover of an Edinburgh Suburban Service brochure with a few edits - the white blank blind was blacked out and Waverley bridge on the upper right was removed. British Railways.
6th January 1958
A GRC&W DMU on the newly inaugurated Liverpool (Central)-Warrington (Central) diesel service which began on 6th January 1958. Brunswick depot had nine of these sets from January 1958, they all moved to Ryecroft that June. Driver E. Harold is at the controls and on the platform are Messrs F. Walton, DOC Liverpool Central, A.M. Todd, DMPS Bank Hall, C.S. Longsdale, DMPS Edge Hill, G.V. Davies, SM Liverpool Central, MGE Lambert, Divisional Traffic Manager, and T.C. Byron, DPM. British Railways.