Unidentified Class 103 DMU images
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circa 1963
Calling at Adderley Park circa 1963 is a 7 car dmu set, leading is a Park Royal coupled to a Gloucester RCW twin and finally a Metro-Cammell triple. Adderley Park station was opened in 1860, it's layout is a booking office at street level on Bordesley Green Road and buildings at platform level. The platform on the Birmingham bound side is backed by the approach to Adderley Park goods yard, a once busy and thriving yard handling considerable freight from this area of heavy industry. Factories included Morris Commercial and Arthur Holdens Paint, the finely detailed frontage of which still survives. The goods yard was home to many coal merchants whose carts could be seen clattering up the granite sett paved road from the the yard to Bordesley Green Road. The tiled building in front of the camera is a simple waiting room and is still extant although the tall chimney has been removed, the lighting is now electric and much more comprehensive. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling.
1963
A Park Royal DMU set (which looks freshly painted) - coupled cab to cab and steam hauled. Seen at Leicester in 1963. Stuart Mackay Collection.
13th May 1963
This is Aldridge Station on 13/05/1963, into which a Park Royal DMU is about to call. Aldridge was the first station east of Walsall on the Sutton Park line to Castle Bromwich, it closed to passengers in January 1965, the line is still open as a freight route and there are persistant rumours that a passenger service may one day return. It will be too late for Aldridge as no trace of it now remains. The rather dramatic shot was taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
10th August 1963
A Park Royal twin DMU at Mesty Croft, near Wednesbury, with a Walsall - Dudley service on 10 August 1963. Michael Mensing.
8th February 1964
A Park Royal DMU working the 1.46pm Walsall - Penns - Birmingham New Street service is seen east of Aldridge on 8 February 1964. Michael Mensing.
March 1964
A Park Royal DMU seen south of Alvechurch in late March 1964. Michael Mensing.
7th March 1964
The 1.10pm Birmingham New Street - Penns - Walsall service is seen leaving Aldridge on March 7, 1964 operated by a Park Royal DMU. Michael Mensing.
7th March 1964
A Park Royal DMU at Pelsall on March 7th, 1964. Michael Mensing.
2nd May 1964
With Walsall on the destination blind a Park Royal twin DMU is seen at Dudley on 2 May 1964. Michael Mensing.
25th July 1964
A Park Royal twin DMU is seen east of Hammerwich with the 4.31pm Burton-on-Trent - Lichfield - Wolverhampton High Level service on 25 July 1964. Michael Mensing.
25th July 1964
A Park Royal DMU is seen near Streetly with what is probably a Walsall - Birmingham New Street service on 25 July 1964. Michael Mensing.
25th July 1964
A Park Royal DMU is seen near Streetly with what is probably a Birmingham New Street - Walsall service, on 25 July 1964. Michael Mensing.
26th May 1965
The driver of this Park Royal / GRC&W formation looks a little bored on this up ECS seen East of Coventry station on 26 May 1965. Michael Mensing.
2nd October 1965
An eight-car DMU formation takes the Market Harborough line at Kingsthorpe (Northampton) with a "Cobblers" excursion to Leicester on 2 October 1965. A Park Royal set leads followed by two GRC&W twins and possibly another Park Royal on the rear. Stuart Mackay Collection.
17th September 1966
An early blue liveried Park Royal set passing between Solihull and Widney Manor on the 4.50pm Birmingham Snow Hill - Knowle & Dorridge, 17th September 1966. Michael Mensing.
17th September 1966
A Park Royal DMU seen at Bentley Heath, between Knowle & Dorridge and Widney Manor, with the 5.35pm from Lapworth on 17 September 1966. Michaal recorded it as a service to Wolverhampton Low Level but Birmingham is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.
30th August 1967
Birkenhead (Woodside) was near Woodside Pier on the Mersey. The station was a mini Paddington with lovely curved overall roof, it was closed on 5th November 1967, this photograph was taken 30th August 1967. This picture, which has been published but in brutally cropped form, features a Park Royal 103/145 dmu discharging a healthy number of passengers, and a Met-Camm on the left. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
1968
Mixed DMU for Chester arriving at Manchester Victoria in 1968. Most vehicles in the three twin sets are Park Royals, the third vehicle is a GRC&W. The fourth vehicle is in the early blue livery with a small yellow panel. Edgehillsignallman@Flickr.
1968
Three twin DMUs (formed of five Park Royal and one GRC&W vehicle) form a Chester service in platform 11 of Manchester Victoria in 1968. Edgehillsignallman@Flickr.
15th June 1968
Hope Exchange Low and High Levels seen on the 15th of June 1968, with a Class 103/101 hybrid. The KDH Archive.