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Before the advent of the Parry People Mover single car Tyseley DMMUs were used on the shuttles between Stourbridge Town and Junction stations. Here is 55032 approaching the Junction station in about late 1986, the unit had recently arrived from South Wales as shown by the Red Dragon logo on the cab front. Peter Tandy.
A mish-mash DMU (a 116 with probably a 127 TS) is seen between Langley Green and Smethwick West in the Black Country in October 1986 while working a Stourbridge Junction to Birmingham New Street service. There was, and still is, a 15 minute service frequency on this line so any number of pictures could be taken in a variety of locations. I particularly liked this area because of the industrial backdrop. Peter Tandy.
Most of the suburban passenger trains on the Birmingham Cross City Line were class 116 units but odds and ends turned up from time to time. On this occasion a BR blue centre coach (Class 127 TS 59631), probably one of the few remaining at this time in 1986, made a contrast with the standard blue and grey colour scheme (of presumably 53076 + 53118). I took this slide at Longbridge where most of the trains from either Lichfield or Four Oaks terminated and then crossed over and reversed for the return journey. The British Leyland car factory dominated the background. Following the collapse of BL the whole site was closed and is now a retail park while the railway infrastructure has changed with the advent of OHL electrification going to Redditch and Bromsgrove. Peter Tandy.
This shot of T419 (presumably 51151 closest) is one of those so ordinary that at the time it hardly seemed worth taking and if it hadn't been for the HST in the background disappearing to the north the shutter release probably wouldn't have been pressed. Since my picture was taken on 9 September 1990 the semaphores have gone to be replaced with colour lights and the route has been electrified with 25kv overhead catenary. Peter Tandy.
On Sunday 9 September 1990 I spent a few hours around the station area at Lichfield City as inter-regional trains were diverted from the main Derby line where an engineering possession was in place. Here is Tyseley's class 116 T328 (presumably formed 53132 + 59670 + 53073) after it had shunted from the station for reversal; the ground signal, which can be seen in front of the unit, had just been pulled off after the points were set to allow movement into the platform for Birmingham and Redditch-bound services. Peter Tandy.
This scene on Hatton Bank was so commonplace that most photographers didn't "waste" a frame of film on it but I took a lot of shots of DMUs in my local area and these are now at least as interesting as some of the freight and locomotive-hauled passenger traffic. This one shows Tyseley's class 116 T323 working one of the then frequent Leamington Spa to Birmingham Moor Street local trains on 19 March 1993. The impressive building in the background is what was once called the Hatton Lunatic Asylum but this has long been demolished and replaced with a housing estate. Peter Tandy.
In 1990 some Derby Heavyweight DMMUs were allocated to Tyseley and were often used on the infrequent shuttle service between Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon. On 27 April 1990 I went to the lineside near where I lived at the time and took shot of T026 (presumably 54010 + 53006) about to arrive at the station with the 07.30 from Leamington. The Down Goods Loop was about to be disconnected and then lifted and the associated smaller arm on the signal gantry removed. There were few opportunities to take a shot with this arm lowered in my time photographing there I have. This was done for me by a kind signalman with whom I was friendly. Peter Tandy.
Class 100 DTCL E56317 is seen stabled in a siding at Carmarthen on 22 November 1975 awaiting movement to a new life in preservation on the Gwili Railway. The vehicle had spent just 16 years in service with BR, it would stay on the Gwili Railway for almost 20 years. This was followed by 20 years of storage at a variety of other sites before disposal in 2016. Robert Thomas.
Two Class 120 DMU sets (C558 and C615) pass around Swansea Loop West with a down passenger on 28 March 1981. W51579 is closest, W51788 is at the far end. Robert Thomas.
Two Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country DMU sets form a down passenger service seen at Swansea Loop West on 28 March 1981. Closest is DMSL W51788 which until the previous year had been a Scottish vehicle. The other set is C588 with 51579 at the far end. Robert Thomas.
Class 120 DMBC M53719 (set EP524) on the 14:05 Birmingham New Street-Peterborough service sits next to stabled Class 116 DMBS M53077 (set TS513) at Leicester on 27 August 1983. Robert Thomas.
Class 101 DMU set C801 (51517 + 51446) at Llanelli with the 10:10 Swansea-Shrewsbury service on 10 May 1986. Robert Thomas.
Swansea Class 108 DMU set 946, 52046 and presumably 53939, at Machynlleth on 28 May 1988 on what was possibly an E.C.S. Robert Thomas.
Class 108 DMU set S940 (51919 and presumably 52048) heads out of Ferryside station with the 08:52 Swansea-Pembroke Dock service on 3 March 1990. Robert Thomas.
Class 108 set S948 (51565 + 53928) calls at Llanelli with the 09:04 Shrewsbury-Swansea service on 4 October 1991. Robert Thomas.
Passengers disembark from 53928 at Llanelli from the 09:04 Shrewsbury-Swansea service on 4 October 1991. Robert Thomas.
Departmental Class 122 DB975023 at Cardiff Central on 13 June 1973 on route learning duties. Robert Thomas.
A 3 car class 108 (52039 nearest the camera, presumably with 59386 + 51938) and a class 104 seen at Buxton on 14 August 1986. Robert28194.
Buxton semaphore, 14th August 1986. 47 131 and route learning car DB975042 are visible beyond, as well as a Class 108 on the left. Robert28194.
Class 101 set 103 (53180 + 59536 + 53305) at Felixstowe in January 1990. Robert28194.
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