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circa 1961
A Diesel Pullman unit in Birmingham Snow Hill station, circa 1961. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa March 1963
Standing, awaiting departure from Birmingham Snow Hill for Paddington from platform 7 at 13.00, is one of the Nanking blue and white Pullman sets. Peter did not date the shot but it was packed with other negatives in an envelope marked "March 1963"
At platform 6 is a recently arrived Swindon Cross-Country dmu that will have travelled from Cardiff via Cheltenham and the North Warwickshire line.
Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
60644
Date unknown
Pullman trailer open second W60644 in Bristol Temple Meads, circa early 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1961
In this image taken by Peter Shoesmith, he has cut off part of the rear power car - he did wear thick glasses and we must assume that he did not get close enough to the viewfinder. That said it is a lovely rendering of the old Birmingham Snow Hill and it does show the full length of one of these smart and rather short lived trains with their Nanking blue and white livery. (I thought they looked 'cheap and nasty' when they were re-liveried in white and blue). Particularly pleasing is the view of the platform with the dad and young trainspotter, Dad in his suit and the lad in grey shorts and his school cap. There is an air of unhurried grandeur about the scene, a lost era. The slide was unmounted, therefore undated, but 1961 is a guess. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
circa 1968
A diesel Pullman set in Bristol Temple Meads circa 1968. John Law.