First Gen DMU's

[franciswilliamwebb]

 

An unidentified DMU passing Birmingham's Washwood Heath Yard on 27/09/78 (my photo)

 

The image isn't sharp enough to read the number and I must confess I wasn't always diligent enough to write these down in my early years. After all, it was only a bog cart😳

[franciswilliamwebb]

 

Class 116 DMU M51144 at Birmingham Moor Street on 09/02/79 (my photo)

[franciswilliamwebb]

 

Class 120 W50707 at Cardiff Central on 25/09/79 (my photo)

[franciswilliamwebb]

 

Class 116 DMU M51144 at Birmingham Moor Street on 09/02/79 (my photo)

[franciswilliamwebb]

 

A southbound HST approaches Leicester North signal box and Leicester station while a Class 120 DMU makes a positioning move, July 1985.

 

Nigel Tout, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[Phatbob]

On 13/06/2023 at 10:15, franciswilliamwebb said:

 

Class 116 DMU M51144 at Birmingham Moor Street on 09/02/79 (my photo)

 

[woodenhead]

On 13/06/2023 at 10:15, franciswilliamwebb said:

 

Class 116 DMU M51144 at Birmingham Moor Street on 09/02/79 (my photo)

Strange how a station that didn't have a crossover in steam days had one in the 1970s.

[tanatvalley]

It originally had two traversers, see https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms1711.htm and 

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_moor_street/index0.shtml