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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Derby > LPPC DSL BW 0494
LPPC DSL BW 0494 A Swindon Class 120 awaits its next duty on the stabling lines next to Derby station in the early 1970s. Despite having been designed and built at Swindon exclusively for Western Region use, by the early 1970s the requirements for such units on the that region had greatly reduced or changed in character so it was common to see them in the Midlands and as far north as Crewe. The Midlands-based trains were deployed on services radiating from Birmingham, Derby and Lincoln providing comfortable cross-country travel mainly across the East Midlands, so this set could be heading either west or east on its next diagram
LPPC DSL BW 0494 A Swindon Class 120 awaits its next duty on the stabling lines next to Derby station in the early 1970s. Despite having been designed and built at Swindon exclusively for Western Region use, by the early 1970s the requirements for such units on the that region had greatly reduced or changed in character so it was common to see them in the Midlands and as far north as Crewe. The Midlands-based trains were deployed on services radiating from Birmingham, Derby and Lincoln providing comfortable cross-country travel mainly across the East Midlands, so this set could be heading either west or east on its next diagram
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A Swindon Class 120 awaits its next duty on the

stabling lines next to Derby station in the early 1970s. Despite having been designed and built at Swindon exclusively for Western Region use, by the early 1970s the requirements for such units on the that region had greatly reduced or changed in character so it was common to see them in the Midlands and as far north as Crewe. The Midlands-based trains were deployed on services radiating from Birmingham, Derby and Lincoln providing comfortable cross-country travel mainly across the East Midlands, so this set could be heading either west or east on its next diagram
By ellyBelly Publications collection Derby ref LPPC DSL BW 0494; taken 2022-05-05 10:29:37 GMT; 12mb 6621x4420 pixels; comp 840x561