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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Manchester > LPPC DSL BW 0673
LPPC DSL BW 0673 The ‘glory’ days of Manchester Victoria/Exchange stations on a miserably damp morning. The stations were interconnected and rather like a Victorian labyrinth and they included the longest railway platform in the UK which ran through their whole length. It was capable of accommodating two full-length trains by means of a centrally placed crossover, located behind the distant screens. The DMU destined for Southport is one of those units newly-built in the early 1960s specifically to provide a modernised service to the Calder Valley line to Leeds and were more powerful than their siblings to cope with the gradients as well as being provided with more comfortable interiors. But this is the early 1970s and budgets dictated that they had all become just common-user by this time. The English Electric Type 4 Class 40 318 (later 40118), the noise of which always sounded more like ringing then whistling as in the same company’s Hastings DEMUs, has just been given the road on the westbound through line. The atmosphere of this huge century-old edifice needed to be experienced to be appreciated.
LPPC DSL BW 0673 The ‘glory’ days of Manchester Victoria/Exchange stations on a miserably damp morning. The stations were interconnected and rather like a Victorian labyrinth and they included the longest railway platform in the UK which ran through their whole length. It was capable of accommodating two full-length trains by means of a centrally placed crossover, located behind the distant screens. The DMU destined for Southport is one of those units newly-built in the early 1960s specifically to provide a modernised service to the Calder Valley line to Leeds and were more powerful than their siblings to cope with the gradients as well as being provided with more comfortable interiors. But this is the early 1970s and budgets dictated that they had all become just common-user by this time. The English Electric Type 4 Class 40 318 (later 40118), the noise of which always sounded more like ringing then whistling as in the same company’s Hastings DEMUs, has just been given the road on the westbound through line. The atmosphere of this huge century-old edifice needed to be experienced to be appreciated.
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The ‘glory’ days of Manchester Victoria/Exchange stations on a miserably

damp morning. The stations were interconnected and rather like a Victorian labyrinth and they included the longest railway platform in the UK which ran through their whole length. It was capable of accommodating two full-length trains by means of a centrally placed crossover, located behind the distant screens. The DMU destined for Southport is one of those units newly-built in the early 1960s specifically to provide a modernised service to the Calder Valley line to Leeds and were more powerful than their siblings to cope with the gradients as well as being provided with more comfortable interiors. But this is the early 1970s and budgets dictated that they had all become just common-user by this time. The English Electric Type 4 Class 40 318 (later 40118), the noise of which always sounded more like ringing then whistling as in the same company’s Hastings DEMUs, has just been given the road on the westbound through line. The atmosphere of this huge century-old edifice needed to be experienced to be appreciated.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Manchester ref LPPC DSL BW 0673; taken 2022-05-05 11:08:13 GMT; 7.9mb 6738x4562 pixels; comp 840x569