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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Manchester > LPPC DSL BW 0382
LPPC DSL BW 0382 It’s a late summer weekday at Manchester Piccadilly station in the early ‘70s and a DMU consist awaits departure for Buxton. There were many different classes of diesel unit on British Rail and this is a member of TOPS Class 104, built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon company. This was a Longsight allocated unit and the depot has applied some white paint to the top of this driving car end to create a custom look in much the same way as the Eastern Region’s Stratford depot was doing with its Brush Type 4 locomotives. Note that in the background an Inter-City service for London Euston has a Mark One Kitchen/Restaurant car, despite the rest of the stock being Mark 2D/F. Catering vehicles were never built to the specification of Mark 2 coaches; presumably, the budget didn’t stretch that far.
LPPC DSL BW 0382 It’s a late summer weekday at Manchester Piccadilly station in the early ‘70s and a DMU consist awaits departure for Buxton. There were many different classes of diesel unit on British Rail and this is a member of TOPS Class 104, built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon company. This was a Longsight allocated unit and the depot has applied some white paint to the top of this driving car end to create a custom look in much the same way as the Eastern Region’s Stratford depot was doing with its Brush Type 4 locomotives. Note that in the background an Inter-City service for London Euston has a Mark One Kitchen/Restaurant car, despite the rest of the stock being Mark 2D/F. Catering vehicles were never built to the specification of Mark 2 coaches; presumably, the budget didn’t stretch that far.
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It’s a late summer weekday at Manchester Piccadilly station in

the early ‘70s and a DMU consist awaits departure for Buxton. There were many different classes of diesel unit on British Rail and this is a member of TOPS Class 104, built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon company. This was a Longsight allocated unit and the depot has applied some white paint to the top of this driving car end to create a custom look in much the same way as the Eastern Region’s Stratford depot was doing with its Brush Type 4 locomotives. Note that in the background an Inter-City service for London Euston has a Mark One Kitchen/Restaurant car, despite the rest of the stock being Mark 2D/F. Catering vehicles were never built to the specification of Mark 2 coaches; presumably, the budget didn’t stretch that far.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Manchester ref LPPC DSL BW 0382; taken 2022-05-04 15:14:17 GMT; 10mb 6778x4519 pixels; comp 840x560