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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Lancashire > LPPC DSL BW 0560
LPPC DSL BW 0560 The end of the line, but it hadn’t always been this way. This is Colne station platform with a train just arrived from Preston formed of a Class 105 Cravens power twin DMU. At one time early in their careers, DMUs were derided as totally lacking in interest, but as time moved on the sheer variety of them throughout the UK generated its own band of enthusiasts. These 105s were unique in that both of the two cars were powered to cope with the gradients found in the north-west of England. The view ahead shows, curving away to the left, the track bed of where the line used to run before another of the many short-term and pointless closures in the vain expectation of saving some money took place. Until February 1970, the route continued for a further 11.5miles to the large town of Skipton, thus providing a useful through line from Blackburn via Accrington. So short-sighted was this decision that many houses have since been built in the area and there is a growing demand to reopen the route to relieve the inevitable road congestion that has arisen.
LPPC DSL BW 0560 The end of the line, but it hadn’t always been this way. This is Colne station platform with a train just arrived from Preston formed of a Class 105 Cravens power twin DMU. At one time early in their careers, DMUs were derided as totally lacking in interest, but as time moved on the sheer variety of them throughout the UK generated its own band of enthusiasts. These 105s were unique in that both of the two cars were powered to cope with the gradients found in the north-west of England. The view ahead shows, curving away to the left, the track bed of where the line used to run before another of the many short-term and pointless closures in the vain expectation of saving some money took place. Until February 1970, the route continued for a further 11.5miles to the large town of Skipton, thus providing a useful through line from Blackburn via Accrington. So short-sighted was this decision that many houses have since been built in the area and there is a growing demand to reopen the route to relieve the inevitable road congestion that has arisen.
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The end of the line, but it hadn’t always been

this way. This is Colne station platform with a train just arrived from Preston formed of a Class 105 Cravens power twin DMU. At one time early in their careers, DMUs were derided as totally lacking in interest, but as time moved on the sheer variety of them throughout the UK generated its own band of enthusiasts. These 105s were unique in that both of the two cars were powered to cope with the gradients found in the north-west of England. The view ahead shows, curving away to the left, the track bed of where the line used to run before another of the many short-term and pointless closures in the vain expectation of saving some money took place. Until February 1970, the route continued for a further 11.5miles to the large town of Skipton, thus providing a useful through line from Blackburn via Accrington. So short-sighted was this decision that many houses have since been built in the area and there is a growing demand to reopen the route to relieve the inevitable road congestion that has arisen.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Lancashire ref LPPC DSL BW 0560; taken 2022-05-05 11:01:43 GMT; 11mb 6726x4462 pixels; comp 840x557