The loneliness of the long-distance railcar
With apologies to Alan Sillitoe, Tom Courtenay and others for the title.
A first generation diesel multiple unit leaves Tywyn on the Cambrian coast with an up service on Sunday 7th July 1974. The viewpoint is the Neptune Road bridge and on the left the narrow gauge tracks of the Talyllyn Railway, which terminates here, are clearly visible.
This seems like a very long dmu formation to me, comprising maybe as many as eight vehicles or more. I reckon these are either Metropolitan-Cammell units (later designated Class 101/2) or possibly even Gloucester RC&W units (later designated Classes 119/1, 119/2 & 178). My notebook lists vehicles of both types but it is impossible now to tie these numbers up with the train seen in this photo.
I'm sorry that I didn't include more of the signal on the right, reduced to a tantalizing glimpse of its spectacles.
The loneliness of the long-distance railcar
With apologies to Alan Sillitoe, Tom Courtenay and others for the title.
A first generation diesel multiple unit leaves Tywyn on the Cambrian coast with an up service on Sunday 7th July 1974. The viewpoint is the Neptune Road bridge and on the left the narrow gauge tracks of the Talyllyn Railway, which terminates here, are clearly visible.
This seems like a very long dmu formation to me, comprising maybe as many as eight vehicles or more. I reckon these are either Metropolitan-Cammell units (later designated Class 101/2) or possibly even Gloucester RC&W units (later designated Classes 119/1, 119/2 & 178). My notebook lists vehicles of both types but it is impossible now to tie these numbers up with the train seen in this photo.
I'm sorry that I didn't include more of the signal on the right, reduced to a tantalizing glimpse of its spectacles.