1970
A vehicle peeks out from behind the old goods yard at Disley (J W Sutherland)
A 3-car set the old goods yard at Disley (J W Sutherland)
#1 A series of three photographs showing a set running calling at Davenport, with the original station buildings still extant (J W Sutherland)
#2 A series of three photographs showing a set running calling at Davenport, with the original station buildings still extant (J W Sutherland)
#3 A series of three photographs showing a set running calling at Davenport, with the original station buildings still extant (J W Sutherland)
The rear of a six car formation departing Bolton (Chris Bush)
No less than three sets, stopped further back than normal from the original buffer stops to allow demolition of the station's overall roof (J W Sutherland)
Some form of ceremony going on in the company of a BRCW set at Marple (Marple Local History Archive)
A 3-car set passing Woodsmoor with a service to Buxton (J W Sutherland)
A Buxton service passes Stockport Edgeley (J W Sutherland)
A 2-car set departs Manchester Piccadilly. This is likely to be a trailer car in the 56175-184 range (Bill Ford)
A set stabled in the centre road at Buxton, with Class 40s D334, 375 & 304 on the depot (J W Sutherland)
Passing the up distant at Whaley Bridge (J W Sutherland)
Passing the up distant at Whaley Bridge (J W Sutherland)
Passing Heaton Norris with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly working (mollyschase)
Two 3-car sets at Gathurst (mollyschase)
Buxton during station remodelling
1971
A set departing Hazel Grove for Manchester (J W Sutherland)
A 6-car formation arrives into Hazel Grove (J W Sutherland)
After demolition of the station buildings on that side, a set leaves Davenport for Buxton (J W Sutherland)
Middlewood. Personnel are in the process of closing the signal box there (J W Sutherland)
A 3-car set stands at Nottingham, having terminated with a service from Derby. A Class 45 is on the right working a Manchester service (David Ford)
A 2-car set passes the signal box at Denton. This vehicle is likely to be in the 56175-184 range (David Ingram)
A 3-car set passes Ardwick with a Buxton service (Bill Ford)
With Class 128 55990 leading, an unidentified set forms the passenger portion of the 17:47 Buxton-Manchester service at Davenport (J W Sutherland)
Arriving into Preston (Bill Ford)
A Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North service calls at Preston (Bill Ford)
A Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North service departs Preston (Bill Ford)
The 15:45 Manchester-Buxton approaches its destination (J W Sutherland)
The 16:45 Manchester-Buxton approaches its destination (J W Sutherland)
Buxton station (J W Sutherland)
Buxton station (J W Sutherland)
A strange formation departing Buxton. The lead 3-car set has no brake van whilst a more conventional 2-car set follows. It was a parcels & Mail train leaving ahead of the 16:45 train (J W Sutherland)
Train in the landscape: Combs on the Buxton line (J W Sutherland)
A 3-car set climbs through Combs (J W Sutherland)
1972
A 2-car set, with a trailer car (in the 56175-184 range) leading, passes Ardwick with a Manchester Piccadilly-Sheffield working (David Ford)
A 2-car set passes Ardwick with a New Mills-Manchester Piccadilly working (David Ford)
Two 3-car sets pass Ardwick on a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service (David Ford)
A 3-car set departing Stoke-on-Trent with a Crewe-Derby working (David Ford)
A 3-car set departing Stoke-on-Trent with a Crewe-Derby working (David Ford)
A 3-car set stands at Nottingham (John Law)
A white stripe 3-car set leads another into Preston (Keith Holt)
1973
A pair of 2-car units cross Marple Wharf Junction with a service to Rose Hill Marple (Manchester Locomotive Society)
A 3-car set arriving into Nottingham (John Law)
1974
A 3-car set at Davenport (Arthur Creighton)
Southport during roof repair work (Alan Rintoul)
Two 104 sets at Buxton (J W Sutherland)
A 2-car set alongside a Class 506 at Manchester Piccadilly (Alan Rintoul)
A 3-car set bound for Buxton arrives into Furness Vale (David Blower)
Set NH420 departing New Mills Newtown (David Blower)
1975
Set TS414 departing Erdington (Michael Mensing)
A 3-car set arriving into Hincley with the 15:28 Birmingham New Street-Cambridge. M50450 was at the rear of the set (Michael Mensing)
A set working a Buxton service (Arthur Creighton)
An early DMBS vehicle in platform 12 at Manchester Victoria. Interestingly, the front saloon appears to have been fitted with Formica from an Eastern Region vehicle (Richard Clayton)
A 3-car set passes Trent Lane Level Crossing on a Nottingham-Derby service (Bill Ford)
Waiting to leave Manchester Victoria with a Blackpool North service (Garry Brookes)
1976
Buxton Depot (Dave Homer)
A 3-car set calls at Derby with a Lincoln St marks service (Chris Bush)
Passing Gonalston Crossing with a Lincoln-Crewe service (David Ford)
A 3-car set passes Lowdham on a Crewe-Lincoln working (David Ford)
A Birmingham-Norwich service calls at March (John Turner Collection)
A 3-car set leading a 3-car class 120 west of Frisby on the Wreake, Leicestershire. They are working an eastbound train to Norwich (Nigel Tout)
Preston platform 2. Blackpool North-Manchester Victoria (Ian McLoughlin)
(Geoffrey Skelsey)
Windermere with the Oxenholme shuttle. Note the unusual overhead warning flash position. (Geoffrey Skelsey)
Buxton, with snowplough DB965228 in the centre road (Andy Harris)
A 3-car set at Nottingham with Derby service (David Ford)
A Bangor service at Chester (Kevin Lane)
A white stripe set at Stockport (Alistair Ness)
The old building has partly been demolished at Davenport station (J W Sutherland)
A Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North service at Bradkirk near Kirkham (Ian McLoughlin)
Taken from Victoria West Jcn Box. 11:15 Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North (Brian Corbett)
Birmingham New Street, platform 9a (Paul Miller)
A 2-car set departs Stockport's 3A bay (Jeff Goodwin)
1977
A 3-car set passes Rolleston Junction with a Derby-Lincoln service (Bill Ford)
Different BRCW sets at Rochdale: The 104 is on a Rochdale-Manchester Victoria working via the Oldham loop. The 110 is Bradford bound (Alan Rintoul)
A Manchester-Blackpool service at Bolton (Kevin Lane)
A Blackpool-Manchester service at Bolton (Kevin Lane)
A very late example of the "B3" indicator in use at Buxton (Dave Homer)
Two sets at Buxton on Easter Saturday (J W Sutherland)
Buxton, with 40122 on the left (J W Sutherland)
Davenport (J W Sutherland)
Davenport, with 1L77 excursion to Llandudno (J W Sutherland)
A DMBS (3-car set) in Nottingham's platform 4. 14:30. Possibly Lincoln-Crewe service. 37234 alongside (David Hayes)
Arriving into Middlewood (J W Sutherland)
At Manchester Victoria alongside a Class 110 (Peter Sharp)
Possibly one of the LMR 2-car DMBS vehicles (50532-50541) at Ardwick (Hugh Searle)
The 10.05 Manchester - Buxton crosses Stockport Viaduct (J W Sutherland)
A 3-car set approaching Heaton Chapel (Hugh Searle)
A 6-car formation passes Salwick bound for Blackpool North (Martyn Hilbert)
1978
Rochdale (Alistair Ness)
Buxton (Gary Thornton)
Buxton (Dave Homer)
Buxton (Dave Homer)
At Buxton with a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service (Lewis Bevan)
Newton Heath Depot with 40047 (Fred Foto)
An unidentified trailer car, from the batch 56175-184, in platform 3A bay at Stockport
n early DMBS at Woodsmoor (J W Sutherland)
Passing an oil train at Salwick with a Manchester-Blackpool service (John Armistead)
A 3-car set at Leyland. This DMCL vehicle "may" be 50506/514/516/520 although ID is by no means certain (Roger Sutcliffe)
1979
A series of four photographs showing unidentified sets trudging through the snow at Stockport. This one is working a Stockport-Stalybridge service (Paul Moxon)
A series of four photographs showing unidentified sets trudging through the snow at Stockport. This one is working a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service (Paul Moxon)
A series of four photographs showing unidentified sets trudging through the snow at Stockport. This one is working a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service (Paul Moxon)
A series of four photographs showing unidentified sets trudging through the snow at Stockport. This one is working a Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly service (Paul Moxon)
A "power twin" set, fairly unusual at this time, on shed (Brian Daniels)
A 3-car set at Derby (David Russon)
Buxton (J Foulger)
Buxton (J Foulger)
Rose Hill Marple (Alistair Ness)
A 2-car set near Marple Wharf Junction (Andy Harris)
A Blackpool South - Kirkham service at St Annes-on-the-Sea, taken from the signal box (Ian McLoughlin)
Leading a 6-car formation at Manchester Victoria (Brian Daniels)
The 10:35 Manchester Piccadilly-Whaley Bridge at Woodsmoor (J W Sutherland)
The 12:05 Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton at Hazel Grove (J W Sutherland)
Departing Matlock for Derby (John Atkinson)
Departing Stockport, probably for Buxton (Hugh Searle)
Manchester Piccadilly (Brian Daniels)
Alongside a Class 123 at Manchester Piccadilly (Brian Daniels)