1980
A white striper at Lostock Junction (Mark Etstall)
A 3-car set with a Class 128 on the rear near Chapel-en-le-Frith (Les Nixon)
A Manchester-Buxton service pauses at Chapel-en-le-Frith (Dave Homer)
A Manchester Victoria-Blackpool North service at Poulton-le-Fylde (Ian McLoughlin)
Arriving into Birmingham New Street. The original image is not quite sharp enough to make out the number, but this might be M50497 (Allan Black)
A 2-car set passes New Mills South Junction leading refurbished Class 101 set (Graeme Phillips)
Hazel Grove (J W Sutherland)
Hazel Grove (J W Sutherland)
The Peak Forester Railtour visits Cheddleton (Alistair Ness)
A Manchester bound 3-car set crossing Stockport Viaduct, taken from the "Peak Forester" DMU railtour, one of the last passenger trains over the Tiviot Dale line (Graham Ashworth)
A Rockert 150 shuttle at Rainhill (Anthony Griffiths)
Multiple sets at Buxton (Stephen Monaghan)
Buxton sets pass at Middlewood (Ken Wyn Millward)
The 17:10 Manchester Victoria-Southport passes Atherton (Rod Ward)
The 11:00 Matlock-Derby awaits departure from Matlock (Bruce Galloway)
Passing Barton Moss (near Eccles), westbound, working the 11:21 Rhyl-Manchester Victoria (Graeme Phillips)
The 17:16 to Oldham at Shaw (Larry Goddard)
Woodsmoor, showing temporary footbridge at Moorland Road (J W Sutherland)
1981
Possibly M56183 near Marple, working a Manchester-New Mills service (Ken Wyn Millward)
Leicester (Tony Hunter)
An Up train at Davenport (J W Sutherland)
A 6-car railtour formed M50516/M59177/M50469/M50464/M59142/M50521 at Cheddleton on the David Isherwood organised 'Knotty Rambler'. We have not yet been able to identify which way round the set was formed, so this vehicle is there M50516 or M50521. More information can be found about this railtour at https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/810404.htm (Alan Rintoul)
A 6-car railtour formed M50516/M59177/M50469/M50464/M59142/M50521 at Cheddleton on the David Isherwood organised 'Knotty Rambler'. We have not yet been able to identify which way round the set was formed, so this vehicle is there M50516 or M50521. More information can be found about this railtour at https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/810404.htm (Alan Rintoul)
The 17:05 Manchester Piccadilly-Hazel Grove arrives at Davenport, the usual 3-car set having had an extra powercar added (J W Sutherland)
Davenport. 6-car 17:15 Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton crossing 19:28 Hazel Grove-Manchester Piccadilly (J W Sutherland)
(J W Sutherland)
Buxton. The 10.23 Piccadilly - Buxton has been strengthened to 7 cars (J W Sutherland)
Preston. A DMCL with 2x overhead warning flashes and an unusual paint pattern below the destination blind (Mike Rhodes)
A 3-car set at Betws-y-Coed (Derek Elston)
Buxton (Peter Sharp)
A white striper at Manchester Victoria (Malcolm Clements)
A Sheffield-Buxton Merrymaker excursion at Peak Forest (Ken Wyn Millward)
A Buxton service passes New Mills Newtown at 11:05 (Ken Wyn Millward)
Christleton Tunnel, on a Crewe-Chester working (Chris Lemon)
A 2-car hybrid set at Stalybridge (53A Models of Hull Collection)
Undergoing maintenance inside Buxton depot (53A Models of Hull Collection)
1982
Leading a 6-car formation at Manchester Victoria (53A Models of Hull Collection)
Buxton, 25202 is on the snowploughs (J W Sutherland)
Buxton, working the 13:04 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly. M50434 is on the right (John Armistead)
Possibly a DTCL at St Albans Abbey (R W Carroll Collection)
Manchester Victoria, behind 40181 working empty vans for Red Bank sidings (Alan Rintoul)
"447" at Manchester Victoria (John Armistead)
Alongside Class 100 & 110 units at Manchester Piccadilly (Hugh Llewelyn)
New Hay, working the 12:28 Manchester Victoria-Manchester Victoria Oldham Loop service (53A Models of Hull Collection)
New Hay, working the 12:28 Manchester Victoria-Manchester Victoria Oldham Loop service (53A Models of Hull Collection)
A service from Bedford arriving at Fenny Stratford (Kevin Lane)
This photo was originally listed as M50497/M59228/M50502, but the photographer got his notes mixed up that day, so the vehicle photographed could be M50497, M50502, or indeed a different vehicle! (Robert Purcell)
A white stripe 3-car set at Manchester Victoria (Lee Brown)
A DMCL at Buxton (Ken Wyn Millward)
Buxton (Ken Wyn Millward)
1983
A Shaw-Manchester Victoria service passing Miles Platting (John Mahon)
The 16.00 Bedford-Bletchley at Millbrook (Geoff Dowling)
A Bedford-Bletchley service at Bedford St Johns (Geoffrey Tribe)
A Bedford-Bletchley service at Bedford St Johns (Geoffrey Tribe)
BX485 approaches Ardwick (53A Models of Hull Collection)
Moston (Mark Etstall)
Whaley Bridge, during the last day of turnbacks to this station. This set is working the 14:44 Whaley Bridge-Manchester Piccadilly (J W Sutherland)
Whaley Bridge, during the last day of turnbacks to this station (J W Sutherland)
Whaley Bridge, during the last day of turnbacks to this station (J W Sutherland)
A 3-car set at New Mills Newtown (J W Sutherland)
An evening Blackpool-Manchester Victoria service at Clifton (Richard Clayton)
A Manchester Victoria-Blackburn service passes Agecroft Junction (Richard Clayton)
The 14:23 Manchester Victoria-Southport at Agecroft Junction (Richard Clayton)
Blackpool North (Tony Hunter)
A shiny DMBS vehicle arrives into Scarborough on an excursion (Brian Daniels)
Blackpool South (Alistair Ness)
Blackpool South (Alistair Ness)
The 16:15 Ormskirk-Preston calls at Rufford (Kevin Smith)
1984
The 15:38 Preston-Ormskirk at Rufford (John Mahon)
A set in platform 2 at Manchester Piccadilly. More prominent is Class 124 E51954, which was departing platform 1 with the 11:45 Manchester Piccadilly-Hull (Graeme Phillips)
Buxton Depot (Russell Saxton)
Manchester Piccadilly (Dennis Taylor)
Manchester Piccadilly (Dennis Taylor)
Manchester Piccadilly (Dennis Taylor)
The Northolt Lament charter at Keighley (Paul Holroyd)
The Northolt Lament charter at Keighley (Paul Holroyd)
The Northolt Lament railtour at Long Preston. the line side fires in the background were started by 60009 (Roger Sutcliffe)
A Leeds-Manchester Victoria service near Dewsbury (Keith Long)
A 104/101 hybrid at Newton-on-Ayr (John Horne)
BX491 at Chapel-en-le-Frith working the 12.48 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly (J W Sutherland)
Combs (J W Sutherland)
The 15.08 Buxton - Manchester Piccadilly calls at Whaley Bridge (J W Sutherland)
Preston (Johnathan Hazan)
Manchester Victoria (Johnathan Hazan)
A rare view of a Class 104 interior during BR days, whilst working a Gospel Oak-Barking service (Johnathan Hazan)
During the clean up operation for the oil tanker incident at Stockport (Hugh Searle)
1985
A 2-car set in the early hours at Preston, lurks alongside 25209 on a short (1 coach) parcel train (Douglas Johnson)
Upper Holloway (Brian Daniels)
Entwistle (George Woods)
Miles Platting (Richard Allen)
Gospel Oak (Brian Daniels)
The 15:15 Preston-Ormskirk at Rufford (John Mahon)
Working a Manchester Victoria-Blackburn service through Bolton (Keith Long)
Awaiting departure from Watford Junction with a St Albans Abbey service (Johnathan Hazan)
St Albans Abbey (Johnathan Hazan)
St Albans Abbey (Johnathan Hazan)
No less than four sets at Buxton (Martin Brown)
Passing Salford with a Blackpool North train (Paul Moxon)
Manchester Victoria (Johnathan Hazan)
A set at Gospel Oak, viewed from Hastings DEMU no. 1035 on the London Junctions No. 2 railtour (Johnathan Hazan)
A set at Gospel Oak, viewed from Hastings DEMU no. 1035 on the London Junctions No. 2 railtour (Johnathan Hazan)
The 14:53 Kirkham-Blackpool South at St Annes (Mike Rhodes)
BX488 at Hazel Grove. The track has been slewed for the new chord being built (Andrew)
Two sets with 20032 for company on Buxton depot (Paul Moxon)
1986
A Barking-Gospel Oak service arrives into Woodgrange Park (Colin Brooks)
15:18 Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton passing Hazel Grove Chord whilst Chester road bridge is being demolished (J W Sutherland)
15:18 Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton passing Hazel Grove Chord whilst Chester road bridge is being demolished (J W Sutherland)
15:08 Buxton-Manchester Piccadilly passing Hazel Grove Chord whilst Chester road bridge is being demolished (J W Sutherland)
A Colne service at Burnley Central (Kevin Cooke)
A set at Wellingborough passing 33106 which was rescuing a failed 31466 (Gary Thornton)
Bedford, awaiting departure for Bletchley (Chris Lemon)
Finedon Road (Robert Foster)
Gospel oak, working the 1030 Barking - Gospel Oak (Colin Brooks)
Barking, arriving with a service from Gospel Oak (Colin Brooks)
A Gospel Oak-Barking service arrives into Leytonstone High Road (Colin Brooks)
Dover Bridge, crew training for the soon-to-be-introduced Leeds to Blackpool trains via the Copy Pit line (Neil Harvey)
Front end damage is visible in the bottom left hand corner of the cab, at Sowerby Bridge, leading a Class 105 on 2M18 12:26 York-Manchester Victoria (Michael McNicolas)
Hallroyd Junction, Todmorden, a Blackpool North-Leeds train. Taken at 14:06 (Neil Harvey)
1987
It is unlikely this interesting view of a bogie in Doncaster Works (from a DMBS vehicle) will ever be identified - however it is a rare view of a large section of 104 without the body on top! (Angus Tozer)
Set 458 (Keith Sullivan)
Manchester Victoria (Johnathan Hazan)
Croxley Green with a service to Watford Junction (Dave Warby)
A Leeds-Blackpool working crosses Robinwood Viaduct, near Todmorden (Neil Harvey)
Barking, awaiting departure for Gospel Oak (Dennis Taylor)
A Barking-Gospel Oak service at South Tottenham (Kevin Lane)
1E10, 10:45 Blackpool-Leeds exits Sowerby Bridge Tunnel (Neil Harvey)
1E11 12:50 Blackpool North-Leeds calls at Sowerby Bridge (Neil Harvey)
The DMBS from set 455 dumped at March (Colin Brooks)
1988
The 14:10 Blackburn-Manchester Victoria at Blackburn (Keith Long)
A DMBS vehicle at Manchester Victoria (Colin Brooks)
An Oldham Loop service departs Manchester Victoria (Huw Rowlands)
1989
An up local service at Sandbach (Mark Watson)
1990
The 09:02 Warrington-Chester crosses Stockport Viaduct (J W Sutherland)
Vic Berrys scrapyard, possibly 31131 on the right (Pól Oisín Ó Laighin)