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Number built: | 123 cars (41 3-car sets) |
Built: | 1959-61 |
Builder: | Pressed Steel |
Engine: | 2 BUT (Leyland) 6-cyl diesels per power car |
Power: | 600 hp (450 kW) |
Formation: | Driving Motor Brake Standard (DMBS)+Trailer Composite Lavatory (TCL)+Driving Motor Standard (DMS) |
Some units later moved to Birmingham where they operated on the Cross City line and in Scotland. They remained on Cross City and London services until well into the 1990s and the last were finally withdrawn in 2000. Twelve cars have been preserved.
W51354, a DMBS, at Rowsley South |
08 830 and W51534 |
[2] Brian Haresnape, Diesel Multiple Units: The First Generation (Ian Allan, 1985) p. 59