GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill - British Railways Period Locomotives: gwrbsh1315

A British Railways Derby Class 116 Diesel Multiple Unit in original green livery with 'cat whiskers' is seen standing ready to leave for Great Malvern at Platform 8 in 1957. Built by British Railways workshops in Derby from 1957 to 1961 these units stayed in regular service until 1990, when they began to be withdrawn from traffic. They were replaced on regional services by the new "Sprinter" derivative units, or by Class 323 electric multiple units on services around Birmingham. The final units lasted in traffic until 1995, although a few saw further use in departmental service, as sandite or route-learner units. Several of this class have been saved for preservation.

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