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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Chilvers Coton Station: lnwcc2092

A two-car Birmingham RC&W DMU is seen arriving at Chilvers Coton station on the 5:28pm Leamington to Nuneaton service

A two-car Birmingham RC&W DMU is seen arriving at Chilvers Coton station on the 5:28pm Leamington to Nuneaton service on 12th May 1964. These British Railways' Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company from 1957 to 1959 and were late classified as Class 104. The first units ordered were for the London Midland Region, with the majority of the class for use in North West of England with sets also in Tyneside. In the mid-1980s a few units reallocated to Scotland, with one unit being repainted in a unique maroon and white livery for services to Oban - it became known as the "Mexican Bean". Other vehicles spent time in London and the last vehicles could be found there in the early 1990s. The class was gradually taken out of service from the early 1980s with the final vehicles being withdrawn in 1995.

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