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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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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 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being withdrawn in 1995.
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