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Posted: 03 Aug 2013

Taken: 19 Jun 1992

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Longsight based Metro-Camm Class 101 LO242 - 51218+54399 head east past Romiley.
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 Phil Sutters
Phil Sutters club
Good to see an example of the small DMUs that formed the backbone of local services outside the Southern electric zone, from the sixties onwards. Dad was never a multiple unit fan, so we have not got many in our albums. Thanks for sharing your's.
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
Tractacus club has replied to Phil Sutters club
Thanks. I don't have too many photos of these first generation DMUs; we tended to ignore the things in favour of loco hauled trains. Nobody seemed to want to waste film on these....
10 years ago.
Phil Sutters club has replied to Tractacus club
Wasting film is something we don't have to think about now. I know Dad was very careful about what he did & didn't take. Mind you, clogging up computer memory can become an issue, if you shoot as many different things as I seem to!
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 Tractacus
Tractacus club
Ah, the joys of digital cameras; even on a slack day at Manchester Airport I can loose off upwards of 70 shots.
I think that the limitations of film made us more carefull in choosing the subjects and composition. Nowadays the only thing that stops us is a flat battery...
10 years ago.

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