DMU Memories


A personal collection to commemorate the end of the British Railways DMU

Created by Charlie Hulme


Apart from a single heavily-rebuilt example on the Chiltern line, the British diesel-mechanical multiple unit (DMMU) of which thousands were built iin the 1950s bows out of National Rail service at the end of 2003.  The pages here are indended as the first of a small collection which will celebrate their life and work, compiled by one who remembers travelling on some of the very first.

1957 booklet

The first pages to go online relate to the Class 101 Farewell special run by First North Western on 21 December 2003, and what a day that was. ....

The farewell tour in pictures, Part 1: Manchester - Buxton


The farewell tour in pictures, Part 2 : Manchester - Barrow


The Souvenir Booklet




Compiled by Charlie Hulme, December 2003. Comments welcome at charlie@dweb.u-net.com