The Bristol Railway Archive

Hi Folks,
I have the chance to buy a model class 110, 3 car dmu set ( Calder Valley ) for my oo guage railway " Lawrence Hill " Obviously this is prototypically " wrong " but how wrong ?
When did dmu`s appear in Bristol ? and did any resemble class 110 ( green livery, whiskers etc. ) ?
I`m not hung up on minor details, just want to be close to the actual scene, any info welcome

................. Bill

Bristol definitely had class 118 DMUs from 1960 in green with speed whiskers (though those got replaced with yellow panels fairly quickly). Built by the same company as the 110 (BRCW) so may share some mechanics body sides etc but definitely has a different cab (I don't think the 110 shares a cab design with anything).

I think that Bristol also had classes 116, 117, 119, 120 and 121 in that period but not certain on the livery (probably green with speed whiskers).

See the Railcar.co.uk class histories for more than you could ever want to know http://www.railcar.co.uk/classby.htm

There's a photo of green class 120 DMU at Ashley hill in the 1960s bit.

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/index.ph ... shley_Hill

WR Tim wrote:Bristol definitely had class 118 DMUs from 1960 in green with speed whiskers (though those got replaced with yellow panels fairly quickly). Built by the same company as the 110 (BRCW) so may share some mechanics body sides etc but definitely has a different cab (I don't think the 110 shares a cab design with anything).

I think that Bristol also had classes 116, 117, 119, 120 and 121 in that period but not certain on the livery (probably green with speed whiskers).

See the Railcar.co.uk class histories for more than you could ever want to know http://www.railcar.co.uk/classby.htm

There's a photo of green class 120 DMU at Ashley hill in the 1960s bit.

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/index.ph ... shley_Hill

The 116's were mainly in South wales I think, but did turn up from time to time. (I can remember them on occasions on Severn Beach trains)

I think that 118's were also around also at that time, plus 122's on Severn Beach services, and 123's on Portsmouth-Cardiff services. I'm not sure if the 123's had "whiskers" in "green" days, but I'm sure all the others did....

The Railcar Association has good coverage of the histories of the various classes of first generation DMUs, including their liveries and where they operated.

Ian J

Taken from 1960 and 1961 Ian Allan abc's..

... and have a look at my HamGreen and Portishead pics on this site, too

I have added a couple of photo's taken around the late 50's early 60's at Oldfield Park. Follow the link http://4dfots.fotopic.net/c1468090_49.html hope this helps.

I love the photos of DMU's at Oldfield Park. Priceless!

Does anyone remember the Bristol/ECW railcar, only two were made at Bristol commercial vehicles Brislington a 56 seater,

When I was young I did not think much of DMUs they got in the way of hymeks and westerns but the above pics of them are great!

I can remember a Metro Cammel 101 from Tyseley turning up and covering some Severn Beach turns in the very early '70s. I also remember a railbus sitting on a low-loader in Lawrence Hill Bus Depot for some around the same time. (Along witha double-decker bus that had been on a single-decker turn and the driver forgot about a low bridge!)

Andrew wrote:. I also remember a railbus sitting on a low-loader in Lawrence Hill Bus Depot for some around the same time. (Along witha double-decker bus that had been on a single-decker turn and the driver forgot about a low bridge!)

You mean this one?

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/Category ... hittingham

simon wrote:

Andrew wrote:. I also remember a railbus sitting on a low-loader in Lawrence Hill Bus Depot for some around the same time. (Along witha double-decker bus that had been on a single-decker turn and the driver forgot about a low bridge!)

You mean this one?

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/Category ... hittingham

Looks like it