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1.A Down semi-fast passes

St Denys on the approach to

Southampton headed by 4-VEP

unitNo.7717onApril4,1978.

Notethateven11yearssince

electrification the impressive

semaphore signal gantry is still in

use.DAVE RODGERS

2.The famous minster dominates

the skyline as a five-car Class

124 trans-Pennine unit leaves

York at Holgate Road bridge

with an evening service to Leeds

onApril4,1977.Thescene

looks very different today since

electrification.DAVE RODGERS

3.During the last days of the old

L&Y terminus at Liverpool Exchange,

a Cravens DMU prepares to depart

for Bolton, while a Class 502 EMU,

led by M29883M, has Ormskirk as

its destination on March 12, 1977.

The station closed six weeks later

on April 29.DAVE RODGERS

4.The run-down station at New

Holland Pier looks more like

something from a movie set than a

functioning station as Class 114

DMU No. 50009 readies itself for

departureonJune6,1981.

GAVIN MORRISON

5.Having been displaced from

the London Area, Swindon-built

Class 123 set C712 (reduced to

three coaches) leaves Newport

whileformingaCardifftoCrewe

service on February 26, 1977. The

Class 123s were later transferred

to Hull Botanic Gardens, where

they were used to form Hybrid

123/124 sets for trans-Pennine

work.GRAHAM SMITH/RAIL

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