Northern 150204 has just got the road into the Down side “carriage sidings (CS)” having worked empty stock from Newton Heath, 30th January 2018.

Unit History
150204 is one of the final batch of eighty five class 150 two-car units which were built at York in 1986/87 and are now over thirty years old. They had different interiors and front end gangways to the earlier class 150/1 units and were used on longer-distance services. The end gangways make them very similar in appearance to later batches of the electric class 317 units, also based on the Mark III bodyshell. 150204 was initially allocated to Newton Heath and was disbanded in the early 1990’s and the two vehicles used as “centre” vehicles to form three car 150/0 units (150012 and 150014) for Birmingham area suburban duties. These three car units were disbanded in 2012 and 150204 reformed and transferred to Newton Heath. I first came across 150204 on the 19th December 1988 at Derby.

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A couple of Derby station staff pass the time of day whilst behind them a fellow rail enthusiast takes a photograph of East Midlands Trains 153321 waiting departure time working 1K17, 14:42 Derby – Crewe, 23rd January 2018.

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West Midlands Railways 153334 plus 170506 have just arrived at Walsall working 2A87, 09:42 Birmingham New Street – Walsall, 23rd January 2018.

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East Midlands Trains 156410 approaches Belper working 2A34, 11:39 Newark – Matlock, 18th January 2018.

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Attenborough station lighting illuminates the scene on an early winter morning as East Midlands Trains 158780 working 2L55, 06:26 Leicester - Nottingham stops to collect the early starter commuters, 23rd January 2018.

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