DMUs (diesel multiple units) Through The Decades 

I liked class 124 DMU's with the wrap-around windows on the cab ends which ran the TransPennine route from Leeds to Manchester.

Brilliant - some great examples of these classics, that have obvs received much TLC - many thanks 👍🏻✨

A really enjoyable video and i so enjoyed the calder valley units as they ran regularly near my home

Just going back over you earlier films, this was the first one of you films that I saw 3 years ago. Took me straight back home, back to travelling between Huddersfield and Pudsey changing at Leeds for a tram, during the early 60,s Thanks again for your videos.

Wonderfully entertaining and informative video. Thank you and more like this please!

Fantastic video. Thankyou. I loved the history lesson and very professional video production. AAA

DMUs ended up in places other than where they were intended. I've got pictures of a green Class 101 on a Middlesbrough to Scarborough train running along the Esk Valley line, and a BR(MR) Blue Pullman at Hartlepool.

The Blue Pullman also ran from Manchester to London and was often seen at the Derby Carriage and Wagon works under going modifications.

All of us at a certain age grew up with the Diesel mechanical units ! Here on the Chiltern line we had four car 115s but no corridors between coaches ! They also only had one silencer behind the engines so the pipes were straight through to the end making a very noisy exhaust? We also had one and two cars on what was nicknamed the Marlow donkey ! I used to go to Princes Risborough to ride the 121 bubble car to Aylesbury ! Just for the nostalgia of it .

A very enjoyable history lesson on DMU's. must have taken an age to gather all the information on the various type's and sets. i didn't know there were so many. once again thank you for sharing best wishes Tony

So many different beautiful DMUs. Absolutely wonderful. Excellent video and info.

I have the original Triang two car DMU, It still runs but pretty noisy and roughly. Definitely a candidate for a service/repair👍

In October 1969 BR(WR) introduced the RailAir Express Parcels service which ran overnight between Bristol and Hayes (for onward transportation to Heathrow Airport. They used 2 Class 116 DMBS W51137 and DMS W51150 (and reclassified to Class 130) with all seating and some side doors removed and 2 GUVs (W86174 and W86572) were modified with DMU control cables 13:38 and a vacuum reservoir pipe to run between the 2 power cars. The power cars were withdrawn in 1972 after a fire. 4 other Class 116 power cars (DMBS W50819 and W50862, and DMS W50872 and W50915) were also modified. These last four lasted in service until the early 1980s when they were converted back in Class 116.

Great video, I have a couple of Bachmann 108s in 2&3 car sets and after removing the body to fit decoders I also fitted a few fare paying passengers . It really does make a difference and takes away the ghost train affect especially in the dark ! .. I can't believe the rrp on some of these models now at around £200

Brilliant video, very informative and excellent production values - really well produced. Just worth mentioning that the one of the early Derby Lightweight DMUs was put into Departmental use as the first Ultrasonic Test Train in the early '70s. It continued in use as the UTT until the late 80s, when it was replaced by two former Class 101 DMBSs, known as the Ultrasonic Test Unit (UTU). The UTU was notable for being the only first generation DMU to be converted to Automatic Air Brakes. The 101 power cars each had 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, a shower room and a generator compartment. The centre car was a former 4REP DMS and housed another generator, a small workshop and all the Ultrasonic Test equipment. The power cars were DB977391/392 and the centre car DB999602. 602 is still in use in a loco hauled test train, whilst the power cars were sadly scrapped by the Churnet Valley Railway.

Top notch Mike, a thoroughly enjoyable video. The history and narration were excellent. Happy to see that you found the perfect solution to the backdrop problem. More? yes please any time. Regards David.

Interesting history of these units , I suppose I could look it up on google but it's so much more entertaining the way you have done it with these models ........Peter

Great video. thanks for giving me the link. Lovely collection of models beautifully shot. Oscar

The Class 108 was almost identical to late model Lightweights, even sharing the same body profile, which matched that of the Mark 1 coaches. The only real difference was the more crash-worthy front end. The first Lightweights had 125hp engines replaced by 150hp engines on the later versions.

A superb video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. ♡ T.E.N.

great commentary and history i started back in railway modelling in my fifties buying a secondhand hst trainset from a charity shop for £2.00 it had no controller or transformer i bought a 12v transformer and a drill speed controller wit a d/pole switch used that untill i bought a bachmann starter dcc set sadly these little locos have not lasted unlike som of the triang and mainline,airfix locos bought from ebay keep up the good work

Super video Oscar.

A running video is in production at the moment, so if you enjoyed these DMUs stay tuned, better still subscribe to be notified as soon as I upload it!

Loved the video, pleasure to watch.

I honestly think the Metro-Cammell day looks better as a 3 car unit than a 2 car.

Very enjoyable video Mike. On the subject of hybrid formations I remember seeing dmu at Bude with an obviously loco hauled type centre coach. It was in Southern Region green so it didn’t look too odd, but I can’t recall the exact type. Also I have travelled in a dmu on the Barnstaple line which was hauling a full brake coach back to Exeter

Used to repair the engines in these 1980 to 1988

Great stuff

I think i would hook up a electric fly swatter to the 3rd rail, for that little bit of extra realism if someone touches it.

The introduction of DMU or DEMU seems to have been very late into the UK. The German SVT 137 was in service from 1935. For a short time, it held the world speed record at 127mph. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRG_Class_SVT_137 The VT 08 was the German equivalent of the blue Pullman from 1952 on de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB-Baureihe_VT_08

The Class 101 is Daisy from Thomas. I would love to see a character in the show based on the Blue Pullman.

Loved seeing the Metro-Cammell units! They're simply a classic design. Loved the segment on the Thumper too, did you actually drive on those at one point?

thanks that was interesting and calming given the world news! If they ever manufacture the units that went out of Marylebone I would be tempted. were they Class 115's? altho the Blue Pullman is a joy.. saw them loads of times out of Paddington and St Pancras...

hi mike nice video, on your layout you seem to have a third rail along part of the track,if it is does it get used or is it only for show. you spoke about corridors on your dmu's i have never seen any coaches on a model layout with them connected with "rubber bellows type material" have you?

What’s the difference between the Class 101 and the lightweight version?

lovely video , what about the second generation dmu

Good video but not helped buy the music.

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