Dunblane
If there is such a list as the 10 rules of running a railway, one item will surely be: 'New rolling stock will always be delivered late and after a new timetable based around it has been started.' 1990 was the year when remaining first generation DMUs and diesel hauled services were to be largely swept away within Scotland by a modern fleet of Class 158 and 156 units running to a faster and more intense timetable. However, there was a shortage of the new 'Sprinter' units for local services when the new timetable was introduced and the first generation DMUs retained could not keep up with the new timings. A stop gap measure was to take the elderly Class 107 3 car DMUs, remove their centre trailers, and create twin power car versions that would hopefully come closer to a Sprinter in time-keeping. An example is shown at Dunblane in May 1990, waiting to form a service to Glasgow Queen Street. Commuters were not impressed by the performance and soon started to complain when they saw that the promised 'Sprinter' had been replaced by an old 'Plodder'.
Location: Dunblane
Original line: Scottish Central Railway
Photographer: Mark Dufton
Contact photographer: Mark Dufton
Date: 05/1990
Image number: 78629
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