Railways in Tayside in the 1980s
Monifieth and Balmossie
 

Monifieth

    
Metro Cammell Class 101 101321 arriving for Balmossie, Broughty Ferry and Dundee - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Metro Cammell Class 101 101308 arriving for Golf Street, Carnoustie and Arbroath - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Mixed class formation with Class 122 305 leading Class 101 363 - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Aberdeen bound push pull (left);  Up Postal (centre) and London bound 125 (right).  Initially the 125 units did not show the number on the front of the power car - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow)
Up Postal - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Class 104 down meets Class 101 Up - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Sunrise, sunset:  the early morning north bound sleeper (left) - effectively two trains combined and conveying also first and standard class non-sleeping accommodation.   Last train all stations Arbroath to Dundee (centre and right) - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Balmossie    
Class 106 DMU Balmossie Halt Class 106 DMU Balmossie Halt Class 106-101 DMU Balmossie Halt
Not quite what it appears as Class  106 106427 leads a three car DMU in which the trailing units are Class 101 - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Balmossie Halt 6 car DMU Balmossie Halt 6 car DMU Balmossie Halt 6 car DMU
An unusual six car formation made up of a three car Swindon unit and a three car Metro Cammell unit - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
ScotRail Class 47-7 Balmossie ScotRail Class 47-7 Balmossie ScotRail Class 47-7 Balmossie
Up and Down push pull units in full ScotRail blue Executive livery  at Balmossie - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Class 104 DMU 104457 Balmossie Class 107 DMU 107429 Balmossie Class 107 DMU 107429 Balmossie
Class 104 104457 arriving at Balmossie for Broughty Ferry and Dundee (left).  107429 in orange Strathclyde livery on a Carnoustie working - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Balmossie Halt 1980s Balmossie Halt 1980s Balmossie Halt 1980s
47 headed express charges through Balmossie - note the open iron work on the footbridge which is now panelled over (left). Class 101 arriving at Balmossie on the late afternoon return working to Dundee (centre and right).  Like nearly everywhere,  the low fence has been replaced with a high fence through which the overgrown foliage has been allowed to grow and the footpath has been widened and tarred over to make a combined pedestrian and cycle track - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow
Balmossie halt 1980s Class 126 Balmossie halt 1980s Class 106 Balmossie halt 1980s
Leading unit, Class 126 126532 (but showing also a mysterious 501 in white) departs Balmossie with blue Cravens unit (Class 106) on the rear and also numbered 532 - VIDEO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow

Carnoustie and Golf Street

1980s Dundee Rail Scenes