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Thanks for the background - I saw one of these rolling into Aberystwyth and recognised it as being one of the Network Rail units but didn't know much more than that (the trials were reported in the local press but you know how terrible their reporting of anything rail-related is!). I've read a fair bit about the use of the parcels DMU to haul tail loads - apparently they were used on the Cambrian Coast line to haul materials for the Barmouth bridge repairs (the bridge was weakened by marine beetle infestations and was declared "off-limits" to locos) as well as to recover stock left behind on the affected section. <br /> <br />www.railcar.co.uk has plenty of information on the parcels DMUs which might be of interest - they were class 128 under BR numbering. Why none survived into preservation is a bit of a mystery to me though.
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