The Blue Pullmans were luxury diesel multiple units built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham for British Rail and used from 1960 to 1973. Named for their Nanking blue livery, they were conceived under the 1955 Modernisation Plan to compete with the motor car and the emerging domestic air travel market. Two six-car first-class sets served the London Midland Region as the Midland Pullman, and three eight-car two-class sets served the Western Region. They were seen as underpowered and ultimately not economically viable, but they demonstrated the possibility of fixed-formation intercity multiple unit services, an idea developed a decade later as the InterCity 125. The sets were withdrawn in 1973 and none were preserved.
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There were two versions, built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham
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There were two versions, built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham
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They were the first Pullman diesel multiple units
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used from 1960 to 1973 by British Rail
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In 1973, the trains were withdrawn and none were preserved.
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They were the first Pullman diesel multiple units
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There were two versions, built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham
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There were two versions, built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham
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They were the first Pullman diesel multiple units
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They were the first Pullman diesel multiple units
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