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« on: December 01, 2023, 09:01:26 »
90 years ago today, the first GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Diesel Railcar made its first run - WikiPedia tells us

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The prototype unit, No. 1, made its first run on 1 December 1933 between London Paddington and Reading with a large number of press representatives.

38 were built, of which three have survived into preservation - just one operational at present.  There were the precursors of the bubble cars and then the class 153. I would argue that single carriage multiple units these days are useful as extra carriages onto other trains (or in pairs) but a diagram that works with a single carriage train is a hard one to make a case for.  That view many vary on lines that support both longer distance fast services and still have a number of intermediate stations to be served.
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