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![[PHOTO: train pulling into sunny station: 96kB]](/20050531-1024Rye-Nevard.jpg "1001 arrives at Rye with a train for Ashford")
Our DEMU, in its 3-carriage formation, arrives at Rye station with the 1024 service from Hastings to Ashford. The windmill which it has passed is now a guest-house. Photo taken on Tuesday 31 May 2005 by [Chris Nevard].
The ‘Hastings’ Diesel-Electric Multiple Units (DEMUs) are a unique type of narrow-bodied train which was constructed in 1957 and 1958 for the London–Hastings service via Tunbridge Wells. After the route was electrified in 1986 most of the fleet was scrapped, but some of the carriages were bought by a specially-formed company called Hastings Diesels Limited. Following restoration at St. Leonards depot, the train pictured above is available for use and has run extensively in public service on the main line.
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