Set 63
These formations have been noted:
| 51284 | 56442 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56114 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56317 | Noted 23/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56126 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56126 | Noted 13/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56126 | Noted 16/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56126 | Noted 02/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56126 | Noted 26/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56126 | Noted 01/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56140 | Noted 26/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56366 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 51490 | 56463 | Noted 11/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56128 | Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot1 | ||||||
| 51284 | 56128 | Noted 24/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51268 | 56435 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51268 | 56435 | Noted 13/08/78 - on Norwich depot1 | ||||||
| 51268 | 56435 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 51268 | 56435 | Noted 08/01/79 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Noted circa 05/19842 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Noted 22/12/84 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Noted circa 04/19852 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Noted circa 01/19862 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Listed at Norwich - May 1986 | ||||||
| 51268 | 54422 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51428 | 54218 | Formation change - Norwich - circa Nov-86 | ||||||
| 51428 | 54218 | Noted 11/12/86 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51428 | 54218 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | ||||||
| 51428 | 54218 | Noted 20/06/19872 | ||||||
| 51428 | 54218 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 | ||||||
| 51428 | 54218 | Noted circa 09/19882 | ||||||
| 51428 | 54218 | Listed at NC - Feb-90 | ||||||
| 51180 | 54061 | Noted circa 09/19912 | ||||||
| 51180 | 54061 | Listed at CA - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
circa 1971
Cravens set number 63 sits in Lowestoft station circa 1971. John Law.
April 1976
Cravens DMU set 63 in Sheringham station in April 1976 after arriving on a service from Norwich (Thorpe) via Cromer. The closest vehicle is presumably E51284. Hugh Llewelyn.
5th March 1980
Wednesday would usually be my day off from work around the time this photograph was taken, so quite often I would buy an Anglia Day Ranger ticket and do a circular tour from March or King's Lynn. This was the case on 5/3/80 when this was the scene alongside Ipswich station at 11.25 that morning. Set 63 with Felixstowe on the blinds comprised E56432 with power car E51268 at the rear. The most interesting aspect of this shot though, are the two dmu cars in the background. Set 70 has obviously had some incident befall it, as Gloucester RCW Class 100 power car E51127 has been separated from its partner Cravens Class 105 trailer E56134. Some of the Gloucester RCW units had charmed lives and E51127 had already survived being withdrawn in 1972 and stored in 1974 on its native Scottish Region, before being sent down to Norwich in May 1975. It lasted here until October 1980 when it was dispatched to the LMR ending up at Tyseley and finally Newton Heath from where it was retired in Dec. 82. Gerard Fletcher.
29th July 1981
E56131 + E51268 at Norwich with the 16:45 to Peterborough, 29/7/81. John Carter.
May 1984
Class 105 DMU set 63 (presumably 54422 + 51268) with an Ely service at Thetford in May 1984. Bill Fraser.
4th August 1984
Two twin car Norwich allocated Cravens class 105 dmu's both still with their 1st Class accommodation, pull out of West Runton after calling with a Norwich - Sheringham service on 4th August 1984. Closest is probably 51268. Andrew J Crowther.
19th October 1985
On a journey from Leamington Spa to Ely on 19 October 1985 we stopped at Cambridge where I photographed all-blue class 105 DMU, 51268 + 54422, receding from the camera probably making a shunt move between platforms at the station. Peter Tandy.
24th February 1987
Class 101 set 63 is seen in BR blue and grey livery at Peterborough on 24.02.1987 with 51428 closest. Andy Cole.
24th January 1988
E51428 at Colchester (at 15:45) on Sunday 24th January 1988. Colin Brooks.
24th January 1988
Norwich set 63 at Colchester (at 15:30) on Sunday 24th January 1988. The DMBS is 51428, closest is presumably 54218. Colin Brooks.
15th April 1988
Parked up in the sidings adjacent to Ipswich Station on 15th April 1988 is a Class 101 formed of 54218 + 51428. AndrewHA.
31st July 1988
Class 101 DMBS E51428 and DTCL E54218 are stabled in Norwich Station on the 31st July 1988. Locally based at Norwich Crown Point TMD they form Set No. NC63. DTCL E54218 would be an early withdrawal victim in March 1992 while the DMBS vehicle E51428 would go on to complete nearly 42 years active service prior to withdrawl during September 2001. Bob Woolnough.
21st May 1989
Set 63 E54218 + E51428 and Set 72 E51201 + E54347 seen on a Norwich to Cambridge working north of Ely around 4pm on 21st May 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
4th July 1989
By 1989, the Metro-Cammell twin units had ousted the Cravens type at Norwich and here set 63 is now formed of E51428 and (I think) the anagrammatical E54218 on July 4, 1989. The location is an abandoned platelayers hut at Halvergate Marsh to get this rather nice portrait of a train from Yarmouth. Copyright Chris Burton. Gerard Fletcher.
28th July 1990
Class 101 Set 63 on a Great Yarmouth - Norwich service about to pass 37 219 on the 0800 Liverpool Lime St - Great Yarmouth at Acle on Saturday 28th July 1990. Colin Brooks.
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