Set LO604

These formations have been noted:

30th September 1991

Set LO604 approaching Cuddington on the 12.43 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly on 30/9/91. Presumably 53160 (front) and 51245 (rear) David Miller.

17th March 1992

Class 101 DMU set LO604 (51245 + 53160) in Platform 5 of Doncaster station on 17 March 1992 with a local service to Sheffield. David Bellamy.

spring 1992

Class 101 unit LO604 (cars 53160, still carrying Strathclyde PTE livery, and 51245) calls at Conwy in the spring of 1992. Bob Belcher.

12th July 1992

Class 101 DMS 53160, set number LO604, is seen at Doncaster Works during the open day on 12.07.1992. It carries unbranded Strathclyde PTE livery and would emerge in Regional Railways livery as part of 101 685. Andy Cole.

12th July 1992

53160 at Doncaster Works on 12/07/92. Andy Cole.

11th May 1993

Metro-Cammell products new & old side-by-side in the carriage shed at Llandudno Junction on May 11th 1993. With a 27 year age difference, The two-car Class 101 with car 51245 nearest the camera, had been built in 1958, and in 1993 formed as part of Longsight set LO604. The 151 was a pair of units (151 001/002) constructed by Met-Cam at Washwood Heath as prototypes for a proposed new generation of DMU's in 1985. In the event, the order went to BREL for the Class 150/2 Sprinter fleet and the 151's remained as 'what-might-have-been'. Metro-Cammell later gained a 'consolation prize' order to build the 114 x 2-car Class 156 fleet between 1987 & 1989. The 151's were eventually renumbered to 151 003/004 and various schemes were put forward to re-use them, but following a period of outdoor storage at Crewe South, they were scrapped in 2004. Martyn Hilbert.

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