Set 74
These formations have been noted:
| 51207 | 56364 | Noted 15/03/72 - involved in collision at Whittlesea, 56364 was the damaged vehicle1 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56141 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56364 | Noted circa late 1973 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56383 | Noted 05/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56114 | Noted 04/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56114 | Noted 09/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56114 | Noted 17/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56316 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56316 | Noted 23/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51124 | 56467 | Noted 02/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 51124 | 56124 | Noted 03/08/78 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 51124 | 56468 | Noted circa 10/19783 | ||||||
| 51124 | 56124 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 51124 | 56451 | Noted 16/05/79 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 53215 | 54368 | Noted 11/10/84 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 53215 | 54368 | Noted circa 04/19853 | ||||||
| 53215 | 54368 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 53215 | 54368 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 53206 | 54058 | Noted 30/06/86 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 53206 | 54058 | Formed at NC circa late Jun-86 | ||||||
| 53206 | 54058 | Noted circa 08/19863 | ||||||
| 53206 | 54058 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | ||||||
| 53206 | 54058 | Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| 53206 | 54058 | Disbanded 14/06/87 |
Formation Sources
1: Ipswich Transport Society
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
25th May 1968
ScR set 74 at Kelty South Junction with a Perth - Edinburgh working, 25/5/68. The DMBS has the revised lining, the DTC carries a yellow first class stripe, which only ScR vehicles seemed to do in green livery. Hamish Stevenson.
Unknown date
Cambridge bound Class 105/101 hybrid set 74 presumably somewhere in East Anglia. Exact location and date and unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
circa 1974
A six-car formation in Norwich circa 1974; at least two of the three two-car sets are hybrids. Closest is set 74, a Class 101 / 105, behind is a Class 100 / 105. Lowestoft is on the destination blind. John Law.
10th September 1975
On 10 September 1975, E56316, new from the Gloucester railway Carriage and Wagon Company in February 1958, is seen departing Norwich for Lowestoft, coupled to a Metro-Cammell class 101 motor coach probably 51207. The "MON 15" notice refers to the unit's next exam date. Jeremy Chapter.
9th September 1977
GRC&W Class 100 DMBS E51124 is at the front of a DMU formation seen in Lowestoft station forming the 12:26 service to Norwich on 9 September 1977. Robert Thomas.
10th March 1979
GRC&W/Cravens hybrid set 74 departs from Yarmouth Vauxhall with the 1.50pm to Norwich (via Acle) service on March 10, 1979. Michael Mensing.
1st April 1979
Class 100 DMBS E51124 with Class 105 DTCL E56451 at Cambridge on 1 April 1979. They formed Norwich allocated set 74. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th April 1980
A tidy looking Gloucester Class 100 Driving Motor Brake Second E51124 was stood in the bay platform at Ipswich, having arrived at the rear of a service from Lowestoft on April 27th 1980. Its partner is a Class 105 DTC, and there is blue/grey set behind. Martyn Hilbert.
28th April 1980
Stood at the former Great Eastern Railway terminus at Felixstowe Town, A Cravens Class 105 two-car DMU formed of Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) E56467 & Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) E51265, had arrived with a service from Ipswich on April 28th 1980. Rationalisation had taken place at Felixstowe Town with the track layout reduced to just a single line. The station still had some 1950's British Railways Dark Blue, Eastern Region enamel signs in-situ. Martyn Hilbert.
9th March 1985
Cambridge with 54373/51225 on the left, with 53215/54368 to the right ahead of class 114, 53046/54030. 9 March 1985. Rob Paterson.
summer 1986
This is Whitlingham Junction to the east of Norwich, in the summer of 1986. A two-car Class 101 DMU (set 74, presumably 54058 + 53206) heads for the city from one of the coastal towns. Andrew Walker.
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