Set 76
These formations have been noted:
| 51217 | 56383 | Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56114 | Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56315 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich2 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56300 | Noted circa e1973 - at Ipswich2 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56315 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56380 | Noted 17/05/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56380 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56380 | Noted 02/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56380 | Noted 14/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56380 | Noted 30/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56365 | Noted 30/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56365 | Noted 08/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56365 | Noted 01/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51217 | 56365 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 50382 | 56465 | Noted 06/08/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50598 | 56189 | Noted 08/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50598 | 56140 | Noted 06/08/78 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 50598 | 56140 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54400 | Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54400 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54400 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54400 | Noted circa 01/19863 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54115 | Noted circa 04/19863 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54349 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54349 | Noted circa 06/19863 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54334 | Noted circa 08/19863 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54388 | Noted circa 06/19873 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54388 | Noted 29/08/19873 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54388 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54083 | Noted circa Jan-88 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54368 | Formation change - NC - circa May-88 - 54368 added | ||||||
| 51252 | 54352 | Noted 13/03/89 - at Ely | ||||||
| 51252 | 54352 | Listed at NC - Feb-90 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54352 | Listed at NC - Jul-91 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54352 | Listed at NC - Aug-91 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54352 | Noted circa 08/19913 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54368 | Listed at NC - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54368 | Noted Apr-92 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54368 | Listed at NC - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54368 | Listed at NC - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| 51252 | 54368 | Listed at NC - 10/12/92 - RETB fitted | ||||||
| 51252 | 54368 | Noted 02/05/93 - at Norwich1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Eddie Knorn
July 1972
Norwich Cravens set 76 (likely to be E56114 + E51217) leads a DMU formation into Birmingham New Street in July 1972. Alistair Ness.
Unknown date
Class 104 DMBS E50598 in Cromer Beach station, paired with a Class 105 as set 76. Date unknown, it was a Norwich vehicle from January 1977 to April 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th September 1980
Class 105 Cravens Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) E56144 of 1957 heads a four-car train at March on September 6, 1980. Jeremy Chapter.
9th March 1985
Norwich allocated Class 101 DMU set 75 (51252 + 54400) departs from Thurston at 12:27 with the 11.30 Cambridge to Ipswich service on 9 March 1985. Rob Paterson.
1986
A Class 31/4 is in charge of the daily Royal Mail service to Crewe while a Met-Camm DMU waits with a Doncaster service on Lincoln's platform 6 in the summer of 1986. Andrew Walker.
11th March 1986
105/101 hybrid set 76 (presumably 54115 + 51252) on the 08:31 Colchester - Sudbury awaits departure at Colchester on Tuesday 11th March 1986. Colin Brooks.
Unknown date
Met-Camm set 76, DMBS 51252 closest, thought to be between Reedham and Haddiscoe on the Norwich to Lowestoft line, late 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
13th March 1989
E51252 + 54352 at Kiln Lane north of Ely with a Norwich working, 13th March 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
Unknown date
Class 101 Driving Trailer 54352 of set 76 (and presumably 51252) at Norwich Crown Point Depot. The DT was later to be found in 101659. Undated. Mac Winfield.
summer 1990
A two-car Class 101 (unit 76, presumably 51252 + 54352) makes a smokey exit from Norwich with a Yarmouth service in the summer of 1990. Note the red buffer beam. Bob Belcher.
25th August 1990
Two two-car Class 101s, set 76 (54368 + 51252) and a NSE-livered twin, seen at Whittlington Junction on 25 August 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
14th June 1991
Class 101 DMU set 76 stabled at Ipswich alongside 37026 on 14 June 1991. Keith Miller.
26th December 1993
Class 101 54368, set number 76, is seen at Tyseley on 26.12.1993. This had been withdrawn from Norwich in May, and still retained the Headlight and RETB aerial. A NSE-liveried set is behind, and on the left is NSE liveried T596. Andy Cole.
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