Set 87
These formations have been noted:
| 50218 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford1 | |||||
| 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 02/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 29/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50185 | 59526 | 50260 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 28/10/75 - at March1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 10/02/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 03/06/76 - at Cambridge1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59228 | 50582 | Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot1 | |||||
| 51435 | 54362 | Noted 20/05/83 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 53313 | 54353 | Formed at NC 06/04/86 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Noted circa 08/19862 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Noted 07/04/87 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Noted circa 06/19872 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Noted 29/08/19872 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 | ||||||
| 53203 | 54368 | Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54368 replaced 54080 (to 84) | ||||||
| 53203 | 54080 | Formation change - NC - circa May-88 - 54080 added |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3rd June 1974
Norwich allocated Class 101 DMBS E50218 in Birmingham New Street station with a Peterborough service on 3 June 1974. Alistair Ness.
16th July 1983
2-car Met-Camm set 87 departing Norwich on the 16th July 1983, Lowestoft on the destination blind. Shayne Lewis.
11th February 1984
Class 101 Set 87 on a Sudbury - St Botolphs service departs Colchester on Saturday 11th February 1984. Colin Brooks.
12th May 1984
A two-car Metro-Cam unit awaits its next duty while Stratford's 47010 (new to Tinsley in August 63 as D1537) enters Ely with a Cambridge to King's Lynn express, one of BR's last steam-heated services. Taken on May 12, 1984. Mike Dean.
1985
A local stopping service to York from Leeds via Harrogate, formed of a 2 car dmu nearing the end of the single line section and Poppleton station which can be seen in the background. Taken sometime in 1985. The DMBS is carrying Norwich set number 87 from a previous allocation. Paul Braybrook.
circa 1987
Norwich unit 87, leading car is presumably 54080, arrives at Thetford heading for Cambridge circa 1987. Tony Walmsley.
Unknown date
Met-Camm set 87 in Cambridge station, date unknown. E53203 is closest, it was at Norwich from May 1986 to May 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th December 1987
The weekend of 5/6 December 1987 saw the last semaphore signals between Leicester and Bedford replaced by colour light signals. I spent part of the Sunday around Wellingborough taking a few photos of the old gantries being removed etc, and got this photo of a 2-car Class 101 unit (Norwich set 87, 54080 visible) on a special working at Wellingborough. I think this unit was being used to transport signalling engineers around the area, and, from memory, I think the 2 chaps walking along the platform had just alighted from this dmu. Lewis Bevan.
30th January 1988
Class 101 set 87 (53203 + 54368) are seen in Ilford Carriage sidings on the 30th January 1988. Malcolm Clements.
15th May 1988
Class 101 2-car DMU NC set 87 with DMBS 53203 closest to camera arriving Norwich 15-5-88. 53203 became a Sandite car (977897) then entered preservation at Loughborough. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.
late 1980s
A two-car Class 101 DMU crosses the River Waveney on the swing bridge at Somerleyton on the Norwich-Lowestoft line. The vehicle numbers appear to be 54080 + 53203 which dates it between May 1986 and May 1989 when they formed Norwich set 87. Stuart Mackay Collection.
8th August 1988
Norwich based 2 car Metro-Cammell set 87 (54080, 53203) is seen leaving Brundall, which has staggered platforms, with a Norwich - Great Yarmouth service, 8th August 1988. Andrew J Crowther.
3rd July 1989
A Class 101 at Crossflatts on 3/7/89. DMBS 53203 leads, recently transferred from Norwich to Neville Hill. Rex Holt.
August 1989
Class 101 DMBS 53203 in the centre road at Harrogate in August 1989. Mike Cooper.
August 1989
Although the nearest car of set 87 (DMBS 53203) was a 101, the other two vehicles appear to be from a Class 110 when seen at Harrogate in August 1989. Mike Cooper.
10th March 1990
A Class 101 set at Crossflatts on 10/3/90. DMBS 53203 is closest, still carrying its Norwich set number. Rex Holt.
15th May 1990
Class 101 DMBS 53203 as part of a hybrid set (with two DMBSs, the other being 51175) at Beverley on May 15th, 1990. John Carter.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?