Set 874

These formations have been noted:

18th March 1990

With 43099 leading the Hertfordshire Railtours 125 Special 'Atlantic Coast Express' passing Metro Cammell Class 101 set 874 at Eggesford on 18 March 1990. DMBS 53315 is closest. Dave Warby.

18th March 1990

43099 at Eggesford on the rear Of 'The Atlantic Coast Express' on 18 March 1990. Metro Cammell Class 101 DMBS 53315 and DMCL 53330 head To Barnstaple. Dave Warby.

August 1990

Class 101 DMU set (P)874 with 53315 closest at Liskeard in August 1990. Andrew Malloy.

August 1990

Class 101 DMU set (P)874 with 53315 closest at Looe in August 1990. Note the headlamp has two vertical bars over it. Andrew Malloy.

12th August 1992

53315, from Class 101 set P874, is seen stabled on Laira depot, Plymouth on 12.08.1992. Andy Cole.

21st June 1993

Class 101 set 874 at Perth station on 21/6/93, just after arrival, probably from Edinburgh. The nearest vehicle is W53315, the centre car (in Network SouthEast livery) is 59115 and the furthest vehicle is W53330. Kenneth Leiper.

12th July 1993

53315 leads set 874 (53315/59115/53330) as it departs from Waverley station as the 16.34 to Glenrothes with Thornton on 12/7/93. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53308/59125/53331 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

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