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Set 88

These formations have been noted:

50185	59075	50268	Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford¹
50185	59075	50268	Noted 08/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
50185	59075	50268	Noted 05/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
50185	59075	50268	Noted 16/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
50185	59075	50268	Noted 21/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
50260	59097	50268	Noted 22/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
50218	59097	50268	Noted 11/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
50218	59097	50268	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50185	59097	50258	Noted 09/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street ²
50557	59218	50585	Noted 29/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds, old set numbers H32 on 50557 and H34 on 59218¹
50559	59218	50581	Noted 25/11/76 - on Cambridge depot¹
50581	59218	50583	Noted 12/07/77 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
51247	54387		Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich¹
51247	54387		Noted 16/07/84 - on 10:35 Great Yarmouth - Norwich
51247	54387		Noted circa 04/1985³
53208	54060		Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 - On loan from CA
53208	54060		Noted 23/06/86 - at Norwich¹
53208	54060		Noted 16/12/1986³
53208	54060		Listed at NC - Apr-87
53208	54060		Listed at NC - Dec-87
53208	54060		Listed at NC - Feb-90
53208	54060		Listed at NC - Jul-91
53208	54060		Listed at NC - Aug-91
53208	54060		Listed at NC - Dec-91
53208	54060		Listed at NC - 02/07/92
53208	54060		Listed at NC - 24/09/92
53208	54060		Listed at NC - 10/12/92 - RETB fitted

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn

1967

A Class 100 unit at Dundee (Tay Bridge) probably on a service to Arbroath, looking north-east. Scan of a slide taken by my aunt, development date on frame is October 1967. K. Brewster.

circa 1975

Norwich Class 101 TBSL set 88 heading back home at Syston South Junction circa 1975. Leading could be E50185. Phillip Malin.

Unknown date

Norwich based Class 101 DMU set 88 heads home at Hinckley circa 1975. Leading is possibly E50185. Phillip Malin.

16th July 1984

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 54387 + 51247 as part of a formation that will form the 10:35 to Norwich at Great Yarmouth on 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

4th May 1985

Class 101 DMU set 88 at Sudbury station on 4th May 1985. Jonathan Hazan.

4th May 1985

Met-Camm set 88 at Sudbury with a Colchester service on May 4, 1985. Jonathan Hazan.

17th July 1985

A Class 101 2-car dmu, comprising vehicles 54387+51247, approaches Leicester station working the 08.20 from Melton Mowbray on 17 July 1985. Lewis Bevan.

21st July 1986

54060 and 53208 pull into Cromer with 11.55 Norwich to Sheringham train on 21st July 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

13th August 1986

Norwich allocated Metro-Cammell dmu made up of cars E53208 & E54060, has just dropped off a couple of passengers at Haddiscoe, whilst working a Norwich- Lowestoft- service, 13th August 1986 Andrew J Crowther.

13th August 1986

Norwich allocated Metro-Cammell dmu made up of cars E54060 + E53208, is rolling into the platform at Haddiscoe, whilst working a Norwich- Lowestoft - service, 13th August 1986. Andrew J Crowther.

13th August 1986

A Norwich allocated Metro-Cammell class 101 dmu set 88 (presumably 53208 + 54060) is seen running alongside the River Yare, just after leaving Haddiscoe with a Lowestoft-Norwich service on 13th August 1986. Andrew J Crowther.

1990

Norwich set 88 (presumably E53208 + E54060) seen departing from Wymondham, Norfolk, in 1990. John Law.

15th March 1991

Norwich Set 88 - 54060 + 53208 - on a Cambridge to Yarmouth working at Ely, March 15, 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

12th June 1991

Class 101 Metro-Cammell 2-car Norwich set 88 so presumably 54060 + 53208 (DTSL+DMBS) departing Peterborough for Spalding, 12-6-91ish. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

25th November 1991

A Met-Camm DMU sits in the platform at Nottingham on 25 November 1991 with DMBS 53208 closest. In one of the centre roads a Class 116/101 hybrid set T032 (53073 + 53242). Dave Warby.

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