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Set 913

The set number was suffixed with a small "A" or "B" which corresponded with the car branded for Newspapers (A) or Express Parcels (B)

These formations have been noted:

55973 55983 Listed at Longsight - Summer 1986
55973 55983 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Euston1

Formation Sources
1: Robert Chilton

Class 127 DMU at Tring

24th May 1986

On the West Coast Main Line between Tring and Cheddington is unit 913 (55973 + 55983) heading north with a Down Parcels Service. Taken from a passing 310 Electric Unit on the down Fast Line on 24th May 1986. AndrewHA.

Class 127 DMU at Watford Junction

5th September 1986

Class 127 DPU set 913 (55973 + 55983) at Watford Junction heading Down at 16:40 on 5 September 1986. Dave Warby.

Class 127 DMU at Northampton

November 1987

Class 127 parcels DMU set 913 (55983/55973) in platform 5 at Northampton during November 1987. Lewis Bevan.

Class 127 DMU at Tyseley

21st November 1987

Class 127 55983 (converted from 51624), set number 913, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 21.11.1987. It is presumably paired with 55973. Andy Cole.

Class 127 DMU at Buxton

18th February 1988

Former Bed-Pan Class 127 DMU now part of a 2-car parcels set 913, car 55973 is seen at Buxton on 18-2-88. It was converted from DMBS 51640. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.


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