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Set B800

These formations have been noted:

51445	59549	51515	Noted 28/02/76 - on 2B59 0920 Hereford-Worcester SH
51445	59549	51515	Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
51445	59549	51515	Noted 07/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads¹
51445	59549	51515	Noted 30/01/77 - on 2C84 1715 Swansea-Milford Haven
51445	59549	51515	Noted 30/04/1977 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Royal Duchy Railtour B800+B802 51445-59549-51515 + 51449-59550-51521
51445	59549	51515	Noted 13/05/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B467
51445	59549	51515	Noted 14/08/77 - on 2B16 1215 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B585
51445	59549	51515	Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
51445	59549	51515	Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central²
51445	59549	51515	Noted 21/06/78 - on 2B70 1914 Worcester SH-Cheltenham
51445	59549	51515	Noted 16/07/1978 - Swindon Station²
51445	59549	51515	Noted 29/01/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads²
51445	59549	51515	Noted 01/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads²
51445	59549	51515	Listed at BR - 03/03/80

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis

27th July 1976

Class 101 DMU set B800 (presumably 51445 + 59549 + 51515) is seen in Southampton station with Gloucester Cross-Country set on 27 July 1976. Alistair Ness.

23rd January 1977

Class 119 DMU no. B580 (presumably 51066 closest) and Class 101 DMU no. B800 - with car no. W51515 nearest the camera - are seen at Swindon on Sunday 23/01/1977. With the exception of a few class 120 / 126 vehicles on the Scottish Region, Cross-Country and Inter-City DMUs (classes 119, 120, 123, 124, 126) generally went straight from green to blue & grey livery. In 1975, the Western Region acquired five 3-car class 101s, which they numbered 800-804, intended for Cross-Country work, thus they received blue & grey livery whilst still unrefurbished, unusually retaining headcode boxes, partial rainstrips and blue squares, etc, whilst carrying this livery. Graeme Phillips Collection.

30th April 1977

The Lea Valley Railway Club 'The Royal Duchy' railtour departs Bodmin Road for Plymouth on 30 April 1977. Note the headboard Lea Valley Railway Club on the rear, on the front was the Royal Duchy headboard. The units were B800 and B802 brought down from Bristol for the tour, Met-Camm units were unusual in Cornwall at the time. Roger Geach.

30th April 1977

Two Met-Camm DMUs at Plymouth on 30 April 1977. Sets B800 and B802 terminated here on the Lea Valley Railway Club Royal Duchy railtour with the passengers transferring to loco-hauled stock for the return to Paddington. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th July 1978

Class 101 DMU set B800 (51445 + 59549 + 51515) in Bristol Temple Meads station on 28 July 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

9th August 1980

A Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads service operated by a class 101 dmu arrives at Yeovil Pen Mill on 9/8/80. The grassed area beyond the dmu was occupied by Pen Mill engine shed which closed in 1959 and to the right the line to Yeovil Town closed to all traffic in 1968. Set B800 probably has 51515 as the DMC leading, working with 59549 + 51445. Stephen Burdett.

4th October 1980

Ex GWR 4-6-0, 4930 "Hagley Hall" is passed by Met-Cam Class 101 DMU, as it waits to back onto its train, The "Deeside Venturer", at Newport. Hagley Hall would work the train from Newport to Hereford, where King George V would take over. 4th October 1980. The DMU appears to be set B800, presumably 51445/59549/51515. Paul James.

21st June 1981

Class 101 DMU set B800 (51445 and presumably 59549 + 51515) stabled in the platform at Carmarthen with a Class 120 on 21 June 1981. Robert Thomas.

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