Set C804
These formations have been noted:
| 51452 | 51523 | Noted circa 10/19821 | ||||||
| 51452 | 51523 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | ||||||
| 51452 | 51523 | Noted circa 04/19831 | ||||||
| 51452 | 51523 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | ||||||
| 51452 | 51523 | Noted circa 01/19861 | ||||||
| 51452 | 51523 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
26th July 1982
Class 101 DMU set C804 (51452 + 51523) arriving at Llandeilo with the 03:45 Shrewsbury-Swansea service on 26 July 1982. Robert Thomas.
26th July 1982
Class 101 DMCL W51523 working the 03.45 Shrewsbury-Swansea sits alongside 140 001 with the 05:44 Swansea-Shrewsbury at Llandeilo on 26 July 1982. I had started from Neath at 05.06 for the novelty of catching this new contraption from Swansea to Shrewsbury. Robert Thomas.
13th September 1982
C804 (thought to be 51452 and 51523) is seen at Llandrindod Wells, on the 10:08 Swansea - Shrewsbury, 13th September 1982. Hamish Stevenson.
1982
Class 101 DMU C804 (presumably 51452 + 51523) leaves Cynghordy on the Central Wales Line in summer 1982. Stuart Pearce.
14th June 1983
A Whiltland service waits departure from Pembroke Dock in the form of class 101 dmu set C804 (presumably 51452 + 51523) on 14/6/83. Over 30 years later the station buildings remain, mainly because the main part houses a welcoming real ale pub / restaurant. Stephen Burdett.
2nd July 1983
Class 101 DMU set no. C804 (W51523 + W51452) stands at Llandeilo with the 12.27 Swansea to Shrewsbury waiting to cross a late running southbound service on the single line on July 2, 1983. In the days before air-con most of the locals and crew bailed off to sit on the station until the southbound train came into view. Adrian Nicholls.
17th July 1983
101 set C804 (presumably 51452 + 51523) leads 116 set C302 (presumably 53128 + 59036 + 53086) into Tondu during a thunderstorm with the 07:10 Newport to Tenby where it will reverse and proceed via Cefn Junction to regain the main line at Margam which was closed for engineering works. Sunday 17th July 1983. PJ Evans.
July 1984
Met-Camm unit No C804 (presumably 51523 + 51452) at Tenby in July 1984. Roy Lambeth.
1985
Sitting in Bristol station in 1985 is two-car Met-Camm set C804, formed of DMBS W51452 and a DMC, presumably W51523. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
Met-Cam DMU set C804 (presumably 51452 + 51523) leads a 5-car formation with a Class 119 into Cardiff Central. Date unknown. Ian Charles.
20th April 1985
Class 101 Met-Cam DMU set C804 (presumably 51452 + 51523) on a Swansea-Shrewsbury service via the Central Wales line, as seen from the cab of 47204 between Dorrington and Church Stretton on the return run of the Albion tanks from Albion oil terminal to Hereford. 20th April 1985. Paul James.
9th April 1986
Class 101 Met-Camm DMU set C804 (presumably 51452 + 51523) at Swansea on 9 April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
12th April 1986
Two-car Class 101 DMU set C804 (presumably 51523 + 51452) at Whitland station on 12 April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
12th April 1986
Wet day at Whitland. Two-car Class 101 DMU set C804 (presumably 51452 + 51523) is seen in the station on 12 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
12th April 1986
Class 101 DMU set C804 (presumably 51523 + 51452) at Whitland on 12 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
12th April 1986
A class 101 DMU (C804, presumably 51452 + 51523) leaving Whitland on 12th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
12th April 1986
A class 101 DMU (C804, presumably 51452 + 51523) leaving Whitland on 12th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
12th April 1986
A class 101 DMU (C804, presumably 51452 + 51523) leaving Whitland on 12th April 1986. Note the tip of the level crossing barrier in the bottom-left of the picture. Jonathan Hazan.
12th April 1986
A two-car Class 101 DMU (set C804, presumably 51523 + 51452) at Whitland on April 12 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
29th September 1986
Class 101 DMU set C804 (presumably 51523 + 51452) on a Central Wales service at Craven Arms on 29 September 1986. Roger Geach.
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