53083 | 54289 | Noted circa 11/19891 | ||||||
53083 | 54381 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 | ||||||
53083 | 54381 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
54289 leads the 14.00 to Didcot out of Reading on 5/7/90. Coupled behind the cl.121 DTS is 53083. Leonard Rogers.
NSE-liveried set L210 (54289 and presumably 53083) is seen at Radley. The slide process date was August 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101/116 hybrid set L210 (54381 and presumably 53083) at Southall circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set L210 (presumably 54381 + 53083) at Appleford on 22 May 1991 with Reading displayed on the destination blind. Brian Daniels.
Class 116/101 hybrid L210 with 53083 leading enters Reading on 27/3/91. 53083 lost it’s original working partner as long ago as 1961 when 50125 was written off by a runaway coal train in the Afan Valley, South Wales. The 101 DTC is presumably 54381. Mac Winfield.
The hybrid L210 (Class 116 53083 / Class 101 DTC presumably 54381) is seen at Oxford on 16-4-91. Mike Cooper.
Class 116/101 hybrid set L210 (53083 and presumably 54381) at Slough on 6 September 1991. John Carter.
Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set L210 (54381 + 53083) departs from Radley with a Banbury service on 29 February 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Two hybrid DMUs at Langley on Thursday 25/06/1992: 116/101 set L210 (53083 + 54381) and 117/101 set L205 (51367 + 54385). Andrew Malloy.
53083, 51220, 54371, 51443 & 51445 sit with 20199 at M.C. Metals, Springburn 4-5-93. Kevin Dowd.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?