Set L700
These formations have been noted:
| 53207 | 59115 | 53296 | Noted circa 08/19901 | |||||
| 53207 | 59115 | 53296 | Listed at CA - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 53207 | 59115 | 53296 | Noted 20/07/1991 - Branch Line Society The Humber Navigator 3 Railtour | |||||
| 53207 | 59115 | 53296 | Noted 02/11/1991 - Badger Railtours The Fletton Avoider L700+L830 | |||||
| 51332 | 51374 | Formed at BY 03/12/93 | ||||||
| 51332 | 51374 | Listed at BY - Jul-94 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
Unknown date
Set L700 (presumably 53207 + 53296) seen at Gospel Oak. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.
20th January 1990
Set L700 (53207 + 53296) a car Network SouthEast liveried Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU, is seen at Gospel Oak with a service to Barking, 20th January 1990. Andrew J Crowther.
10th October 1990
This NSE-liveried 3-car DMU (set L700, 53207 and presumably 59115 + 53296) had just arrived in one of Cambridge station's bay platforms when photographed on 10th October 1990. Andrew Walker.
19th January 1991
Class 101 set L700 53296 + 59115 + 53207 at Kings Lynn bound for Cambridge on 19th January 1991. Before it's use on the Lynn line L700 had been on Barking to Gospel Oak duties but only as a 2 car set. Nicholas Youngman.
18th August 1991
Set L700 (53296 + 59115 + 53207) a 3 car Network South East liveried Class 101 Metro-Cammell dmu is seen at Kings Lynn, on a hot Saturday afternoon, 18th August 1991. Andrew J Crowther.
26th August 1991
Class 101 set L700 (53207 and presumably 59115 + 53296) being hauled by 69621 at Colchester on 26 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
26th August 1991
Network South East Class 101 set L700 (presumably 53296 in view) behind 69621 at Colchester on 26 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd November 1991
Badger Railtours was a niche provider operating tours in East Anglia and I believe was run by a group of BR employees at Bishops Stortford raising money for local charities. They ran several tours in the early 1990's and covered some illusive branches such as that seen here to Duxford. The "Fletton Avoider" railtour operated with 2x3-Car class 101 DMU sets with set L700 (53296+59115+53207) seen here leading at the dry chemicals reception sidings in Duxford Ciba-Geigy Works on 2 November 1991. This short branch to Duxford left to the West Anglia mainline south of Whittlesford station. Ciba-Geigy were heavily reliant on the wagon load Speedlink Network so much of their rail activity stopped when BR pulled the plug on Speedlink. The site is now owned by Huntsman Chemicals and retains a rail connection but has been disused for many years. Adrian Nicholls.
14th March 1992
Class 101 DMBS 53296 at Snailwell on 14 March 1992. Nicholas Youngman.
8th July 1994
A 2-car Class 117 set L700 (cars 51332 + 51374) at Kensington Olympia on a Willesden Junction-Clapham Junction service on 8 July 1994. This service was re-introduced that year after a gap of 54 years. Lewis Bevan.
8th July 1984
A 2-car Class 117 set L700 (cars 51374/51332) at Kensington Olympia on a Willesden Junction-Clapham Junction service on 8 July 1994. Lewis Bevan.
1994
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51374 + 51332) at Willesden Junction station on a service to Clapham Junction in 1994. Neil Smith.
1994
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51332 + 51374) departs Clapham Junction on a service to Willesden Junction sometime in 1994. Neil Smith.
1994
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51374 + 51332) at Willesden Junction station having just arrived from Clapham Junction sometime in 1994. Neil Smith.
1994
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51332 + 51374) at Clapham Junction on a service to Willesden Junction in 1994. Neil Smith.
1994
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51332 + 51374) arrives at Willesden Junction on a service from Clapham Junction sometime in 1994. Neil Smith.
20th November 1994
Class 117 set L700 (51332 + 51374) arriving at Kensington Olympia on 20th November 1994 on a train to Clapham Junction. The West London line had only just been re-opened and the half hourly service was worked by two class 117 diagrams. Ian Buck.
1995
Two-car Class 117 DMU L700 (presumably 51332 + 51374) at Kensington Olympia in 1995. John Law.
15th April 1995
Set L700 consisting of the first built class 117 DMBS 51332 and the first built class 117 DMS 51374, still together as they would have been in 1959, pauses at Wanstead Park on it's way to Barking from Gospel Oak, 15/Apr/1995. Resignalling is underway on this line and the old searchlight signal at the end of the platform is still hanging on, but it's replacement is already standing, as yet out of use, in front of it. Robert Chilton.
15th April 1995
Set L700 consisting of the first built class 117 DMS 51374 and the first built class 117 DMBS 51332, still together as they would have been in 1959, pauses at Wanstead Park returning from Barking and heading for Gospel Oak, 15/Apr/1995. Robert Chilton.
October 1995
51374 of set L700 (presumably with 51332) leads into Leytonstone High Road in October 1995 on a Gospel Oak to Barking train. The service required three class 117 diagrams to operate half hourly. Ian Buck.
October 1995
Set L700 (51374 + 51332) at Crouch Hill in October 1995. Ian Buck.
23rd April 1996
Woburn Sands station on 23 April 1996. A 2-car Class 117 unit, L700 with coaches 51374/51332, calls with a Bedford-Bletchley service (recorded by me as "14.11 to Bletchley)". Lewis Bevan.
31st August 1996
Crossing the Grand Junction Canal near Old Oak Common depot set L700 (presumably 51374 + 51332) heading for Richmond on the 31st August 1996. Ian Buck.
31st August 1996
Owing to electrification works the line between Willesden Junction and Richmond was worked on 31st August 1996 by class 117. Here 51332 of set L700 (and presumably 51374) enters Acton Central. Ian Buck.
4th June 1997
Class 117 set L700 (presumably 51374 + 51332) at Bedford on Bedford - Bletchley duties, June 4, 1997. David Page.
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