Set P317

These formations have been noted:

Unknown date

Class 116 DMS W50911 seen on Laira depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

circa 1979

Class 116 set P317 seen in Plymouth Laira depot, circa 1979. Presumed to be 50911 + 59492 + 50858. Malcolm Clements.

1979

Refurbished Class 116 set P317 (presumably 50858 + 59492 + 50911) in Barnstaple station in 1979. John Law.

22nd July 1979

Set P317 - A 3-Car Class 116 DMU with W50911 leading, presumably with 59492 + 50858, awaits departure from the single remaining operational platform at Exmouth with a service to Exeter St Davids on the 22nd July 1979. The unit was in the short-lived refurbished white with a blue stripe livery. The station had recently been rationalised, the redundant island platform with its Southern Railway canopy is on the left of this scene. A far cry from the busy Summer Saturdays of old, when trains to and from London Waterloo and the North served the East Devon seaside town. Martyn Hilbert.

22nd July 1979

Under blue skies, redundant railway land and a boarded-up signalbox greet a refurbished Class 116 three-car DMU (P317 - 50858, 59492, 50911), as it was arriving at the East Devon seaside resort of Exmouth with a service from Exeter St Davids on July 22nd 1979. A far-cry from the days when on a Summer Saturday the terminus here handled through services to London Waterloo and the North. Martyn Hilbert.

16th April 1981

50911 heads P317 presumably with 59492 + 50858 when seen at Scorrier on the 16th April 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

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