Set P355
These formations have been noted:
| 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth1 | |||||
| 50854 | 59372 | 50907 | Noted 06/07/1973 - at Exeter1 | |||||
| 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Exeter2 | |||||
| 50854 | 59346 | 50907 | Noted 11/07/75 - on 13:50 St. Ives - St Erth |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
20th May 1972
Set P355 at St. Ives with a St. Erth train on the 20th May 1972. According to the Hugh Longworth book the vehicles would be 50854, 59346 and 50907. Hamish Stevenson.
24th June 1972
Class 116 DMU set P355 (the power cars are presumably 50907 + 50854) in Exmouth station on 24 June 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.
21st March 1974
Class 116 DMU set P355 (W50907 + W59346 + W50854) at St Ives on 21 March 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
April 1975
DMU set P355 (presumably 50907 + 59346 + 50854) at Exmouth terminus before returning to Exeter, August 1975. Tony Watson.
11th July 1975
Derby Works bullt Class 116 DMU with coach nos. 50854, 59346 + 50907 waits at St. Ives before transporting holidaymakers (and the odd basher) back to St Erth with the 1350 departure on July 11, 1975. Note the patches under the cab windows. Suthen Softy.
10th April 1976
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, on 10th April 1976. The Great Western Railway station at Stratford remained intact into the mid-1970s when the Down platform buildings were demolished. The covered footbridge remained and a Birmingham Moor Street-bound dmu waits alongside it. At this time the line south to Honeybourne and Cheltenham was still open for freight. However shortly afterwards a derailment at Winchcombe gave British Railways an excuse to close the through line completely. The closest vehicle, a DMBS, is marked as set P355 and is presumably 50854, transferred from Laira to Tyseley a few weeks previously. Pete LG99.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?