Set T307

These formations have been noted:

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Gerald Brown

1988

DMU in the frame, Attenborough, 1988. This charred window frame formed part of Attenborough's station buildings. A DMU (Class 117 set T307, this presumably being 51370) departs with a Nottingham service. Andrew Walker.

28th May 1988

Recent invaders from the Western Region to Tyseley class 117 51412 + 59522 + 51370 set lead with the 09.55 Birmingham New Street to Yarmouth at Queen Adelaide (Ely), 28.05.88. Nicholas Youngman.

summer 1988

Class 117 DMU set T307 (presumably 51370 + 59522 + 51412) at Attenborough, probably on a service from Crewe and working through to Lincoln, in summer 1988. Andrew Walker.

circa October 1989

Tyseley allocated class 117 unit T307 seen arriving at Lichfield City on a cross city service from the Birmingham direction in autumn 1989. The unit formation is believed to be 51370, 59522 and 51412. Not the semaphore signals controlling the junction with the line to Brownhills which was still in use for freight traffic at that time. Bob Belcher.

circa October 1989

Tyseley allocated class 117 unit T307 has just reversed at Lichfield Trent Valley high level in readiness for return towards Birmingham on autumn day in 1989. The unit formation is believed to be 51412, 59522 and 51370. Bob Belcher.

29th November 1990

When this picture of class 117 T307 (51370 + 59522 + 51412) approaching Cosford station on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury line was taken on 29 November 1990 class 150 Sprinters were beginning to make their presence felt across the West Midlands. At the same time class 20s on MGRs serving Ironbridge Power Station were in the process of being replaced with class 58s and it was to record both types of train that I went onto this line on several occasions. It's not hard to work out where the DMU was going having left Wolverhampton a bit earlier in the morning. Peter Tandy.

29th November 1990

Class 117 T307 (51412 + 59522 + 51370) as it paused at the completely wood-built Cosford station on 29 November 1990 with a Wolverhampton to Chester service on 29 November 1990. This station was largely built to accommodate servicemen and women based at the RAF station here. Little RAF flight activity uses the place now but it is a major training service and the home of a truly outstanding RAF museum hosting many attractions and an annual airshow. Peter Tandy.

1991

Tyseley allocated Class 117 DMU T307 picking up early morning commuters for stations to Birmingham at Warwick whilst an unidentified class 47 passes south in the spring of 1991. Bob Belcher.

31st August 1991

Most of the line from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury was controlled by mechanical signalboxes in 1991 and the one at Bilbrook is just visible in the right background of this picture of Tyseley's class 117 T307 (51370 + 59522 + 51412) heading towards the West Midlands with a train from Chester on 31 August 1991. Peter Tandy.

9th May 1992

Class 117 set T307 (presumably with 51412 closest) at Worcester Shrub Hill on 9/5/92. Stuart Mackay Collection.

24th October 1992

On 24 October 1992 Class 117 set T307 (51370 and presumably 59522 + 51412) is seen in Cardiff Central with the 10:50 to Nottingham. Robert Thomas.

29th November 1992

Class 117 DMS 51412 leading set T307, formed with TCL 59522 and DMBS 51370, seen at Birmingham New Street on Sunday 29 November 1992, the last advertised day of first generation DMU services on the Cross City Line. Robert Chilton.

2nd September 1993

51370 (presumably with 59522 + 51412) at Carbis Bay with the 16:20 St.Ives - St.Erth on September 2nd, 1993. John Carter.

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