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Set T324

These formations have been noted:

53053	59672	53101	Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich¹
53053	59672	53101	Listed at TS - Jul-87
53053	59672	53101	Noted circa 10/1987²
53053	59672	53101	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
53053	59672	53101	Noted 16/04/1988 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Trelewis Bog Railtour T303+T324
53053	59672	53101	Noted 24/07/89 - being hauled by 31408 on 2P82 1727 Llandudno-Derby
53053	59672	53101	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
53053	59672	53101	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
53053	59672	53101	Noted 10/12/1989 - Branch Line Society South Midlands Railtour T421+T324
53053	59672	53101	Listed at TS - mid May-90
53053	59672	53101	Noted 03/06/1990 - 14.40 Leicester to Burton-on-Trent via Coalville (Depot Open Day)
53053	59672	53101	Noted 19/03/91 - at Crewe³
53053	59672	53101	Noted circa 05/1991²
53053	59609	53101	Noted 12/06/91 - at Doncaster¹
53053	59672	53101	Listed at TS - Jul-91
53053	59672	53101	Listed at TS - Aug-91
53053	59672	53101	Listed at TS - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Aaron Calder

13th September 1987

Class 116 DMS 53101 at the rear of set T324 formed with class 115 TC 59672 and class 116 DMBS 53053 at Sleaford on 13/Sep/1987. Robert Chilton.

4th October 1987

The stabling sidings at Leamington on 4 October 1987 contain two dmu sets and Class 31 no. 31127. On the left is T324, presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053. Lewis Bevan.

Unknown date

Class 116 set T324 is caught on the Coalville branch. Presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053, date unknown but possibly on the 1988 open day shuttles? Tom Clift.

5th June 1988

A Coalville - Leicester DMU shuttle led by T324 (presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053), run in connection with Coalville Open Day, passes Bagworth and Ellistown. The track looks as if it has been affected by mining subsidence. Lewis Bevan.

10th July 1988

Class 116 3-car DMU (with a Class 115 centre car) Tyseley set T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) arriving at Rhyl with service for Chester 10-7-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

4th March 1990

Class 116 DMBS 53053 leading set T324, with 59672 and 53101 on the Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove on 4/Mar/1990. The centre trailer is a class 115 TCL. The leading vehicle still retains it's top marker light - originally the earliest batches of class 116s had four marker lights, one above the destination box and three across the cab front. Later the lower centre marker light was removed leaving just the two standard marker lights on the cab front; in most cases the top light was removed at the same time. Robert Chilton.

2nd June 1990

A Class 116 (which looks like it could be set T324 and thus 53101 + 59672 + 53053) and Class 108 with a Nottingham -Skegness service departs from Nottingham Platform 5 on 2nd June 1990. David Page.

11th May 1991

T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) leaves Old Hill working the 17:09 Worcester F St-Birmingham New St. on the 11th May 1991. Gazza Prescott.

2nd January 1992

T324 (53053 + 59672 + 53101) with T027 (53019 + 54006) at Hereford, having arrived as the 17:30 ex-Birmingham New Street on the 2nd January 1992. Gazza Prescott.

26th March 1993

First generation DMUs were far from from common on the Birmingham to Derby line by 1993 so it was a surprise when T324 formed of 53055 (class 116) + 59603 (class 115) + 53101 (class 116) appeared at Lea Marston working a Nottingham service, if the headcode panel is to be believed, on 26 March. I can only assume that it was a replacement for an unavailable sprinter and was definitely not an ECS train as there were many passengers visible on board. Peter Tandy.

7th April 1993

T324 M53055 + M59603 + M53101 on the approaches of New Street 7-4-93. Kevin Dowd.

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