50311 | 59131 | 50322 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - power cars in works and 59131 in use in set TS557 | |||||
50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted circa 10/19811 | |||||
50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted 13/10/81 - at Hereford | |||||
50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted circa 06/19821 | |||||
50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted circa 01/19831 | |||||
53306 | 59528 | 53325 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
53306 | 59528 | 53325 | Noted 30/08/1983 - BR organised tour of West Midlands EP512 + TS401. | |||||
53306 | 59538 | 53325 | Noted circa 12/19831 | |||||
53698 | 59535 | 53649 | New set number at TS - Jan-86 - set number never applied | |||||
53698 | 59535 | 53649 | Noted 13/02/19861 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
A class 101 Met Cam dmu (TS401, M50304 closest) waits at Birmingham Moor Street with a service for Stratford upon Avon on 26/7/1975. Stephen Burdett.
Class 101 and 116 dmus at Birmingham Moor Street on 1/5/76. Stephen Burdett.
A Class 101 and Class 116 arrive at Smethwick West with the 14:14 Lichfield City-Kidderminster service on 9 April 1977. All three Met-Camm vehicles appear ex-works, but bizarrely one is in plain blue and two in the refurbished white/blue stripe livery. Michael Mensing.
Two three-car DMUs depart from Kidderminster on 9 April 1977 forming the 12:03 to Lichfied. Closest is a mixed-livery Class 101 (set TS401), the other is a Class 116. Michael Mensing.
Class 101 DMBS M50319 at Birmingham New Street, with set number TS401 in the left cab window. The slide process date was February 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Two three-car Met-Camm (TS401 at the front) sets arrive into Droitwich Spa on October 20 1978. Despite the destination blind, this was recorded as the 1.0pm Birmingham New Street - Kidderminster - Worcester Shrub Hill and Foregate Street. Michael Mensing.
47243 arrives at Hereford with a train of steel coil, whilst Tyseley set 401 waits in platform 3 to depart with a service to Birmingham New Street. 13th October 1981. Paul James.
Corridor connection details between M59528 and M50306, 13th October 1981. Paul James.
Met-Cam class 101, M50325 at Hereford, 13th October 1981. Note orange stripe. Paul James.
Met-Cam class 101, M50325 (blue)+M59528+M50306, arrive Hereford, 13th October 1981. Paul James.
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour on 30 August 1983 at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Walter Burt.
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour at Stratford-upon-Avon on 30 August 1983. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Stuart Mackay Collection.
I saw this 5 coach set arrive at Stratford upon Avon from my nearby home on the afternoon of 23 October 1986. I picked up a camera and went to the line, after speaking to the signalman, to take this shot of the return working showing a 4 car class 101 set coupled to single unit 55002 forming the 16.30 to Birmingham Moor Street. Stratford's well-known gasholders, not to mention the semaphore signalling and the associated signal box, have long since disappeared. Peter Tandy.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?