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Set TS520

These formations have been noted:

50827	59361	50880	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50827	59361	50880	Noted circa 01/1981¹
50827	59020	50880	Noted circa 10/1981¹
50827	59361	50880	Noted circa 05/1982¹
50827	59361	50880	Listed at TS - Jan-83
53827	59361	53880	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
53071	59616	53101	Noted circa 09/1984¹
53071	59616	53101	Noted 21/09/84 - at Norwich²
53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 03/1985 - Set number formerly TS555¹
53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 10/1985¹
53826	59617	53905	Noted circa 03/1986¹
53826	59617	53905	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
53826	59617	53905	Noted 30/08/86 - at Norwich²
53826	59329	53905	Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 6 car set with TS598³
53826	59329	53905	Noted 18/06/1987¹

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Gerald Brown
3: Robert Chilton

1978

Class 116 set TS520 arrives into Sutton Coldfield station in the Autumn of 1978. Michael Mensing.

28th April 1979

Refurbished Class 116 set TS520 is seen at Nuneaton on April 28, 1979. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

Class 116 set TS520, presumably led by 53905, arrives at Alvechurch, circa late 1980s. Ian Docwra.

mid-1987

I am not able to date this photograph other than it was taken sometime in mid-1987 because the negative was in the folder for that year but without a corresponding entry in any notebook. The location is clearly Sutton Coldfield station and the class 116 set TS520 (presumably 53905 + 59329 + 53826) was leaving to cross through the heart of Birmingham on its way to Redditch in Worcestershire. The driver's side of the cab has received a bit of a clout, probably in the crowded Tyseley depot. Peter Tandy.

10th July 1987

M53905 leads set TS520 into Warwick station on July 10, 1987. Malcolm Clements.

10th July 1987

M53826 is the DMBS on the rear of set TS520 seen departing from Warwick station on July 10, 1987. Malcolm Clements.

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