DMU Depots

Norwich

The depot had 568 different vehicles allocated to it of types Class 100, Class 101, Class 104, Class 105, Class 108, Class 109, Class 111, Derby Lightweight, Met-Camm Lightweight.

NC (Norwich Crown Point) was a new depot.

Set Numbers

Norwich was the first Eastern Region depot to apply set numbers to its DMUs on 15 November 1971. This article on the Birmingham Railcar Workgroup website looks at their introduction.

Initially they started at set number 46 and were grouped by engine and vehicle type. The following, reproduced from the Ipswich Transport Society January 1972 journal, shows the initial application:

As noted above trailer cars were fluid, and as power cars came and went set numbers adapted. The following page reproduced from the Ipswich Transport Society December 1972 journal shows the position a year later:

These two sheets from Gerald Brown record observations of Norwich unit numbers seen at Bury St Edmunds and subsequent changes for the early / mid 1970s. Where there is a date that was the date of his first sighting.

Many more formations supplied by Gerald can be found on his profile page.

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