Class 100 DMU images
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12th September 1975
Set: 65
Norwich set 65 (class 100 Gloucester cars 56100 and 51114) are waiting at Cambridge to form the 10.56 to Ely on 12 September 1975. The "FRI 12" notice in the cab window refers to the unit's next exam date, implying that the set would return to Norwich Crown Point by the end of the day. Jeremy Chapter.
October 1975
Set: 65
A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 & Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 (Set No.65) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge ready to depart for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
October 1975
Set: 65
A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 & Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 (Set No.65) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge ready to depart for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
22nd November 1975
Class 100 DTCL E56317 is seen stabled in a siding at Carmarthen on 22 November 1975 awaiting movement to a new life in preservation on the Gwili Railway. The vehicle had spent just 16 years in service with BR, it would stay on the Gwili Railway for almost 20 years. This was followed by 20 years of storage at a variety of other sites before disposal in 2016. Robert Thomas.
circa 1976
A Class 108 and Class 100 cross at Barrow-in-Furness circa 1976. Note the 15 stenciled on the front of the Gloucester which was probably a ScR set number. Tony Watson.
Unknown Date
A GRC&W twin set is seen at Manchester Piccadilly. Undated. Ian Francis.
March 1976
Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 Local Passenger 2-car dmu Nos.M50353 leading in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service from Marple (Rose Hill) via Bredbury, 3/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
March 1976
Set: 71
A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51125 & a Cravens Class 141 DTCL (Set No.71) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Ipswich after arriving on a service from Norwich, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
March 1976
Set: 71
A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51125 & a Cravens Class 141 DTCL (Set No.71) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Ipswich after arriving on a service from Norwich, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
6th April 1976
Set: 70
Norwich set 70 - Class 100 E51127 and Class 105 56142 - with a parcel van in tow at Lowestoft on 6 April 1976. Phil Bevan.
8th May 1976
Class 100 DTCL E56317 stabled at Carmarthen on 8 May 1976. It was awaiting movement to preservation. Note the roof has been painted in two different shades.From memory the other side was painted red as part of a livery experiment. Robert Thomas.
8th May 1976
Set: 57
A Gloucester RCW DMU at Spalding on additional service for the Annual Flower Parade on 8th May 1976. David Scott.
11th June 1976
Tyseley Class 116 DMU set TS529 has a Class 100 DMBS (which is possibly M50340) in place of the regular DMBS when seen at Small Heath on 11 June 1976. This was an up local service from Birmingham Moor Street, either the 6.33pm to Leamington or 6.40pm to Stratford-upon-Avon. Michael Mensing.
16th July 1976
Set: 58
An Ipswich to Lowestoft service approaching Brampton on the East Suffolk Line on 16 July 1976. The vehicles are E56307 (presumably with E51282) and E51277 + E56125. Phil Bevan.
3rd August 1976
Class 100 DMBS 51124 is paired with a Class 105 in this view at Peterborough on 3/8/76. Ian Francis.
3rd August 1976
Set: 45
E56100, at Peterborough on 3/8/76 apparently heading for Norwich. Signs in the cab windows proclaim it's set 45 (the other vehicle appears to be a Cravens). David Underwood adds: "'4 WED' in the windscreen reflects the method by which Norwich Depot advised when the unit was next due for maintenance at Norwich, i.e. the unit had to be placed on a diagram that finished at Norwich on that day." Ian Francis.
3rd August 1976
Set: 58
56307 is seen at Cambridge on 3/8/76. Ian Francis.
3rd August 1976
Set: 73
The blind says that E51115 is heading for Bishops Stortford, and signs in the cab proclaim it is set 73, "3 TUE" is thought to be when maintenance was due. Seen at Cambridge on Tuesday 3/8/76, it's paired with a Class 105 vehicle. Ian Francis.
21st August 1976
Set: TS413
Tyseley hybrid DMU set TS413 (51119 and presumably 56411 + 50786) has just arrived at Hereford from Worcester Foregate Street on 21 August 1976. Stephen Burdett.
31st August 1976
M50356 (and presumably M56111) arrives at Stalybridge with the 14:30 from Stockport (with a tail lamp at this end? maybe changing platforms?) on 31 August 1976. On the left the 12:13 Scarborough-Liverpool Lime Street departs with refurbished liveried E50169 on the rear. Robert Thomas.