Class 101 sets - lettered
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| B802 |  |
B802 passes a 120 at Llandrindod Wells Crossing. Note the 101 has the destination blind glass painted over. Tom Clift |
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| B822 |  |
B822 is seen as a DMC / TBS / DMC formation at Bristol Temple Meads in 1979. Robert Tarling |
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| B823 |  |
B823 at Bristol Bath Road, July 1980. Ian McDonald |
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| B933 |  |
T223 and B933 at Horton Rd Gloucester 1980ss. David Rowe |
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| C388 |  |
53203 brings up the rear of C388 set at Swansea High St on 31/12/91. 53203 became 977897. 53164 (later ‘Daisy’) is at the front. Mac Winfield |
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| C800 |  |
Left: C800 is one of the sets in the 4-car formation leaving Llandrindod Wells. David Rowe. Right: The 13th September 1982, and the 13:49 Shrewsbury - Swansea is seen at Llandrindod Wells. Hamish Stevenson. |
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| C801 |  |
C802, led by W51517 is seen at Llandeilo, circa 1983. Nicky Reason. |
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| C802 |  |
Left: C802 on Cynhordy viaduct, headed by W51449, circa 1983. Nicky Reason. Right: C802 and a 3-car 119 with two DMBCs (and an awfully high ratio of 1st to 2nd class!) pass Dynevor Junction, on the Swansea District Line (which by passes Swansea) & was heading for West Wales. Tom Clift |
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| C803 |  |
Left: W51450 leads set C803 at Llandeilo circa 1983. Nicky Reason. Right: Taken from Llandrindod signalbox, C803 passes C804. Tom Clift |
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Left: At Llandeilo circa 1984, C803 passes C805. Right: Entering Pantyffynon circa 1984. Both Stephen Williams |
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| C804 |  |
Left: C804 is seen at Llandrindod Wells, on the 10:08 Swansea - Shrewsbury, 13th September 1982. Hamish Stevenson. Right: C804 leads 116 set C302 into Tondu during a thunderstorm with the 07:10 Newport to Tenby where it will reverse and proceed via Cefn Junction to regain the main line at Margam which was closed for engineering works. Sunday 17th July 1983. P.J. Evans |
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Left: Right: C804 at Tenby in July 1984. Roy Lambeth Right: Taken from Llandrindod signalbox, C803 passes C804. Tom Clift |
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| C805 |  |
Two views of the set (51463 and 51530) at Builth Rd on the 14th July 1983 on a Swansea- Shrewsbury working. Mac Winfield. |
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Two views of C805 at Llandrindod Wells in April 1987, where it passed C823. Mike Cooper |
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Left: Undated, on a southbound service exchanging tokens at Llandrindod wells signal box (which has since been moved to the southbound platform as a visitor centre). David Rowe. Right: At Llandeilo circa 1984, C803 passes C805. Stephen Williams |
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| C812 |  |
C812 at Llandrindod Wells. Stephen Wiliams |
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| C820 |  |
Left: Formed DMC / TBS / DMC at Weymouth. Right: at Yeovill Pen Mill. Both Tom Clift |
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| C823 |  |
Left: An ex-works C823, with 51505. 1985. Shayne Lewis. Right: passing C805 at Llandrindod Wells in April 1987. Note the temporary headlamp. Mike Cooper |
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| C851 |  |
C851 W51530 leading at Cardiff Canton. 26/12/87. Mac Winfield |
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| C854 |  |
Heading for Swindon at Hawkeridge Junction on 31 March 1988. Robert Chilton |
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| C861 |  |
Seen running as 861 at Cardiff Central. It was P861, but now officially C861. Note the off-centre headlamp which remained in this position even after refurbishment/ facelifting when it became part of 101676. Taken on 29/6/91. Mac Winfield. |
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| C900 |  |
W53224 of C900, which was a 3-car hybrid set comprising three makes of car - 101 (53224), 110 (59709), and 108 (52048). At Cardiff Queen St, 19/12/87. Mac Winfield. |
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| C984 |  |
53224, in this view running as C984, a 2-car hybrida at Abercynon where it regains the Taff Vale main line to Pontypridd and Cardiff while operating the Aberdare service on 21/8/89. Mac Winfield |
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| C987 |  |
Llandrindod Wells station in the 1980s, and Class 108 set S952 passes Class 101 set C987. Davis Rowe. |
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| C994 |  |
Built for the, LMR, displaying an ER number and WR set no! E51183 (C994) awaits movement to Vic Berry's in Leicester, at Cardiff’s Ninian Park Rd. sidings, during May '91. Mac Winfield |
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| CA56 |  |
CA56 E54393+E51429 at platform 5 Skegness with the 13:19 to Lincoln Central on 2-8-91. Kevin Dowd. Right: seen again awaiting departure on the same train, this time in the company of T063 M53925+M52050 with the 12:56 to Nottingham. Kevin Dowd |
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| CH293 |  |
The gutted shell of the DMBS from CH293 is seen at Vic Berry's on 11/6/89. Jerry Glover |
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| CH357 |  |
At Chester on the 8th July 1990. Ian McDonald |
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| CH641 |  |
CH641 seen at Chester on 28/8/90 consisted of 51245 paired with 53160 (later part of Daisy, still in Strathclyde livery). Mac Winfield |
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| CH642 |  |
53158 awaits cooking at Mayer Parrys, Snailwell 2-3-91. Kevin Dowd |
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| CH643 |  |
CH643 SC53185+W1462, CH642 51426, CH277 M54246+M53982 (L-R), on Chester depot, 10-5-90. Kevin Dowd |
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| CR233 |  |
Set CR233 sits at Minffordd on the Cambrian Coast line.. Steve Davies / John Vaughan Collection |
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| L200 |  |
Left: L200 (54081 ex-Tyseley & 51215 ex-Heaton) is caught at Clapham Junction on the Olympia shuttle, 30th March 1990. Roy Lambeth. Right: with 54081 nearest, the set is seen at Oxford on the 9th January 1991. Mike Cooper. |  |
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| L203 |  |
At Barking. Tom Clift |
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| L220 |  |
51207+54405 arrive at Ely (11:07 departure) on a service to Cambridge, 14-9-91. Kevin Dowd |
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| L831 |  |
NSE liveried L831 is seen at Ely on a Kings Lynn working, with 53265 nearest the camera, 30/8/91. Mac Winfield |
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| L833 |  |
51425 at Paddington on the 29th November 1989. Malcolm Clements |
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| L835 |  |
Two views of L835 at Reading on the 28th May 1993. Mike Cooper |
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Left: L835 51498+51432 arrive at Reading West on the 17:20 Reading to Basingstoke, 29-6-93. Kevin Dowd. Right: L835 51432+51498 on the 17:16 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly departing Grindleford, 4-8-95. Kevin Dowd |
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| L839 |  |
The 9th January 1988, and L839 is seen at Waltham St Lawrence. Ian McDonald |
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| L840 |  |
Left: L840 (53311+53322) on the 14:15 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly approaching Edale, 18-7-97. Kevin Dowd. Right: L840 (53322+53311) on the 12:15 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly at Wash (Chinley), 13-5-96. Kevin Dowd |
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Left: heading for Crewe, June 98. Right: at Chester, working the 10:18 Crewe - Holyhead, 29/6/98. Both Stuart Mackay |
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Left: after arrival at Holyhead with the 10:18 from Crewe, 29th June 1998. Right: at Holyhead on the same day. Both Stuart Mackay |
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L840 53322+53311 on the 16:12 Holyhead to Llandudno at Deganwy, 1-5-00. Right: L840 (53311+53322) on the 12:14 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly at Edale, 8-5-00. Both Kevin Dowd. |
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Left: L840 (53311+53322) on 18:55 Chinley to Manchester Piccadilly at New Mills Central on 30-8-00, its penultimate day in service. Right: L840 (53322+53311) arrives at Stockport on 2D46, the 09:24 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester on 31-8-00, its last day in service. Both Kevin Dowd |
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Left: L840 (53311+53322) pass Stockport No.1 on the 13:57 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly on 31-8-00, its last ever day in service. Right: It is then seen leaving Stockport on the 15:24 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester 31-8-00. Both Kevin Dowd Kevin Dowd |
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Left: Later the same day, 53311+53322 are back at Stockport with 2H81, the 16:57 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly. Right: 53322+53311 are then seen with 101655 (51428+54062) on 2D48, the 18:24 to Chester at Manchester Piccadilly, 30-8-00 (655 should have worked the 17:51 to Chester, the two services combined). Both Kevin Dowd |
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L840 53322+53311 + 101655 51428+54062 at Stockport on 2D48, the 18:24 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester 30-8-00. Kevin Dowd |
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| LO244 |  |
LO244 (Class 101 53291 + Class 108 54270) arrives at Chester at 1907 from Helsby, 3-5-93. Kevin Dowd |
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| LO247 |  |
LO247 54060+E53208 on 2H08, the 17:26 Manchester Piccadilly to Macclesfield, 4-6-93. The set no. is in tiny black letters in the usual place, but it still carries it's previous set no. of 88 in the centre window. Kevin Dowd |
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| LO347 |  |
Preston station in May 1990 and unit LO347 contains two DMBSs, with 53216 nearest the camera. John McIntyre |
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| LO602 |  |
53241+51224 dep Morecambe at 15:04 to Lancaster, 29-7-91. Kevin Dowd |
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LO603 53243+51228 + LO605 53171+51253 on the 18:25 Llandudno to Chester at Old Colwyn, 14-7-91. Kevin Dowd |
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| N616 |  |
Caught at Nottingham on the evening of the 8th January 1991. Mike Cooper |
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| N618 |  |
54056 at Sheffield, 13th September 1989. Malcolm Clements |
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| N660 |  |
N660 / 51449 returned to South Wales with 53240 shown in Swansea Carriage sidings on 11/3/89. 51449 was in set C802 before transfer to Newton Heath. Mac Winfield |
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| P803 |  |
Dawlish, with 51450 leading 59545 and 51522 as set P803. 24th May 1975. Neil Cannon |
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| P827 |  |
The Met-Camm power twin sits at Plymouth. Tom Clift |
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| S801 |  |
Left: W51446 of S801 at Cardiff Central on Saturday 18th July 1987. Phil Evans. Right: S801, led by 51517 is seen at Pembroke Dock on the 12:15 to Shrewsbury on 27/09/1987. Shayne Lewis |
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| S804 |  |
This was a 4-car formation of 2x101 power twins which hit a farm tractor at speed on a crossing about one mile north of Llandrindod Wells while travelling south on a summer Saturday afternoon in the late 1980s. Fortunately there were no injuries. David Rowe. |
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| T040 |  |
M51505 + Class 116 M53061 depart platform 4 Llandudno Junction on the 13:17 to Blaenau Ffestoniog (A bit late at 1358!) 24/6/91.Kevin Dowd |
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| T076 |  |
Three views of this set in Strathclyde 'red' livery at Matlock on the 8th January 1991. Mike Cooper |
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| T078 |  |
Left: 53146 & 51249 are seen at Rose Hill with the 14:23 to Piccadilly, 21-2-91. Kevin Dowd Right: T078? A Class 101 is seen at Blythe Bridge in September 1991. Simon Barnes |
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| T202 |  |
Seen at Leicester, in the siding sometimes used by Central Trains to stable units in. Thanks for "Mad Mac" and Rob Woods on the Scot-rail Yahoo Group for the info. Ian Francis |
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