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Set TS531

These formations have been noted:

50052	59341	50914	Noted 08/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street¹
50052	59341	50914	Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot²
50052	59341	50886	Noted circa 01/1978³
50052	59341	50914	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50052	59341	50914	Noted circa 01/1981³
50052	59341	50914	Noted circa 10/1981³
50052	59341	50914	Noted circa 05/1982³
50052	59341	50914	Noted circa 09/1982³
50052	59341	50914	Listed at TS - Jan-83
53052	59341	53914	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
53052	59636	53914	Noted circa 01/1984³
53052	59636	53914	Noted circa 06/1984³
53052	59636	53914	Noted circa 10/1984³
53052	59757	53914	Noted circa 01/1985³
53052	59757	53914	Noted circa 03/1985³
53052	59439	53914	Formation change - TS - Aug-85 - 59439 (ex-spare) replaced 59757 (now spare)
53052	59439	53914	Noted circa 09/1985³
53052	59648	53914	Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85 - 59648 replaced 59439
53052	59648	53914	Noted circa 02/1986³
53052	59648	53914	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

2nd October 1982

A Derby Class 116 trio passes Smethwick Rolfe Street on Saturday 2nd October 1982 with the 14:00 Birmingham New Street to Kidderminster service. Driving Motor Brake 2nd M50052 is the leading car (set TS531, presumably with 59341 + 50914). Why was I at Smethwick Rolfe Street? This was the nearest station to where the Warley Model Railway Club used to hold their annual exhibition prior to it moving to the NEC. At the time Snow Hill was an abandoned wasteland and the prospect of it ever reopening seemed highly unlikely. Fortunately, trains for Kidderminster have reverted to the former Great Western lines within Birmingham and no longer pass through Smethwick Rolfe Street. Brian McDevitt.

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