Set T027

These formations have been noted:

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn

Unknown date

Class 114 T027 is seen at Hagley, the blind saying it's going to Kidderminster. Undated. Tom Clift.

27th January 1990

Class 114 DMU set T027 (54027 + 53019) seen stabled in Tyseley depot on the 27th January 1990. Hamish Stevenson.

28th March 1990

One of my favourite classes of DMMU was the Derby Heavyweights, class 114. Several sets ended their days at Tyseley Depot and spent a lot of time shuttling between Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa. With only 1 car powered, their performance could best be described as ponderous, but the seats were comfortable and the ambience, in my opinion at least, much better than the class 150s currently used in the area. This picture was taken during the afternoon of 28 March 1990 and shows T027 (presumably 53019 + 54027) arriving at Stratford from Leamington. Note that the signalman has already set the ground signals and the points for the train to reverse out and run back into platform 2 for the return to Leamington; this was before the track and signalling was altered to allow departures from platform 1. Peter Tandy.

28th March 1990

Class 114 set T027 (presumably 53019 + 54027) after shunting into platform 2 at Stratford-upon-Avon on 28 March 1990 and prior to departure for Leamington Spa. The upper quadrant starter is in the off position but the guard hasn't changed the destination blind, probably realising that it wasn't worth the effort as the few passsengers using the train in the mid-afternoon would have had as good a knowledge as him where the train was going. The signal to the left of the starter controlled the exit from the down goods loop which ran behind the signalbox; this was still occasionally used at the time for stabling the stock of excursion trains. It wasn't long for this world though, being severed the following year and removed altogether within a few months. Peter Tandy.

circa 1991

Class 114 set T027 (53019 closest) at Leamington Spa circa early 1990s. Walter Burt.

27th April 1991

At Droitwich Spa a 2 coach class 114 DMU formed of 54027 + 53019 works a Birmingham via Kidderminster service on 27 April 1991. When I took this photograph the garden on the station was well-tended and looked after by the staff but in 2020 the undergrowth and trees along the platform had taken over. Peter Tandy.

10th July 1991

A Class 114 DMU labelled set T027 departs from Whatstandwell (on the Matlock branch) on 10 July 1991. Alan Grange.

10th July 1991

Class 114 DMU set T027 (presumably 53019 + 54027) arrives into Cromford station on the Matlock branch on 10 July 1991. Alan Grange.

summer 1991

Class 114 unit T027 (cars 53019, 54027) seen stabled at Leamington Spa one evening in summer 1991. Bob Belcher.

2nd January 1992

53019 is at the front of T027 + T324 at Birmingham New Street with the 17:30 to Hereford on the 2nd January 1992. Gazza Prescott.

15th July 1992

The one that got away! Class 114 DMBS 53019 Sitting in the withdrawn siding at Tyseley Depot on 15/Jul/1992. This was one of the lucky ones, being subsequently preserved at the Midland Railway - Butterley and today is the only class 114 DMBS in existence in original passenger condition. The coloured dot next to the vehicle number was part of a coding system to denote which withdrawn vehicles were to be scrapped or had been sold for further use. Robert Chilton.

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