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Set TS553

These formations have been noted:

50818	59326	50878	Noted 04/05/1978 - Birmingham New Street¹
50818	59326	50878	Noted 01/07/1978 - Tyseley¹
50818	59326	50878	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
50818	59326	50878	Noted 12/09/1980 - at Birmingham New Street¹
50818	59326	50878	Noted circa 01/1981²
50818	59326	50878	Noted circa 10/1981²
50818	89326	50878	Noted circa 05/1982²
50818	59326	50878	Listed at TS - Jan-83
53818	59326	53878	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
53818	59326	53878	Noted circa 10/1983²
53818	59326	53878	Noted 21/11/1983 - at Birmingham New Street¹
53818	59606	53878	Noted circa 03/1984²
53058	59606	53878	Noted circa 04/1984²
53818	59606	53878	Noted 17/04/1984²
53058	59606	53878	Noted circa 05/1984²
53849	59606	53878	Noted circa 10/1984²
55000	59606	53878	Noted circa 10/1984²

Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Eddie Knorn

7th July 1984

TS553, with presumably 53878 closest, at University, Birmingham on 07/07/84. Steve Jones.

11th October 1984

Tyseley DMU set TS553 sits in the platform at Leamington Spa. The vehicles are presumably 53878 (116), 59606 (127) and 55000 (122). Nicholas notes: Leamington had a tendency to run the empty stock 3 car DMU of a Moor St set and the Stratford bubble out onto the up main toward Fenny when a xcountry was due, and then separately use a shunt disc to bring them in behind the express - providing a same platform interchange instead of the subway. This is not allowed any more - Call Ons 'are for joining' and shunts onto occupied passenger trains are somewhat discouraged - except where there's a third rail - despite stairs being easily the worst passenger hazard. In those days, the up bay wasn't signalled for Main move down departures so the bubble had to shuffle across anyway. Nicholas T Smith.

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