Set 85
These formations have been noted:
| 50167 | 59527 | 50171 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford1 | |||||
| 50167 | 59540 | 50171 | Noted 06/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50167 | 59540 | 50171 | Noted 19/01/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50167 | 59540 | 50171 | Noted 18/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Noted 14/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Noted 02/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 2 | |||||
| 50559 | 59221 | 50560 | Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot1 | |||||
| 50559 | 59221 | 50560 | Noted 13/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds, 59221 has old set number H331 | |||||
| 50562 | 59229 | 50589 | Noted 13/01/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50559 | 59229 | 50562 | Noted 25/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59226 | 50588 | Noted 09/04/77 - at Ely1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59226 | 50588 | Noted 30/05/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50578 | 59218 | 50590 | Noted 10/11/77 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59226 | 50578 | Noted 03/08/78 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| 50572 | 59226 | 50578 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | |||||
| 50561 | 59226 | 50583 | Noted 04/08/79 | |||||
| 50561 | 59226 | 50581 | Noted 17/09/79 | |||||
| 51439 | 54065 | Noted 17/05/83 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51439 | 54087 | Noted circa 04/19853 | ||||||
| 51203 | 54339 | Formation change - NC - circa Apr-86 | ||||||
| 51203 | 54339 | Noted 17/04/86 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51203 | 54339 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 51203 | 54339 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51203 | 54339 | Noted circa 08/19863 | ||||||
| 51203 | 54339 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54352 | Noted 23/05/87 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54352 | Noted circa 08/19873 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54352 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54384 | Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54384 replaced 54352 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54352 | Formation change - NC - circa May-88 - 54352 added | ||||||
| 51185 | 54352 | Noted 13/08/88 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54065 | Noted circa 09/19883 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54062 | Noted 22/10/89 - in Ely yard | ||||||
| 51185 | 54065 | Listed at NC - Feb-90 | ||||||
| 51185 | 54062 | Noted 23/09/90 - at Felixstowe | ||||||
| 51185 | 54388 | Listed at NC - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
18th July 1975
Some of the Birmingham to Norwich services were still DMU operated in 1975, and this is the case with the 11.15 Birmingham to Norwich service seen at Melton Mowbray on 18th July 1975. The 'book' formation for set 85 on this date was 50167 + 59523 + 50171. The KDH Archive.
10th September 1978
End of the line at Sheringham on the evening of 10th September 1978 with a BRCW dmu (set 85) on a Norwich service. Cars (more modern ones!) can still park at this spot nowadays, but above rails forming the through connection to the North Norfolk Railway. Murray Liston.
30th August 1979
A busy scene at Peterborough on 30th August 1979 after an arrival of a Class 104 DMU on probably the 13:14 service from Cambridge. Paul Bettany.
20th October 1983
Cambridge allocated class 101 DMU set CA85 stands at Harwich Town station waiting to depart with 2K66 the 16.20 to Ipswich on October 22, 1983. By this date Harwich Town was on the end of a single track passenger branch as beyond Harwich Parkeston Quay station the twin track alignment was operated as two separate single lines. Passenger services used the former up line, while freight used the down line to access the Zeebrugge train ferry berth off to the left of the goods shed seen here in the left background. The former downside island platform was in use as a car loading terminal. Adrian Nicholls.
Unknown date
Three Class 101 twins (set 85 leading) depart from Kennett station with a Cambridge bound service, probably from Ipswich, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
13th August 1988
Norwich set 85 54352 + 51185 arrives at Roughton Road with the 09.36 Sheringham to Norwich service on 13.08.88. Nicholas Youngman.
13th November 1988
51203 + 51516 at Darlington on November 13, 1988. John Carter.
circa 1989
A two-car Met-Camm DMU in Gateshead Metro Centre station circa 1989. Closest is 51203 still carrying a Norwich set number - it moved from there to Heaton in April 1987. Hexham is on the destination blind. Robert Forsythe.
22nd October 1989
51185 + 54062 in Ely yard on October 22, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
23rd March 1990
Class 101 Met Cam DMU NC set 85 (51185 + 54062) at Felixstowe waiting to return to Ipswich on 23-9-90. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.
23rd September 1990
Class 101 Met Cam DMU NC set 85 54062 + 51185 Felixstowe after arrival from Cambridge on 23-9-90. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.
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