Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150 hp / Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30267
Diagram: 621
06/09/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
Jan-61 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
3w/e 02/03/63 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
07/04/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
w/e 21/03/64 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
w/e 28/03/64 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
w/e 21/06/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
w/e 06/05/79 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
2w/e 09/09/79 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
24/11/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
14/05/90 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) NNEX | |
25/08/92 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
02/07/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
07/07/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
circa Jun-73 - E50253/65 were hired to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for working between Goathland and Pickering.
50265 - original number
53265 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
50255 | 50265 | As delivered to 51A - 6th September 1957 | |||||||
50621 | 59386 | 50265 | Transfer to 55H - Jan-61 | ||||||
50621 | 59386 | 50265 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 01/07/61 | ||||||
50260 | 59075 | 50265 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
50260 | 59075 | 50265 | Transfer to 51A - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
50188 | 59075 | 50265 | Transfer to 16C - w/e 21/03/64 - on loan | ||||||
50188 | 59075 | 50265 | Transfer to 51A - w/e 28/03/64 - ex-loan | ||||||
50180 | 59047 | 59081 | 50265 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York1 | |||||
50253 | 50265 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington2 | |||||||
N453 | 50188 | 59045 | 50265 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Thornaby, set number on solebars: 50188 N453, second car unrecorded, 59045 N452, 50265 N2543 | |||||
50253 | 50265 | Transfer to BG - w/e 21/06/75 | |||||||
50571 | 59227 | 50265 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
51247 | 50265 | Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough2 | |||||||
50561 | 59227 | 50265 | Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
50258 | 50265 | Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough2 | |||||||
50256 | 59527 | 50265 | Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
50253 | 59073 | 50265 | Noted 12/08/78 - on 07:23 Hull - Manchester Piccadilly4 | ||||||
50256 | 50265 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
50149 | 59085 | 50265 | Noted circa 02/19835 | ||||||
53171 | 59085 | 53265 | Noted 04/02/1984 - Hertfordshire Railtours Norseman Relief 53171-59085-53265 + 51246-53162 + 51219-53188 | ||||||
51211 | 53265 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||||
51211 | 53265 | Noted circa 09/19865 | |||||||
51211 | 53265 | Noted 26/11/19865 | |||||||
51211 | 53265 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - multied up with parcels set 53739-533656 | |||||||
L831 | 51211 | 59306 | 53265 | Noted circa Nov-87 | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59115 | 53265 | Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59115 (ex-L574) replaced 59526 (to L574) | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59115 | 53265 | Noted circa 06/19885 | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59115 | 53265 | Listed at - 15/05/89 | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59115 | 59072 | 53265 | Noted 10/05/90 - at Ely with 51207 + 54405 | ||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Noted circa 08/19905 | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Noted 29/09/1990 - Used as hauled stock between Cambridge station and south Yard (Cambridge Gala Day) | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Listed at CA - 21/01/91 | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Noted 19/10/91 - at Ely3 | |||||
51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Noted 10/04/92 - on 07:07 Cambridge - Kings Lynn7 | ||||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Noted circa 07/19925 | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Listed at - 12/08/92 | |||||
L831 | 51211 | 59072 | 53265 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy
The Hertfordshire Railtours "The Norseman" relief tour at Redmire on 4 February 1984. Taken from 59085 with 53265 and 51246 + 53162 and 53188 + 51219 in view. Rob Paterson.
A 4-car Class 101 set ran for a few weeks in May 1990. Seen here L831 53265 + 59072 + 59115 + 51211 and 2 car 51207 + 54405 with 2H25. Seen from Ely North box, 10.05.90. Nicholas Youngman.
Immaculate Network South East liveried Metro Cammell Class 101 unit L831 (cars 53265, 59072 and 51211) seen at Kings Lynn in the summer of 1990. Bob Belcher.
NSE liveried L831 is seen at Ely on a Kings Lynn working, with 53265 nearest the camera and presumably 59072 + 51211, 30/8/91. Mac Winfield.
A DMU formatino with set L831 (presumably 53265 + 59072 + 59115) closest departing from Littleport station in October 1991. George Woods.
Class 101 DMU set L831 (presumably 53265 + 59072 + 51211) in London Liverpool Street station with the Branch Line Society Orwell and Lea Rambler railtour on 30 November 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The Hertfordshire Railtours "The Norseman" relief tour at Bedale on 4 February 1984. Taken from 53171 looking back along cars 59085 + 53265 and 51246 + 53162 and 53188 + 51219. Rob Paterson.
With the temperature well below freezing in the small hours and frost on the windows Metro-Cammell DMU set L831 (51211 + 59115 + 53265) has just been started by the pre-heat man. It is seen on December 8, 1989 standing on Reading depot poking out of the loco servicing shed. In recent years this whole site has been swept away by the remodeling of the junction onto the Basingstoke/Berks & Hants line. Adrian Nicholls.
Set L831 (51211 + 59072 + 53265) arriving at Kings Lynn on 17th January 1991. Nicholas Youngman.