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: 30256
Diagram: 620
28/02/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
21/07/68 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
w/e 03/05/69 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
4w/e 27/02/71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
3w/e 16/10/71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
May-73 | Transferred to | NO (Norwich) | |
Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
w/e 24/01/76 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
2w/e 20/11/77 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
17/04/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
27/05/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
Dec-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
08/05/90 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
30/09/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | LO (Longsight) PXXZ | |
05/02/91 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) PXXZ |
50185 - original number
53185 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50184 | 59066 | 59079 | 50185 | As delivered to 51A - 28th February 1957 | |||||
50185 | 59075 | 59066 | 50268 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
50185 | 59075 | 59066 | 50268 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 16/10/71 | |||||
88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2 | |||||
50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50750 + 59097 + 502351 | ||||||
50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough3 | ||||||
50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 31/12/73 - at Hereford | ||||||
88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 08/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 16/03/1974 - at Doncaster 3 | ||||||
50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 06/04/1974 - at Nuneaton3 | ||||||
88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 05/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 16/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 21/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50185 | Noted 16/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
87 | 50185 | 59526 | 50260 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
88 | 50185 | 59097 | 50258 | Noted 09/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||
220 | 51240 | 59066 | 50185 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
101363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Transfer to HA - 27/05/81 | |||||
101363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
spare | 53185 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Transfer to AY - Dec-84 - from HA | |||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
617 | 53706 | 59558 | 53185 | Formed at AY circa Jun-86 | |||||
53706 | 59558 | 53185 | Noted 8th July 1986 | ||||||
617 | 53706 | 59558 | 53185 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
53185 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot4 | ||||||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted 26/05/19874 | |||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 12/19894 | |||||
CH643 | 51462 | 53185 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
An image from the Derby Works series (negative 57/278) showing a brand new 4-car Met-Camm DMU posed in Sutton Park station probably on a test run. E50185 is closest, E59079 behind, the other two vehicles are presumably E59066 + E50184. The set was delivered to 51A (Darlington) at the end of February 1957. British Railways.
An image from the Derby Works series (negative 57/279) showing a brand new 4-car Met-Camm DMU at Sutton Park probably on a test run. E50185 is closest, E59079 behind, the other two vehicles are presumably E59066 + E50184. The set was delivered to 51A (Darlington) at the end of February 1957. British Railways.
Norwich Class 101 TBSL set 88 heading back home at Syston South Junction circa 1975. Leading could be E50185. Phillip Malin.
Norwich based Class 101 DMU set 88 heads home at Hinckley circa 1975. Leading is possibly E50185. Phillip Malin.
101363 departs from Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. Leading is a Class 101 DMS with a damaged cab corner (presumably 53185), followed by two Class 107 vehicles (the DMBS is marked 107449, presumably 52010). S Saunders.
Strathclyde liveried 101363 arriving at Glasgow Central on July 22, 1987. This was a trailer brake second set, the closest DMS (presumably 53185) has some damage to the cab corner. David Christie.
Strathclyde PTE liveried 101363 in Haymarket station on October 1, 1988. 53185 is closest. John Carter.
CH643 SC53185 + W51462, CH642 51426, CH277 M54246 + M53982 (L-R), on Chester depot, 10-5-90. Kevin Dowd.
A Class 101 with 53185 leading at Manchester Piccadilly on 26 May 1990. David Mant.
Class 101s 53185 and W51462 behind at Snailwell on 17th April 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
An image from the Derby Works series (negative 57/281) showing a driver posed at the controls of a brand new 4-car Met-Camm DMU, thought to be E50184 or E50185. They were delivered to 51A (Darlington) at the end of February 1957. British Railways.
An image from the Derby Works series (negative 57/282) showing the driver's compartment in a brand new 4-car Met-Camm DMU, thought to be E50184 or E50185 in February 1957. British Railways.
An image from the Derby Works series (negative 57/283) showing the first class compartment of a Met-Camm DMCL, thought to be E50184 or E50185, part of a NER 4-car set. British Railways.
An unusual visitor to Hereford in the form of a 3 car Met-Cam formed of 51A (Darlington) set E50268-59075-50185, 31-12-73. Paul James.
A hybrid set departs Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. The Closest is a Class 107 DMBS labeled 107449, presumably 52010, the centre car is a Class 107, the other power car is a Class 101 labeled 101363 (presumably 53185). S Saunders.
Met-Camm sets 101306 (presumably 51228 59086 53243) and 101363 (presumably 53194 59049 53185) at Stirling on August 15, 1988. Colin Brooks.
Class 101 DMU sets 302 (53197 + 59305 + 53290) and 101363 (53185 + 59049 + 53194) in Perth station on 12 May 1989. Neil Smith.