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Set L836

These formations have been noted:

51434 59540 51503 Formed at RG 2w/e 13/03/88
51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
51434 59540 51503 Noted circa 06/19891
51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool
51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX
51434 59306 51503 Noted 05/05/93 - at Reading
51434 51503 Noted 17th September 1993
51434 51503 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX
51434 51503 Transfer to NC - 13/01/94 - from RG
51434 51503 Noted 22/01/94 - at Norwich2

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Gerald Brown

Class 101 DMU at Tonbridge

13th September 1988

Three-car Class 101 DMU set L836 (51503 and presumably 59540 + 51434) at Tonbridge on 13 September 1988. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Edenbridge

June 1989

Class 101 DMU set L836 (presumably (51503 + 59540 + 51434) in Edenbridge station in June 1989. Reigate is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Reading

24th September 1991

Class 101 DMU set L836 runs ecs (51434 + 59540 + 51503) through Reading station on 24 September 1991. Keith Miller.

Class 101 DMU at Reading

5th May 1993

51434 + 59306 + 51503 at Reading, 5/5/93. Sparegang.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

1994

Class 101 L836 (presumably 51434 + 51503) beside a 158 at Norwich in 1994. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Nottingham

1994

Met-Cam Class 101 set L836 (51503 + presumably 51434) at Nottingham Midland in 1994. Driver Dennis Buckingham awaits the signal in '4 middle'. David Page.

Class 101 DMU at Lowestoft

6th February 1994

Network South East Met Camm set L836 rumbles under the Iron Bridge at Lowestoft heading for Norwich, with a long winter shadow cast by the sun, on 6 February 1994. The unit, along with sister L840, had been transferred to Crown Point from Reading in the previous month, to supplement the Class 150 fleet used on local services from Norwich. The unit was subsequently moved to Tyseley and used as a route learner, before being withdrawn in 1996. Both vehicles, 51434 and 51503, would enter preservation. Chris Boon.

Class 101 DMU at Lowestoft

6th February 1994

The low winter sun casts long shadows across one of two Network South-East Class 101 Met Camm DMUs operating from Crown Point at the time, L836, comprising vehicles 51434 and 51503, rolling into Lowestoft with a service from Norwich on 6 February 1994. Note the fine semaphore signals and signal box in the background. Chris Boon.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

11th February 1994

The last Met Camms to operate from Crown Point were former Reading Network SouthEast units L836 and L840. The former, with vehicles 51434 and 51503, is seen in Jubilee Carriage Sidings in Norwich in the company of Regional Railways 150 231 on 11 February 1994. Chris Boon.


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