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Vehicle 50209 / 53209


Class 101

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: 30259
Diagram: 523

Allocations

21/05/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
Oct-61 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 02/12/61 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/08/69 On loan to 64H (Leith Central)
07/09/69 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee) - Leith depot closed
May-73Depot code changeDE
4w/e 30/06/73 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 28/09/74 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
w/e 24/07/75 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 02/10/76 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
4w/e 27/11/76 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
2w/e 21/08/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
w/e 21/08/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 09/04/78 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
3w/e 01/07/78 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
13/04/86 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
18/05/86 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50209 - original number
53209 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 13/06/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50209 56061 As delivered to 51A - 21st May 1957
50209 56054 Transfer to 50C - Oct-61 - on loan
50209 56054 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/12/61 - ex-loan
50209 59541 50269 Transfer to 64H - 07/09/69 - from ER
50209 59541 50269 Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
50209 56403 Transfer to ED - 4w/e 30/06/73
50209 56403 Noted 04/09/73 - at Springburn2
50209 56409 Transfer to HN - 4w/e 28/09/74
50209 59107 50276 Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 3
50209 59555 51537 Noted 19/08/77 - on 17.27 Edinburgh – North Berwick + 18.10 North Berwick – Edinburgh4
50209 56093 Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3
50209 56408 Noted 10/10/81 - at Gateshead
50209 56398 Noted 16/01/19825
53209 54410 Noted circa 03/1983 - BREL Doncaster5
53209 54086 Noted Mar-84 - on Newcastle - Carlisle working6
53209 54067 Noted circa 02/19865

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Gateshead

10th October 1981

E50209 + E56408 leads another Met-Camm at calling at the soon to close Gateshead station on October 10, 1981. It was replaced by the underground Metro station several hundred yards away. The old station here would have been much better placed for the regeneration of the riverside area if it had been retained. Unfortunately the slide has evidence of the sticking Zenit-E shutter John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Chester-le-Street

Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DMBS E50209 closest and the DTSL is thought to be E56082 at Chester-le-Street, date unknown. Durham is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Birtley, C. Durham

13th August 1983

E53209 leads a four-car Class 101 formation heading northbound at Birtley, Co. Durham, 13/08/1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

7th February 1988

E53209 at Snailwell on 7th February 1988 Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st January 1981

E51274, E50209, E51441 and E50210 form a nice DMU line-up at Newcastle on January 31, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: unknown

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DTSL E56082 closest and the DMBS is thought to be E50209 at Chester-le-Street, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: circa 1986

Set number: 86

Class 101 DMBSs 53210 + 53209 at Eastfield TMD circa 1986. The pair are coupled together, and 53210 still carries its former Norwich set number. Spannerman37025.