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Vehicle 50226 / 53226


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: 30261
Diagram: 523

Allocations

09/07/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 13/02/77 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
2w/e 24/07/77 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
03/05/87 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50226 - original number
53226 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50226 56078 As delivered to 54A - 9th July 1957
50226 56052 Noted 01/04/70 - at York1
50226 56372 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50226 56372 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Hexham2
N110 50226 Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar), partner unrecorded3
50226 56372 Noted 29/08/74 - at Newcastle3
50226 56372 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central3
50226 56372 Noted 24/08/75 - at Stockton3
50226 56067 Noted circa 19774
53226 54066 Noted circa 11/19864
53226 54066 Noted 01/12/19864
53226 54066 Noted 28th December 1986

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Bridlington

24th August 1979

Seen leaving Bridlington, and with a bit of hybrid livered set at the rear, this is the 16.xx Scarborough to Hull service on the 24th of August 1979. 50226 seems to be the leading car. The KDH Archive.