Vehicle 50229 / 53229

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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

23/07/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
3w/e 18/06/66	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/03/67	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
16/03/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
12/04/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
16/12/88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
29/06/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50229 - original number
53229 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/11/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50229	56081							As delivered to 54A - 23rd July 1957
	50229	56071							Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City1
	50229	59090	59576	51510					Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
	50229	59576	59090	51510					Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3
	50229	59090	59576	50197					Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central4
	50229	59090	59576	50197					Noted 06/09/75 - at Darlington1
	50229	59090	59574	51510					Noted 28/03/1977 - at Carlisle3
	50229	56397							Noted 16/01/19825
	50229	56404							Noted circa 02/19835
	53229	54059							Noted circa 03/19855
	53229	54409							Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
82	53229	54409							Formed at NC Mar-86
82	53229	54409							Noted circa 04/19865
82	53229	54409							Noted 14/04/86 - at Norwich4
82	53229	54409							Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
82	53229	54409							Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4
82	53229	54409							Noted 13/09/1986 - at Peterborough6
82	53229	54409							Noted 03/10/19865
82	53229	54409							Listed at NC - Apr-87
	51439	53229							Noted 10/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set - 53229 presumably 'borrowed' between transfer from Norwich to Botanic Gardens.6
	53229	53182							Noted circa 11/19875
	53229	53240							Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
	53229	53240							Noted 28/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
	53229	53261							Noted 03/08/887
	53229	53261							Noted 15/08/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
	53229	53261							Noted 18/08/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53263 + 512147
	53229	53261							Noted 02/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53166 + 531827
	53229	53240							Noted 24/09/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
	53229	53196							Noted 29/10/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7
	53229	53196							Noted 05/11/88 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service7
	53229	53196							Noted 12/11/88 - on 17:15 Newcastle - Berwick-upon-Tweed service7
	53229	53196							Noted 19/11/88 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service7
	53229	53196							Noted 26/11/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7
	53229	53196							Noted 03/12/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7
	53229	53196							Noted 08/12/88 - on 14:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service7

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU in Thornaby station with DMBS E50229 closest. Paul Redmond.

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1987

DMBS E53229 is at the rear of this two-car unit passing northbound at Felling, Gateshead, en route to Newcastle in 1987. The electrification catenary visible are on the Tyneside Metro system, which runs adjacent through Gateshead. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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29th October 1988

Met-Camm 53229 + 53196 at Gateshead Metro Centre on 29-10-1988. John Carter.

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E53229 at Snailwell on August 12th 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

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7th April 1990

E53229 at Snailwell on April 7, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.