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Vehicle 50251 / 53251


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: 30266
Diagram: 523

Allocations

26/06/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
Jan-71 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
29/06/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
12/04/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
02/10/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
08/03/89 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath) PMNX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50251 - original number
53251 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 27/07/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50251 50261 As delivered to 51A - 26th June 1957
50251 59078 50261 Noted 30/04/60 - on 5.20pm Stockton - Loftus and 6.30pm Loftus - Middlesbrough, the last passenger train between Guisborough and Loftus
50251 59539 50143 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
50251 56089 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2
N127 50251 56089 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 502512
50251 56085 Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3
50251 56086 Noted 04/04/81 - on 11:08 to Newcastle at South Shields
53251 59077 53188 Noted 25/06/1983 - Special return working from Darlington to Stanhope and return 53170-54367 + 53188-59077-53251
53251 54079 Noted circa 03/19854
53251 54059 Noted circa 10/19864
53251 54059 Noted 02/12/19864
53251 59471 51527 Noted circa 11/19874
53251 53747 Noted 21/07/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
53251 53747 Noted 27/07/88 - on 15:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service with 53166 + 531955
53251 53747 Noted 06/08/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
53251 53749 Noted 24/09/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
53251 53749 Noted 24/09/88 - on 10:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
N658 53251 53235 Noted circa 11/19884

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Carlisle

September 1979

Ex-works E50251 at the front of a Newcastle service at Carlisle in September 1979. Paired with a plain-blue driver trailer, which seems to be 56404, and working with a Cravens set. Karel 1999.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th April 1981

E56086 + E50251 with the 11:08 to Newcastle at South Shields on April 4, 1981. The soon to be withdrawn service to South Shields - the line was converted to light rail Metro trains. However, the Metro line stopped short of here with a featureless 'plastic' station being provided instead. A NER tiled map can be seen on the wall on the right, I wonder what happened to that when the station was demolished. John Carter.