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Vehicle 50255 / 53255

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

06/09/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
May-73	Depot code change	DN
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)
23/11/86	To Parcels Sector at	NL (Neville Hill)	- as MBP
18/01/87	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88	Sector Change to	CA (Cambridge) RPXN
17/07/89	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge) RPXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50255 - original number
53255 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-86 - Converted for parcels use - to DMBP
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/06/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50255	50265		As delivered to 51A - 6th September 1957
50255	50262		Noted 11/09/1971 - at Whitby¹
50255	56076		Noted 07/06/77 - on 14.33 Saltburn – Darlington²
50255	59100	50180	Noted 08/01/82 - on 15:10 to Bishop Auckland to Darlington
53255	54370		Noted circa 03/1985³
53255	54386		Noted circa 02/1986³
53255	54394		Noted circa 09/1986³
53255	53233		Noted circa 12/1986 - Parcels set³
53233	53255		Noted 24/02/1987 - at King's Cross - parcels set⁴
53233	53255		Noted 30/03/87 - at Stratford
53233	53255		Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set⁴
53233	53255		Noted 15/05/87 - at Norwich⁵
53233	53255		Noted 05/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set⁴
53233	53255		Noted 04/01/89⁶

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Gerald Brown
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

16th July 1976

Class 101 DMUs in Battersby station on 16 July 1976. On the right E50255 is on the 16:11 Whitby - Middlesbrough. Robert Thomas.

16th April 1983

E50255 heads a Whitby bound service seen in Grosmont station on the 16th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.

13th August 1988

Class 101 parcels unit 53255 + 53233 at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.

circa 1989

Parcels Class 101 53255 stabled at Cambridge, circa 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

8th May 1989

Class 101 53255 is seen passing Saltley working for the Parcels sector on 08.05.1989. Andy Cole.

13th May 1989

E53255 + E53233 with a van on tow on 4E26, the 17:57 Piccadilly to Leeds mail. New Mills South Jct, 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.

7th August 1989

Class 101 parcels vehicle 53255 sits beside 975664 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. Mike Cooper.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 8th January 1982

E50180 + E59100 + E50255 form the 15:10 to Darlington at Bishop Auckland on January 8, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 16th April 1983

A Class 101 led by E50255 heads away from Grosmont station towards Whitby past NYMR stock on the 16th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.

Date: 27th September 1985

Stabled between duties at Darlington are Class 101 numbers 53261 and 53259, covering the station in fumes while waiting departure in the centre are (unknown) and 53255 with the 1115 to Whitby. Keith Long.

Date: 30th March 1987

Class 101 Met-Cam E53233+E53255 at Stratford on the 30th March 1987. Both vehicles are displaying a "Red Star Parcels" sticker on their sides. Kevin Law.

Date: 12th July 1987

Seen at York, 53233 has been withdrawn from passenger service and now working in Red Star Express Parcels service. With 53255, on 12-07-1987. Wilson Adams.

Date: circa mid-1989

Met-Camm parcels set 53233 + 53255 stabled at Cambridge circa mid-1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 7th August 1989

Class 101 parcels set 53233 and 53255 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. The Cravens vehicle is 977126. Mike Cooper.

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