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Vehicle 50257 / 53257


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

04/10/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 22/02/58 On loan to LMR
w/e 01/03/58 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 31/10/65 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 30/01/77 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
23/08/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
21/09/89 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50257 - original number
53257 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 11/03/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50257 50267 As delivered to South Gosforth - 4th October 1957
50257 50267 Transfer to LMR - 4w/e 22/02/58 - on loan
50257 50267 Transfer to 51A - w/e 01/03/58 - ex-loan
50257 50267 Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 31/10/65
50257 56064 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50257 56082 Noted 06/04/72 - at Newcastle1
50257 56064 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50257 56064 Noted 05/07/74 - at Sheffield1
50257 56064 Noted 26/08/74 - at Newcastle Central3
50257 56064 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot3
50257 56064 Transfer to NL - w/e 30/01/77
50257 56090 Noted circa 08/19774
50257 56090 Noted 03/08/78
50257 56090 Noted circa 10/19824
50257 56090 Noted circa 03/19834
53257 54090 Noted circa 10/19834
53257 54090 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
53257 54090 Noted 17/06/85
53257 54090 Noted 20/07/85
53257 54090 Noted circa 05/19864
53257 54090 Noted 17/05/86 - on 13:25 Morecambe - Leeds with 51230 + 54369 / 78712 + 789625
53257 53750 Noted 24/10/19864
53257 59384 53750 Noted 09/11/19864
53257 53195 Noted 01/05/87 - at York, 53195 still with set number 903
53257 51521 Noted 23/07/886
53257 51521 Noted 27/07/88 - on 08:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53257 51521 Noted 15/08/88 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53257 53195 Noted 24/09/88 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Hexham service6
53257 54370 Noted 08/10/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53257 54370 Noted 08/10/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53257 54370 Noted 29/10/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
53257 54370 Listed at HT - Feb-89
53257 53182 Noted 24/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
53257 53182 Noted 27/05/89 - on 13:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53257 53182 Noted 27/05/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
53257 53182 Noted 30/05/89 - on 11:02 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6
53257 53182 Noted 31/05/89 - on 07:05 Haltwhistle - Newcastle6
53257 53182 Noted 31/05/89 - on 19:40 Newcastle - Sunderland - service6
53257 53182 Noted 05/06/89 - on 18:23 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
51203 53257 Noted 12/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
51203 53257 Noted 12/06/89 - on 17:45 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51203 53257 Noted 13/06/89 - on 15:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51203 53257 Noted 14/06/89 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53257 53182 Noted 27/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
51467 53257 Noted 04/11/89 - on 17:55 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 51516 + 51203 / 54370 + 51217 hauled by 47 462, believed to be football extra.6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Skipton

3rd August 1978

At Skipton on 3rd August 1978 are refurbished liveried E50257 + E56090. Robert Frise.

Class 101 DMU at Gateshead Greensfield

1987

This class 101 DMU, with DMBS E53257 leading, has just passed Gateshead Greensfield depot, which still had an allocation of mainline locomotives at the time in 1987 (including classes 31, 47 and 56). Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

25th September 1990

Class 101 DMBS E53257 in Snailwell on 25th September 1990. It has been withdrawn from HT the previous year. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa late 1970s

A Met-Camm DMU formed of E56090 (a 111) and E50257 (a 101) in Doncaster station circa late 1970s. They were allocated to Neville Hill at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 17th June 1985

The old and the new at York on June 17, 1985, 55535 + 55515 and Met-Camm E54090 + E53257. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 12th August 1985

A CLass 114 / 101 formation at Gilberdyke on 12 August 1985. 53257 is the far DMBS. Chris Thorp.