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Vehicle 50315 / 53315


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: 30275
Diagram: 523

Allocations

Mar-58 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Apr-58 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
Apr-58 On loan to 18A (Toton)
May-58 Ex-loan back to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
4w/e 07/05/66 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
2w/e 08/10/66 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
2w/e 09/03/68 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
w/e 11/01/75 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
6w/e 05/05/75 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
2w/e 20/03/76 Transferred to CH (Chester)
w/e 05/11/76 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
24/03/85 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
21/06/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
23/09/87 Transferred to LA (Laira)
13/10/92 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHA
25/10/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
03/11/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50315 - original number
53315 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Sep-85 - Headlamp fitted
Nov-85 - Radio Electronic Token Block fitted
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 01/10/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50315 59126 50333 As delivered to 5B - March 1958
50315 59126 50333 Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1
CR417 50315 59126 50333 Noted circa Jun-69
50315 59126 50333 Noted 13/08/70 - at Crewe1
50315 59126 50333 Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot2
50315 59126 50333 Noted 19/05/72 - at Wolverhampton2
50315 59126 50333 Noted 11/05/73 - at Wolverhampton2
CR417 50315 59126 50333 Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury1
50315 59126 50333 Transfer to TS - w/e 11/01/75
50315 59126 50333 Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street1
50315 59126 50333 Transfer to CH - 2w/e 20/03/76
50315 59126 50333 Noted 31/07/76 - in Wolverhampton High Level1
50315 59126 50333 Noted 10/09/76 - at Rock Ferry1
TS402 50315 59116 50333 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS402 50315 59116 50333 Noted 25/01/80 - at Norwich1
TS402 50315 59116 50333 Noted circa 01/19813
TS402 50315 59116 50333 Noted circa 10/19813
TS402 50315 59116 50333 Noted circa 09/19823
TS402 50315 59116 50333 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS402 53315 59116 53333 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS402 53315 59116 53333 Noted circa 02/19843
TS400 53315 59118 53330 Noted circa 05/19843
53315 59118 53330 Noted 18/08/84 - at Norwich1
TS400 53315 59118 53919 Noted circa 10/19843
TS400 53315 59118 53330 Noted circa 01/19853
101 53315 59118 53330 Noted 25/04/85 - at Norwich1
101 53315 53330 Noted 08/06/85 - at Norwich, as a 2-car1
101 53315 53330 Noted circa Aug-85
101 53315 59118 53330 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
101 53315 59118 53330 Listed at NC - Dec-85
101 53315 59118 53150 Noted 12/04/19863
101 53315 59118 53150 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
101 53315 59118 53330 Listed at NC - Apr-87
103 53315 59118 51508 Noted 20/06/19873
53315 53330 Noted circa 07/19873
53315 59118 53330 Transfer to LA - 23/09/87 - from NL
P874 53315 53330 Formed at LA circa 10/87
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - Nov-87
P874 53315 59130 53330 Listed at LA - 08/08/88
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - 15/05/89
P874 53315 53330 Noted circa 08/19903
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - Jul-91
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - Aug-91
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - Dec-91
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P874 53315 53330 Listed at LA - 24/09/92
P874 53315 59118 53330 Listed at HA - November 1992
101874 53315 53330 Listed at HA - 10/12/92
874 53315 59115 53330 Noted 21/06/93 - at Perth
874 53315 59303 53330 Noted 09/09/93 - on 18:25 Edinburgh - Fife Circle

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Kings Norton

3rd January 1976

Set number: TS412

The 13:40 Redditch - Birmingham New Street service arrives into Kings Norton station on 3 January 1976 formed of Class 101 DMU set TS412. The leading vehicle is thought to be M50315, the centre car is M59126. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Kings Norton

3rd January 1976

Set number: TS412

The 13:40 Redditch - Birmingham New Street service departs from Kings Norton station on 3 January 1976. The centre car is M59126, the DMBS is thought to be M50315, they form set TS412. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Eggesford

18th March 1990

Set number: 874

With 43099 leading the Hertfordshire Railtours 125 Special 'Atlantic Coast Express' passing Metro Cammell Class 101 set 874 at Eggesford on 18 March 1990. DMBS 53315 is closest. Dave Warby.

Class 101 DMU at Eggesford

18th March 1990

Set number: 874

43099 at Eggesford on the rear Of 'The Atlantic Coast Express' on 18 March 1990. Metro Cammell Class 101 DMBS 53315 and DMCL 53330 head To Barnstaple. Dave Warby.

Class 101 DMU at Liskeard

August 1990

Set number: 874

Class 101 DMU set (P)874 with 53315 closest at Liskeard in August 1990. Andrew Malloy.

Class 101 DMU at Looe

August 1990

Set number: 874

Class 101 DMU set (P)874 with 53315 closest at Looe in August 1990. Note the headlamp has two vertical bars over it. Andrew Malloy.

Class 101 DMU at Laira

12th August 1992

Set number: 874

53315, from Class 101 set P874, is seen stabled on Laira depot, Plymouth on 12.08.1992. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Perth

21st June 1993

Set number: 874

Class 101 set 874 at Perth station on 21/6/93, just after arrival, probably from Edinburgh. The nearest vehicle is W53315, the centre car (in Network SouthEast livery) is 59115 and the furthest vehicle is W53330. Kenneth Leiper.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

12th July 1993

Set number: 874

53315 leads set 874 (53315/59115/53330) as it departs from Waverley station as the 16.34 to Glenrothes with Thornton on 12/7/93. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53308/59125/53331 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1958

Two Met-Camm triple DMUs in Gravelly Hill station working the 5.30pm Lichfield (TV) - Birmingham (NS) service on 23 August 1958. Closest is M50333, just under six months old, and 3E painted on the buffet beam which was the code of its home depot Monument Lane at the time. It's partners are presumably M59126 and M50315. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: June 1983

Set number: TS402

Sporting black cab window surrounds, Tyseley allocated Class 101 DMU, set TS402 (53333 and presumably 59116 + 50315), pauses at Cheltenham Spa station with another of its class. June 1983. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1988

Set number: P874

Class 101 DMU set P874 (53330 and 53315) departing from Plymouth station on 9 July 1988. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 3rd April 1991

Set number: P874

Falmouth Docks station on 3 April 1991, with the DMU on the 17.38 to Truro, formed of cars 53330 + 53315. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 101692

101 692, with 53170 leading and 59303 visible behind, leaves Waverley station on 12/7/93, forming the 16.27 to Kirkcaldy. The third vehicle in the set was, of course, 53253. This pair of power cars subsequently acquired Caledonian blue livery. On the right can be glimpsed 53315 at the head of set 874, waiting to leave on the 16.34 to Glenrothes. This was during the relatively short period of a year or so when Haymarket was operating freshly-refurbished three-car class 101 sets nos.101 691-4. By the end of the year 101 692 would have lost its centre trailer and in Feb.'94 it was transferred to Corkerhill. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 829

On 12/7/93, set 829 (53305/59118/51246) is seen stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station. 53305 is nearest to the camera. Behind 829 and fairly much out of sight is set 991 (53308/59125/53331). Later they will form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 991

53331 is seen at the rear of a six-car rake of 101's stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station on 12/7/93. The train comprises sets 991 (53331/59125/53308) and 829 (51246/59118/53305) and will later form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Notice that 53331 still bears its yellow stripe over the first class saloon from its NSE days, even though ScotRail would have declassifed the saloon. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1993

Set number: 991

The 17.05 Fife "Outer Circle" train (Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy) leaves Waverley station on 27/7/93. It is formed of set 991 (53331/59125/53308), transferred to Haymarket five months previously from Reading, where it had been set L838 with Network South East. Its stay at Haymarket would not last much longer - it was transferred to Longsight the following month and put into departmental use there another month after that. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53315/59115/53330 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 9th September 1993

Set number: P874

Labeled set P874 and set 79, W53330 + 59303 + W53315 are seen in Kirkcaldy station on the 9th September 1993 with the 18:25 Fife Circle service. Hamish Stevenson.