Vehicle 50206 / 53206

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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: 30259
Diagram: 523

Allocations

29/04/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
Mar-61	On loan to	LMR
Mar-61	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
3w/e 02/03/63	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
28/02/65	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	6A (Chester)	- ER - LMR trade for 111s.
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
22/06/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
16/08/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
08/11/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50206 - original number
53206 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-77 - AWS fitted
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 30/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50206	56058							As delivered to 51A - 29th April 1957
	50206	56058							Transfer to LMR - Mar-61 - on loan
	50206	56058							Transfer to 55F - 3w/e 02/03/63
	50206	56058							Transfer to 55H - 28/02/65
	50206	56058							Noted 11/08/65 - at Brough1
	50206	56058							Noted 21/08/65 - at Bridlington1
	50206	56058							Transfer to 6A - w/e 30/04/66
	50206	56346							Noted 21/08/68 - at Chester1
	50206	56058							Noted 31/10/71 - at Crewe1
	50206	56336							Noted 11/05/73 - at Crewe1
CR201	50206	56153							Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot2
	50206	56153							Noted 22/06/74 - at Chester2
	50206	56058							Noted 04/01/78
	50206	56058							Noted 23/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station3
	50206	56058							Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4
	50206	56058							Noted circa 09/19824
	53206	54058							Noted circa 06/19834
	53206	54058							Noted 09/08/1983 - at Penmaenmawr4
	53206	54058							Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Stoke Garden Festival duties
	53206	54058							Noted 21/06/86 - attached with 51200 + 54359 to 53101 59054 53890 (TS610) on a Birmingham - Norwich service, the 101s were being transferred CH to NC2
74	53206	54058							Formed at NC circa late Jun-86
74	53206	54058							Noted 30/06/86 - at Norwich2
74	53206	54058							Noted circa 08/19864
74	53206	54058							Listed at NC - Apr-87
74	53206	54058							Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich5
74	53206	54058							Disbanded 14/06/87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

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11th March 1978

The 9.29am Man Victoria - Bangor service leaving Llandudno Junction on March 11, 1978. M50206 is closest. Michael Mensing.

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11th March 1978

Two two-car Met-Camm sets at Llandudno Junction on March 11, 1978, M50206 closest. Michael Mensing.

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27th August 1983

Class 47 no 47342 hauls DMU cars 51917/54496/54058/53206 through Llandudno Junction on 27 August 1983. This was a return ecs working from an incoming additional service from Blythe Bridge to Llandudno, which I had travelled in from Llandudno Junction. I'm not sure whether 47342 had hauled the dmus from Blythe Bridge, or (as seems more likely) it had come on following a failure of one or both of the 2-car units. Lewis Bevan.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: summer 1986

Set number: 74

This is Whitlingham Junction to the east of Norwich, in the summer of 1986. A two-car Class 101 DMU (set 74, presumably 54058 + 53206) heads for the city from one of the coastal towns. Andrew Walker.