Vehicle 50242 / 53242
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: 30263
Diagram: 619
Allocations
| 15/10/57 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 04/06/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 3w/e 24/11/62 | On loan to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 3w/e 29/12/62 | Ex-loan back to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 03/04/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 02/08/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 23/04/83 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Sep-85 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
| 08/05/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 01/10/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 10/11/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50242 - original number
53242 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
18/12/76 - AWS fitted
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 23/03/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50242 | 59090 | 59096 | 50243 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 15th October 1957 | |||||
| 50242 | 59090 | 59096 | 50243 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 11/06/60 | |||||
| 50242 | 59090 | 59096 | 50243 | Transfer to 17A - 3w/e 24/11/62 - on loan | |||||
| 50242 | 59090 | 59096 | 50243 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 29/12/62 - ex-loan LMR | |||||
| 51534 | 59536 | 59534 | 50242 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York1 | |||||
| 50241 | 59055 | 59089 | 50242 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50241 | 59055 | 59089 | 50242 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City3 | |||||
| 50241 | 59055 | 59089 | 50242 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds3 | |||||
| 50241 | 59055 | 59089 | 50242 | Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds3 | |||||
| L237 | 50241 | 59089 | 59055 | 50242 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster, set number carried on solebar of both centre cars4 | ||||
| 50241 | 59089 | 59055 | 50242 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at Sheffield Midland1 | |||||
| 50242 | 59055 | 59089 | 50272 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York, set number L237 on 590554 | |||||
| 50241 | 59055 | 59089 | 50242 | Noted 07/04/1976 - on 10:15 Leeds to Hull1 | |||||
| 50241 | 59055 | 50242 | Noted 08/04/76 - at Brough3 | ||||||
| 228 | 51232 | 59559 | 50242 | Noted circa 08/19785 | |||||
| 364 | 50242 | 59080 | 50268 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101364 | 50242 | 59080 | 50268 | Transfer to HA - 02/08/81 | |||||
| 101364 | 50242 | 59080 | 50268 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted circa 06/19835 | |||||
| 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 13th January 1984 | ||||||
| 107433 | 51993 | 59080 | 53242 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Transfer to HA - Sep-85 - from AY | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley, with Bathgate Link branding5 | |||||
| 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 28th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 28/03/19875 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| T032 | 53844 | 53242 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
| T032 | 53073 | 53242 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| T032 | 53073 | 53242 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||||
| T032 | 53073 | 53242 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| spare | 53242 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
17th June 1978
SC50242 leads a Class 101 DMU departing Edinburgh Waverley with the 13:45 service to Kirkcaldy on 17 June 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd September 1979
Class 101 DMSL Sc50242 in St Rollox Works on 2 September 1979. Brian Daniels.
circa early 1980s
Set number: 101364
Met-Camm DMU set 101364 with SC50242 closest in Dunblane station circa early 1980s. SC50268 is on the far end, the TBSL is presumably SC59080. Paul Redmond.
5th April 1983
Set number: 101364
With the roof vents removed from all three vehicles, TBS set 101364 (53242 leading, presumably with 59080 and 53268) is seen at Inverkeithing Junction coming from the Rosyth direction with an Edinburgh service on the 5th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.
31st May 1983
Set number: 101364
Scottish Region Met-Camm trailer brake second sets were not unusual, but four-car sets were. Sc53242 leads 101364 south through Lancaster on May 31, 1983. The TBSL and rear DMSL are presumably normal long-time partners 59080 and 53268, the set had been transferred from Haymarket to Ayr earlier that month. The additional TSL seems to be 59302. Graeme Phillips Collection.
1986
Set number: 101364
101364 (53242 and presumably 59080 + 53268) heads out of Edinburgh Waverley with a Cowdenbeath service in 1986. S Saunders.
5th March 1986
Set number: 101364
53242 heads set 101364 (with presumably 59080 and 53268) seen at Saughton on the 5th March 1986 with the 14:18 Edinburgh - Bathgate service. Hamish Stevenson.
24th March 1986
Set number: 101364
53242 leads set 101364 (presumably with 59080 + 53268) on a Bathgate - Edinburgh working at Bathgate on the first day of services - March 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
1986
Set number: 101364
53242 leading 101364 (presumably with 59080 + 53268) into Edinburgh Waverley with a newly introduced service from Bathgate. Note the Bathgate Link logo on the bodyside. S Saunders.
Unknown date
Set number: 101364
Two Class Met-Camm DMUs at Thornton depot, date unknown. Closest is 101364 (53242 and presumably 59080 + 53268). Walter Burt.
1988
Set number: 101364
Trailer Brake Second Met-Camm set 101364 passes Haymarket in 1988, almost certainly on an Edinburgh - Bathgate run. S Saunders.
circa 1988
Set number: 101364
101364, a set allocated to the recently re-opened Bathgate line at the time, passes through Princes Street Gardens circa 1988. 53242, presumably with 59080 + 53268. S Saunders.
July 1988
Set number: 101364
Different DMUs at Dalmeny. Three different classes of DMU in two trains crossing at Dalmeny in July 1988. On the left is Met Camm class 101364 (53242+59080+53268), while the hybrid set (386) on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Murray Liston.
July 1988
Set number: 101364
I'm on the phone! DMU activity at Dalmeny in July 1988. The driver of Met Camm class 101364 (53242 + 59080 + 53268) is on the phone to control, while the hybrid set (386) approaching on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Identifying power cars on TBSL sets where both are DMSs can be tricky, in this case it is made easier by 53242 having a different radius to the lower left corner of the black mask around the cab windows. Murray Liston.
11th September 1988
Set number: 101364
The old & the new at Kilmarnock Open Day on 11-09-88. Classic dmu traction (101364 53242 and presumably 59080 + 53268) alongside to date the only visit of a class 318 emu (from the neighbouring Ayr - Glasgow line) to Kilmarnock station. However these emus were all refurbished in 2005 - 06 in the nearby Barclay works. Gordon Thomson.
3rd March 1990
Set number: 101364
Class 101 no. 53242, recently transferred from Eastfield and still displaying set number 101364, is seen at Sheffield on a gloomy afternoon temporarily paired with class 110 DMBS no. 52066. 53242 would shortly go on to Tyseley depot and become part of set T032 paired with class 116 DMBS no. 53090 and later DMBS no. 53844. Robert Chilton.
10th May 1990
Set number: T032
Class 101/116 Hybrid 53242 with would presume Class 116 53844 seen at Nottingham on 10th May 1990. Nicholas Youngman Collection.
4th July 1991
Set number: T032
Class 101/116 d.m.u. T032 (53242 + 53073) departs Bettws Y Coed with the 17:14 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Llandudno train on 04-07-1991. Gordon Thomson.
7th July 1991
Set number: T032
A class 101/116 hybrid, T032 (53242 + 53073) was photographed during its call at Wellington, Shropshire on 7 July 1991. The train was a Chester to Wolverhampton working which was still quite often a "proper" DMU at the time although class 150 Sprinters had begun to appear now and again. It's annoying that I cut off the top of the tower of Saint Patrick's Catholic Church but I was using an 85mm lens in order to make the short train appear a bit less lost and didn't notice at the time. Peter Tandy.
October 1991
Set number: T032
Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set T032 - presumably 53242 + 53073 - seen in Shrewsbury station in October 1991. John Law.
25th November 1991
Set number: T032
DMU set T032 in one of the centre roads at Nottingham on 25 November 1991 formed of Class 101 DMSL 53242 paired With Class 116 DMBS 53073. Dave Warby.
17th May 1992
Set number: T032
Tyseley class 116/101 hybrid unit T032 formed of 53242 + 53073 was working a Birmingham New Street to Lincoln service when I photographed it at Whitacre Junction on 17 May 1992. Waiting for a path from the loop with a loaded Croft Quarry to Bescot ballast train were 31512 + 31158 along with 2 pieces of OTP which had come from the Bescot direction, crossed over and entered the loop prior to going back from whence they had come when another path was available. Peter Tandy.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa early 1980s
Set number: 101364
Met-Camm DMU set 101364 with SC50268 closest arriving into Dunblane station circa early 1980s. SC50242 is on the rear, the TBSL is presumably SC59080. Paul Redmond.
Date: 24th March 1986
Set number: 101364
Set 101364 (presumably 53242 + 59080 + 53268) in platform 15 at Edinburgh Waverley with the 10:18 Edinburgh - Bathgate service on March 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 28th March 1986
Set number: 101310
101 310 (53163 + 59302 + 51234) with 53268 + 59080 + 53242 at Bathgate with the 13:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh Waverley, 28th March 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 12th April 1986
Set number: 101364
101 364 (presumably 53242 + 59080 + 53268) at the then recently opened station at Bathgate on 12/4/86, looking east. The station had opened on 24/3/86 with the restoration of services to Edinburgh. This station was replaced by a two platform through station further east in 2010 as part of the re-opening of the Bathgate to Airdrie line. Kenneth Leiper.
Date: 19th August 1986
Set number: 101364
101364 calls at Haymarket station with the 17.18 Edinburgh - Bathgate train on 19-08-1986. 53268 leads, presumably with 59080 and 53242 behind. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 3rd March 1990
Class 110 DMBS no. 52066 at Sheffield paired with class 101 DMS no. 53242, which was formerly based at Eastfield and at this date still carried it's Scottish set number 101364. Robert Chilton.
Date: 17th April 1990
Set number: 101364
A set labelled 101364 arrives into Leeds on 17/4/90. Behind the Class 101 DMS (either 53242 or 53268) is a Class 108 TBS and a Class 101 DMBS. Rex Holt.
Date: unknown
Set number: T032
A pair of hybrid pairs! T032 (presumably 53073 + 53242) is a 116/101, behind is a 108/101. Taken at Albrighton, date unknown, circa early 1990s. Tom Clift.
Date: May 1991
Set number: T032
Class 116/101 set T032 (vehicles 53073 and 53242) halted outside Coalville whilst operating shuttle services associated with the depot open day in May 1991. Bob Belcher.
Date: 4th July 1991
Set number: T032
Class 116 /101 hybrid d.m.u. T032 (presumably 53073 + 53242) arrives at Bettws Y Coed with the 17:14 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Llandudno train on 04-07-1991. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 25th November 1991
Set number: T032
58 043 passes through Nottingham station light engine on 25 November 1991, while hybrid DMU set T032 (Class 116 DMBS 53073 and Class 101 DMSL 53242) sits in the platform. Dave Warby.
Date: 25th November 1991
Set number: 88
A Met-Camm DMU sits in the platform at Nottingham on 25 November 1991 with DMBS 53208 closest. In one of the centre roads a Class 116/101 hybrid set T032 (53073 + 53242). Dave Warby.