Vehicle 50243 / 53243
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) | |
| w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 03/04/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 15/10/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 07/07/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 05/10/92 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) RFXX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50243 - original number
53243 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Mar-88 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 30/04/1981 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 | |||||
| 50234 | 59052 | 59104 | 50243 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington1 | |||||
| 50234 | 59104 | 59052 | 50243 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2 | |||||
| N410 | 50234 | 59104 | 59052 | 50243 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles3 | ||||
| 51224 | 59067 | 50243 | Noted 23/08/1980 - Branch Line Society Lothian and Fife Wanderer Railtour | ||||||
| 306 | 51228 | 59086 | 50243 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 50243 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| spare | 53243 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101362 | 53197 | 59073 | 53243 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 362 | 53197 | 59073 | 53243 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Noted 08/11/19864 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Noted 05/12/19864 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Noted circa 05/19874 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Noted 08/08/19874 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53243 | Noted circa 12/19894 | |||||
| T077 | 51228 | 53243 | Noted circa 01/19914 | ||||||
| 51228 | 53243 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | |||||||
| LO603 | 51228 | 53243 | Noted 14/07/91 - on 18:25 Llandudno to Chester with LO605 53171 + 51253 | ||||||
| LO603 | 51228 | 53243 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
| LO603 | 51228 | 53243 | Listed at LO - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 51245 | 53243 | Noted 01/06/92 - on 12:00 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Bangor and 2D77 13:31 Bangor - Llandudno5 | |||||||
| LO604 | 51245 | 53243 | Listed at LO - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| 51245 | 53243 | Noted 04/07/92 - on 17:15 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly and 19:34 Rose Hill Manchester Piccadilly5 | |||||||
| LO604 | 51245 | 53243 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy
Images:
23rd August 1980
Class 101 Leven Kirkland Yard 23 Aug 1980. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 50243 + 59067 + 51224. Alistair Ness.
23rd August 1980
Set number: 227
The Branch Line Society "Lothian and Fife" Railtour is seen at Dunfermline Upper station (closed to passengers in 1968) on 23 August 1980. Nearest the camera is car 50243, new in 1957. It would survive until 1992. The other cars were 59067 and 51224. Jeremy Chapter.
23rd August 1980
Set number: 227
The Branch Line Society 'Lothian & Fife Wanderer', formed of Class 101 vehicles 50243 + 59067 + 51224, at Leven Kirkland Yard on 23 August 1980. Jeremy Chapter.
23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. A little later that day, the tour passes through Abbeyhill station on the loop line to Piershill approaching what was originally a three way junction, left for Granton, straight ahead for Leith Central, right for Piershill and back to the ECML. This line was used for the Commonwealth Games shuttle to Meadowbank in 1986 but then disconnected when the ECML was electrified, although the tracks remain in place. Abbeyhill station was closed in 1964 with others on the route to the original Musselburgh terminus. Murray Liston.
23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. Heading south again, the tour passes through Trinity tunnel, and approaches Trinity Junction. The original line behind the photographer leads to Scotland St, used by trains from Edinburgh to Granton where they would have boarded the world’s first train ferry to Burntisland. The train will however follow the diversionary route via Powderhall opened in 1868 to allow Scotland St tunnel to be closed. This location is almost unrecognisable these days, being the “five ways” junction of cyclepaths which radiate along each of the former lines here. Murray Liston.
23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. After passing over West Harbour Road, the railtour heads uphill towards the oil terminal, over one of the few pieces of track joining the former North British and Caledonian systems in the city. On the left is the former Caledonian Railway goods depot, still in use today by William Waugh as a scrap recycler and which used to generate trainloads of scrap metal until the early 1970s. Murray Liston.
23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. After passing over West Harbour Road, the railtour heads uphill towards the oil terminal, over one of the few pieces of track joining the former North British and Caledonian systems in the city. On the left is the former Caledonian Railway goods depot, still in use today by William Waugh as a scrap recycler and which used to generate trainloads of scrap metal until the early 1970s. Murray Liston.
23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. This view from Ferry Road shows the tour beginning the descent to Granton, passing under the “bridge to nowhere” at the end of Bangholm View. Murray Liston.
1st June 1987
Set number: 101306
101306 crossing the Forth Bridge with the 1330 Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley 1st June 1987. Closest is presumably 53243. Keith Long.
28th July 1987
Set number: 101306
DMS 53243 of set 101306 has been attached to rear of set 101310. No roof vents on 310, no BR arrows on 53243. Seen in Haymarket station on the 28th July 1987 with a Bathgate - Edinburgh service. Hamish Stevenson.
15th August 1988
Set number: 101306
Met-Camm set 101306 (presumably 53243 + 59086 + 51228) arrives at Stirling with a Edinburgh - Dunblane service on August 15, 1988. Colin Brooks.
14th July 1991
Set number: LO603
LO603 53243 + 51228 + LO605 53171 + 51253 on the 18:25 Llandudno to Chester at Old Colwyn, 14-7-91. Kevin Dowd.
spring 1992
Set number: LO603
Class 101 unit LO603 (cars 53243 and presumably 53968) calls at Conwy in the spring of 1992 Bob Belcher.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224+59067+50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. Here it is seen passing through Newington on the Edinburgh South Suburban line, the station here closed in 1962 and has since been razed to track level. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224 + 59067 + 50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. This one is at Trinity Junction looking into the sun, showing the DMU climbing the hill to Bangholm View and the summit at Ferry Road before dipping down to cross the Water of Leith near the now closed refuse terminal. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
The Branch Line Society "Lothian and Fife Wanderer" rail tour on 23 August 1980 is seen here at the erstwhile Cameron Bridge station on the Leven Railway. There is a possibily that a station may be reopened to serve the location during the 2020s, but not exactly on this site. The Metro-Cammell class 101 set comprised 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd August 1980
Class 101 Cameron Bridge 23 Aug 1980. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
BLS Lothian & Fife Wanderer 23 August 1980 at Granton Oil Terminal. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
Class 101 Granton Oil Terminal 23 Aug 1980. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
1980 23 Aug BLS Lothian & Fife Wanderer Leven Kirkland Yard. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
The Branch Line Society "Lothian and Fife" Railtour is seen at Dunfermline Upper station (closed to passengers in 1968) on 23 August 1980. Nearest the camera is car 51224, new in 1958. The other cars were 59067 and 50243. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224 + 59067 + 50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. The tour stopped short of the West Granton Road bridge, at the point where locos ran round their tank trains. The gas works off to the right used to have a fascinating selection of standard and narrow gauge steam locos working an extensive internal system. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224 + 59067 + 50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. Here it is seen passing through Leith Walk station which last saw passenger services in 1947. After closure of the Granton branch a few years later this section continued in use to serve the Powderhall refuse terminal until a few years ago. Murray Liston.
Date: 15th August 1988
Set number: 101306
Met-Camm sets 101306 (presumably 51228 59086 53243) and 101363 (presumably 53194 59049 53185) at Stirling on August 15, 1988. Colin Brooks.
Date: 21st February 1989
Set number: 101306
101 306 (presumably 51228 + 59086 + 53243) departs from Glasgow Queen Street on 21/2/89. Sparegang.
Date: 10th June 1989
Set number: 101306
Set 101306 (SC51228 + 59086 + 53243) heads out of Glasgow Central on June 10th, 1989. 318265 departs along side for Largs. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 31st July 1989
Set number: 101306
Class 101 DMU 101306, 51228 + 59086 + 53243, at Inverness on 31/07/89 having worked 1H07 1003 Edinburgh - Inverness from Perth after a failure. Roddy MacPhee.
Date: January 1991
Set number: T077
A shot at Cosford on an unrecorded day in January 1991 as class 101 set T077, probably formed of 51228 + 53243, arrived for the stop at Cosford station. The signalman had been very prompt in returning the inner home signal to danger on this occasion. In addition to the first generation DMUs I was also at this spot to take pictures of class 20s on Ironbridge power Station MGRs. Peter Tandy.
Date: 4th May 1992
Set number: LO603
DMU set LO603 (53968+53243) is seen pulling out of Tal-y-cafn station on the Conway Valley line with the 10.25 Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog on May 4, 1992. By this date the first generation DMU's were in the twilight of their careers and the leading vehicle here 53968 was withdrawn two months later on July 2nd with the trailing vehicle 54243 making it to October 1992. Adrian Nicholls.