Vehicle 50138 / 53138
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: 30249
Diagram: 618
Allocations
| 17/10/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 06/02/78 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| w/e 07/10/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | - also noted as 26/04/88 |
Notes
6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50138 - original number
53138 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated circa 12/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50138 | 59042 | 59049 | 50139 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 17th October 1956 | |||||
| 50138 | 59042 | 59049 | 50139 | Noted 11/09/65 - at Darlington1 | |||||
| 50214 | 59071 | 50138 | Noted 29/06/73 - at Newcastle1 | ||||||
| 50138 | 59077 | 50146 | Transfer to ED - 06/02/78 | ||||||
| 182 | 51455 | 59042 | 50138 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Noted circa 03/19812 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101312 | 51237 | 59542 | 53138 | Noted 03/09/83 - on Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59048 | 53138 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101308 | 51232 | 59071 | 53138 | Noted 05/07/86 | |||||
| 308 | 51232 | 59071 | 53138 | Listed at HA - August 1986 | |||||
| 53730 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted circa 12/19862 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted 4th December 1986 | ||||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51249 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted 25/03/19872 | ||||||
| 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted circa 05/19872 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
26th August 1964
Two ex-works Met-Camm vehicles at Newcastle on 26 August 1964 probably en-route to South Gosforth. What is curious is that the DMCL kept the original lining while the DTCL has the revised lining. At some point there must have been a change over between the two. Could E50138 have been the last to be repainted with the original style, and the other the first with the revised style? Tony Lambert.
14th July 1981
Set number: 101314
Three early-build Class 101 DMUs in Edinburgh Waverley on 14 July 1981. 101302 (presumably 50197) and 101314 (presumably 50138 + 59067 + 51240) flank 101360 (presumably 50160) which has plates over the positions of the top and lower centre marker lamps. Rob Edwards.
3rd September 1983
Set number: 101312
101 312 (53138 + 59542 + 51237) seen in Dufftown with an un-named Grampian Railtours train in the days before it became a preserved line. 3rd September 1983. Norman Smart.
August 1984
Set number: 314
A Class 101 (set 314, presumably 53138 closest) and a Class 107 in platforms 16 and 17 of Edinburgh Waverley in August 1984. Andrew Malloy.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd September 1983
Set number: 101312
101 312 (51237 + 59542 + 53138) seen at Keith Junction with an un-named Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch, 3rd September 1983. Mike Cooper Collection.
Date: 5th July 1986
Set number: 101308
101 308 (51232 + 59071 + 53138) awaits departure from North Berwick with the 11:04 Cowdenbeath service on the 5th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.