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Vehicle 50147 / 53147

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

09/11/56	New to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-73	Depot code change	GF
04/06/78	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
p/e 28/11/81	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
circa Aug-82	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
circa Jul-87	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50147 - original number
53147 - from Jan-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 05/11/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50146	59046	59053	50147	As delivered to South Gosforth - 9th November 1956
	50147	59382	59250	50646	Noted 03/04/71¹
	50147	59050	59043	51511	Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle²
N408	50147	59050	59043	51511	Noted 08/09/73 - at York³
N408	50147	59050	59043	51511	Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 50147³
	50147	59050	59043	51511	Noted 30/12/75 - at Newcastle¹
	50147	59050	59043	51511	Noted 01/04/1976 - at Newcastle⁴
234	51250	59067	50147		Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley⁵
316	51242	59071	50147		Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101316	51242	59071	50147		Listed at AY - 13/06/82
101302	53290	59071	53147		Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101316	51242	59071	50147		Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101301	53254	59305	53147		Noted circa 02/1986⁵
101316	51242	59071	53147		Listed at HA - Summer 1986
301	53254	59305	53147		Listed at HA - August 1986
101301	53254	59305	53147		Noted 4th August 1986
101316	51242	59071	53147		Noted circa 12/1986⁵
101316	51242	59071	53147		Noted 05/12/1987⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

circa October 1956

A Metropolitan Cammell image (negative DZ155) showing a brand new four-car DMU set for the North Eastern Region in Sutton Park station. DMSL E50147 is closest (with many staff on board), TBLS E59053 behind, the other two vehicles are presumably TSL E59046 and DMSL E50146. They were listed as new to South Gosforth on 9 November 1956. Metropolitan Cammell.

circa October 1956

A Metropolitan Cammell image showing a brand new four-car DMU set for the North Eastern Region in Sutton Park station. DMSL E50147 is closest (with many staff on board), TBLS E59053 behind, the other two vehicles are presumably TSL E59046 and DMSL E50146. They were listed as new to South Gosforth on 9 November 1956. Metropolitan Cammell.

circa October 1956

A Metropolitan Cammell image showing a brand new four-car DMU set for the North Eastern Region in Sutton Park station. The vehicles are almost certainly E50147 + E59053 + E59046 + E50146 which were listed as new to South Gosforth on 9 November 1956. Note the white disks in the two lower outer marker lamps. Metropolitan Cammell.

25th August 1978

SC50147, a recent transfer to the ScR from South Gosforth, leaving Edinburgh Waverley on 25/08/78. Steve Jones.

3rd July 1985

Set number: 316

ScotRail Met-Camm Class 101 DMU set 316 cars 53147 + 59071 + 51242 at Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, on 3 July 1985. Neil Smith.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: March 1976

A four-car Class 101 DMU departs from Newcastle (Central) with a Middlesbrough service in March 1976. Closest is possibly 51511, the other vehicles would be 59043 + 59050 + 50147. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 4th November 1985

Set number: 101316

3-car class 101 DMU set no. 101 316 (51242+59071+53147) sits in the single platform at North Berwick waiting to form train 2Y13 the 17.04 to Edinburgh Waverley on 04/11/85. Adrian Nicholls.

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