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Vehicle 50150 / 53150


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

30/11/56 New to South Gosforth
4w/e 31/07/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 11/05/74 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 28/05/78 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
27/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
12/05/85 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
23/10/89 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50150 - original number
53150 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-85 - Radio Electronic Token Block fitted
Nov-85 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 15/12/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50150 59048 59055 50151 As delivered to South Gosforth - 30th November 1956
50150 59048 59055 50151 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/07/60
50150 59095 59106 50151 Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1
50150 59073 59069 50237 Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City1
50150 59069 59073 50237 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York2
50150 59073 50237 Noted 10/10/1971 - at Leeds2
50150 59073 50237 Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1
50150 59073 50237 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
50150 59073 59069 50163 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
50150 59073 50237 Transfer to NR - w/e 11/05/74
80 50150 59073 50237 Noted 19/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50150 59073 50237 Noted 02/08/1974 - at Leicester4
80 50150 59073 50237 Noted 23/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
80 50150 59073 50185 Noted 16/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
80 50150 59073 50237 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50150 59073 50237 Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough1
50150 59073 50273 Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough1
50150 59073 50237 Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1
50164 59073 50150 Noted 16/01/76 - at Brough1
50167 59540 50150 Noted 10/02/76 - at Brough1
50379 59540 50150 Noted 28/02/76 - at York3
51443 59540 50150 Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1
50201 59542 50150 Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime1
50150 59073 50751 Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland3
50157 59526 50150 Transfer to DN - w/e 28/05/78
50150 59113 59068 50223 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Middlesbrough 4
51247 50150 Noted 22/03/81 - on a Stockton - Darlington shuttle
50149 59082 59208 50150 Noted 27th August 1981
50150 59104 50219 Noted 16/01/19825
50200 50150 Noted circa 10/19825
53150 59075 53262 Noted 1984 - at Whitby
53295 53150 Noted 18/02/1984 - Hertfordshire Railtours Norseman 2 51219-53188 + 53150-53295 + 53149-59084-53244
104 53150 59084 51506 Noted 27/04/85 - at Norwich3
100 53305 59536 53150 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
100 53305 59536 53150 Listed at NC - Dec-85
101 53315 59118 53150 Noted 12/04/19865
101 53315 59118 53150 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
104 51506 59085 53150 Listed at NC - Apr-87
104 53150 59085 51506 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich6
104 53150 59085 51506 Noted 20/06/19875
104 53150 59085 53180 Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 53180 replaced 53305 (to 103)

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Scarborough

Unknown date

E50150, thought to be in Scarborough station. Chris Moxon Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Sheffield

circa late 1960s

A Met-Camm DMU with NE50150 closest seen departing from Sheffield. The notes with the negative, taken by HC Casserley, had 1964 yet the centre car is in Rail Blue (with painted window frames and 3" numbers) which dates it to a few years later. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

30th May 1987

Set number: 104

Class 101 Metro Cammell 3-car DMU NC set 104, car 53150 leading, on Norwich open day shuttle duties, 30-5-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th March 1981

E50221 + E56219 are seen with a Saltburn - Darlington service, while in the distance are E50150 + E51247 with a Stockton - Darlington shuttle. Stockton Cut, March 22, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 27th August 1981

Larpool Viaduct on the closed line from Whitby to Scarborough provides the vantage point for this mixed 4 car DMU (three 101s and a 104: E50149, E59082, E59208, E50150) approaching Whitby from Middlesbrough on August 27, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 1984

Cars E53262 E59075 E53150 wait at Whitby to return to Darlington via Middlesbrough, sometime in 1984. With their day out at the seaside drawing to a close, the steady stream of boarding passengers slam the heavy doors behind them and locate a comfortable but springy seat. There is a distinctive smell, and windows and other fittings vibrate as the engines idle. As departure time comes, the guard buzzes to the driver to move off, and the train slowly pulls away through the gears, to set off on a scenic journey of 35 miles to Middlesbrough, which, with 15 intermediate stops including reversal at Battersby, will take almost 90 minutes. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1984

The Hertfordshire 'Norseman' railtour at Bedale on the 18th February 1984. The vehicles visible are 53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1984

51219 + 53188 and 53150 + 53295 and 53149 at Bedale on the 'Norseman' railtour, 18th February 1984. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1984

The 'Norseman' railtour at Redmire on the 18th February 1984, a 2 + 2 + 3-car formation. From this end the vehicles were 51219 + 53188, 53150 + 53295, 53149 + 59084 + 53244. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1984

On 18 February 1984 Hertfordshire Railtours ran a railtour utilising a class 47 with eight Mk 1 carriages between London King's Cross and Darlington and a 7-car Met-Camm dmu formation (53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150 and 53188 + 51219) thence to Redmire and Eastgate as "The Norseman 2". In this view an HR rep is either placing or removing the headboard from Class 101 DMC(L) 53244. Jeremy Chapter.