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Vehicle 50151 / 53151


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
3w/e 21/03/76 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
w/e 08/06/80 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
12/05/85 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50151 - original number
53151 - from Feb-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/07/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50150 59048 59055 50151 As delivered to South Gosforth - 30th November 1956
50151 59048 59093 50264 Noted 4th April 1958
50150 59048 59055 50151 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/07/60
50150 59095 59106 50151 Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1
50151 59091 59092 50244 Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough2
50151 59091 59092 50244 Noted 11/08/73 - on a Norwich - Peterborough service with 50387 + 561213
50151 59091 59092 50244 Noted 16/03/1974 - at York2
50151 59091 59092 50244 Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot3
50151 59092 59091 50244 Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
50151 59072 59113 50178 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Darlington 2
50151 59083 50179 Transfer to NR - w/e 08/06/80
53188 59097 53151 Noted circa 02/19864
53263 59076 53151 Noted circa 08/19864
53151 59076 53263 Noted 19th August 1986

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Woodbridge

28th September 1980

Set number: 93

Class 101 DMU set 93 with 50151 closest approaching Woodbridge on 28 September 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Battersby

circa August 1985

Set number: 97

A Class 101 DMU arrives at Battersby with a Whitby service, the slide process date is August 1985. The Norwich set number identifies the leading car as E53151, transferred from Norwich to Heaton in May 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at York

Unknown date

Set number: 97

A five-car formation of Met-Camm vehicles departs westbound from York with a service for Bradford Interchange in the mid/late 1980s. The leading vehicle - 53151 - still carries its East Anglian set number 97. It had been transferred from Norwich to HT in May 1985, then to NL in the first half of May 1986. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Haxby

July 1986

Set number: 97

A six-car DMU formation at Haxby on July 1986. Leading is a three-car trailer brake Met-Camm set, 53151 is thought to be leading still carrying Norwich set number 97. The rear set appears to be a Class 110 with Class 108 centre car. George Woods.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 24th October 1981

Set number: 93

Class 101 DMU set 93 with the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society "Mid-Anglia Rambler" railtour at Barnwell Jct on 24 October 1981. The vehicle are noted as being E50151 + E59076 + E50261. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd October 1984

Set number: 91

Three-car Class 101 DMU set 91 arrives at Manningtree on 23 October 1984. 53151 is noted as being the closest vehicle. Chris Thorp.