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: 30252
Diagram: 523
17/12/56 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
w/e 30/04/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
3w/e 02/05/76 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
w/e 05/03/78 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
11/02/85 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
50154 - original number
53154 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50154 | 50160 | As delivered to 56G - 17th December 1956 | |||||||
50154 | 50160 | Noted 21st April 1957 | |||||||
50154 | 59693 | 51829 | Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
50154 | 50161 | Noted 20/12/66 - at Huddersfield1 | |||||||
50154 | 50161 | Noted 06/04/67 - at York1 | |||||||
50154 | 56368 | Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50154 | 56368 | Noted 03/04/71 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50154 | 56368 | Noted 15/08/1971 - at Leeds2 | |||||||
L141 | 50154 | 56368 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York3 | ||||||
50154 | 56368 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Selby3 | |||||||
L141 | 50154 | 56368 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Doncaster, set number on solebar of trailer3 | ||||||
50154 | 56368 | Noted 11/1974 - at York 4 | |||||||
50154 | 56368 | Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City3 | |||||||
50154 | 56368 | Noted 29/10/75 - at York1 | |||||||
50154 | 50241 | Transfer to BG - 3w/e 02/05/76 | |||||||
50154 | 56384 | Noted 21/02/77 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50154 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted Mar-77 - at Hull1 | ||||||
50154 | 56077 | Noted circa 03/19795 | |||||||
50154 | 56367 | Noted 14/02/81 - at South Shields | |||||||
50154 | 56406 | Noted circa 12/19815 | |||||||
50154 | 56365 | Noted circa 02/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
A three-car Class 101 DMU in New Mills Central station on 9 June 1977. The closest vehicle appears to be E50154, allocated to Hull Botanic Gardens. George Woods.
E50154 heads a two-car set bound for Newcastle shortly after leaving South Shields in April 1981 Trevor Ermel.
With just under four months remaining until closure for development of the Tyneside Metro system, cars E56367 E50154 E50253 E56121 await departure from South Shields on their return to Newcastle, 14/02/1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.