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Vehicle 50154 / 53154


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: 30252
Diagram: 523

Allocations

17/12/56 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
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11/02/85 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50154 - original number
53154 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/02/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at New Mills Central

9th June 1977

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.

Class 101 DMU at South Shields

April 1981

E50154 heads a two-car set bound for Newcastle shortly after leaving South Shields in April 1981 Trevor Ermel.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th February 1981

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.