Vehicle 50154 / 53154

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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-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11/02/85	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)

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:

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circa 1972

A two-car Met-Camm DMU led by E50154 entering Goole station circa 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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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.

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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:

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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.