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Vehicle 50157 / 53157

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

01/01/57	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
w/e 12/10/74	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 09/11/74	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
w/e 01/11/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 28/05/78	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
27/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
11/10/87	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
22/02/91	Withdrawn from	LA (Laira) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50157 - original number
53157 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

w/e 29/05/76 - AWS fitted
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 31/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50157	50163		As delivered to 56G - 1st January 1957
	50157	50163		Noted 05/08/66 - at Bradford Exchange¹
	50157	50190		Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City¹
	50157	59066	50162	Noted 07/11/71 - at Doncaster¹
	50157	56366		Noted 30/08/1974 - at York²
	50157	56366		Transfer to BG - w/e 12/10/74
	50157	56366		Transfer to NR - 2w/e 09/11/74
66	50157	56366		Noted 14/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
66	50157	56366		Noted 16/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50157	56366		Noted 03/1975 - at Norwich ²
66	50157	56366		Noted 07/04/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
66	50157	56114		Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	50157	56385		Noted 10/02/76 - at Brough¹
	50157	56385		Noted 27/02/76 - at Huddersfield¹
	50157	56472		Noted 06/03/76 - on Botanic Gardens depot¹
	50157	56384		Noted 23/11/76 - at York¹
	50157	59526	50150	Transfer to DN - w/e 28/05/78
	50157	56370		Noted 14/04/1981 - Worked 11.50 Darlington to Saltburn.⁴
	50157	56091		Noted 16/01/1982⁴
	50157	56074		Noted 13th August 1982
	50157	56061		Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	53157	54085		Noted circa 03/1985⁴
	53157	54081		Noted circa 02/1986⁴
P861	53157			Formed at LA circa 10/87
spare	53157			Listed at LA - 08/08/88
	53157	55012		Noted 31/01/1989 - 1050 Paignton to Bristol TM
P861	51205	53157		Listed at LA - 15/05/89
829	53157	59093	51500	Listed at LA - 21/01/91

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

Images:

11th August 1973

Metro-Cammell DMU E50157 and E56366 on a Leeds train in platform 13 of York on 11 August 1973. Tom Burnham.

Class 101 DMU at Stainforth and Hatfield

Unknown date

A three-car Class 101 departing Stainforth & Hatfield station, date unknown. The domino headcode on the Class 31 in the distance suggests late 1970s - DMBS E50157 (with Manchester on the destination blind) would be painted blue/grey in October 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.

17th March 1983

In a scene barely recognisable as the same today, Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 unit 50157 + 56071, forming a Bishop Auckland to Saltburn service, passes the soon to be barren waste ground of the former Teesside Works Lackenby blast furnaces at Grangetown on 17th March 1983. The South Bank coke ovens are just out of view to the left and the converter at the Lackenby plant, under demolition in 2022, is to be seen above the railway as it curves away to the left. Image taken by Roy Burt. Gordon Edgar Collection.

17th January 1988

Class 101 Metro Cammell DMBS 53157 of set P861 on the rear of a 5-car formation arrived Newton Abbot on an Up service 17-1-88. Note that 53157 still has an E prefix after recently being transferred from Leeds. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

17th January 1988

Set number: P861

Class 101 Metro Cammell DMBS 53157 of Set P861 on rear of an Up service departing Paignton 17-1-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

7th February 1988

Set number: P861

53157, 55000 and 55009 stabled on Laira depot on 7 February 1988. Keith Miller.

21st October 1988

Set number: P861

P861 is a Class 101/108 hybrid (presumably 53157 closest) seen with P100 (55000) on the rear at Liskeard on 21 October 1988. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

18th March 1990

Set number: 829

Plymouth Laira allocated Class 101 DMU set 829 (DMBS 53157, TBSL 59093, DMCL 51500) at Exeter St Davids on 18 March 1990. Dave Warby.

30th May 1990

Set number: 829

A three-car Class 101 DMU formed of cars 53157, 59093 & 51500 (829) was arriving at Starcross with the 16.35 Paignton to Exeter Central service on May 30th 1990. The 101 was one of several first generation DMU's transferred to Plymouth Laira following the demise of the Class 142 'Skipper' fleet in the West Country. Many sets were cobbled together until sufficient Class 150/2 Sprinters became available. Martyn Hilbert.

2nd March 1991

53157, 53223, 53638, Sc51241, 51219, W59567 Mayer Parrys, Snailwell 2-3-91. Kevin Dowd.

6th March 1991

Set number: 829

Class 101 DMBS 53157 at Snailwell on 6th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

25th March 1991

E75247 and 53157 at Snailwell on 25th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

25th March 1991

Set number: 829

Class 101 DMBS 53157 at Snailwell on 25th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 25th March 1986

The splendour of Darlington (Bank Top) station at night. Metropolitan-Cammell units 53157 (left) and 53256-54091 stand in the southern bay platforms during the evening of 25th March 1986 with an HST Inter-City 125 making its stop on a King's Cross-Newcastle service. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 30th July 1988

Set number: P872

A Class 101 formed of two DMBSs, 53247 carrying set number P872 and 53157, Exeter St Davids 30 July 1988. Keith Miller.

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