Vehicle 50164 / 53164
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: 30254
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 10/01/57 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| w/e 30/04/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| Apr-73 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
| w/e 13/05/79 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| 2w/e 09/09/79 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 21/03/82 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 07/09/91 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| 19/01/92 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| 11/06/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 30/06/92 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) RCLO |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50164 - original number
53164 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 09/04/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50164 | 50168 | As delivered to 56G - 10th January 1957 | |||||||
| 50164 | 50168 | Noted 30/10/1963 - Seen at Sheffield Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50164 | 50168 | Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland2 | |||||||
| L142 | 50164 | 50163 | Noted circa 19711 | ||||||
| 50164 | 59200 | 50163 | Noted 01/09/74 - at Carnforth3 | ||||||
| 50163 | 59535 | 50164 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot3 | ||||||
| 50164 | 56135 | Noted 16/09/75 - at Hull2 | |||||||
| 50164 | 56135 | Noted 08/10/75 - at Brough2 | |||||||
| 50164 | 56135 | Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough2 | |||||||
| 50164 | 56135 | Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough2 | |||||||
| 50164 | 59073 | 50150 | Noted 16/01/76 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50164 | 59205 | 50171 | Noted 07/02/76 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50164 | 59205 | 50171 | Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50164 | 56383 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Brough2 | |||||||
| 50164 | 56063 | Noted 25/03/78 - at Keighley | |||||||
| 50164 | 59092 | 59200 | 50751 | Noted circa 12/19811 | |||||
| 50164 | 56365 | Noted 08/05/82 - with E56387 + E51208 at Newburn, Hartlepool | |||||||
| 50164 | 56050 | Noted circa 02/19831 | |||||||
| 53164 | 54365 | Noted 19/07/83 - on 07:39 Middlesbrough - Newcastle | |||||||
| 53164 | 54086 | Noted 08/07/84 - at Darlington | |||||||
| 53164 | 51506 | Noted circa 03/19851 | |||||||
| 53164 | 54390 | Noted circa 02/19861 | |||||||
| 53164 | 54392 | Noted circa 10/19861 | |||||||
| 53164 | 54345 | Noted 22/11/19861 | |||||||
| 53164 | 59246 | 53188 | Noted 13/08/87 - on 18:20 Saltburn - Darlington | ||||||
| 101317 | 51243 | 59553 | 53164 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
| 101356 | 53164 | 59696 | 53253 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
| 101359 | 51210 | 59116 | 53164 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 22/10/88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 3rd January 1989 | |||||
| 53164 | 59809 | 53733 | Noted 27th May 1989 | ||||||
| 53164 | 54365 | Noted 06/06/1990 - At Leeds4 | |||||||
| LO344 | 53164 | 59387 | 53203 | Noted circa 05/19911 | |||||
| LO344 | 53164 | 59387 | 53203 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | |||||
| LO344 | 53164 | 59387 | 53203 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | |||||
| C388 | 53164 | 59387 | 53203 | Listed at CF - Dec-91 | |||||
| 101685 | 53164 | 53160 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| 101685 | 53164 | 53160 | Listed at LO - November 1992 | ||||||
| 101685 | 53164 | 53160 | Listed at LO - 10/12/92 | ||||||
| 53164 | 53160 | Noted 16/08/93 - on 20:30 Deansgate - Macclesfield5 | |||||||
| 101685 | 53164 | 53160 | Listed at LO - November 1993 | ||||||
| 53164 | 53160 | Noted 18/03/94 - on 20:10 Wallgate - Rochdale5 | |||||||
| 53164 | 59539 | 53160 | Noted 10/06/94 - on 2H39 12:15 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly5 | ||||||
| 101685 | 53164 | 59539 | 53160 | Noted 24th May 1997 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Nicholas Youngman
5: David Bellamy
Images:
5th September 1974
Mail bags are being loaded into DMBS E50164 at Bridlington on September 5, 1974. The set has a BRC&W centre car. Michael Mensing.
16th April 1979
50164 16th April 1979 Doncaster Station Kevin Watson.
2nd July 1981
Met Camm 3 car units at Whitby, with 50164 and 51205 nearest the camera, in the early morning of July 2nd 1981. Bruce Galloway.
8th May 1982
On May 8, 1982, ex-works E50164 + E56365 leads E56387 + E51208 at Newburn, Hartlepool. John Carter.
13th August 1987
Just before 7pm, cars E53164 E59246 E53188 (two vehicles with brake vans) call at Middlesbrough with the 18:20 Saltburn - Darlington. E53164, nearest the camera, is receiving attention from a railway worker, was later preserved. The DMU visible to the left is DTS(L) no E54408 at the rear of a service to Saltburn. The use of a power-trailer formation such as this may have also been due to stock shortages, as DMUs in the north-east were generally formed as power-twins by this date, to have any hope of maintaining accelerated schedules intended for Pacers. Graeme Phillips Collection.
22nd October 1988
Set number: 535
In Dundee station on October 22, 1988, set 535 is on the left, formed E53164 + 59065 + 53733, with the 17:16 to Perth. On the right is the 17:15 to Montrose, formed of 107749 (presumably 52034 + 59807 + 52010). Hamish Stevenson.
22nd October 1988
E53164 + 59065 + 53733 stabled at Dundee on October 22nd, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
13th May 1989
An Edinburgh - Cardenden service passes through Princes Street Gardens on 13 May 1989. The leading car is 53164 - it kept its damaged front end for at least a year after this. The centre car will likely be Class 110 59809, and the Class 120 at the far end should be 53733. Neil Smith.
17th August 1989
Set number: 535
The 17:05 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh Waverley arriving at Inverkeithing (at 17:26) on Thursday 17th August 1989. The centre and rear cars are believed to be 59809 (110) and 53733 (120), the leading Class 101 DMBS is possibly 53164. Colin Brooks.
6th June 1990
53164 + 54365 at Leeds on June 6th 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
12th July 1992
53164 and 53160 at Doncaster, ready for 'facelifting'. They will leave the works formed as 101685. Mark Grimes.
12th July 1992
Set number: 824
53164 (and 53160) in the yard at Doncaster Works during the open day on July 12th 1992, with 08 562 on the right. Martyn Hilbert.
3rd May 1993
Set number: 101685
101685 53164 + 53160 + 101682 51505 + 53256 at Llandudno with the 1735 to Blaenau Ffestiniog, 3-5-93. Kevin Dowd.
16th June 1993
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) at Rotherham Central on a Doncaster to Sheffield local service, 16 June 1993. David Bellamy.
19th June 1993
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) in Manchester Victoria on 19 June 1993. Stuart Mackay Collection.
9th April 1994
Set number: 101685
Two Class 101 Met Camm DMUs Rhyl on April 9th, 1994 with 101685 (53164 + 53160) at the front. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.
10th June 1994
53164 in Platform 2C at Sheffield on a Hope Valley service back to Piccadilly, 10 June 1994. David Bellamy.
1994
Set number: 101685
The retor-green Met-Camm set 101685 (53164 + 59539 + 53160) at Betws-y-Coed sometime in 1994. John Parker.
1994
Class 101 DMBS 53164 at Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1994 with a service for Llandudno Junction. It had recently been repainted into British Railways, along with cars 59539 and 53160. It was amongst the last of the Class withdrawn en masse in December 2003. Graeme Phillips Collection.
12th September 1994
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 59539 + 53160) seen at Blaenau Ffestiniog, about to work the 15:07 to Llandudno, 12/9/94 Hamish Stevenson.
12th September 1994
Set number: 101685
53164 in a rainy Blaenau Ffestiniog on 12/9/94 with the 15:07 to Llandudno. It is attached to 59539. Hamish Stevenson.
26th September 1994
Set number: 101685
Green 101 685 (53164 + 59539 + 53160) seen at Chester on 26/9/94. Robert Frise.
10th February 1995
Set number: 101685
On a cold February day 101685 (53164, 59539 & 53160) arrives at an almost deserted Rhyl on 10th February 1995. Ian Buck.
10th February 1995
Set number: 101685
As a 3-car green 101685 (53164, 58539 & 53160) at Chester on a stopping train to Holyhead, 10th February 1995. Ian Buck.
20th July 1995
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 59539 + 53160) on the 17:23 Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton at Dove Holes, 20-7-95. Kevin Dowd.
6th August 1995
Set number: 101685
101685 formed 53164 + 59539 + 53160 near Abergele & Pensarn on 6 August 1995 on the 09.09 Llandudno-Manchester. Lewis Bevan.
18th November 1995
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) on the 10:16 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly at New Mills South Junction, 18-11-95. Kevin Dowd.
August 1996
Set number: 101685
Set 101685 (53164 + 59539 + 53160) in Llandudno station in August 1996 with a Blaenau Ffestiniog service. Stuart Mackay Collection.
August 1996
Set number: 101685
Retro-green Class 101 DMBS 53164 in Llandudno station in August 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th August 1996
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 59539 + 53160) at Llandudno Jct on 6-8-96 after arriving from Blaenau Ffestiniog. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th August 1996
Set number: 101685
At Llandudno Junction 101685 (53164, 59539 & 53160) on 6th August 1996. Ian Buck.
1st August 1997
Set number: 101685
Green unit 101685 (53164 + 59539 + 53160) at Holyhead on 1st August 1997. Lewis Bevan.
2nd April 1998
Set number: 101685
'Daisy' 101685 (53164 + 53160) at Sheffield with the 14:15 to Manchester Piccadilly on April 2, 1998. John Carter.
27th May 1998
Class 101 53164, set number 101 685, is seen at Warrington Bank Quay on 27.05.1998. It had been refurbished and repainted back into BR green, and was unofficially known as Daisy. Andy Cole.
3rd March 1999
Set number: 101685
Arriving at Romiley on 3rd March 1999 is 101685 (53164 & 53160). Ian Buck.
3rd August 1999
Set number: 101685
Class 101 Met Camm DMU 53164 + 53160 Blaenau Ffestiniog with 15.07 to Llandudno 3-8-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
3rd August 1999
Set number: 101685
Class 101 Met Camm DMU 53164 + 53160 stands at Llandudno Junction with 15.07 ex-Blaenaum 3-8-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
2nd February 2000
Two 2-car Class 101 sets, 53164 + 53160 (front) in green and 53211 + 54085 (rear) in Regional Railways, at Manchester Piccadilly on 2nd February 2000. Photograph by David Slack. Uploaded by Andrew Slack. David Slack.
12th February 2000
Set number: 101685
At Manchester Piccadilly is 101685 (53164 & 53160) on 12th February 2000. Ian Buck.
7th May 2000
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) with the Branch Line Society 'Ringway Requiem' tour in Manchester Piccadilly on 7th May 2000. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th May 2000
Set number: 101685
101 685 (53164 + 53160) with the BLS 'Ringway Requiem' tour traversing the short lived freight spur which was used to bring in materials in conjunction with the building of runway 2 at Manchester Airport. 7th May 2000. Andrew J Crowther.
8th May 2000
Set number: 101685
"Daisy" at Stockport on a service to Macclesfield, May 8, 2000. Ian Buck.
February 2001
Set number: 101685
The green set had long become a 2-car set (53164 + 53160) when seen here at Chinley working a Sheffield to Manchester Hope Valley stopper in February 2001. Ian Buck.
February 2001
Set number: 101685
Leaving Chinley for Sheffield in February 2001 is 101685 (53164 & 53160). Ian Buck.
26th February 2001
Set number: 101685
'Daisy' 53164 / 53160 at Rose Hill on February 26, 2001. Steve Hodgson.
26th February 2001
Set number: 101685
53164 and 53160 head out of Guide Bridge on the 26th February 2001. Steve Hodgson.
7th May 2001
Forming a late-afternoon service from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno Junction on 7th May 2001, Metro-Cammell class 101 'Heritage Green' DMU 53164-53160 approaches the southern portal of the 2.5 mile-long (4 kilometres) Ffestiniog tunnel, constructed by the L&NWR between 1873 and 1879. Gordon Edgar.
12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) on 2S20, the 16:02 New Mills Central to Manchester Piccadilly at Marple, 12-5-01. Kevin Dowd.
12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) waiting to crossover from the up to the downside at New Mills Central after arriving with the 19:43 from Manchester Piccadilly, Saturday 12th May 2001. Paul Moxon.
12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) viewed from the down platform at New Mills on 12/5/01. The guard is advising potential passengers that the 20:30 departure to Piccadilly is now from the Up side, so 685 unusually traversed the crossover at the Manchester end of the station. Paul Moxon.
12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
The sunset as seen through 53164's centre cab window near Reddish on the 12th May 2001. Paul Moxon.
12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
At 21:05 on the 12th May 2001, the train preparer connects the multiple working cables from 101685 to 101691 at Manchester Piccadilly Station. Paul Moxon.
29th June 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) seen leaving Bramhall on Friday 29th June 2001 whilst working the 1711 Macclesfield to Piccadilly. Paul Moxon.
6th August 2002
Set number: 101685
'Daisy' 101685 (53164 + 53160) arriving into Manchester Piccadilly on August 6, 2002. David Faircloth.
16th August 2002
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) arrives into Manchester Piccadilly on 16-08-2002. Stuart Mackay Collection.
September 2002
Set number: 101685
53164 + 53160 arriving into Manchester Piccadilly in September 2002. Nicholas Youngman.
September 2002
Set number: 101685
53164 seen from a passing service at Ardwick in September 2002. Nicholas Youngman.
September 2002
Set number: 101685
Different generations of DMU meet outside Manchester Piccadilly in September 2002, as 101 685 passes a Virgin 221 set. John Law.
19th August 2003
Set number: 101685
101685 (53164 + 53160) at Manchester Piccadilly, 19/8/03/ Louise Thomson.
20th December 2003
Set number: 101685
"Daisy" seen at New Mills Central, working the 18:50 to Piccadilly, 20/12/03. Kevin Dowd.
20th December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 at New Mills Central, working the 18:50 to Piccadilly, 20th December 2003. Kevin Dowd.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 at Morecambe with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. The destination blind shows "Heysham Sea Terminal For I.O.M." Stuart Mackay.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 at Barrow in Furness with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 after arrival at Morecambe with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 + 53160 / 51192 + 53266 / 51803 + 51205 in Preston station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 + 53160 / 51192 + 53266 / 51803 + 51205 in Buxton station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 in Buxton with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
The 'Daisy' nameplate on a tatty looking 53164, taken in Manchester Piccadilly with the 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 on the rear of the Class 101 Farewell tour awaiting departure from Manchester Piccadilly on December 21, 2003. Stuart Mackay.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th July 1983
Cars E54365 E53164 are just about to enter Boldon Colliery station, Tyne & Wear, with the 07:39 Middlesbrough-Newcastle on 19/07/1983. Behind the train is a bridge carrying the line from Tyne Dock to Consett, which crossed the Newcastle-Sunderland line at what was known as Pontop Crossing - in this view, it is still protected by semaphore signals, but these were replaced in the mid-1980s. Boldon Colliery station was renamed Brockley Whins in 1991, and it became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system when the Sunderland extension was opened in 2002. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 8th July 1984
Class 101 DMUs at Darlington, 54086 + 53164 on left, 54084 + 53233 with 18-15 to Saltburn on right, 8-7-84. The set on the left, with 'Special' on the destination blind, has red items hanging from the passenger doors, excursion boards? On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 22nd October 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 comprises 53733 + 59065 + E53164 when seen stabled at Dundee on October 22, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 5th July 1989
An unusual view of the west end of Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the morning of 5/7/89. No trains were moving this day - it was the day of one of the weekly strikes staged by the NUR that summer. Almost every platform is filled with stabled stock. From left to right there are : an HST in plat.19, 52053 coupled to 59248 and 52059 (108 380) in plat.18, a Mk.2 DVT (9709) in plat.17, 53260 coupled to 59042 and 51241 (101 315) in plat.16, nothing visible in plat.15, 150 244 in plat.14, 53933 (coupled to 51566) in plat.13, 53164(cl.101) coupled to 59800(cl.107) and 53733, forming 120 535, in plat.12 and another HST in plat.11. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 1991
Set number: T075
As Tyseley's set T075, a livery mismatch with 51245 is 53160, later to be refurbished and formed with 53164 as 101685, a.k.a. 'Daisy' and subsequently preserved. The DMBS should be 51245. Robert Chilton Collection.
Date: 17th May 1991
Set number: LO344
Class 101/108 Hybrid LO 344 arrives at Manchester Piccadilly on May 17, 1991. Formed of 53203 + 59387 + E53164, the former has Norwich set number 87 still showing on the window. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 31st December 1991
Set number: C388
53203 brings up the rear of C388 set at Swansea High St on 31/12/91. 53203 still - carrying set number 87 from East Anglia - later became 977897. 53164 (later ‘Daisy’) is at the front, the Class 108 centre car is presumably 59387. Mac Winfield.
Date: 19th October 1992
Set number: 101685
In pre-green days, 101685 (53160 + 53164) is working with LO280 (53971 + 54504) on 2H65, the 09:38 Manchester Piccadilly to New Mills Central at Hague Bar, 19-10-92. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 11th December 1993
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) arrives into Parbold with the 11:00 Southport - Chester, 11/12/93. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 21st April 1994
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) arriving at Deansgate on 21 April 1994. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: 11th June 1994
Set number: 101685
Recently repainted into green livery 101685 (53160 + 59539 + 53164) sits in the bay at Llandudno Junction on 11 June 1994. Note the first passenger door is out of use. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st July 1994
Set number: 101685
Affectionally known as Daisy the Dmu, 101685 (53160 + 59539 + 53164) waits at Llandudno to leave for Blaenau Ffestiniog 1/7/1994. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 17th December 1994
Set number: 101685
Complete with a Father Christmas in the offside cab window, the retro BR green liveried three-car Class 101 DMU (101685) formed of cars 53160, 59539 & 53164 was stood in bay platform 4C at Preston on December 17th 1994. The unit was operating the Ribble Valley Rail Santa Specials between Clitheroe and Preston. The interior of the cars had been adorned with Christmas decorations and the luggage racks trimmed with tinsel. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 1995
Set number: 101685
"Daisy" - 3-car 101685 (53160, 59539, 53164) at Llandudno in 1995. Graham Baker.
Date: 10th February 1995
Set number: 101685
"Daisy" (53164 + 59539 + 53160) in the bay at Llandudno Junction on a Holyhead service on February 10, 1995. Ian Buck.
Date: 5th August 1995
Set number: 101681
Metro-Cammell Class 101 DMUs 101681 (51228 + 51506) in Regional Railways livery and 101685 (53160 + 59539 + 53164) in BR Green pass Llanfairfechan on the North Wales Coast on 5 August 1995 with the 1212 Manchester Victoria -Holyhead Saturdays only train. Fuji Velvia scan. Chris Morrison.
Date: August 1996
Set number: 101685
Retro-green 101685 (53160 + 59539 + 53164) sits in Llandudno station in August 1996 with a service for Blaenau Ffestiniog. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 6th August 1996
Set number: 101685
3-car 101685 (53160, 59539 & 53164) leaving Llandudno Junction on 6th August 1996. Ian Buck.
Date: 7th August 1996
Set number: 101685
101685 is seen as a three car set (53160 + 59539 + 53164) at Crewe in BR green on 07.08.1996. Andy Cole.
Date: 24th August 1996
Set number: 101685
Retro-green 101685 (53160 + 59539 + 53164) at Llandudno on 24-8-96 with the 10:24 for Blaenau Ffestiniog. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 24th August 1996
Set number: 101685
53160 + 59539 + 53164 with the 10:24 for Blaenau Ffestiniog at Llandudno on 24-8-96. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st August 1997
Set number: 101685
Class 101 unit 101685, made up of 53160/59539/53164. on a Blaenau Ffestiniog-Llandudno working at Llandudno Junction on 1 August 1997. This unit was built by Metropolitan-Cammell and dates from 1957/1957. 101685 spent its final few years in service in green livery, as seen here, and was one of the last 5 units withdrawn from service at Newton Heath on 24 December 2003. After withdrawal it was purchased for preservation and is now operational at the NYMR. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 1st August 1997
Set number: 101685
101685(53160 + 59539 + 53164) at Llanrwst on the 17.35 Llandudno - Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1 August 1997. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 2nd April 1998
Set number: 101685
53160 + 53164 with the 14:15 Manchester Piccadilly service waiting to leave Sheffield on a rainy April 2 1998. John Carter.
Date: 27th May 1998
Retro-green 53160 and 53164 (set 101 685) are seen at Warrington Bank Quay on 27/05/1998. Andy Cole.
Date: 1999
Set number: 101685
"Daisy" 101685 (53160 + 53164) seen at Manchester Piccadilly in 1999. Simon Barnes.
Date: 7th May 2000
Set number: 101685
Metro-Cammell Class 101 53160 + 53164 on the short lived freight only branch at Manchester Airport, 7th May 2000, operating the BLS 'Ringway Requiem' tour. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 8th May 2000
Set number: 101685
At Stockport on a Macclesfield train 101685 (53160 & 53164) on 8th May 2000. Ian Buck.
Date: circa 2001
Set number: 101685
'Daisy' 101685 (53160 + 53164) in Manchester Piccadilly in the early 2000s. Waddo Rail.
Date: 9th January 2001
Set number: 101695
Manchester Piccadilly, and 101695 (51226 + 51499) is on the 17:57 to Hadfield, and 101685 (53164 + 53160) is on the 17:55 to New Mills Central, 9-1-01. Kevin Dowd.
Date: February 2001
Set number: 101685
Arriving at Romiley in February 2001 is 101685 (53160 & 53164). Ian Buck.
Date: 26th February 2001
Set number: 101685
101 685 (53160 + 53164) seen in Manchester Piccadilly on the 26th February 2001. Steve Hodgson.
Date: 26th February 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) in seen through the wilderness at Rose Hill on the 26th February 2001. Steve Hodgson.
Date: 4th May 2001
Set number: 101685
Seen at Stockport on the left is Class 101 No 53164 and 53160 in BR Green Livery with a train from Stoke on Trent to Manchester Piccadilly and on the right First Class 175/1 No 175 112 which will form the 0949 Stockport to Holyhead. 4 May 2001. Keith Long.
Date: 7th May 2001
Set number: 101685
Metro-Cammell unit 53160-53164 emerging from the 2 miles and 333 yards tunnel into the slate landscape forming a Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog service on 7 May 2001. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 11th May 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) at Macclesfield on the 17:12 to Manchester Piccadilly, Friday 11th May 2001. Paul Moxon.
Date: 12th May 2001
In its retro livery which had become quite worn looking, the BR Green Class 101 two-car DMU (M53160 & M53164) was departing from Romiley with a New Mills Central to Manchester Piccadilly service on May 12th 2001. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
In retro BR green livery, Class 101 101685 formed of cars 53160 & 53164 was arriving at Romiley with the 14.14 Manchester Piccadilly to New Mills Central service on May 12th 2001. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) at Strines on the 13:43 Piccadilly to New Mills Central, Saturday 12th May. This was scheduled to be its final day in traffic, it survived another two and a half years till December 2003. Paul Moxon.
Date: 12th May 2001
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) and 101691 (51253 + 53171) waiting to leave Manchester Piccadilly ECS to Longsight. 21:10 on the 12th May 2001, 685 had arrived on the 20:30 from New Mills. Paul Moxon.
Date: 16th August 2002
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) departs Manchester Piccadilly on 16-8-02 heading for Rose Hill. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: September 2002
Set number: 101685
'Daisy' 53160 + 53164 arrives into Manchester Piccadilly station in September 2002. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 2nd December 2003
Set number: 101685
101685 (53160 + 53164) on standby at Manchester Piccadilly, 2/12/03. Mat Hawley.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
101676 as part of the class 101 farewell tour seen leaving Stockport Station on 21-12-03. The full consist was 51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164. Ian Cuthbertson.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
The Class 101 Farewell Tour departing from Manchester Piccadilly, 21/12/03. Taken from 51205, the rest of the vehicles were 51803, 53266, 51192, 53160 and 53164 (sets 676/693/685). Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164 in Buxton with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164 in Preston station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164 in Heysham station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.