Vehicle 50172 / 53172
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: 30256
Diagram: 620
Allocations
| 28/01/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 2w/e 06/05/67 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| 4w/e 27/02/71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-71 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 11/04/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 10/09/87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50172 - original number
53172 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 07/04/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50172 | 59060 | 59073 | 50173 | As delivered to 51A - 28th January 1957 | |||||
| 50173 | 59073 | 59060 | 50172 | Noted 01/07/1957 - Hexham accident 01.07.1957 50173 destroyed in collision with steam loco 62029 | |||||
| 50230 | 50172 | Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
| 81 | 50172 | 59097 | 50750 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich2 | |||||
| 81 | 50172 | 59097 | 50750 | Noted 17/02/73 - at Ipswich2 | |||||
| 81 | 50172 | 59097 | 50750 | Noted circa 1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 20/05/73 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 15/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 26/01/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 22/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 86 | 50160 | 59097 | 50172 | Noted 09/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50172 | 59523 | 50201 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield5 | ||||||
| 50154 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted Mar-77 - at Hull5 | ||||||
| 309 | 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Noted 6th May 1981 | |||||
| 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Noted 30th December 19816 | ||||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59067 | 53172 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53172 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101361 | 53172 | 59112 | 53141 | Noted circa 10/19857 | |||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53172 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59086 | 53172 | Noted 3rd July 1986 | |||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59086 | 53172 | Listed at HA - August 1986 | |||||
| 53172 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket Depot7 | ||||||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53172 | Noted circa 12/19867 | |||||
| 101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53172 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 53292 | 59553 | 53172 | Noted circa 04/19877 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Stuart Mackay
7: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa 1974
Set number: 86
E50172 at the front of two three-car Met-Camm sets in March station, circa early/mid 1970s. The vehicle carries window bars on the passenger doors from its time in the north east, it would move back north in October 1975, this time to Hull. John Law.
26th August 1978
A Met-Camm set with SC50172 on the rear waits for the signal to run through the tunnel to Haymarket at Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, on 26/08/78. The DMS was a recent transfer from England, hence the unpainted window frames which ScR vehicles normally had. Steve Jones.
circa early 1980s
Set number: 101309
SC50172 is closest in this view of Met-Camm DMU set 101309 passing through Prince Street Gardens circa early 1980s. Paul Redmond.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th October 1985
Set number: 101361
The 16:03 from Dunblane arrives into Falkirk Grahamston (which is undergoing 'modernisation'). The photographer notes the power cars as 53141 + 53172, and The centre car carries the HA depot 'castle' logo. Hamish Stevenson.