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Vehicle 50189 / 53189


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

14/03/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 24/01/59 On loan to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 16/05/59 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 27/03/71 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
24/03/77 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
w/e 01/05/77 Transferred to CH (Chester)
4w/e 05/05/79 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
circa Aug-82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
06/05/90 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
09/03/92 Withdrawn from LA (Laira) PLAX

Notes

19th March 1983 - Seen with 4 marker lights on cab end
26th April 1983 - Seen with 4 marker lights on cab end

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50189 - original number
53189 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-77 - AWS fitted
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 29/10/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50188 59068 59081 50189 As delivered to 51A - 14th March 1957
50176 59075 59060 50189 Noted 29/08/70 - at York1
N423 50141 59082 59577 50189 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 50141 + 590812
N403 50141 59577 59081 50189 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 501892
50141 59577 59081 50189 Noted 03/04/76 - on Darlington depot2
50189 59081 50197 Transfer to NH - 24/03/77 - from GF
50189 59081 50197 Transfer to CH - w/e 01/05/77
50189 59081 50197 Noted 06/07/1977 - 2G66, 11.25 Chester to Wolverhampton3
50189 59081 50197 Noted 12/09/1977 - at Wolverhampton 4
50931 50189 Noted 19/12/1977 - 2J80, 11.28 Birkenhead North to Wrexham Central3
50189 59081 50197 Noted 16/07/1978 - at Wolverhampton4
50189 59081 50197 Transfer to DE - 4w/e 05/05/79
307 51231 59688 50189 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
51227 59688 50189 Noted circa 03/19813
101307 51231 59688 50189 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
307 51231 59688 53189 Noted circa 11/19833
spare 53189 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101362 53197 59073 53189 Noted circa 02/19863
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted 18th June 1986
307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
101302 53290 59305 53189 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101302 53290 59305 53189 Noted 30/03/19873
51232 59060 53189 Noted circa 04/19873
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted 07/05/19873
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - Jan-88
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted circa 05/19883
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted 5th September 1989
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted circa 03/19903
51231 59688 53189 Noted 14th April 1990
876 51231 53189 Noted circa 08/19903
876 51231 53189 Noted circa 12/19903
P876 51231 53189 Listed at LA - Jul-91
P876 51231 53189 Listed at LA - Aug-91
P876 51231 53189 Listed at LA - Dec-91

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

7th August 1982

Set number: 101307

101 307 (presumably with 50189 closest) travels through Princes Street Gardens on August 7, 1982. Walter Burt.

Class 101 DMU at St Rollox

25th May 1986

Set number: 101307

Class 101 53189, set number 101307, is seen inside St Rollox works undergoing overhaul on 25.05.1986. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

1987

Set number: 101307

The DMU line-up at the buffers in Edinburgh Waverley on this day in 1987 comprised Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 53189), Swindon 532 (53658) and a Class 107. S Saunders.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

1987

Set number: 101307

A 1987 DMU line-up in Edinburgh Waverley: Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 53189); Swindon 532 (53658); and a Class 107. S Saunders.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket depot

1988

Set number: 101307

53189 heads 101307 departing Haymarket depot towards Waverley in 1988. S Saunders.

Class 101 DMU at Barnstaple

1992

Set number: 876

Met-Camm set 876 (presumably 53189 + 51231) at Barnstaple in 1992. John Law.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st August 1975

One of the DMU shuttles that ran from Darlington to Shildon for the Rail 150 Cavalcade on 31 August 1975. Helpfully, the November 1975 Railway Observer listed the formations of these shuttles and this one can be identified as, left to right, 59388 + 50644, 50141 + 59577 + 59081 + 50189 and 51439 + 59538 + 50143. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

This "TBSL" triple 101 with a 4-light front is thought to be 50189 - 59081 - 50197, a set that was transferred to Chester during 1977, and left about 1980. Entering Prestatyn, unknown date. John Powell.

DMU

Date: 26th August 1978

A Class 101 DMU on a Wolverhampton - Chester service in Curzon Park Cutting on 26 August 1978. Behind 40008 is on Llandudno - Manchester working. It is thought to be Chester set M50189 + M59081 + M50197, as this was the only TBSL set around in the Midlands at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 9th March 1986

Set number: 104

A DMU line-up in Haymarket depot on March 9, 1986. On the left is a Class 107, in the middle 101307 (presumably with 53189 closest) and on the right a Class 104 with 53525 closest. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101307

An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 8th September 1988

Set number: 101307

Racing down the gradient from the Forth Bridge having just passed the end of Runway 31 at Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Haymarket TMD based 3 car Class 101 101307 is heading for Edinburgh Waverley Station on the 8th September 1988. DMBS SC51231 is leading, followed by TCL SC59688 with DMCL SC53189 bringing up the rear. Bob Woolnough.

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: 101307

101307 (presumably 51231 + 59688 + 53189) passes though Princes St Gardens on its way to Stirling in 1989. Andrew McConnell.