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Vehicle 50191 / 53191

Class 101

BR Diagram 620

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

25/03/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 30/09/61 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
4w/e 30/06/62 Ex-loan back to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
2w/e 09/09/79 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
Dec-79 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
16/02/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
03/05/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/11/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50191 - original number
53191 - from Jan-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 01/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50190 59069 59082 50191 As delivered to 51A - 25th March 1957
50190 59069 59082 50191 Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 30/09/61
50190 59069 59082 50191 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 30/06/62
50149 59049 59109 50191 Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle1
50149 59049 59109 50191 Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough2
50149 59109 59049 50191 Noted 09/06/73 - at Darlington3
N407 50149 59049 59109 50191 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number not on 59049 but on other three3
N407 50149 59109 59049 50191 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number on 50149 and 59109 only3
50191 59076 50261 Transfer to NR - Dec-79
91 50191 59076 50261 Noted 15/02/80 - at Norwich3
91 50191 59076 50261 Listed at NR - circa Mar-80 - refurbished (b/g)
91 50179 59076 50191 Noted 26/06/80 - at Norwich3
94 50191 59097 50750 Noted 13/01/81 - at Ely
98 53191 59097 53240 Noted circa 03/19844
Spare 53191 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
spare 53191 Listed at NC - Dec-85
53178 59052 53191 Transfer to NL - 16/02/86 - from NC
53178 59052 53191 Noted 19th August 1986
90 53191 59052 53178 Noted 15/10/1986 - operating from Botanic Gardens4
90 53191 59052 53178 Noted 10/12/1986 - operating from Botanic Gardens4
53214 53191 Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:06 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service5
51214 53191 Noted 28/07/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
53214 53191 Noted 11/08/88 - on 13:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
53214 53191 Noted 20/08/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
53214 53191 Noted 22/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Carlisle

circa spring 1973

A four-car Class 101 DMU, closest seems to be E50191, at Carlisle. The slide was undated, the gantries without wires suggest and the semaphore signals in the background suggest spring 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens depot

12th July 1987

Set number: 90

A Class 101/108/101 hybrid DMU (53191 + 59383 + 53320) on Hull Botanic Gardens depot on 12 July 1987. Keith Miller.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th July 1986

Set number: 90

A three-car Class 101 DMU is seen in Sheffield station with Scarborough on the destination blind on 26 July 1986. Formed of 53178 + 59052 + 53191 it was allocated to Neville Hill but carries an old Norwich set number. On the left is Class 110 52066. Keith Miller.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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