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Vehicle 50196 / 53196

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

12/04/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
27/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
29/06/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/12/88 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
14/05/89 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
p/e 02/12/89 Sector Change to CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ
12/12/89 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50196 - original number
53196 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 19/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50196 59072 59085 50197 As delivered to 51A - 12th April 1957
50196 50213 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50294 50196 Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington1
50196 59083 50188 Noted 14/06/1975 - Seen at Glaisdale2
50188 59083 50196 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Darlington 3
50196 59569 50293 Noted 16/01/19822
50223 59572 50196 Noted 19/02/82 - at Middlesbrough
53196 59075 53751 Noted 14/09/1985 - C. J. Wolstenholmes Tyneside Venturer Railtour
53196 59076 53171 Noted circa 10/19852
53171 59076 53196 Noted 22/10/85 - at Newcastle
53219 53196 Noted circa 02/19862
53252 53196 Noted 26/04/1986 - C.J. Wolstenholmes The Chevy Chase Railtour 53162-59076-53195 + 51219-54056 + 53196-53252
78962 53196 Noted 17/07/86 - at York4
51428 53196 Noted circa 09/19862
51428 53196 Noted 20/09/86 - on Ilkley - Bradford Forster Square service
53295 53196 Noted circa 11/19862
53295 53196 Noted 21/02/87 - with 53171 + 51426 on a Hellifield - Hull Additional (dep. Leeds 1942)
53295 53196 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds5
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 15:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service6
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 14:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service6
51197 53196 Noted 27/07/88 - on 14:55 Hartlepool - Darlington service6
53229 53196 Noted 29/10/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
53229 53196 Noted 05/11/88 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
53229 53196 Noted 12/11/88 - on 17:15 Newcastle - Berwick-upon-Tweed service6
53229 53196 Noted 19/11/88 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service6
53229 53196 Noted 26/11/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
53229 53196 Noted 03/12/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
53229 53196 Noted 08/12/88 - on 14:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service6
51183 53196 Noted circa 04/19892
C994 51183 53196 Listed at CF - 15/05/89

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Glaisdale

16th July 1976

E50196 leads the 10:11 Whitby - Middlesbrough into Glaisdale on 16 July 1976. Robert Thomas.

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

22nd October 1985

E53196 + E59076 + E53171 are seen in platform6 at Newcastle on 22/10/1985. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Guiseley

20th September 1986

Class 101 53196 + 51428 calls at Guiseley, West Yorkshire, on its way from Ilkley to Bradford Forster Square. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Shipley

20th September 1986

Class 101s 53196 51428 are seen calling at Shipley with a service to Ilkley, Saturday 20/09/1986 Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Neville Hill

March 1987

E53196 at Neville Hill depot in March 1987. Rex Holt.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 19th February 1982

A Met-Camm Class 101 set formed of E50223 + E59572 + E50196 sits in the centre road at Middlesbrough on February 19, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 29th October 1988

Met-Camm 53229 + 53196 at Gateshead Metro Centre on 29-10-1988. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1990

Set number: C375

C375 W53908 + W53855 and E53196 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 29-4-90. Kevin Dowd.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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