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Vehicle 50205 / 53205

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30259
Diagram: 523

Allocations

29/04/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
22/03/87 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03/11/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)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:

50205 - original number
53205 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 19/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50205 56057 As delivered to 51A - 29th April 1957
50205 56381 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50205 56381 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50205 56381 Noted 07/01/75 - at York3
50205 56203 Noted 01/04/1976 - at Haltwistle4
50205 56381 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Newcastle 4
50205 56381 Noted 09/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel3
50205 56069 Noted 19/10/80 - at Hartlepool
50205 56069 Noted 30/05/81 - at South Shields
50205 56069 Noted 16/01/19825
50205 56069 Noted circa 02/19835
53205 54219 Noted circa 03/19855
53205 54404 Noted circa 02/19865
53205 54390 Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
79 53205 54390 Formed at NC circa Mar-86
79 53205 54390 Noted circa 04/19865
79 53205 54390 Noted 10/04/86 - at Norwich3
79 53205 54390 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
79 53205 54390 Noted 13/12/19865
79 53205 54390 Noted 15/02/1987 - at Ely on 09.50 Cambridge to Kings Lynn. 6
79 53205 54390 Listed at NC - Feb-87
53205 54390 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - as 4 car set with 51426-531717
53205 53258 Noted 27/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service with 51214 + 515218
53205 53188 Noted 18/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service8
53205 53188 Noted 18/07/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service8
53205 53188 Noted 18/07/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service8
53205 53749 Noted 11/08/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service8
53205 53749 Noted 13/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service8
53205 53749 Noted 13/08/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service8
53205 53749 Noted 20/08/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 51243 + 531618
53205 53749 Noted 26/08/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service8

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Nicholas Youngman
7: Robert Chilton
8: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Hartlepool

19th October 1980

E50205 + E56069 in Hartlepool station on October 19, 1980. A unit could usually be found stabled in the bay at the north end of Hartlepool station on a Sunday ready for the first service to Newcastle the next morning. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at South Shields

30th May 1981

Cars 50205 56069 wait at South Shields to return to Newcastle on 30/05/1981, the last day of British Rail services before conversion to Tyneside Metro system. The run down condition of the station is evident. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

Unknown date

A Class 101 DMU with DMBS E50205 closest in Newcastle station with a Carlisle service on 12 October 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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