Vehicle 50205 / 53205

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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: 30259
Diagram: 523

Allocations

29/04/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
w/e 04/03/67	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
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03/11/88	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)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 05/10/1971 - Newcastle2
	50205	56381							Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle3
	50205	56381							Noted 07/01/75 - at York4
	50205	56203							Noted 01/04/1976 - at Haltwistle5
	50205	56381							Noted 07/04/1976 - at Newcastle 5
	50205	56381							Noted 09/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel4
	50205	56375							Noted 15/09/1979 - Newcastle Central6
	50205	56375							Noted 25/11/1979 - Carlisle Citadel6
	50205	56375							Noted 22/03/1980 - on South Gosforth depot6
	50205	56375							Noted 05/04/80 - on 15.53 Newcastle – Sunderland7
	50205	56069							Noted 19/10/80 - at Hartlepool
	50205	56069							Noted 30/05/81 - at South Shields
	50205	56069							Noted 22/08/1981 - at Newcastle Central6
	50205	56069							Noted 16/01/19828
	50205	56069							Noted 19/09/1982 - in Doncaster Works6
	50205	56069							Noted circa 02/19838
	53205	54084							Noted 01/11/1983 - Heaton list - Steve Knight, RAIL Enthusiast magazine6
	53205	54059							Noted 01/04/1984 - Heaton list - Steve Knight, RAIL Enthusiast magazine6
	53205	54219							Noted circa 03/19858
	53205	54404							Noted circa 02/19868
	53205	54390							Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
79	53205	54390							Formed at NC circa Mar-86
79	53205	54390							Noted circa 04/19868
79	53205	54390							Noted 10/04/86 - at Norwich4
79	53205	54390							Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
79	53205	54390							Noted 13/12/19868
79	53205	54390							Noted 15/02/1987 - at Ely on 09.50 Cambridge to Kings Lynn. 9
79	53205	54390							Listed at NC - Feb-87
	53205	54390							Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - as 4 car set with 51426-5317110
	53205	53900							Noted 09/01/1988 - at Newcastle Central6
	53205	53258							Noted 27/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service with 51214 + 5152111
	53205	53188							Noted 18/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service11
	53205	53188							Noted 18/07/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service11
	53205	53188							Noted 18/07/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service11
	53205	53749							Noted 11/08/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service11
	53205	53749							Noted 13/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service11
	53205	53749							Noted 13/08/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service11
	53205	53749							Noted 20/08/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 51243 + 5316111
	53205	53749							Noted 26/08/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service11

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley
7: Phil Shatford
8: Eddie Knorn
9: Nicholas Youngman
10: Robert Chilton
11: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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1977

Class 101 DMBS E50205 seen at Sunderland sometime in 1977. Brian Daniels.

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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.

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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.

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Unknown date

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

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: May 1979

A Class 105/101 DMU set formed of E56465 + E50205 departs from Newcastle for South Shields sometime in May 1979. The Class 101 on the right includes E56077 which has a window boarded up. Stuart Mackay Collection.