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Vehicle 50206 / 53206


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)
Mar-61 On loan to LMR
Mar-61 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 02/03/63 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
28/02/65 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 6A (Chester) - ER - LMR trade for 111s.
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
22/06/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
16/08/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
08/11/87 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50206 - original number
53206 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Oct-77 - AWS fitted
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 30/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50206 56058 As delivered to 51A - 29th April 1957
50206 56058 Transfer to LMR - Mar-61 - on loan
50206 56058 Transfer to 55F - 3w/e 02/03/63
50206 56058 Transfer to 55H - 28/02/65
50206 56058 Noted 11/08/65 - at Brough1
50206 56058 Noted 21/08/65 - at Bridlington1
50206 56058 Transfer to 6A - w/e 30/04/66
50206 56346 Noted 21/08/68 - at Chester1
50206 56058 Noted 31/10/71 - at Crewe1
50206 56336 Noted 11/05/73 - at Crewe1
CR201 50206 56153 Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot2
50206 56153 Noted 22/06/74 - at Chester2
50206 56058 Noted 04/01/78
50206 56058 Noted 23/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury Station3
50206 56058 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Victoria4
50206 56058 Noted circa 09/19824
53206 54058 Noted circa 06/19834
53206 54058 Noted 09/08/1983 - at Penmaenmawr4
53206 54058 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Stoke Garden Festival duties
53206 54058 Noted 21/06/86 - attached with 51200 + 54359 to 53101 59054 53890 (TS610) on a Birmingham - Norwich service, the 101s were being transferred CH to NC2
74 53206 54058 Formed at NC circa late Jun-86
74 53206 54058 Noted 30/06/86 - at Norwich2
74 53206 54058 Noted circa 08/19864
74 53206 54058 Listed at NC - Apr-87
74 53206 54058 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich5
74 53206 54058 Disbanded 14/06/87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno Junction

11th March 1978

The 9.29am Man Victoria - Bangor service leaving Llandudno Junction on March 11, 1978. M50206 is closest. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno

11th March 1978

Two two-car Met-Camm sets at Llandudno Junction on March 11, 1978, M50206 closest. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno Junction

27th August 1983

Class 47 no 47342 hauls DMU cars 51917/54496/54058/53206 through Llandudno Junction on 27 August 1983. This was a return ecs working from an incoming additional service from Blythe Bridge to Llandudno, which I had travelled in from Llandudno Junction. I'm not sure whether 47342 had hauled the dmus from Blythe Bridge, or (as seems more likely) it had come on following a failure of one or both of the 2-car units. Lewis Bevan.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: summer 1986

Set number: 74

This is Whitlingham Junction to the east of Norwich, in the summer of 1986. A two-car Class 101 DMU (set 74, presumably 54058 + 53206) heads for the city from one of the coastal towns. Andrew Walker.