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Vehicle 50209 / 53209

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

21/05/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
Oct-61	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 02/12/61	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/08/69	On loan to	64H (Leith Central)
07/09/69	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)	- Leith depot closed
May-73	Depot code change	DE
4w/e 30/06/73	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 28/09/74	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
w/e 24/07/75	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 02/10/76	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
4w/e 27/11/76	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
2w/e 21/08/77	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
w/e 21/08/77	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 09/04/78	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
3w/e 01/07/78	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
16/03/86	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
13/04/86	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
18/05/86	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50209 - original number
53209 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 13/06/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50209	56061		As delivered to 51A - 21st May 1957
50209	56054		Transfer to 50C - Oct-61 - on loan
50209	56054		Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/12/61 - ex-loan
50209	59541	50269	Transfer to 64H - 07/09/69 - from ER
50209	59541	50269	Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley¹
50209	56403		Transfer to ED - 4w/e 30/06/73
50209	56403		Noted 04/09/73 - at Springburn²
50209	56409		Transfer to HN - 4w/e 28/09/74
50209	59555	51537	Noted 19/08/77 - on 17.27 Edinburgh – North Berwick + 18.10 North Berwick – Edinburgh³
50209	56093		Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle ⁴
50209	56408		Noted 10/10/81 - at Gateshead
50209	56398		Noted 16/01/1982⁵
53209	54410		Noted circa 03/1983 - BREL Doncaster⁵
53209	54086		Noted Mar-84 - on Newcastle - Carlisle working⁶
53209	54067		Noted circa 02/1986⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

10th October 1981

E50209 + E56408 leads another Met-Camm at calling at the soon to close Gateshead station on October 10, 1981. It was replaced by the underground Metro station several hundred yards away. The old station here would have been much better placed for the regeneration of the riverside area if it had been retained. Unfortunately the slide has evidence of the sticking Zenit-E shutter John Carter.

Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DMBS E50209 closest and the DTSL is thought to be E56082 at Chester-le-Street, date unknown. Durham is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

13th August 1983

E53209 leads a four-car Class 101 formation heading northbound at Birtley, Co. Durham, 13/08/1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

7th February 1988

E53209 at Snailwell on 7th February 1988 Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 8th July 1976

A Met-Camm and Derby unit at Lancaster on the 8th July 1976. The Class 101 is almost certainly E50198. It was the only MBS of the batch 50198 - 50209 (that had the "stump" above the destination box) to have been refurbished by that time - ex-works following refurbishment 26th May 1976. Tim Stubbs.

Date: 31st January 1981

E51274, E50209, E51441 and E50210 form a nice DMU line-up at Newcastle on January 31, 1981. John Carter.

Date: unknown

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DTSL E56082 closest and the DMBS is thought to be E50209 at Chester-le-Street, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: circa 1986

Set number: 86

Class 101 DMBSs 53210 + 53209 at Eastfield TMD circa 1986. The pair are coupled together, and 53210 still carries its former Norwich set number. Spannerman37025.

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