Vehicle 50210 / 53210
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: 30261
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 28/05/57 | New to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
| w/e 15/06/57 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jul-57 | Ex-loan back to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 2w/e 09/04/78 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 03/10/82 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 12/05/85 | 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) | |
| 22/06/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | - also noted as 26/04/88. |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50210 - original number
53210 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 12/09/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50210 | 56062 | As delivered to 54A - 28th May 1957 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56062 | Noted 17th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56062 | Transfer to 54A - 4w/e 07/09/1957 - ex-loan LMR | |||||||
| 50210 | 56062 | Transfer to 51A - 28/02/65 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56078 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56078 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56078 | Noted 24/08/75 - at Hartlepool3 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56078 | Noted 10/09/1975 - at Carlisle 2 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56380 | Noted circa 03/19794 | |||||||
| 50210 | 56410 | Noted 16/07/81 - at Thornaby | |||||||
| 50210 | 56410 | Noted circa 12/19814 | |||||||
| 53210 | 59237 | 59771 | 51962 | Noted 15/07/1983 - Manchester Picc4 | |||||
| 53210 | 54400 | Noted circa 08/19834 | |||||||
| 53210 | 54072 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
| 53210 | 54072 | Noted 25/05/84 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
| 86 | 53210 | 54072 | Noted 16/07/84 - on 12:20 Norwich to Lowestoft | ||||||
| 86 | 53210 | 54072 | Noted circa 10/19844 | ||||||
| 86 | 53210 | 54072 | Noted 14/02/19854 | ||||||
| 53210 | 59090 | 53598 | Noted 17th July 1986 | ||||||
| 53210 | 59090 | 53598 | Noted 31st July 1986 | ||||||
| 455 | 53210 | 59090 | 53598 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53210 | 59090 | 53598 | Noted 6th September 1986 | ||||||
| 101354 | 53210 | 59797 | 51583 | Formed at AY circa Oct-86 | |||||
| 101354 | 53210 | 59797 | 53653 | Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 53653 replaced 51583 | |||||
| 53210 | 59046 | 53749 | Noted circa 12/19864 | ||||||
| 101354 | 53210 | 59046 | 53749 | Noted circa 01/19874 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
16th July 1984
Set number: 86
Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 53210 + 54072 at Norwich with the 12-20 to Lowestoft, 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
3rd April 1985
Set number: 86
Class 101 53210, set number 86, is seen departing Nuneaton for New Street on 03.04.1985. It was based at Norwich at the time. Andy Cole.
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.
29th July 1986
Set number: 104455
Class101 DMBS 53210 is seen having just arrived on the Ayrshire side of Glasgow Central Station on the 29th July 1986. Formally allocated to Norwich MPD she still carries her 86 depot number at the top of her centre cab window. Class 101 TSL 59090 forms the centre car in Strathclyde red and black livery with Class 104 53598 bringing up the rear. Together they formed Scottish Region Set No. 104455. All had been scrapped by August 1989 Bob Woolnough.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st January 1981
E51274, E50209, E51441 and E50210 form a nice DMU line-up at Newcastle on January 31, 1981. John Carter.
Date: 16th July 1981
Left: E50293 + E59070 + E50139, right: E50210 + E56410; at Thornaby on July 16, 1981. Thornaby was refuelling and stabling DMUs at this time and the nearest set is doing the shunt moves necessary to get on the depot. Thornaby station buildings were demolished soon after, becoming a windswept platform with only a bus shelter for passenger accommodation. Although now much improved with a ticket office and waiting room it is a shame the original buildings hadn't been renovated. John Carter.
Date: 16th July 1984
Set number: 86
Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU with 54072 foremost (and 53210 behind) after arrival at Lowestoft with the 12-20 ex-Norwich on 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 1986
Set number: 455
Hybrid DMU set 455 (53598 + 59090 + 53210) departs from Shotts station with the 09:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh service on an unknown date in 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: September 1986
Set number: 455
Indian summer of the DMU in Ayrshire. Set 455 (presumably 53598 + 59090 + 53210) works with a Class 120 set at Ayr station in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 15th September 1986
Kilwinning on the afternoon of 15/9/86 with a mixed cl.101/104 set (53210/59090/53598) leaving on the 16.09 to Glasgow (15.45 ex-Ayr). Note the mix of liveries on this Ayr set, which, typically for this time, is a real mish-mash of whatever the depot could cobble together. So, the leading DMBS in blue and grey is recently arrived from Hull, the class 101 trailer is in Strathclyde colours and the class 104 DMBS at the rear, a Newton Heath cast-off, is in plain blue. Leonard Rogers.