Vehicle 50213
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
| 06/06/57 | 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 | |
| 4w/e 27/02/71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 15/03/77 | Withdrawn from | DN (Darlington) | - collision damage |
50213 was involved in the following incident:
16/02/77 - Darlington, ER
Collision involving Class 101 / Deltic
Info from Jerry Glover and James Howie
50213 was struck by Deltic 55008 at Darlington on 16th February 1977 after the failure of the train brakes on the express. Full details in the accident report on Railways Archive (pdf). It is seen at NH on 27/06/81. Jerry Glover.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50213 | 56065 | As delivered to 54A - 6th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50213 | 56065 | Noted 17th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50213 | 56065 | Transfer to 54A - 4w/e 07/09/1957 - ex-loan LMR | |||||||
| 50213 | 56066 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||||
| 50196 | 50213 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50213 | 56219 | Noted 06/09/75 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50213 | 56219 | Noted 09/07/1976 - Seen at Glaisdale2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1981
Class 101 vehicle 50213 at Newton Heath depot. Withdrawn in March 1977, it was left here until being cut up in January 1982. This shot would date to early 1981. Curly42.
27th June 1981
Class 101 DMBS 50213 is seen at NH on 27/06/81. It had been withdrawn four years earlier after colliding with a Deltic at Darlington on 16/02/77. Jerry Glover.