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Vehicle 50218 / 53218

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

23/07/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
4w/e 27/03/71	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
May-73	Depot code change	DN
May-73	Transferred to	NO (Norwich)
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
3w/e 04/01/76	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 20/11/77	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
2w/e 21/08/78	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
19/11/86	To Parcels Sector at	NL (Neville Hill)	- Reclassified DMBS to DMBP
18/01/87	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88	Sector Change to	RPXN
17/05/89	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge) RPXN

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50218 - original number
53218 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

08/05/76 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 06/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50218	56070		As delivered to 54A - 23rd July 1957
	50218	59540	50260	Noted 30/08/71 - at Grosmont¹
	50218	59540	50260	Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough¹
	50218	59540	50260	Noted 30/10/1971 - at York²
	50218	56076		Noted 10/09/72 - at Darlington¹
87	50218	59540	50260	Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford³
	50218	59540	50260	Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster¹
	50218	59540	50260	Noted 14/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street⁴
40	50218	56307		Formation change - circa Oct-73 - replacing 50167 + 56100⁵
87	50218	59526	50260	Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50218	59526	50260	Noted circa 03/1974 - at Birmingham Nw Street⁴
87	50218	59526	50260	Noted 02/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
87	50218	59526	50260	Noted 29/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
88	50218	59097	50268	Noted 11/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
88	50218	59097	50268	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	50218	59526	50260	Noted 08/09/75 - at Lincoln¹
87	50218	59526	50260	Noted 28/10/75 - at March³
	50218	59526	50260	Transfer to BG - Dec-75
	50218	59531	50260	Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough¹
	50218	59531	50260	Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough¹
	50218	59535	51443	Noted 08/04/1976 - on 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield with 51432 & 51502⁴
	50218	59527	50260	Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	50218	59231	50235	Noted 04/09/76 - at Doncaster¹
	50218	56407		Noted 11/07/81 - at Doncaster
	50218	56407		Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch)The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952
	53218	54407		Noted 20/01/86 - at Norwich³
	53218	54407		Noted 19th August 1986
	53218	54407		Noted 11/09/1986⁶
	53218	53230		Noted circa 10/1986 - Parcels set⁶
	53218	53230		Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set⁷
	53218	53230		Noted 11/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set⁷
	53218	53230		Noted 16/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set⁷
	53218	53739		Noted 25/07/1987 - at Ely⁸
	53218	53365		Noted 31/07/1987 - at Ely⁸
	53218	53230		Noted 01/09/1987 - at Ely⁸
	53218	53230		Noted 17/10/1987 - DPU which carried standing (no seats) passengers between Barking and Ripple Lane Depot for the open day. At least one run made coupled to L423
	53218		53230	Noted 27/04/88 - at Norwich, parcel set³

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Ipswich Transport Society
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: Nicholas Youngman

Images:

3rd June 1974

Set number: 87

Norwich allocated Class 101 DMBS E50218 in Birmingham New Street station with a Peterborough service on 3 June 1974. Alistair Ness.

15th November 1986

Class 101 DMBS 53218 with a DTCL at a rainy Manchester Victoria on 15/Nov/1986. Robert Chilton.

circa January 1987

Class 101 Met Cam and 120 Swindon 2-car DMUs in Express Parcels service, Chester depot Jan-Feb 1987. There were only four Met Cam parcels units, car in shot might just be 53218 which worked with 53230. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

21st April 1987

Twin DMBS parcels set E53218 & E53230 at Wakefield Westgate on 21/4/87. Malcolm Clements.

14th March 1988

Parcels vehicle 53218 sits in the rain at Leeds on 14/3/1988. It is working with 53230. Malcolm Clements.

14th March 1988

A close up of the Royal Mail markings on 53218, seen at Leeds on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

14th March 1988

Parcels set 53218 + 53230 sits in the rain in Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.

14th March 1988

Details of the Royal Mail / Express Parcels markings applied to 53218 + 53230 at Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.

14th March 1988

Details of the Royal Mail / Express Parcels markings applied to 53230 (left) and 53218 (right) at Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.

April 1988

An Express Parcels Class 101 DMU formed of 53218 + 53230 seen at York Holgate in April 1988. George Woods.

9th May 1988

A Class 101 parcels set formed of 53218 + 53230 at Leeds on May 9, 1988. John Carter.

circa mid-1989

A withdrawn Met-Camm Express Parcels DMU in the yard at Cambridge. Date unknown, the vehicles E53218 + E53230 were withdrawn from the parcels sector in May 1989, and this appears to been taken soon after so probably 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

19th June 1991

Class 101 Met-Camm 2-car 'Express Parcels' set 53218+53230, condemned and derelict in Norwich Thorpe yard 19-6-91. 53218+53230 were both withdrawn from Hull Botanic Gardens as DMBSs on the 28/9/86, reclassified as a DMBPs and withdrawn from Cambridge on 17/5/89. They sat here until January 1992 when they were moved to Snailwell and immediately burnt. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

19th June 1991

Derelict and vandalised cab of former Class 101 Met-Camm DMBS 53218, Norwich Thorpe yard 19-6-91. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

January 1992

The last surviving parcels pair 53218/53230 languished at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard until movement to Snailwell in January 1992. It moved the same night as it was photographed here and was burned immediately on arrival at Snailwell. Robert Frise Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

Date: 13th April 1982

"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.

Date: 14th March 1988

Parcels Met-Camm set 53230 / 53218 at Leeds on 14/3/88, the Cravens is 53369. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 14th March 1988

A Class 105 and 101 parcels train at Leeds on 14/3/1988, formed of 53361, 53369, 53230 and 53218. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 21st March 1988

E53230 + E53218 seen at Queen Adelaide with a Birmingham New Street to Norwich Parcels on 21/03/88. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 27th May 1989

Withdrawn parcel DMUs at Cambridge on 27 May 1989. Right to left are 53364, 53218 and 53230. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: January 1992

53230/53218 at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard in January 1992. They moved to Snailwell later that day. Robert Frise Collection.

Date: January 1992

Stored at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard are 53230 / 53218 in January 1992. They moved to Snailwell that evening. Robert Frise Collection.

Date: January 1992

53230 in Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard in January 1992 with 53218 behind. They moved to Snailwell that night. Robert Frise Collection.

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