Vehicle 50220 / 53220

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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

31/07/57	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
w/e 12/03/78	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
16/03/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
30/11/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
03/11/88	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50220 - original number
53220 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50220	56072							As delivered to 54A - 31st July 1957
	50220	56072							Noted 27th October 1957
	50220	56072							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50220	56072							Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
	50220	56072							Noted 29/06/73 - at Darlington1
DN74	50220	59068	50178						Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central, set numbers carried on solebars, 50178 had N3513
N163	50220	56086							Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 560863
	50220	56088							Noted 30/12/75 - at York1
	50220	56409							Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51478 + E56365 / E51499 + E56089
	50220	56390							Noted 16/01/19824
	50220	56367							Noted circa 02/19834
	53220	53751							Noted 14/09/84 - at Newcastle
	53220	54406							Noted circa 03/19854
	53220	54219							Noted circa 02/19864
	53220	54366							Transfer to NC - 16/03/86
80	53220	54366							Formed at NC circa Mar-86
80	53220	54069							Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
80	53220	54069							Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich3
	53220	59383	53237						Noted 28th December 1986
	53220	59475	51323						Noted 20/01/88 - at Newcastle
	51250	53220							Noted 15/07/88 - on 18:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
	53220	53195							Noted 01/09/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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circa March 1973

E50220 arriving at Thornaby. Phil Bidwell.

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14th September 1984

E53220 + E53751 are seen in what was then platform 11 at Newcastle, 14/09/1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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12th August 1989

Class 101 DMBS E53220 in Snailwell on 12 August 1989. It had been withdrawn from Heaton in October 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 15th February 1981

A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.

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Date: 20th January 1988

Cars 51323 59475 53220 are seen about to enter Newcastle station - the first two are Class 118s, 53220 just visible at the rear was Class 101. Having recently transferred from South Wales, leading car 51323 carries the red chevron, which was usually accompanied by a red dragon, but the latter has evidently been painted out. 20/01/1988. Graeme Phillips Collection.