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Vehicle 50227 / 53227


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

16/07/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 22/08/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
18/01/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
31/03/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50227 - original number
53227 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 05/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50227 56079 As delivered to 54A - 16th July 1957
50227 56218 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle1
50227 56218 Noted 28/08/74 - at Carlisle2
50227 56210 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot2
50227 56073 Transfer to NL - w/e 22/08/76
50227 56070 Noted circa 01/19773
50227 56070 Noted 12/08/77 - on Morecambe - Leeds service with E56197 + E50619
50227 56070 Noted 11/08/80 - at Morecambe
50227 56070 Noted 16/01/19823
50227 56070 Noted circa 10/19823
53227 54070 Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds3
53227 54070 Noted 12/06/83 - at Skipton
53227 54070 Noted circa 10/19833
53227 54070 Noted 16/05/19843
53227 54070 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
53227 53263 Noted circa 09/19863
53227 53263 Noted 14/10/19863
53227 53263 Noted 24/10/19863
75 53227 54364 Noted 31/08/87 - at Heworth
53227 59123 53195 Noted circa 11/19873

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Inside a Class 101 DMU

circa July 1957

A Met-Camm publicity image (negative DZ169) showing the driver's compartment of DMBS E50227. The vehicle was new to Sunderland on 16 July 1959 and would always be a North Eastern vehicle, other allocations being South Gosforth, Neville Hill and Heaton. Withdrawn in March 1988 it would be cut at Vic Berry's the following year. Metropolitan Cammell.

Class 101 DMU at Morecambe

10th August 1977

E50227 + E56070 with Class 108 E56197 + E50619 at Morecambe on the 12th August 1977 on a Leeds working. Robert Frise.

Class 101 DMU at Morecambe

11th August 1980

E50227 + E56070 at Morecambe on a rainy 11th August 1980. Robert Frise.

Class 101 DMU at Vic Berrys

15th January 1989

E53227 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 15-1-89. Kevin Dowd.

Class 101 DMU at Vic Berrys

18th February 1989

E53227 is seen on top of the stack at Vic Berry's on February 18, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th June 1983

54070 + 53227 at Skipton on June 12, 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1987

Set number: 75

E54364 + E53227 at Heworth on August 31, 1987. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1989

At Vic Berry's on the 18th February 1989 are E53227 (top), SC59689 (middle) and SC51802 (bottom). Nicholas Youngman.