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Vehicle 50230 / 53230

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

21/08/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-71	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 18/10/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
19/10/86	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17/05/89	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge) RPXN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:

50230 - original number
53230 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

19/10/86 - Converted for parcels use

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/06/1979 released in blue/grey livery - BR Overhaul records mention "New Livery", so this would have been one of the first Doncaster refurbishments to gain Blue/Grey

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50230	56082		As delivered to 54A - 21st August 1957
	50230	50172		Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
86	50230	59523	50235	Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich²
	50230	59523	50172	Noted 20/05/73
86	50230	59523	50172	Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford¹
	50230	59523	50172	Noted 15/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street³
86	50230	59542	50172	Noted 26/01/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50230	59542	50172	Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street⁴
86	50230	59542	50172	Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50230	59542	50172	Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster³
	50230	59527	50172	Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50230	59527	50172	Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
86	50230	59527	50172	Noted 22/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds¹
	50230	59542	50258	Noted 31/05/1975 - at Leicester on service to Birmingham³
86	50230	59527	50172	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	50230	59527	50235	Noted 29/11/1975³
	50230	59527	50235	Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough⁵
	50230	59527	50258	Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough (2 DMBSs)⁵
	50230	59542	50235	Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster⁵
	50230	59540	50260	Noted 12/03/1977 - at Doncaster ³
	50230	59231	50268	Noted Mar-77 - at Hull⁵
	50230	59531	50268	Noted 25/06/77 - on 1126 Sheffield-Leeds
	53230	54389		Noted 16/05/1984⁶
	53230	54389		Noted 22/07/84 - at Hull Paragon
	53230	54389		Noted 03/05/1986⁶
	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	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 set¹

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

Images:

summer 1975

Set number: 86

Norwich allocated three-car Class 101 DMU set 86 at Nuneaton TV circa summer 1975. E50230 leads with Norwich on the destination blind. Phillip Malin.

4th August 1975

Set number: 86

A three-car Class 101 DMU with E50230 closest carrying set number 86 heading home to Norwich at Syston on 4 August 1975. Phillip Malin.

2nd September 1975

Set number: 86

Norwich-allocated three-car Class 101 DMU set 86 at Narborough on 2 September 1975, E50230 leading. Phillip Malin.

14th March 1988

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

14th March 1988

Parcels car 53230 at Leeds on 14/3/88. It's facing 53369. Malcolm Clements.

14th March 1988

The "Express Parcels" lettering carried on 53230, also note the Red Star sticker on the door. Taken at Leeds on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

21st March 1988

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

7th August 1991

Withdrawn 53230 at Norwich on 7 August 1991. David Mant.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich Thorpe station goods yard

January 1992

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

January 1992

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

January 1992

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

28th January 1992

E53230 at Snailwell on January 28, 1992. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: 116395

With traces of old set number 167 showing through, set 116 395 (50853 59367 50894) is seen at Doncaster Works with GG Trans-Clyde branding. Class 101 car 50230 is on the left. Undated, possibly in 1981 when the set was transferred from Hamilton to Stratford. Jerry Glover.

Date: 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.

Date: 21st April 1987

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

Date: 14th March 1988

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

Date: 14th March 1988

Class 105 and 101 parcels vehicles at Leeds on 14/3/88, with 53369 facing 53230. 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: 14th March 1988

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

Date: 14th March 1988

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

Date: 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.

Date: April 1988

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

Date: 9th May 1988

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

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: 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.

Date: 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.

Date: 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.

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