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Vehicle 50233 / 53233

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

03/09/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-73	Depot code change	GF
2w/e 11/06/78	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)
23/11/86	To Parcels Sector at	NL (Neville Hill)
18/01/87	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88	Sector Change to	RPXN
19/07/89	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge) RPXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50233 - original number
53233 - from Apr-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-86 - Converted for parcels use - to DMBP
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50233	56085	As delivered to 54A - 3rd September 1957
	50233	56069	Noted 03/04/71¹
	50233	56069	Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough¹
	50233	56070	Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle²
	50233	56069	Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle ³
N113	50233	56069	Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 56069⁴
	50233	56069	Noted 19/04/1975 - 06:50 Newcastle to Darlington via Sunderland³
	50233	56069	Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central⁴
	50233	56069	Noted 06/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel⁴
	50233	56069	Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle ³
	50233	56386	Transfer to DN - 2w/e 11/06/78
	50233	56381	Noted 04/04/82 - at Grangetown
	50233	56405	Noted 04/08/82
	50233	50193	Noted circa 10/1982⁵
	50233	56370	Noted circa 02/1983⁵
	53233	54084	Noted 08/07/84 - on 18:15 Darlington to Saltburn
	53233	54403	Noted 20/08/84 - at Stockton
	53233	54084	Noted circa 03/1985⁵
	53233	54392	Noted circa 02/1986⁵
	53233	54079	Noted 19th August 1986
	53255	53233	Noted circa 12/1986 - Parcels set⁵
	53233	53255	Noted 24/02/1987 - at King's Cross - parcels set⁶
	53233	53255	Noted 30/03/87 - at Stratford
	53233	53255	Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set⁶
	53233	53255	Noted 15/05/87 - at Norwich⁴
	53233	53255	Noted 05/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set⁶
	53233	53255	Noted 04/01/89⁷

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

4th August 1982

50233 and 56405 are seen at South Bank on 4/8/82. Jerry Glover.

14th September 1986

A Class 101 and 110 formation at York on 14-09-1986 working a Leeds service, with 53233 closest. Wilson Adams.

30th March 1987

Class 101 Met-Cam E53233+E53255 at Stratford on the 30th March 1987. Both vehicles are displaying a "Red Star Parcels" sticker on their sides. Kevin Law.

12th July 1987

Seen at York, 53233 has been withdrawn from passenger service and now working in Red Star Express Parcels service. With 53255, on 12-07-1987. Wilson Adams.

1988

Two Class 101 parcel sets (E53233 appears to be leading) pass Copmanthorpe, south of York in 1988. Paul Braybrook.

28th January 1988

The driver of E53233 looks on as a group of fitters attempt to cure an ailment with the unit's engine at York on the night of 28th January 1988. This Metro-Cammell two-car set had been converted to a parcels unit, and a pile of mail sacks can be seen towards the rear of the saloon. Looks odd without the seats! Syd Young.

circa mid-1989

Met-Camm parcels set 53233 + 53255 stabled at Cambridge circa mid-1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

7th August 1989

Class 101 parcels set 53233 and 53255 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. The Cravens vehicle is 977126. Mike Cooper.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 4th April 1982

E56381 + E50233 are seen at Grangetown from another DMU on April 4, 1982, when passenger services were diverted over the goods lines. John Carter.

Date: 3rd May 1982

Four-car set E50263 + 59063 + 59084 + 51211 at Castleton on May 3rd, 1982, taken from (Taken from 50233. Much has changed here, not only the long gone class 101 DMUs but also the track 50263 is on, that platform and signal box, in fact there is little sign they were ever there. John Carter.

Date: 8th July 1984

Class 101 DMUs at Darlington, 54086 + 53164 on left, 54084 + 53233 with 18-15 to Saltburn on right, 8-7-84. The set on the left, with 'Special' on the destination blind, has red items hanging from the passenger doors, excursion boards? On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 20th August 1984

54403 and 53233 arrive at Stockton on the 20th August 1984. Jerry Glover.

Date: 16th August 1986

Seen at Saltaire with 2E62 the 1739 Skipton to Leeds Class 101 numbers 54079 and 53233 on 16th August 1986. Keith Long.

Date: 13th August 1988

Class 101 parcels unit 53255 + 53233 at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.

Date: 13th May 1989

E53255 + E53233 with a van on tow on 4E26, the 17:57 Piccadilly to Leeds mail. New Mills South Jct, 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 7th August 1989

The 'Stourton Saloon' 975637 + 975664 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. On the left is Cravens 977126 facing Met-Camm 53233. Mike Cooper.

Date: 7th August 1989

Class 105 Route Learning Saloon 977126 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. To the left is 53233 and on the right 977124. Mike Cooper.

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