Vehicle 50234 / 53234

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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: 30263
Diagram: 619

Allocations

17/09/57	New to	South Gosforth
4w/e 31/07/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/03/67	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
03/04/77	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
4w/e 24/06/78	Transferred to	IS (Inverness)
2w/e 30/06/79	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
02/08/81	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
Oct-87	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
14/05/88	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
19/07/88	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)

Notes

16th October 1983 - Seen in ex works condition (P 8-10-83), carrying unit no. 101 361

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50234 - original number
53234 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 01/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50234	59086	59092	50235					As delivered to South Gosforth - 17th September 1957
	50234	59086	59092	50235					Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/07/60
	51211	59531	59066	50234					Noted 14/08/70 - at Carlisle1
	50234	59052	59104	50243					Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington2
	50234	59104	59052	50243					Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3
N410	50234	59104	59052	50243					Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles1
	51243	59303	50234						Transfer to IS - 4w/e 24/06/78
	51243	59303	50234						Noted 01/07/78 - at Inverness on 12:42 to Aberdeen with 51786/59679/51791 2
361	50192	59112	50234						Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101361	50192	59112	50234						Transfer to HA - 02/08/81
101361	50192	59112	50234						Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101361	53192	59112	53234						Noted 16th October 1983
101361	53192	59112	53234						Noted circa 11/19834
101361	53234	59112	53747						Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101361	53192	59112	53234						Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101306	51228	59304	53234						Noted circa 02/19864
	51228	59304	53234						Noted 01/04/86 - on 14.05 Stirling - Edinburgh5
101361	53192	59112	53234						Listed at HA - Summer 1986
351	51193	59566	53234						Formation change - Jul-86 - 53234 added
101351	51193	59566	53234						Noted 31st July 1986
	53234								Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 - Operating vehicle not on official list
	51193	59304	53234						Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
	51198	59304	53234						Noted circa 03/19874
101361	53192	59112	53234						Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101361	53234	59112	53654						Listed at AY - Jan-88
101361	53234	59112	53749						Formation change - AY - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 53749 replaced 53654

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford

Images:

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22nd June 1979

Set number: 232

Dundee allocated Class 101 DMU set 232 formed of SC50234 + SC59302 + SC50290 in Perth station on Friday 22 June 1979. David Russon.

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1984

Set number: 101361

Met-Camm set 101 361 on Haymarket depot in 1984, probably 53234. S Saunders.

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26th July 1984

Set number: 101361

101361 in Kirkcaldy station on 26 July 1984. Closest seems to be 53234 which has Scotrail branding on the side. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Unknown date

Set number: 101361

101 361 (53234 + 59112 + 53192) seen at Haymarket. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

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29th June 1986

Set number: 101361

Will the real 101361 step forward? Seeing double. 101361 and 101361 stabled at Haymarket depot on 29 June 1986. The two vehicles are presumed to be DMS 53192 on the left, on the right DMS 53234. Jonathan Hazan.

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27th June 1989

Set number: 101361

Graffiti covered SC53234 in Snailwell on 27 June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: unknown

Set number: 101361

DMC / TBS / DMC set 101 361 (53192 + 59112 + 53234) is about to enter Haymarket station from the north. Undated. Andrew McConnell.