Vehicle 50239 / 53239
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
| 01/10/57 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 16/05/59 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 03/10/59 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 04/06/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 02/08/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 16/07/83 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Dec-84 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ | |
| 07/12/90 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50239 - original number
53239 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 04/12/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50238 | 59088 | 59094 | 50239 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 1st October 1957 | |||||
| 50238 | 59042 | 59051 | 50239 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Sep-59 | |||||
| N411 | 50239 | 59087 | 59094 | 51505 | Noted circa 19711 | ||||
| N411 | 50239 | 59087 | 59094 | 51505 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Thornaby station, set number on all cars2 | ||||
| 50239 | 59094 | 59087 | 51505 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle 3 | |||||
| 239 | 50292 | 59061 | 50239 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||
| 101365 | 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Noted 02/05/1981 - Last train from national network to Brechin and return 50239-59053-50245 + 55000 | |||||
| 101365 | 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Transfer to HA - 02/08/81 | |||||
| 51939 | 50239 | Noted 25th October 1981 | |||||||
| 101365 | 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Transfer to AY - 16/07/83 | ||||||
| 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Noted 27/08/1983 - BLS Strathclyde Wanderer Railtour | ||||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Noted circa 11/19831 | |||||
| 51251 | 59053 | 53239 | Noted 31st January 1984 | ||||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 52028 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 314 | 51240 | 59042 | 53239 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59042 | 53239 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59045 | 53239 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket station1 | |||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 53239 | Noted 17/01/19871 | ||||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51182 | 59124 | 53239 | Noted circa 05/19871 | ||||||
| 101365 | 53245 | 59053 | 53239 | Noted 04/05/19871 | |||||
| 350 | 51182 | 59124 | 53239 | Formation change - circa Jul-87 - 53239 replaces 53175 | |||||
| 350 | 51182 | 59124 | 53239 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 350 | 51182 | 59124 | 53239 | Noted circa 05/19881 | |||||
| 350 | 51182 | 59124 | 53239 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 350 | 51182 | 59124 | 53239 | Noted circa 12/19891 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
Images:
31st August 1975
E50239 leads a twelve-car Met-Camm formation at Shildon 31 August 1975. These shuttles on the day of the 150th cavalcade ran to Darlington, and the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) lists this formation as 50239 + 59087 + 59094 + 51505 / 50295 + 56075 / 51438 + 59573 + 59086 + 51506 / 56083 + 51209. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1981
Set number: 101365
Mixed livery trailer brake Met-Camm DMU set 101365 (presumably 50239 + 59053 + 53245) passes through Princes Street Gardens sometime in 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th August 1983
Set number: 101365
101 365 (53239 + 59053 + 53245) at General Terminus (Glasgow) during a stop on the BLS "Strathclyde Wanderer" tour on August 27, 1983. Hamish Stevenson.
23rd March 1985
Set number: 101365
Bathgate No More. Not quite as Metro Cammell 101 365 (53239 + 59053 + 53245) has brought invited guests into town as part of a publicity event for the forthcoming reopening of the Edinburgh - Bathgate line. Looking east as the Set stands in the goods yard used for motor car distribution traffic. The lifted Airdrie - Bathgate line is behind the track panels stacked to the far right. Saturday 23 March 1985. alicia hartman.
circa 1987
Set number: 350
101350 coasts into Haymarket on a North Berwick service, led by 53239. The HST power car is 43076. Circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.
20th June 1988
Set number: 350
101350 calls at Croy with the 14.43 Dunblane - Glasgow Queen Street train on 20-06-1988. 53239 is closest, presumably with 59124 + 51182. Gordon Thomson.
13th February 1990
Set number: 350
Class 101 set 350 stabled in Edinburgh Waverley station on the 13th February 1990. DMS 53239 is closest, presumably with 59124 + 51182. Mike Cooper.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: March 1976
Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger 4-car dmu Nos.E50238 (101/1), E59094 (168), E59088 (162), E50239 (101/1), all of the 1957 batch with 2-character headcode panel, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, leaving Middlesbrough on a service to Thornaby, Stockton, Billingham, West Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle (Central), 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 2nd May 1981
Set number: 101365
50245 leads 59053, 50239 and 55000 on the "Farewell to Brechin" railtour seen on the outskirts of Brechin on the 2nd May 1981. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 2nd May 1981
55000 working the a last train to Brechin special (1Z17) from Edinburgh, seen on the outskirts of Brechin. With 50239, 59053 and 50245 on 2/5/81. The bubble was detached at Dundee. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 2nd May 1981
Class 122 55000 at the head of the "Farewell to Brechin" Railtour, 2/5/81. The bubble was added / detached at Dundee, the tour ran from Edinburgh with 50239 / 59053 and 50245. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 2nd May 1981
Set number: 101365
50245 leads 59053, 50239 and 55000 on the "Farewell to Brechin" railtour seen near Brechin on the 2nd May 1981. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 2nd May 1981
55000 and 50239 in Brechin station with the "Farewell to Brechin" railtour on May 2, 1981. S Saunders.
Date: July 1981
Set number: 101365
101365 (50245 + 59053 + 50239) heading away from Haymarket station with an Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street service in July 1981. The centre vehicle has a wider grey band than the first, the rear vehicle is still in plain blue. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 9th April 1982
Set number: 101365
Met-Camm set 101 365 at Haymarket depot on the 9th April 1982. Closest vehicle is unknown, the TBS and blue DMS are presumably 59053 + 50239. Jerry Glover.
Date: 27th April 1983
Set number: 101365
53245 + 59053 + 53239 at Hunterston H.L. on August 27, 1983, with the BLS "Strathclyde Wanderer" tour. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 27th August 1983
Set number: 101365
101 365 (53245 + 59053 + 53239) at General Terminus (Glasgow) during a stop on the BLS "Strathclyde Wanderer" tour on August 27, 1983. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 27th August 1983
Set number: 101365
The BLS 'Strathclyde Wanderer" railtour takes a break at Barrhead on its way to Kilmarnock. It was formed of 53245 + 59053 + 53239. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 6th October 1984
Set number: 101365
101365 on the front of the six-car 09:30 Livingston Link - Edinburgh service seen at Livingston South on October 6, 1984. 53245 is at the front, presumably with 59053 and 53239. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 4th August 1988
Set number: 107436
107436 (51997 nearest + 59798 + 52025) 107440 + 350 (51182 + 59124 + 53239) arrives at Cardenden on 4th August 1988. S Gaskell.