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Vehicle 50240 / 53240

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

08/10/57	New to	South Gosforth
3w/e 04/06/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
05/10/75	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
02/05/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 23/05/76	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 04/09/77	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
w/e 10/02/80	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
12/05/85	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
06/07/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
03/05/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
02/10/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
09/03/89	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton) PCVX
21/09/89	Withdrawn from	CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50240 - original number
53240 - from Feb-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50240	59089	59095	50241	As delivered to South Gosforth - 8th October 1957
	50240	59089	59095	50241	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 11/06/60
	50240	59065	59095	50245	Noted 12/08/1971 - at York¹
	50240	59065	59095	50245	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough²
	50240	59065	59095	50266	Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City³
	50240	59065	59095	50245	Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield ²
	50240	59065	59095	50245	Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot⁴
	50240	59065	59095	50245	Noted 24/08/75 - in Thornaby station⁴
	50200	50240			Transfer to DN - w/e 04/09/77
92	50240	59052	50750		Noted 22/05/80 - at Norwich⁴
92	50240	59057	50750		Noted circa Jul-80
98	53191	59097	53240		Noted circa 03/1984⁵
98	53240	59097	53142		Noted circa 04/1985⁵
	53240	59076	53162		Noted circa 02/1986⁵
	53750	59078	53240		Noted circa 09/1986⁵
	53261	59078	53240		Noted 29/09/1986⁵
	53261	59078	53240		Noted 13/10/1986⁵
	53294	53240			Noted circa 11/1987⁵
	51458	53240			Noted 29/05/88 - at Stanhope
	53229	53240			Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁶
	53229	53240			Noted 28/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁶
	51467	53240			Noted 16/07/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁶
	51467	53240			Noted 11/08/88 - on 14:09 Saltburn - Darlington service⁶
	51467	53240			Noted 16/08/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁶
	51467	53240			Noted 23/08/88 - at Battersby Junction
	53217	53240			Noted 10/09/88 - on 15:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service⁶
	51449	53240			Noted 22/09/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁶
	53229	53240			Noted 24/09/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁶
N660	51449	53240			Noted 11/03/89 - at Swansea Carriage sidings
C988	51449	53240			Listed at CF - 15/05/89

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

Images:

29th May 1988

E53240 + E51458 at Stanhope on May 29, 1988, the first summer that these Sunday trains up to Stanhope. A connecting Weardale bus allowed further travel up the dale as far as Alston. It was only in the first year that first generation DMUs were used. Stanhope station is happily restored as a heritage station on the Weardale Railway. John Carter.

12th June 1988

A Met-Cam Class 101 'power twin' 2 car set, comprising 53240 + 51458, traverses the 'Holmes Chord' south of Rotherham Central station, heading for Sheffield. 12th June 1988. John Crooks.

23rd August 1988

Metro-Cammell class 101 units 51217-51515 (on the right) forming a Whitby service and 53240-51467 (left) forming a Middlesbrough service at Battersby Junction on 23rd August 1988. Gordon Edgar.

23rd August 1988

The peace of Battersby station is momentarily disturbed as Whitby and Middlesbrough Esk Valley services briefly meet and reverse. On 23rd August 1988, Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 two-car units 53240 - 51467 and 51217 - 51515 form Middlesbrough and Whitby-bound services respectively. The surviving NER 1907-built water crane is a remarkable survivor. Gordon Edgar.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 24th March 1982

50178 + 59097 + 50240 at Ely. Phil Bidwell.

Date: 29th May 1988

Set number: 101332

101 332 (51458 + 53240) at Stanhope on May 29, 1988, the first summer of the Sunday extension of the Bishop Auckland service to Stanhope. Also the only summer when first generation DMUs were used. John Carter.

Date: 29th May 1988

Set number: 101332

E51458 + E53240 at Stanhope on May 29, 1988. On summer Sundays from 1988-92 a number of Saltburn to Bishop Auckland trains were extended to Stanhope over the normally freight only route to Eastgate in Weardale. At Stanhope a Weardale Motor Services bus met the train and went to Alston where there was time for a ride on the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway. The trains stopped when the line lost it's last freight trains, the cement traffic from Eastgate. The station has been completely rebuilt as part of the Weardale Railway. John Carter.

Date: 23rd August 1988

Simultaneous arrivals are commonplace at principal rail termini, but such an occurrence was hardly expected at the remote outpost of Battersby. During the early evening of 23rd August 1988, the smartly dressed signal lady is poised to accept the single-line token from the arriving Whitby to Middlesbrough service, formed of Class 101 units 51467 - 53240, whilst arriving right on cue from Middlesbrough is the Whitby service, formed of Class 101 units 51515 - 51217. Rather sadly, the 1902-built NER Type C2b signal box was to close almost one year later, on 20th August 1989, when control was transferred to Nunthorpe signal box. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 23rd August 1988

Metro-Cammell class 101 unit 51217-51515 forming an afternoon Middlesbrough - Whitby 'Esk Valley' service departs from Battersby Junction on 23rd August 1988. Unit 53240-51467 stands in the station forming a Whitby - Middlesbrough service. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 23rd August 1988

Simultaneous early evening arrivals at Battersby Junction and a rather well-dressed and certainly busy signal lady, 23rd August 1988. On the left 51515-51217 arriving from Middlesbrough, and on the right 51467-53240 arriving from Whitby. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 11th March 1989

Set number: N660

51449 makes a return to South Wales with 53240, seen in Swansea Carriage sidings on 11/3/89. Once a Cardiff vehicle in set C802, 51449 had returned to the Western Region after a period working from Heaton and Newton Heath depots. Mac Winfield.

Date: August 1989

Set number: 988

A two-car Class 101 DMU with set number (C)988 (51449 and presumably 53240) sees arriving at Radyr in August 1989. Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.

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