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Vehicle 50241 / 53241

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
3w/e 02/05/76	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 29/04/79	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
5w/e 12/05/79	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
01/03/82	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
circa Jul-82	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
11/08/82	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
18/08/82	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
circa May-85	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
11/07/88	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
15/10/90	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
07/07/91	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) PLOX
09/03/92	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight) PLOX

Notes

02/02/82 - 101 304 (51224 + 59090 + 50241) was hauled north from Derby by 31 195 on 2 February 1982.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50241 - original number
53241 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 28/05/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

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
	50241	59086	59241	50245	Noted 29/08/70 - at York¹
	50241	59055	59089	50242	Noted 03/09/1971 - at York²
	50241	59055	59089	50242	Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City¹
	50241	59055	59089	50242	Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
	50241	59055	59089	50242	Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds¹
L237	50241	59089	59055	50242	Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster, set number carried on solebar of both centre cars³
	50241	59089	59055	50242	Noted 27/08/1974 - at Sheffield Midland⁴
	50241	59055	59089	50242	Noted 07/04/1976 - on 10:15 Leeds to Hull⁴
	50241	59055	50242		Noted 08/04/76 - at Brough¹
	50154	50241			Transfer to BG - 3w/e 02/05/76
	50167	59526	50241		Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	50237	59097	50241		Noted Mar-77 - at Hull¹
	50163	59073	50241		Transfer to ED - w/e 29/04/79
304	51224	59090	50241		Listed at DE - 01/02/81
	50241	59073	50174		Noted 15/03/81 - on Haymarket depot¹
101304	51224	59090	50241		Noted circa 02/1982⁵
	51224	59090	50241		Noted 02/02/82
101304	51224	59090	50241		Listed at ED - 13/06/82
	51224	59090	50241		Transfer to ED - 11/08/82
	51224	59090	50241		Transfer to HA - 18/08/82
	55000	59042	53241		Noted circa 12/1983⁵
101363	53241	59049	53746		Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101304	51224	59090	53241		Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101304	51224	59090	53241		Transfer to AY - May-85 - from HA
101304	51224	59090	53241		Noted circa Jul-85 - now in SPTE livery
	53158	59074	53241		Noted circa 02/1986⁵
101304	51224	59090	53241		Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
101360	53158	59074	53241		Noted 3rd July 1986 - SPTE livery
360	53158	59074	53241		Listed at Ayr - August 1986
	53241	59074	53158		Noted 11/10/1986 - at Kilwinning⁵
	53158	59074	53241		Noted circa 03/1987⁵
101304	51224	59090	53241		Listed at AY - 23/03/87
	53158	59074	53241		Noted 04/04/1987⁵
101304	51224	59567	53241		Noted circa 05/1987⁵
101304	51224	59090	53241		Listed at AY - Jan-88
101304	51224	59090	53241		Listed at ED - circa August 1988
101304	51224	59090	53241		Noted circa 12/1989⁵
	51224	59090	53241		Noted 01/08/90⁶
T076	51224	53241			Noted circa 12/1990⁵
T076	51224	53241			Noted 08/01/91 - at Matlock
T076	51224	53241			Noted circa 05/1991⁵
	51224	53241			Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO602	51224	53241			Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO602	51224	53241			Listed at LO - Dec-91

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

Images:

circa 1981

Set number: 101304

Met-Camm DMU set 101304 with SC50241 closest seen at Townhill Junction (near Dunfermline) circa 1981. Paul Redmond.

20th May 1985

Set number: 101304

101304 in Glasgow Central station on 20 May 1985 with 53241 closest. Andrew Malloy.

24th September 1986

Set number: 101304

53241 is not running with its usual 101304 partners when seen at Barassie with a Largs - Glasgow service on August 28, 1986, but with a TBS and DMS from another set, probably 59074 + 53158. Hamish Stevenson.

24th September 1986

Set number: 101304

53241 labelled 101304 (probably with 59074 + 53158) leads into Kilwinning with the 12:35 Glasgow - Ayr on September 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

24th September 1986

Set number: 101304

53241 labelled 101304 (probably with 59074 + 53158) in Kilwinning station with the 12:35 Glasgow - Ayr on September 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

16th April 1987

Set number: 101304

Class 101 DMU 53241 + 59074 + 53158 arriving at Perth on 16 April 1987. 53241 has unpainted window frames unlike the other two vehicles. Keith Miller.

Unknown date

Set number: 101304

101304 (53241 + 59090 + 51224) seen in Glasgow Central circa 1988/9. Andrew McConnell.

Unknown date

Set number: 101304

A Class 101 Trailer Brake Second set in Glasgow Central, date unknown. 53241 is closest. Andrew McConnell.

31st May 1988

Set number: 304

Class 101 set 304 in Strathclyde PTE orange, consisting of vehicles 53241 (front) + 59090 + 51224, at Edinburgh Waverley station on 31st May 1988. Photograph by my Dad, David Slack. Uploaded by Andrew Slack David Slack.

13th May 1989

Set number: 101304

On 13 May 1989 Strathclyde Met-Camm Class 101 DMU set 101304 - cars 53241 + 59090 + 51224 departs Edinburgh Waverley with the 16:13 service to Inverkeithing. Neil Smith.

March 1990

Set number: 101304

101304 (53241 closest, presumably with 59090 + 51224) at Dunblane in March 1990. Colin Brooks.

8th January 1991

Set number: T076

T076 (53241 + 51224) in Strathclyde 'red' livery at Matlock on a snowy 8th January 1991. Mike Cooper.

5th June 1991

Set number: T076

T076 (presumably 53241 + 51224) heads out of Llanrwst station on June 5, 1991. Hamish Stevenson.

29th July 1991

Set number: LO602

53241 + 51224 (LO602) departs Morecambe on the 15:04 to Lancaster, 29-7-91. Kevin Dowd.

29th November 1991

Set number: T076

Looking towards the station at Cosford from the road bridge a short way to the west of the station this image shows ex-Strathclyde class 101 T076 (53241 + 51224) working a Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton train on 29 November 1991. The shot looking towards Shrewsbury is equally interesting with a nice bracket signal but at this time of the year the cutting is too heavily shadowed for a picture on a sunny day. Peter Tandy.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: 101304

101304 (51224 + 59090 + 53241) seen in Glasgow Central circa 1988/9. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 26th December 1990

Set number: T076

Class 101 51224 (and presumably 53241), set number T076, is seen outside the factory at Tyseley on 26.12.1990. It had been transferred down from Scotland, and would go on to be refurbished and given the set number 101 679. Andy Cole.

Date: 8th January 1991

Set number: T076

T076 (51224 + 53241) in Strathclyde 'red' livery at Matlock on a snowy 8th January 1991. Mike Cooper.

Date: 8th January 1991

Set number: T076

T076 (51224 + 53241) in at Matlock on a damp and snowy 8th January 1991. Mike Cooper.

Date: 1st March 1991

Set number: T076

Class 101 DMU set T076 (51224 + 53241) at Bache, Chester, on 1 March 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: circa 1991

Set number: LO602

Class 101 Set LO602 51224 + 53241 at Altrincham. No date but most likely late 1991 or early 1992. Nicholas Youngman Collection.

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