Vehicle 50248 / 53248
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: 30339
Diagram: 522
Allocations
| 10/09/57 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Oct-61 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 2w/e 12/01/63 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 2w/e 19/06/76 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 03/01/88 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 22/02/91 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) PXXZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50248 - original number
53248 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 07/12/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50248 | 56220 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 10th September 1957 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56220 | Transfer to 51A - Oct-61 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56220 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56373 | Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56373 | Noted 09/06/73 - at Thornaby2 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56082 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot2 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56082 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||||
| 50248 | 56091 | Noted 02/08/81 - on 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough service | |||||||
| 50248 | 56392 | Noted 16/01/19823 | |||||||
| 53248 | 54052 | Noted 07/01/19843 | |||||||
| 53248 | 54391 | Noted circa 03/19853 | |||||||
| 53248 | 54375 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||||
| 53248 | 54381 | Noted circa 12/19863 | |||||||
| 53248 | 54085 | Noted 30/05/87 - on 12:42 Hartlepool - Darlington4 | |||||||
| P873 | 53248 | 53637 | Listed at LA - 08/08/88 | ||||||
| P873 | 53248 | 53637 | Listed at LA - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
Images:
9th September 1975
According to my notes, this is either E50248 or E56082 - I think it's the former as I can't see a First Class yellow stripe, which means that it is a Class 101/2 built by Metro-Cammell in 1957. It is waiting to form the 1410 South Shields to Newcastle on 9 September 1975, around six years before the line was closed for conversion as part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system. The line had been worked by third rail EMUs until 1963. Jeremy Chapter.
2nd August 1981
E50248 + E56091 with a three-car set on the 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough at Bog Hall Junction, Whitby, on August 2, 1981. John Carter.
30th June 1988
Set number: P873
P873 (presumably 53248 + 53637) has just arrived at Newquay's rationalised terminus, with the 1025 from Par, on Thursday 30 June 1988. Mel Holley.
1st October 1988
Set number: P873
Class 101/108 DMU set P873 (presumably 53248 + 53637) in Exeter St Davids station on 1 October 1988. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
23rd March 1989
A Class 101/108 hybrid DMU (53248 and presumably 53637) departs from Exeter St Davids on 29 March 1989. Exmouth is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
30th May 1989
Set number: 873
A Class 101/108 hybrid two-car DMU formed of cars 53248 & 53637 (873) was departing from Starcross with an Exeter St Davids to Paignton service on May 30th 1989. The set was one of several cobbled together first generation DMU's that had been sent to Plymouth Laira following the transfer of the 'Skipper' Class 142 fleet to the North. The set was withdrawn whilst at Laira in 1991 following the arrival of some Class 150/2 Sprinters. Martyn Hilbert.
25th September 1989
Set number: 873
53248 + 53637 at Exmouth on 25/9/89. Sparegang.
17th August 1990
Set number: 873
Class 101/108 hybrid set, led by 53248 presumably with 53637, entering Yeovil Pen Mill on August 17, 1990. John Carter.
20th March 1991
Class 101 DMBS 53248 at Snailwell on 20th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
25th March 1991
Met-Camm vehicles 53248 (Class 101) and 59107 (Class 111) at Snailwell on 25th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A Class 108/101 hybrid formed of 53637 + 53248 at Starcross on 23 April 1988. These should be Laira set P873. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st July 1988
Set number: P873
An interesting formation at Par on July 1st, 1988, P873 is a 108 DMC (53637) / 101 DMBS (53248) hybrid, and the set has a Class 121 DTS attached (54284). John Carter.
Date: 1st July 1988
Set number: P284
54284 (P284) with 53248 + 53637 (P873) at Newquay on July 1st, 1988. John Carter.
Date: 29th March 1989
A Class 108/101 hyrbid DMU (53637 and presumably 53248) at Exeter St Davids on 29 March 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 27th May 1989
Set number: 873
A Class 108/101 two-car hybrid DMU formed of cars 53637 & 53248 (873) was stood at Starcross with an Exeter St Davids to Paignton service on May 27th 1989. Note the vehicle number on the cab front. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: July 1989
Set number: 873
Class 108/101 set (P)873 (53637 and presumably 53248) at Bere Alston in July 1989. Note the vehicle number applied under the centre cab window. Alan Pace.