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Vehicle 50252 / 53252

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30266
Diagram: 523

Allocations

08/07/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
2w/e 09/05/82 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
29/03/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
06/04/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/11/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50252 - original number
53252 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/09/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50252 50262 As delivered to 51A - 8th July 1957
50252 50262 Noted 14th April 1958
50252 56061 Noted 01/04/70 - at Thornaby1
50252 56067 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle then later at Darlington1
50193 50252 Noted 14/09/72 - at Lealholm1
50252 56066 Noted 06/09/75 - at Newcastle1
50252 56056 Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough1
50252 56056 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
50252 56075 Noted 31/03/1976 - at York2
50252 56093 Noted 26/04/80 - at York3
50252 56379 Noted circa 02/19834
53252 54374 Noted circa 02/19864
53252 53196 Noted 26/04/1986 - C.J. Wolstenholmes The Chevy Chase Railtour 53162-59076-53195 + 51219-54056 + 53196-53252
53252 54067 Noted circa 09/19864
73 53252 54404 Noted 05/04/87 - at Norwich3
70 53252 54404 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich Crown Point5
70 53252 54404 Noted circa 08/19874
73 53252 54404 Listed at NC - Dec-87
53252 53195 Noted circa 05/19884
53252 53161 Noted 11/06/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53252 51515 Noted 23/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53252 53237 Noted 02/07/88 - on 12:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53252 53237 Noted 16/07/88 - on 18:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53252 53237 Noted 16/07/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53252 53237 Noted 17/07/88 - on 08:45 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53252 51804 Noted 20/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
53252 51804 Noted 23/07/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53252 53237 Noted 10/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53252 53237 Noted 16/09/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
53252 51804 Noted 01/10/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Whitby

September 1972

A three-car Met-Camm DMU (E50252 closest) stabled in the centre road of Whitby station, September 1972. Mel Smith.

Class 101 DMU at Thornaby

25th June 1988

Set number: 73

About to call at Thornaby Station is a Class 101 Met-Camm DMU formed of 53252 and 51515. I had just paid my £1 which gained me entrance to Thornaby TMD, which you could do in those days, wandering around a large TMD taking photographs etc. AndrewHA.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

30th July 1989

Set number: 73

E53252 still carries its former Norwich set number 73 on the front window (which was with trailer E54404). At Snailwell on 30 July 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: March 1976

Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger "power twin" 2-car dmu Nos.E50182 + E50252, both of the 1957 batch, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, at Whitby Town having just arrived on a service from Darlington via Middlesbrough and Battersby, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: March 1976

Metro-Cammell Class 101 power-twin E50182 + E50252 at Whitby Town having just arrived on a service from Darlington via Middlesbrough and Battersby in March 1976. Note the number on the lower body to the right of the cab door - possibly 'No 454', something that could be found on other vehicle in the area at the time. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 17th June 1978

A Met-Camm DMBS and driver trailer and Class 110 in Doncaster Works in 1978, probably during the open day on June 17th. Does '52' help identify the unknown DMBS vehicle partially seen on the left? There were four Met-Camm DMBSs ending in 52 at the time; 50152, 50252, 51252 and 51452. The right hand inward opening van door narrows it down to the latter two. Of those 51452 was a blue grey WR vehicle at the time, which means this is almost certainly 51252 (see image 16562). John Law.

DMU

Date: 22nd December 1987

A Class 101 / 105 formation with E54404 + E53252 / E53359 + E54122 is seen near Ely on December 22nd, 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1988

On 23rd August 1988, Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 units 53237 - 53252 form a morning Middlesbrough - Whitby Esk Valley service, approaching Glaisdale station and the single-line token exchange/crossing point with an awaiting service from Whitby to Middlesbrough. Gordon Edgar.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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