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
04/10/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
4w/e 22/02/58 | On loan to | LMR | |
w/e 01/03/58 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
3w/e 31/10/65 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
w/e 30/01/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
23/08/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
21/09/89 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) PZQZ |
50257 - original number
53257 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50257 | 50267 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 4th October 1957 | |||||||
50257 | 50267 | Transfer to LMR - 4w/e 22/02/58 - on loan | |||||||
50257 | 50267 | Transfer to 51A - w/e 01/03/58 - ex-loan | |||||||
50257 | 50267 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 31/10/65 | |||||||
50257 | 56064 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
50257 | 56082 | Noted 06/04/72 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
50257 | 56064 | Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2 | |||||||
50257 | 56064 | Noted 05/07/74 - at Sheffield1 | |||||||
50257 | 56064 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Newcastle Central3 | |||||||
50257 | 56064 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot3 | |||||||
50257 | 56064 | Transfer to NL - w/e 30/01/77 | |||||||
50257 | 56090 | Noted circa 08/19774 | |||||||
50257 | 56090 | Noted 03/08/78 | |||||||
50257 | 56090 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||||
50257 | 56090 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
53257 | 54090 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
53257 | 54090 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
53257 | 54090 | Noted 17/06/85 | |||||||
53257 | 54090 | Noted 20/07/85 | |||||||
53257 | 54090 | Noted circa 05/19864 | |||||||
53257 | 54090 | Noted 17/05/86 - on 13:25 Morecambe - Leeds with 51230 + 54369 / 78712 + 789625 | |||||||
53257 | 53750 | Noted 24/10/19864 | |||||||
53257 | 59384 | 53750 | Noted 09/11/19864 | ||||||
53257 | 53195 | Noted 01/05/87 - at York, 53195 still with set number 903 | |||||||
53257 | 51521 | Noted 23/07/886 | |||||||
53257 | 51521 | Noted 27/07/88 - on 08:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
53257 | 51521 | Noted 15/08/88 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6 | |||||||
53257 | 53195 | Noted 24/09/88 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Hexham service6 | |||||||
53257 | 54370 | Noted 08/10/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
53257 | 54370 | Noted 08/10/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
53257 | 54370 | Noted 29/10/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
53257 | 54370 | Listed at HT - Feb-89 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 24/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 27/05/89 - on 13:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 27/05/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 30/05/89 - on 11:02 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 31/05/89 - on 07:05 Haltwhistle - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 31/05/89 - on 19:40 Newcastle - Sunderland - service6 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 05/06/89 - on 18:23 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
51203 | 53257 | Noted 12/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
51203 | 53257 | Noted 12/06/89 - on 17:45 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6 | |||||||
51203 | 53257 | Noted 13/06/89 - on 15:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
51203 | 53257 | Noted 14/06/89 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6 | |||||||
53257 | 53182 | Noted 27/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6 | |||||||
51467 | 53257 | Noted 04/11/89 - on 17:55 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 51516 + 51203 / 54370 + 51217 hauled by 47 462, believed to be football extra.6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips
At Skipton on 3rd August 1978 are refurbished liveried E50257 + E56090. Robert Frise.
This class 101 DMU, with DMBS E53257 leading, has just passed Gateshead Greensfield depot, which still had an allocation of mainline locomotives at the time in 1987 (including classes 31, 47 and 56). Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 101 DMBS E53257 in Snailwell on 25th September 1990. It has been withdrawn from HT the previous year. Nicholas Youngman.
A Met-Camm DMU formed of E56090 (a 111) and E50257 (a 101) in Doncaster station circa late 1970s. They were allocated to Neville Hill at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The old and the new at York on June 17, 1985, 55535 + 55515 and Met-Camm E54090 + E53257. John Carter.
A CLass 114 / 101 formation at Gilberdyke on 12 August 1985. 53257 is the far DMBS. Chris Thorp.