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Vehicle 50258 / 53258


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: 30266
Diagram: 523

Allocations

18/10/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
Nov-63 On loan to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
w/e 07/12/63 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 31/10/65 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
4w/e 02/01/71 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-71 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
12/04/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
13/09/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50258 - original number
53258 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Mar-79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 09/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50258 50268 As delivered to 51A - 18th October 1957
50258 50268 Noted 7th May 1958
50258 50268 Transfer to 51A - w/e 07/12/63 - ex-loan
50258 50268 Transfer to 52J - 3w/e 31/10/65
50258 50161 Noted 03/04/71 - at Leeds1
50258 50161 Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50258 50160 Noted 07/1971 - at Water Orton3
50258 59527 50160 Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot2
82 50258 59526 50160 Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50258 59526 50171 Noted 13/08/1973 - on 12:39 Nottingham to Derby3
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 01/11/83 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50258 59529 50160 Noted 02/1974 - at Peterborough3
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 06/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 20/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 31/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 09/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59542 50160 Noted 23/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59542 50160 Noted 23/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50230 59542 50258 Noted 31/05/1975 - at Leicester on service to Birmingham3
82 50258 59542 50160 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50258 59542 50160 Noted 23rd July 1975
88 50185 59097 50258 Noted 09/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
50258 59542 50161 Noted 10/09/1975 - at Ely3
50258 59542 50161 Noted 13/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50258 56380 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
50258 50265 Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough1
50230 59527 50258 Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough (2 DMBSs)1
50258 56394 Noted 08/04/76 - at Brough1
50258 59092 50237 Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster2
50258 59200 50237 Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster1
50258 59200 50195 Noted 21/02/77 - at Doncaster1
50258 56053 Noted circa 10/19814
53258 54053 Noted 10/08/85 - at Norwich - a BG set strengthening a Birmingham - Norwich service2
53258 54053 Noted circa 05/19864
53258 54053 Noted 30/11/19864
53258 54053 Noted 28th December 1986
53258 54053 Noted 11/04/1987 - Industrial Railway Society Rowntree Requiem Railtour
53205 53258 Noted 27/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service with 51214 + 515215
53258 53161 Noted 13/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
53258 53161 Noted 22/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
53258 53161 Noted 22/07/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
53258 53161 Noted 23/07/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service5

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Rowntree Halt

11th April 1987

The Industrial Railway Society "Rowntree Requiem" Railtour at Rowntree's Halt, York, on April 11, 1987. One of the shortest travelled railtours ever to run on the national network in the UK, the IRS organised the tour to coincide with their AGM held in York the same afternoon. The tour started from York at 12.35 and ran to the Rowntree Staff Halt on the Foss Island freight branch arriving at 12.45. It then returned to York at 13.10 with a 13.20 arrival giving a total of 45mins in service and a route mileage of just 2m 48ch (2½ miles) for the round trip. Six Bells Junction notes the vehicle as 53258 + 54053. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 101 DMU at Laira depot

8th July 1989

Class 101 DMBS on Laira depot, 8 July 1989. The vehicle was never allocated to the Western region, it had been withdrawn from Heaton in September 1988 and would be cut at Vic Berry's circa late 1989. Keith Miller.