Vehicle 50262 / 53262
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: 30267
Diagram: 621
Allocations
| 08/07/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 04/12/65 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 4w/e 26/03/66 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 29/06/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 08/11/87 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50262 - original number
53262 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 05/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
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 | |||||||
| 50184 | 59076 | 50262 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 04/12/65 | ||||||
| 50184 | 59076 | 50262 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 26/03/66 | ||||||
| 50193 | 59084 | 50262 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Whitby1 | ||||||
| 50255 | 50262 | Noted 11/09/1971 - at Whitby2 | |||||||
| 50224 | 59070 | 50262 | Noted 05/04/72 - at Darlington1 | ||||||
| 50192 | 59084 | 59060 | 50262 | Noted 08/09/1975 - at darlington3 | |||||
| 53150 | 59075 | 53262 | Noted 1984 - at Whitby | ||||||
| 53165 | 53262 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||||
| 53259 | 53262 | Noted 13/10/19864 | |||||||
| 53259 | 53262 | Noted 03/11/19864 | |||||||
| 53259 | 53262 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Sheffield5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
Images:
1984
Cars E53262 E59075 E53150 wait at Whitby to return to Darlington via Middlesbrough, sometime in 1984. With their day out at the seaside drawing to a close, the steady stream of boarding passengers slam the heavy doors behind them and locate a comfortable but springy seat. There is a distinctive smell, and windows and other fittings vibrate as the engines idle. As departure time comes, the guard buzzes to the driver to move off, and the train slowly pulls away through the gears, to set off on a scenic journey of 35 miles to Middlesbrough, which, with 15 intermediate stops including reversal at Battersby, will take almost 90 minutes. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: March 1976
Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger 4-car dmu Nos.E50188 (101/1), E59063 (162), E59076 (168), E50262 (101/1 ex-2-car "power twin unit), all of the 1957 batch without headcodes, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, at Whitby Town on a service to Middlesbrough via Battersby, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: March 1976
Metro-Cammell Class 101 4-car DMU E50188 + E59063 + E59076 + E50262 at Whitby Town on a service to Middlesbrough via Battersby in March 1976. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 7th April 1980
A Met cam 101 dmu leaves Whitby for Middlesbrough on 7/4/1980. The DMS is E50262, the number of the DMBS is part obscured by the signal, E51*05 is visible, it is almost certainly 51205. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 15th March 1986
The view from the front of 54086 working a Whitby to Middlesbrough train at Glaisdale as 53262 arrives leading a train to Whitby 15th March 1986. Keith Long.