Vehicle 50268 / 53268
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
| 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) | |
| 3w/e 16/10/71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| May-73 | Transferred to | NO (Norwich) | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 24/01/76 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 13/05/79 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 16/09/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 02/08/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 23/04/83 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Sep-85 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
| 08/05/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 18/08/92 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | |
| 13/09/93 | Transferred to | CK (Corkerhill) RACK | |
| Jul-00 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) HDLH | |
| Jan-01 | Withdrawn |
Notes
26th August 1982 - Seen still in all-blue livery
24th September 1998 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
6th August 2000 - Seen at Polmadie in 8-car formation destined for Longsight depot hauled behind 37 219 + 37 109
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50268 - original number
53268 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
late-1979 - AWS fitted
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 23/03/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
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 | |||||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 59066 | 50268 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 59066 | 50268 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 16/10/71 | |||||
| 50193 | 59060 | 59084 | 50268 | Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50192 | 59075 | 59042 | 50268 | Noted 10/09/72 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford3 | |||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50750 + 59097 + 502351 | ||||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 18/08/1973 - at Peterborough4 | ||||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 31/12/73 - at Hereford | ||||||
| 88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 08/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 16/03/1974 - at Doncaster 4 | ||||||
| 50169 | 59523 | 50268 | Noted 06/04/1974 - at Birmingham New Street 4 | ||||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 06/04/1974 - at Nuneaton4 | ||||||
| 88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 05/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 30/08/1974 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| 88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 16/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 88 | 50185 | 59075 | 50268 | Noted 21/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 88 | 50260 | 59097 | 50268 | Noted 22/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 88 | 50218 | 59097 | 50268 | Noted 11/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 88 | 50218 | 59097 | 50268 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 51225 | 59542 | 50268 | Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51223 | 59526 | 50268 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50237 | 59092 | 50268 | Noted 26/10/76 - at York1 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59231 | 50268 | Noted Mar-77 - at Hull1 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59531 | 50268 | Noted 25/06/77 - on 1126 Sheffield-Leeds | ||||||
| 50160 | 59049 | 50268 | Transfer to DE - w/e 16/09/79 | ||||||
| 364 | 50242 | 59080 | 50268 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101364 | 50242 | 59080 | 50268 | Transfer to HA - 02/08/81 | |||||
| 101364 | 50242 | 59080 | 50268 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted circa 06/19835 | |||||
| 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 13th January 1984 | ||||||
| 107446 | 52007 | 59795 | 53268 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Transfer to HA - Sep-85 - from AY | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley, with Bathgate Link branding5 | |||||
| 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 28th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted 28/03/19875 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| 101364 | 53242 | 59080 | 53268 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| T041 | 53090 | 53268 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
| T041 | 53090 | 53268 | Noted circa 10/19905 | ||||||
| T041 | 53090 | 53268 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
| T041 | 53090 | 53268 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| 101694 | 51188 | 59539 | 53268 | Listed at HA - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 101694 | 51188 | 59539 | 53268 | Listed at HA - November 1992 | |||||
| 101694 | 51188 | 59539 | 53268 | Listed at HA - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 30/09/93 - on 2D18 22:31 Paisley Canal - Glasgow Central6 | |||||||
| 101694 | 51188 | 53268 | Listed at CK - November 1993 | ||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 20/06/94 - on 20:36 Whifflet - Glasgow Central6 | |||||||
| 101694 | 51188 | 53268 | Noted circa 12/19955 | ||||||
| 101694 | 51188 | 53268 | Noted 24th September 1998 | ||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 20th November 1999 | |||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 09/01/99 - on 12:13 Glasgow Central - Whifflet6 | |||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 28/02/00 - on 13:26 Motherwell - Cumbernauld, 13:59 Cumbernauld - Motherwell and 14:26 Motherwell - Cumbernauld6 | |||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 13th April 2000 | |||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 15th April 2000 | |||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 25th May 2000 | |||||||
| 51188 | 53268 | Noted 10th June 2000 | |||||||
| 101694 | 51188 | 53268 | Transfer to LO - Jul-00 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
Images:
circa early 1980s
Set number: 101364
Met-Camm DMU set 101364 with SC50268 closest arriving into Dunblane station circa early 1980s. SC50242 is on the rear, the TBSL is presumably SC59080. Paul Redmond.
circa late 1981
Haymarket based Class 101 DMCL vehicles Sc50268 and Sc51806 seen on shed circa late 1981. Andrew McConnell.
25th May 1986
Set number: 101364
Class 101 DMS 53268, set number 101 364, is seen stabled at Haymarket on 25.05.1986. It carries Edinburgh Bathgate in the centre cab window. Andy Cole.
19th August 1986
Set number: 101364
101364 calls at Haymarket station with the 17.18 Edinburgh - Bathgate train on 19-08-1986. 53268 leads, presumably with 59080 and 53242 behind. Gordon Thomson.
circa 1987
Set number: 101364
101364 on Haymarket Depot circa mid-1987. It had been spruced up (and the 'Bathgate Link' branding removed) for the Wester Hailes station reopening in May 1987. S Saunders.
July 1988
Set number: 101364
Looking back at Dalmeny. The driver of Met Camm 53268 (set 101364) looks back down the platform at Dalmeny in July 1988. Murray Liston.
19th August 1990
Set number: T041
Hybrid class 101/116 DMU set T041 (53268+53090) is seen waiting time at Ironbridge Gorge with the 17.45 to Birmingham New Street. The temporary station was located at the 161 mile 20 chain mark just south of Coalbrookdale Viaduct on the Madeley Junction to Ironbridge Power Station freight line. It came into use on 30/6/1987 and closed on 3/9/1990. It made one appearance in the BR all line timetable in the summer 1990 edition (table 74). There were two return journeys on Sundays only between 29th July and 2nd September 1990. Prior to that it was an unadvertised service sponsored by the local authority and Ironbridge Gorge Trust. The method of working seeing as the branch was still twin track back then was for passenger trains to run to Ironbridge Power Station Reception Lines first to reverse then gain the up line where the platform was located. Adrian Nicholls.
13th October 1990
Set number: T041
Class 101/116 hybrid set T041 (presumably 53268 + 53090) is seen at Chester on 13 October 1990. George Woods.
23rd June 1998
Set number: 101694
53268 + 51188 (101694) in Glasgow Central on June 23, 1998. Stuart Mackay Collection.
9th July 1999
Set number: 101694
Class 101 twin 101694 (53268 + 51188) calls at Crossmyloof with a Barrhead to Glasgow Central near the end of the era of first generation dmus, July 9, 1999. Mike Dean.
10th April 2000
Set number: 101694
Near Paisley Canal 101694 (53268 & 51188) on 10th April 2000. Ian Buck.
10th April 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 (53268 & 51188) at Paisley Canal on 10th April 2000. Ian Buck.
Unknown date
Set number: 101694
101694 (53268 & 51188) arrives into a wet navigation Road working a Chester-Manchester Piccadilly service. Chris Moxon.
Unknown date
Set number: 101694
During the turnaround at Rose Hill Marple, drivers would often pause the destination blind at locations no longer served by First Gen units on request for photographers. 101694 (53268 & 51188) is performing such a duty before returning to Manchester Piccadilly! Chris Moxon.
29th January 2001
Set number: 101694
101694 53268 + 51188 at Cheadle Hulme on 2H10, the 22:38 Manchester Piccadilly to Macclesfield, 29-1-01. Kevin Dowd.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st December 1973
An unusual visitor to Hereford in the form of a 3 car Met-Cam formed of 51A (Darlington) set E50268-59075-50185, 31-12-73. Paul James.
Date: circa early 1980s
Set number: 101364
Met-Camm DMU set 101364 with SC50242 closest in Dunblane station circa early 1980s. SC50268 is on the far end, the TBSL is presumably SC59080. Paul Redmond.
Date: 5th April 1983
Set number: 101364
With the roof vents removed from all three vehicles, TBS set 101364 (53242 leading, presumably with 59080 and 53268) is seen at Inverkeithing Junction coming from the Rosyth direction with an Edinburgh service on the 5th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 31st May 1983
Set number: 101364
Scottish Region Met-Camm trailer brake second sets were not unusual, but four-car sets were. Sc53242 leads 101364 south through Lancaster on May 31, 1983. The TBSL and rear DMSL are presumably normal long-time partners 59080 and 53268, the set had been transferred from Haymarket to Ayr earlier that month. The additional TSL seems to be 59302. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 1986
Set number: 101364
101364 (53242 and presumably 59080 + 53268) heads out of Edinburgh Waverley with a Cowdenbeath service in 1986. S Saunders.
Date: 5th March 1986
Set number: 101364
53242 heads set 101364 (with presumably 59080 and 53268) seen at Saughton on the 5th March 1986 with the 14:18 Edinburgh - Bathgate service. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 24th March 1986
Set number: 101364
53242 leads set 101364 (presumably with 59080 + 53268) on a Bathgate - Edinburgh working at Bathgate on the first day of services - March 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 24th March 1986
Set number: 101364
Set 101364 (presumably 53242 + 59080 + 53268) in platform 15 at Edinburgh Waverley with the 10:18 Edinburgh - Bathgate service on March 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 28th March 1986
Set number: 101310
101 310 (53163 + 59302 + 51234) with 53268 + 59080 + 53242 at Bathgate with the 13:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh Waverley, 28th March 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 12th April 1986
Set number: 101364
101 364 (presumably 53242 + 59080 + 53268) at the then recently opened station at Bathgate on 12/4/86, looking east. The station had opened on 24/3/86 with the restoration of services to Edinburgh. This station was replaced by a two platform through station further east in 2010 as part of the re-opening of the Bathgate to Airdrie line. Kenneth Leiper.
Date: 1986
Set number: 101364
53242 leading 101364 (presumably with 59080 + 53268) into Edinburgh Waverley with a newly introduced service from Bathgate. Note the Bathgate Link logo on the bodyside. S Saunders.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101364
Two Class Met-Camm DMUs at Thornton depot, date unknown. Closest is 101364 (53242 and presumably 59080 + 53268). Walter Burt.
Date: circa 1988
Set number: 101364
101364, a set allocated to the recently re-opened Bathgate line at the time, passes through Princes Street Gardens circa 1988. 53242, presumably with 59080 + 53268. S Saunders.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101364
Different DMUs at Dalmeny. Three different classes of DMU in two trains crossing at Dalmeny in July 1988. On the left is Met Camm class 101364 (53242+59080+53268), while the hybrid set (386) on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Murray Liston.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101364
I'm on the phone! DMU activity at Dalmeny in July 1988. The driver of Met Camm class 101364 (53242 + 59080 + 53268) is on the phone to control, while the hybrid set (386) approaching on the right is Derby class 108s 51926 and 53631 sandwiching a BRCW class 110 centre car 59697. Identifying power cars on TBSL sets where both are DMSs can be tricky, in this case it is made easier by 53242 having a different radius to the lower left corner of the black mask around the cab windows. Murray Liston.
Date: 11th September 1988
Set number: 101364
The old & the new at Kilmarnock Open Day on 11-09-88. Classic dmu traction (101364 53242 and presumably 59080 + 53268) alongside to date the only visit of a class 318 emu (from the neighbouring Ayr - Glasgow line) to Kilmarnock station. However these emus were all refurbished in 2005 - 06 in the nearby Barclay works. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 17th April 1990
Set number: 101364
A set labelled 101364 arrives into Leeds on 17/4/90. Behind the Class 101 DMS (either 53242 or 53268) is a Class 108 TBS and a Class 101 DMBS. Rex Holt.
Date: 3rd October 1990
Set number: T041
T041 (53090 + 53268) at Manchester Piccadilly working 13:41 to Chester via Northwich, 3rd October 1990. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 3rd June 1992
DMUs at Doncaster on 3 June 1991, right to left are 975540 (ex 55016), 53268, 59079, 59080, 595x9, 59093, 51509 and 53321. Keith Miller.
Date: 12th July 1992
Set number: LO236
A row of Met-Camm DMUs at Doncaster Works during the open day on July 12, 1992. Does anyone know what vehicles formed set LO236? 53268 on the left would emerge in Regional Railways livery as part of set 101694. Alex Drennan.
Date: 12th July 1992
M51188 awaits overhaul in Doncaster Works 12-7-92. It emerged with 53268 as 101 694. Taken at the Doncaster Works Open day on 12/7/92. Kevin Dowd.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101694
101 694 (51188 + 59539 + 53268) seen at Haymarket during it's Haymarket days as a 3-car set. Andrew McConnell.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101694
3-car set 101694 (51188 + 59539 + 53268) comes to a standstill at Inverkeithing. Date unknown. Andrew McConnell.
Date: July 1993
Set number: L832
Metro Cammell and Pressed Steel Suburban DMUs in various liveries in the DMU sidings at Haymarket in July 1993. Left to right includes 51226 (L832), 3-car 101694 (presumably 53268 + 59539 + 51188), P874 (53330). Walter Burt.
Date: 16th October 1993
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 + 53268) in Bargeddie station with the 17:43 Glasgow Central - Whifflet on October 16, 1993. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 16th July 1996
Set number: 101694
Waiting to depart from Glasgow Central on 16th July 1996 101694 (51188 & 53268). Ian Buck.
Date: 30th August 1996
Set number: 101694
Class 101 51188, set number 101 694 with 53268, is seen at Glasgow Central in Strathclyde PTE livery on 30.08.1996. Andy Cole.
Date: 10th October 1996
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 + 53268) at Glasgow Central on October 10, 1996. Alex Drennan.
Date: 9th August 1997
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 + 53268) awaits departure from Glasgow Central on the 10:13 to Whifflet, 9/8/97. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 2nd July 1998
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 + 53268) at Paisley Canal with a service to Glasgow Central on 2 July 1998. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 9th January 1999
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 + 53268) in Glasgow Central on 9 January 1999. David Bellamy.
Date: 28th April 1999
Set number: 101694
At Corkerhill on the Paisley Canal branch is 101694 (51188 and 53268) 28th April 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: 28th April 1999
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 & 53268) at Hawkhead on 28th April 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: 24th May 1999
Set number: 101694
At Paisley Canal on 24th May 1999 101694 (51188 & 53268). Ian Buck.
Date: 1st August 1999
Set number: 101692
Livery Line Up. By 1999 time was running out for first generation DMUs in Scotland, with a handful of Met Camm power twin sets operating from Corkerhill depot on some Glasgow suburban services. A few photos were taken on 1st August that year, when these had only a few months to go before being replaced by Sprinters like the class 156 in the distance. 101692 (53253 + 53170) was repainted into a unique blue livery in 1996 and is seen at Glasgow Central on a Whifflet service. Behind it is set 101694 in Strathclyde PTE orange livery on a Barrhead service with 53268 visible. Murray Liston.
Date: 5th January 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 + 53268) arrives at Motherwell on January 5, 2000. Nigel Walls.
Date: 8th February 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 at Glasgow Central on the 12:08 to Paisley Canal, 8-2-00. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 8th February 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 depart Glasgow Central with the 12:08 to Paisley Canal, 8-2-00. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 8th February 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 on the 16:08 to Paisley Canal at Glasgow Cent 8-2-00. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 8th February 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 at Glasgow Central during the evening rush hour 8-2-00. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 8th February 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 at Whifflet on the 13:07 to Glasgow Central 8-2-00. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 10th April 2000
Set number: 101694
Near Paisley Canal on 10th April 2000 101694 (51188 & 53268). Ian Buck.
Date: 31st August 2000
Set number: 101694
51188 + 53268 arrive at Stockport on the 10:24 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester, 31/8/00. Kevin Dowd.
Date: October 2000
Set number: 101694
At Manchester Piccadilly is seen 101694 (51188 & 53268) in October 2000. Ian Buck.
Date: 16th November 2000
Set number: 101694
101694 (51188 + 53268) with the 17:54 to New Mills at Manchester Piccadilly on November 16, 2000. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101693
Three Class 101 DMUs undergoing maintenance at Longsight TMD. Date unknown, but the two Strathclyde sets means it is after July 2000, and probably soon after as the cab front of 51192 (101 693, closest) would gradually deteriorate until withdrawal in December 2003. Next to it is 53268 (101 694). Spannerman37025.
Date: 9th January 2001
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 at Romiley on the 17:16 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly 9-1-01. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 9th January 2001
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 at Marple on the 20:30 New Mills Central to Manchester Piccadilly 9-1-01. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 24th January 2001
Set number: 101692
101692 53253 + 53170 + 101694 51188 + 53268 arrive at Manchester Piccadilly ECS ex-Longsight in the afternoon of 24-1-01. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 29th January 2001
Set number: 101694
101694 51188 + 53268 at Cheadle Hulme on 2H11, the 21:00 Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly, 29-1-01. Kevin Dowd.