Vehicle 50269 / 53269
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
| 31/10/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 12/10/63 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 4w/e 07/12/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 31/08/69 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 07/09/69 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 3w/e 26/02/77 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 4w/e 09/12/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 05/10/81 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 27/11/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 08/05/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 12/05/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 07/07/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| Jun-01 | Withdrawn |
Notes
16th October 1982 - Seen carrying unit no. 101 319 while in 107 425
19th April 1989 - Seen with black cab window surround
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50269 - original number
53269 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 09/05/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by JT Landscapes, Caerwent
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50259 | 50269 | As delivered to 51A - 31st October 1957 | |||||||
| 50259 | 59068 | 50269 | Transfer to 16C - 4w/e 12/10/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
| 50209 | 59541 | 50269 | Transfer to 64H - 07/09/69 - from ER | ||||||
| 50209 | 59541 | 50269 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51243 | 59061 | 50269 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51243 | 59061 | 50269 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2 | ||||||
| 51470 | 59067 | 50269 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 51469 | 59304 | 50269 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 4 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59558 | 50269 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot3 | ||||||
| 51800 | 59558 | 50269 | Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51234 | 59558 | 50269 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 4 | ||||||
| 319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Noted circa 03/19815 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51985 | 59797 | 50269 | Noted 14th September 1982 | ||||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 50269 | Noted 16th October 1982 | |||||
| 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Transfer to HA - 27/11/82 | ||||||
| 55007 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19835 | ||||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59553 | 53269 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 314 | 51240 | 59042 | 53269 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - August 1986 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley, in Bathgate branded livery5 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19865 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 28/03/19875 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 02/05/19875 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 19th April 1989 | ||||||
| CH641 | 51245 | 53269 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
| CH641 | 51245 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19895 | ||||||
| 51245 | 53269 | Noted 11/01/90 - at Penyffordd6 | |||||||
| T033 | 53849 | 53269 | Noted circa 05/19905 | ||||||
| T033 | 53849 | 53269 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||||
| LO633 | 53849 | 53269 | Noted circa 05/19915 | ||||||
| LO633 | 53849 | 53269 | Noted 17/05/91 - at Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| LO633 | 51903 | 53269 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | ||||||
| LO601 | 51903 | 53269 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
| LO601 | 51177 | 53269 | Listed at LO - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 101683 | 51177 | 53269 | Listed at LO - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| 101683 | 51177 | 53269 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| 101683 | 51177 | 53269 | Listed at LO - November 1992 | ||||||
| 101683 | 51177 | 53269 | Listed at LO - 10/12/92 | ||||||
| 51177 | 53269 | Noted 05/02/93 - On 14:47 Marple - Manchester Piccadilly and 20:09 Manchester Piccadilly - Chester7 | |||||||
| 51177 | 53269 | Noted 15/10/93 - On 16:35 Manchester Victoria - Huddersfield7 | |||||||
| 101683 | 51177 | 53269 | Listed at LO - November 1993 | ||||||
| 51177 | 53269 | Noted 05/04/94 - On 16:35 Manchester Victoria - Huddersfield7 | |||||||
| 101683 | 51177 | 59303 | 53269 | Noted circa 06/19945 | |||||
| 51177 | 59303 | 53269 | Noted 19/06/94 - On 11:15 Llandudno Jct - Holyhead7 | ||||||
| 51177 | 53269 | Noted 26/10/95 - On 2D70 12:25 Holyhead - Llandudno and 2D65 14:15 Llandudno - Llandudno Jct7 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Aaron Calder
7: David Bellamy
Images:
3rd April 1980
Set number: 221
A few passengers make their way across the footbridge at Markinch as class 101 set 221 forming 2G75 15.22 Dundee to Edinburgh prepares to depart on 3rd April 1980. The leading vehicle is Sc50269 a former composite vehicle though by this time first class accommodation has been withdrawn on this service. Bruce Galloway.
3rd October 1982
SC50269 in blue livery with unpainted window frames, contrasting with its partner which had them painted blue. Derby Litchurch Lane, 3/10/82. Ian Francis.
14th June 1983
Set number: 319
A Met-Camm DMU (ScR set 319) at Duffield station, seen from the Wirksworth branch platform on June 14, 1983. This may be 50269 and the set could be in the area after overhaul at Derby C&W Works. Steve Davies Collection.
30th April 1986
Set number: 101319
Bathgate Link branded Class 101 set 101 319 at Haymarket station on 30/4/86 with DMS 53269 closest, presumably with 59525 + 51245. Roddy MacPhee.
26th July 1986
Set number: 101319
Set 101319 with 53269 closest is seen from a Class 116 unit at Lochend Junction with a Waverley - Meadowbank shuttle on the 26th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
August 1987
Set number: 101319
Aberdour Flowers. As they had done for the previous 30 years, a Met Camm triple set 101319 (53269 and presumably 59525 + 51245) picks up passengers from the flower be-decked station at Aberdour with an Edinburgh bound working in August 1987. Murray Liston.
1988
A Met-Camm set passes Haymarket in 1988. The DMBS carries the Bathgate Link logo, meaning the vehicles may be 53269, 59525 and 51245. S Saunders.
10th June 1989
Set number: 101319
Set 101319 (53269 + 59525 + 51245) heads out of Glasgow Central on 10th June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
2nd June 1990
Set number: T033
This picture from 2 June 1990 shows T033, a class 101/116 power twin (presumably 53269 + 53849), one of of Tyseley's sets intended to cope with Sprinter timings, passing Smethwick Rolfe Street station with the 09.30 Birmingham New Street to Hereford service. Judging by the young trees by the lineside I very much if the viewpoint is possible in 2021. Peter Tandy.
17th May 1991
Set number: LO633
Class 101/116 hybrid set LO633 53269 + 53849 at Manchester Piccadilly on May 17, 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
7th April 1993
Set number: 101683
Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU set 101683 at Chester on 7/8/93. Formed of vehicles 53269 + 51177 it is forming the 11:49 to Helsby via Hooton. Sparegang.
13th November 1993
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) awaits departure from Southport on the 12:00 noon to Chester, 13/11/93. Gazza Prescott.
8th January 1994
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) at Blackburn, having arrived on the 11:37 from Rochdale, 8/1/94. Gazza Prescott.
5th June 1994
Set number: 101683
Class 101 Met Camm DMU 101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) at Crewe on 5-6-94 or thereabouts. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
10th June 1994
Set number: 101683
Three-car Class 101 Met Camm DMU 101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) at Manchester Piccadilly with a Llandudno service on 11-6-94. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th October 1994
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) Crewe 7/10/94. Sparegang.
Unknown date
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) waits time at Rose Hill Marple before returning to Manchester Piccadilly. Chris Moxon.
circa mid-1990s
Set number: 101683
101683 in Blaenau Ffestiniog station. Date unknown, circa mid-1990s when it ran as a three car (53269 + 59303 + 51177) in the summer months. Alan Harrison.
26th July 1995
Set number: 101683
Class 101 53269 on the rear of a Manchester Piccadilly-Chester service at Stockport on the 26th July 1995. 51177 is leading with trailer car 59303. Kevin Law.
circa August 1996
Set number: 101683
Three-car Class 101 DMU set 101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) at Betws-y-Coed circa August 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.
11th March 1997
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) at Penmaenmawr on 11 March 1997. Llandudno is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1998
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) approaches Grindleford sometime in 1998. John Law.
June 1998
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) after arrival at Llandudno in June 1998. Stuart Mackay.
June 1998
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) at Bangor in June 1998. The weedkiller train seems long overdue. Stuart Mackay.
June 1998
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) is seen in Blaenau Ffestiniog station in June 1998. Stuart Mackay.
26th June 1998
Set number: 101683
101 683 (53269 + 51177) after arriving at Sheffield with the 14:46 from Manchester, 26 June 1998. Stuart Mackay.
27th June 1998
Set number: 101683
101 683 (53269 + 51177) at Llandudno with the 11:02 to Holyhead, 27/6/98. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2000
Set number: 101683
Arriving at Shotton on a Wrexham train is 101683 (53269 & 51177). Ian Buck.
17th June 2000
Set number: 101683
101683 (53269 + 51177) in the bay platform at Sheffield after arriving on a service from Manchester Picadilly, 17 June 2000. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th June 1983
Set number: 319
A Met-Camm DMU (ScR set 319) in Duffield station on June 14, 1983. The set may be working a service train as a test run after overhaul before returning to Scotland. The power cars should be 51245 + 50269. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 1988
Set number: 101319
Met-Camm DMU set 101319 (presumably 51245 + 59525 + 53269) seen in Dunblane station with an Edinburgh service circa spring 1988. A Class 107 is in the distance. Brian Ward.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101319
DMU leaving Dalmeny. One day in July 1988, Met Camm triple set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) leaves Dalmeny behind en route for Edinburgh with a service from Cowdenbeath. Murray Liston.
Date: 10th June 1989
Set number: 101319
With Sc51245 carrying a "Bathgate Link" logo, 101319 heads out of Glasgow Central on June 10th, 1989. The other two vehicles are Sc59525 and Sc53269. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 12th September 1989
Set number: 101319
Class 101 DMU set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) passes through Princes Street Gardens on its way to Edinburgh Waverley on 12 September 1989. Brian Creasey.
Date: 16th September 1991
Set number: LO601
Set LO601 approaching Cuddington on the 12.43 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly on 16/9/91. 51177 was the front car, 53269 at the rear. David Miller.
Date: 1st June 1993
Set number: 101683
A two-car Class 101 DMU, it looks like it could be 101683 (51177 + 53269) in Ince station on 1 June 1993. Note it has no roof pods at this time, they were fitted by the start on 1994. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: 11th December 1993
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) + 101683 (53269 + 51177) at Preston with a Ribble Valley Santa Special "The Clitheronian", 11/12/93. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 8th January 1994
Set number: 101683
101683 (51177 + 53269) at Bolton on the 11:37 Rochdale - Blackburn, 8/1/94. Gazza Prescott.
Date: June 1994
Set number: 101683
Three-car Met-Camm DMU set 101683 (51177 + 59303 + 53269) in Pont-y-Pant station with a Blaenau Ffestiniog line service in June 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa August 1994
Set number: 101683
Three-car Met-Camm DMU set 101683 (51177 + 59303 and presumably 53269) in Blaenau Ffestiniog station circa August 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 21st August 1995
Set number: 101683
Three-car 101683 (51177 + 59303 + 53269) on the 12:38 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Earles, 21-8-95. Kevin Dowd.
Date: circa August 1996
Set number: 101683
101683 (51177 + 59303 + 53269) heads out of Betws-y-Coed station circa August 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1998
Set number: 101683
101683 (51177 + 53269) in Grindleford station sometime in 1998. John Law.
Date: June 1998
Set number: 101683
Set 101683 (51177 + 53269) at Blaenau Ffestiniog, June 98. Stuart Mackay.
Date: June 1998
Set number: 101683
101 683 (51177 + 53269) arriving at Llandudno Junction in June 1998. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 26th June 1998
Set number: 101683
101 683 (51177 + 53269) after arriving at Sheffield with the 14:46 from Manchester, 26 June 1998. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 26th June 1998
Set number: 101683
101 683 (51177 + 53269) arriving at Sheffield on the 14:46 from Manchester, 26 June 1998. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 12th January 2000
Set number: 101683
Leaving Shotton for Wrexham is 101683 (51177 & 53269) on 12th January 2000. Ian Buck.
Date: 10th April 2000
Set number: 101683
Met-Camm DMU 101683 (51177 + 53269) at Llandudno with the 13:35 to Blaenau Ffestiniog on April 10, 2000. John Carter.
Date: 10th April 2000
Set number: 101683
The 13:35 Llandudno - Blaenau Ffestiniog service at Llandudno Junction on April 10, 2000 formed of 51177 + 53269. 175 004 is in the distance. John Carter.