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Vehicle 50294 / 53294


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: 30270
Diagram: 523

Allocations

05/12/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
w/e 15/01/78 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/01/88 Transferred to ED (Eastfield) - delayed from 04/10/87
11/07/88 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
26/11/89 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
14/05/90 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
30/09/90 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
10/05/92 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
05/10/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50294 - original number
53294 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 24/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50294 56087 As delivered to 51A - 5th December 1957
50294 50196 Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington1
50294 56072 Noted 10/09/72 - at Darlington1
N155 50294 56072 Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, set number on solebar of 560722
50294 56059 Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
50294 56059 Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough1
50294 56059 Noted 01/12/75 - at York1
50294 56059 Noted 30/12/75 - at Darlington1
50294 56059 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Darlington 3
50294 56086 Transfer to GF - Jan-78
50294 56397 Noted circa 03/19794
50294 56397 Noted 22/03/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service
50294 56082 Noted circa 12/19814
50294 56082 Noted 16/01/19824
50294 56408 Noted circa 02/19834
53294 53169 Noted circa 03/19854
53294 54220 Noted circa 11/19864
53294 53240 Noted circa 11/19874
101394 53294 53644 Listed at ED - Feb-88
101394 53294 59794 53644 Formation change - ED - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59794 added (ex-101393)
101393 53216 59153 53294 Listed at - March 1988
101394 53294 59794 53642 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
53216 59553 53294 Noted 29th November 1988
LO347 53216 59303 53294 Listed at LO - Dec-89
LO347 53216 59303 53294 Noted circa 05/19904
CH347 53216 59303 53294 Listed at CH - mid May-90
P830 53216 59303 53294 Noted circa 03/19914
P830 53216 59303 53294 Listed at LA - Jul-91
P830 53216 59303 53294 Listed at LA - Aug-91
P821 53216 59539 53294 Listed at LA - Dec-91
T057 53294 51508 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
spare 53294 Listed at TS - 24/09/92

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Darlington

August 1976

A Class 101 DMU, led by vehicle no. E50294, is seen leaving Darlington with a service for Saltburn in August 1976. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at York

Unknown date

Class 101 DMBS E50294 in York station circa early/mid-1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Stockton

22nd March 1980

E50294 + E56397 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at North Shore, Stockton, on March 22, 1980. Now only a plain up and down line, the box and semaphores long gone. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Carlisle

30th July 1986

In Carlisle station on 30/07/1986 is Class 143 143021 55662 55687 (on the left in platform 5) - this will have arrived from Newcastle, and awaiting the return working. On the right in platform 6 is Class 101 E53294 - this platform is usually used by trains to / from Leeds via Settle. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Farington Curve

18th August 1990

Set number: CH347

In a view now blighted by unchecked tree growth and the planting of some conifers along the lineside, a Met/Cam Class 101 three-car DMU was climbing Farington Curve, making a rare appearance, working the 14.05 Blackpool South to Colne service on August 18th 1990. Formed of DMBS 53294, TS 59303 and DMBS 53216 the unit was a Chester set (CH347) and may have been borrowed by Newton Heath, as this was the period when the Class 142 fleet was ailing, and with many examples stored, all sorts of first generation DMU's were having an extended period of operation to keep things going. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Paignton

13th December 1990

Set number: P830

On the 13 December 1990 Class 101 DMU set P830 (presumably 53294 + 59303 + 53216) in Paignton station with the 09:48 Paignton - Plymouth service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley Depot

15th July 1992

Set number: T057

53294, which had most recently formed part of set T057, sits in the withdrawn siding at Tyseley Depot on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: May 1990

Set number: LO347

Preston station in May 1990 and unit LO347 contains two DMBSs, with 53216 nearest the camera, the other two vehicles are presumably 59303 + 53294. John McIntyre.

DMU

Date: 5th October 1991

Set number: 821

I paid my first visit to the Exmouth branch on 5 October 1991 - another "Network South East Day". I travelled on the 12.45 Exeter St David's - Exmouth, formed of Class 101 set P821 (53216 + 59303 + 53294), seen here after arrival at Exmouth. Lewis Bevan.