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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-73	Depot code change	DN
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05/10/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RFXX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:

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.

Unknown date

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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