Vehicle 50295 / 53295 / 977536
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
| 11/12/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 01/10/60 | On loan to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 26/11/60 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 01/11/87 | To departmental stock | HT (Heaton) | |
| Nov-92 | Withdrawn |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50295 - original number
53295 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977536 - from 01/11/87 (departmental stock)
Department Use as TDB977536
Sandite / Route Learner From 11/87 to 11/92.
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 10/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50295 | 56088 | As delivered to 51A - 11th December 1957 | |||||||
| 50295 | 56088 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 01/10/60 - on loan | |||||||
| 50295 | 56088 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 26/11/60 - ex-loan | |||||||
| 50295 | 59072 | 50261 | Noted 14/09/72 - at Lealholm1 | ||||||
| 50295 | 56056 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 50295 | 56062 | Noted 05/08/1974 - at Darlington 2 | |||||||
| 50295 | 56062 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Darlington3 | |||||||
| N161 | 50295 | 56062 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, set number on solebars, 56062 had N1643 | ||||||
| N161 | 50295 | 56075 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on 56075 was N1503 | ||||||
| 50295 | 56075 | Noted 09/09/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
| 50295 | 56075 | Noted 29/10/75 - at York1 | |||||||
| 50295 | 56076 | Noted 30/12/75 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 50295 | 59100 | 50574 | Noted 20/07/81 - on 11:58 Middlesbrough - Nunthorpe | ||||||
| 50295 | 56054 | Noted circa 12/19814 | |||||||
| 50295 | 56386 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||||
| 53295 | 53150 | Noted 18/02/1984 - Hertfordshire Railtours Norseman 2 51219-53188 + 53150-53295 + 53149-59084-53244 | |||||||
| 53295 | 53170 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||||
| 53295 | 54370 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||||
| 53295 | 54198 | Noted circa 11/19864 | |||||||
| 53295 | 53196 | Noted circa 11/19864 | |||||||
| 53295 | 53196 | Noted 21/02/87 - with 53171 + 51426 on a Hellifield - Hull Additional (dep. Leeds 1942) | |||||||
| 53295 | 53196 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds5 | |||||||
| 977535 | 977536 | Noted 08/06/89 - at Thornaby | |||||||
| 977535 | 977536 | Noted 15/11/91 - at Thirsk |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
E50239 leads a twelve-car Met-Camm formation at Shildon 31 August 1975. These shuttles on the day of the 150th cavalcade ran to Darlington, and the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) lists this formation as 50239 + 59087 + 59094 + 51505 / 50295 + 56075 / 51438 + 59573 + 59086 + 51506 / 56083 + 51209. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th July 1981
E50574 + E59100 + E50295 with the 11:58 Middlesbrough - Nunthorpe at Nunthorpe on 20/7/81. John Carter.
Date: 18th February 1984
The Hertfordshire 'Norseman' railtour at Bedale on the 18th February 1984. The vehicles visible are 53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
51219 + 53188 and 53150 + 53295 and 53149 at Bedale on the 'Norseman' railtour, 18th February 1984. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
The 'Norseman' railtour at Redmire on the 18th February 1984, a 2 + 2 + 3-car formation. From this end the vehicles were 51219 + 53188, 53150 + 53295, 53149 + 59084 + 53244. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
On 18 February 1984 Hertfordshire Railtours ran a railtour utilising a class 47 with eight Mk 1 carriages between London King's Cross and Darlington and a 7-car Met-Camm dmu formation (53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150 and 53188 + 51219) thence to Redmire and Eastgate as "The Norseman 2". In this view an HR rep is either placing or removing the headboard from Class 101 DMC(L) 53244. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 8th June 1989
The front end of double DMBS route learning set 977535 977536 (ex-50259 / 50295) is covered in graffiti when caught at Thornaby on the 8th June 1989. Jerry Glover.