Vehicle 50319 / 53319
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: 30275
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Apr-58 | On loan to | 18A (Toton) | |
| circa Jun-58 | Ex-loan back to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 3w/e 31/10/64 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/09/65 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 4w/e 05/11/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| w/e 05/11/76 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 3w/e 19/05/79 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 01/02/87 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| 3w/e 20/05/88 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| p/e 08/07/88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| Nov-88 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| by 15/05/89 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) PLEX | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | LE (Swansea Landore) PZQZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50319 - original number
53319 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Jul-82 - Headlamp fitted
circa May-88 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 18/03/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50319 | 59130 | 50337 | As delivered to 3E - April 1958 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59130 | 50337 | Transfer to 9D - 3w/e 31/10/64 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59130 | 50330 | Noted 12/08/70 - in Birmingham area1 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59130 | 50330 | Noted 22/10/71 - at Wolverhampton2 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59130 | 50330 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Chester2 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59130 | 50330 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Shrewsbury on 17:43 to Wolverhampton3 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59130 | 50330 | Noted 10/09/76 - in Chester station1 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59129 | 50336 | Noted circa 10/1976 - Transferred Chester to Tyseley.4 | ||||||
| 50319 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 25/11/1978 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) Reunion Railtour | ||||||
| 50319 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 02/12/1978 - Unnamed Midland Railfans tour from Birmingham to Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea | ||||||
| B806 | 50319 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 08/02/1980 - At Bath Spa5 | |||||
| B806 | 50319 | 59123 | 50335 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 50319 | 56079 | Noted 29/07/82 - on a Leeds to Skipton service | |||||||
| C814 | 50319 | 59123 | 50335 | Formation change - circa Aug-82 | |||||
| C814 | 50319 | 59123 | 50335 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C814 | 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| C814 | 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C814 | 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
| 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Noted 18/01/86 - on 15:50 Cardiff - Crewe service running 16 late6 | ||||||
| C814 | 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C814 | 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Disbanded circa Dec-86 - 59123 removed (to spare) renumbered to C809 | |||||
| C809 | 53319 | 53335 | Formed at CF circa Dec-86 - formed from C814 after removing centre car | ||||||
| S809 | 53319 | 53335 | Listed at LE - Aug-87 | ||||||
| S809 | 53319 | 53335 | Listed at LE - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted | ||||||
| B809 | 53319 | 53335 | Transfer to BR - May-88 - from LE was S809 | ||||||
| C985 | 53319 | 51509 | Noted 09/02/89 - on Cardiff - Hereford service | ||||||
| S950 | 53319 | 59381 | 53926 | Listed at LE - 15/05/89 | |||||
| S950 | 53319 | 59381 | 53926 | Noted circa 07/19894 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
August 1978
Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger 3-car dmu Nos.M50319 (101/2), M59130 (171), M50337 (101/1), of the 1958 batch without headcode panels, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, with a refurbished Class 101 in white and blue livery attached) on a Bath - Bristol Temple Meads - Weston supe Mare service at Chelvey, near Nailsea & Backwell, 08/78. Hugh Llewelyn.
1983
Set number: C814
Class 101 set C814 (presumably 50319 + 59123 + 50335) at Dilton Marsh in 1983. Michael Mensing.
16th June 1983
Set number: C814
A class 101 dmu (set C814, presumably 50319 + 59123 + 50335) on a Pembroke Dock to Whitland service waits to pass a service in the opposite direction on 16/6/1983. Stephen Burdett.
18th June 1983
Set number: C814
Class 101 DMU set C814 (presumably 53319 + 59123 + 53335) forms the 10:07 to Pembroke Dock setting out from Whitland on 18 June 1983. Robert Thomas.
25th February 1984
Set number: C814
Sitting in the platform at Whitland on 25 February 1984 is Class 101 DMU set C814 (53319 and presumably 59123 + 53335) with the 10:07 service to Pembroke Dock. In the distance 33 021 departs with the 07:37 Cardiff Central-Milford Haven. Robert Thomas.
August 1985
Set number: C814
A 6 car set made up of Class 101 Met-Cam, set C814 (presumably 53319 + 59123 + 53335), and an unidentified Class 117 DMU, heading south from Hereford at Coedmoor, near Tram Inn, for Cardiff in August 1985. John Crooks.
August 1985
Set number: C814
A 6 car set made up of Class 101 Met-Cam, set C814 (presumably 53319 + 59123 + 53335), and an unidentified Class 117 DMU, heading south from Hereford at Coedmoor, near Tram Inn, for Cardiff in August 1985. As this is a 6-car train, it seems likely that there was rugby in Cardiff on this date. John Crooks.
1st April 1986
Set number: C814
Three-car Class 101 DMU set C814 (53319 and presumably 59123 + 53335) arrives at Ferryside station with an up passenger service on 1 April 1986. Robert Thomas.
29th March 1988
Set number: S809
Class 101 DMU set S809 (53319 and presumably 53335) at Pembroke Dock with the 12:14 to Swansea on 29 March 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th March 1989
Set number: C985
Class 101 Met-Camm DMU set C985 at Neath on 2 March 1989. DMBS 53319 is closest, the other vehicle is presumably 51509 - they forms the 05:47 Portsmouth Harbour-Swansea service. Robert Thomas.
17th March 1989
Set number: C985
C985, with W53319 closest, is seen at Cardiff Central on the 17th March 1989, while working the 12:40 Cardiff - Hereford. Note the DMBS has the full length guttering modification, the DMC (probably 51509) still has the original style only above the doors. Hamish Stevenson.
8th June 1989
Set number: S950
Hybrid 101/108/108 DMU set S950 (presumably 53319 + 59381 + 53926) arrives at Llantristant on 8 June 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
17th June 1989
Set number: S950
An e.c.s. working seen at Swansea on 17 June 1989 is formed of set S950 (53319 and presumably 59381 + 53926). Robert Thomas.
16th August 1989
Set number: S950
The 10:51 Swansea - Pembroke Dock service heads away from Whitland on August 16, 1989 past a mixture of Colour lights and lower quadrant Semaphores signals. It is formed of set S950 (presumably 53319 + 59381 + 53926). Colin Brooks.
18th June 1991
Class 101 DMBS W53319 at Snailwell on June 18, 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 25th November 1978
The RCTS "Reunion Railtour" ran from Birmingham to lines in South Wales on November 25, 1978. Formation was 50335+59123+50319, Metro Cammell class 101 DMU coaches from the late 1950s in "blue band" livery with West Midlands PTE logos. Seen at Hafodyrynys, the site of a coal mine. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 3rd May 1980
Set number: B806
The 4.44pm Salisbury - Bristol TM service departs from Avoncliff on 3 March 1980, formed of Class 101 DMU set B806 - W50335 and presumably 59123 and 50319. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1981
Set number: B806
Met-Camm set B806 (presumably W50335 + W59123 + W50319) seen at Sparkford during 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 2nd May 1981
Set number: B806
Set against the backdrop of one of a pair of goods sheds at Hereford station, now sadly demolished, Met Cam set B806 (W50335 + W59123 + W50319) arrives at Hereford, 2nd May 1981. Paul James.
Date: 12th December 1981
Relief at Vigo, 12/12/1981. On a snowy December day the normal timetable had 'gone out of the window' so it was good to see a Metro-Cammell on a Worcester - Birmingham relief service. Vigo is situated about 2/3rds up the notorious Lickey incline and the DMU was down to walking pace at this point. The set was noted as containing 50319 so this DMCL could be 50335. Geoff Dowling.
Date: 1983
Set number: C814
Met-Camm Class 101 set C814 at Weymouth in late 1983. W50335 lead, presumably with 59123 + 50319. Michael Mensing.
Date: 18th June 1983
Set number: C814
Heading away from Whitland with the 10:07 to Pembroke Dock is Class 101 DMU set C814 (presumably 53335 + 59123 + 53319) on 18 June 1983. Robert Thomas.
Date: 1984
Set number: C814
Met-Camm set C814 (presumably 53335 + 59123 + 53319) at Stonehouse in late 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 15th January 1985
Set number: C814
Class 101 DMU set C814 (presumably 53335 + 59123 + 53319) seen at Kennington on 15 January 1985. Brian Daniels.
Date: 25th May 1987
Set number: 809
Mechanical DMUs were becoming a bit uncommon in the Shrewsbury area by mid-1987 so I was pleased to take this picture of class 101, set 809 (presumably 53335 + 53319) leaving the town at Sutton Bridge Junction with a Crewe to Swansea service on 25th May of that year. In 2021 most of the semaphore signals survive but the bracket on the right has lost its low-speed arm controlling the entrance to the down loop as the track was lifted some time ago. Peter Tandy.
Date: 25th April 1988
Set number: S809
The 5.18pm Pembroke Dock - Bristol TM at Cardiff on April 25, 1988, comprises Met-Camm set S809. 53335 is closest, presumably with 53319. Michael Mensing.
Date: 9th February 1989
Set number: C985
A Cardiff Canton allocated Class 101 2-car set (51509 + 53319) prepares to leave Cardiff Central for a journey to Hereford on Thursday 9th February 1989. AndrewHA.
Date: 17th June 1989
Set number: S950
DMU set S950 in this image has two DMBSs, Class 108 53926 closest and Class 101 53319 at the far end. The Class 108 centre car is presumed to be 59381. They are departing Swansea empty as coaching stock on 17 June 1989. Robert Thomas.
Date: 16th August 1989
Set number: S950
Class 108/101 hybrid set S950 (presumably 53926 + 59381 + 53319) passes the signal box as it arrives at Whitland on Wednesday 16th August 1989 with the 1051 Swansea - Pembroke Dock service. Colin Brooks.
Date: late 1989
Set number: S949
Class 108 S949 (presumably 53945) and Class 101 S950 pass at Llandrindod. Undated but the only Class 101 vehicle that seems to have been part of S950 was 53319 in late 1989. David Rowe.