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Vehicle 50320 / 53320 / 977537


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

4w/e 19/04/58 New to 3E (Monument Lane)
Apr-58 On loan to 18A (Toton)
May-58 Ex-loan back to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
3w/e 31/10/64 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
3w/e 02/10/65 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)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
2w/e 12/10/80 Transferred to PI (Pwllheli)
circa Aug-81 Transferred to CH (Chester)
circa Feb-82 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
22/02/84 Transferred to CH (Chester)
08/09/85 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
03/05/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
01/11/87 To departmental stock NL (Neville Hill)
15/01/88 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50320 - original number
53320 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977537 - from 01/11/87 (departmental stock)

Department Use as TDB977537

Sandite / Route Learner From 11/87 to 15/01/88.

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50320 59131 50338 As delivered to 3E - April 1958
50320 59131 50338 Transfer to 9D - 3w/e 31/10/64
50320 59131 50322 Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1
50320 59131 50337 Noted 11/05/73 - at Wolverhampton2
50320 59131 50337 Noted 01/02/1977 - Worked 2D66 11.50 Wolverhampton to Chester3
50320 59279 50732 Noted 30/08/1979 - on 17:43 Chester to Wolverhampton, with 51187 and 56332 to Shrewsbury and with 50932 and 51569 to Wrexham4
50320 56352 Noted 26/12/1980 - Seen stabled at Pwllheli depot3
50320 59130 50330 Noted circa 05/19813
TS400 50320 59130 50330 Noted 05/09/81 - at Norwich1
TS400 50320 59130 50330 Noted circa 10/19813
50320 59130 50812 Noted 26/01/82 - on 20.20 Hereford to Crewe
50320 59130 50330 Noted 08/05/1982 - on special train from Banbury to Spalding with 50222-59127-50337
TS400 50320 59130 50330 Noted circa 09/1982 - "Summer Saturday" service from Birmingham New Street to Pwllheli3
TS400 50320 59130 50330 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS400 53320 59130 53330 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS409 53320 59126 53237 Noted circa 01/19843
53320 53237 Transfer to BG - 08/09/85 - from CH
53320 54069 Noted 03/04/86 - at Norwich1
53237 59383 53320 Noted 20/05/86 - at York1
53320 59383 53237 Noted 29/09/19863
53320 59383 53237 Noted 28/10/86 - at Appley Bridge
53320 53630 Noted 11/10/87 - at Healey Mills

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Newport

circa May 1982

Set number: TS400

Tyseley three-car Class 101 set TS400 (50320 and presumably 59130 + 50330) at Newport in mid-1982, with Bristol Temple Meads on the destination blind. The DMBS still has its roof vents, the other have had most removed. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens TMD

11th May 1986

Hull Botanic Gardens allocated Class 101 DMBS E53320 is a spare vehicle at the depot on the 11th May 1986. Converted to a Sandite Departmental vehicle and renumbered TDB977537 in November 1987 she was later scrapped at Snailwell, Suffolk during August 1989. Bob Woolnough.

Class 101 DMU at Appley Bridge

28th October 1986

53320(nearest) + 59383 + 53237 are seen through the tree at Appley Bridge on the 28th October 1986. S Gaskell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa April 1958

An Met-Camm image (negative DZ 193) showing a new three-car set, probably at Sutton Park station. It comprises 50338, 59131 and presumably 50320, these were delivered to Monument Lane in April 1958. Metropolitan Cammell.

DMU

Date: unknown

A fairly rare photo of a Park Royal formed into a (hybrid) 3-car set. 50406 is with Met Camm Class 101 vehicles 59131 & 50337,at Helsby on the 09:38 Runcorn - Chester service (date unrecorded). Notes on the back of the original photo record that 50406 replaced 50320 in the set, the latter being subsequently paired with 56080. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1987

Set number: 90

A Class 101/108/101 hybrid DMU (53191 + 59383 + 53320) on Hull Botanic Gardens depot on 12 July 1987. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1987

53630 and 53320 are seen at Healey Mills on the 11th October 1987. Malcolm Clements.