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) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 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) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| 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| 15/01/88 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Date: 11th October 1987
53630 and 53320 are seen at Healey Mills on the 11th October 1987. Malcolm Clements.