Vehicle 50328 / 53328

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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: 30276
Diagram: 621

Allocations

Feb-58	New to	5B (Crewe South)
Jun-58	Transferred to	3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60	Depot code change	21E
Sep-63	Depot code change	2H
w/e 07/01/67	Transferred to	2A (Tyseley)
May-73	Depot code change	TS
Mar-85	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
02/08/87	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50328 - original number
53328 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 06/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50310	59121	50328						As delivered to 5B - February 1958
TY407	50310	59121	50328						Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley depot1
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 07/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street2
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot2
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 24/11/1973 - RCTS Bristol Avon No.2 Railtour 50327-59120-50309 + 50310-59121-50328
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 28/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1
	50310	59121	50328						Noted 18/10/1975 - BLS Northwestern No1 Railtour 50335-59123-50312 + 50328-59121-50310
TS407	50310	59120	50328						Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon3
	50310	59120	50328						Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot3
TS407	50309	59120	50328						Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth3
TY407	50309	59120	50328						Noted 10/12/77 - on 2V99 0700 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
TS419	50318	59120	50328						Noted circa 08/19794
TS419	50318	59120	50328						Listed at TS - 12/08/79
	50318	59120	50328						Noted 29/06/80 - at Lancaster5
TS419	50318	59120	50328						Noted circa 01/19814
TS419	50318	59120	50328						Noted circa 10/19814
TS419	50318	59536	50328						Noted 21/08/82 - at Norwich3
TS419	50318	59536	50328						Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS419	50318	59536	50328						Noted circa 04/19834
	53318	59536	53328						Noted 05/06/83 - Coalville open day shuttle with M53307 + 59129 + 53323
TS419	53318	59120	53328						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS419	53318	59120	53328						Noted circa 09/19834
TS419	53318	59114	53328						Noted circa 01/19844
TS419	53318	59114	53328						Noted circa 03/19844
TS419	53318	59114	53328						Noted 09/06/1984 - BR Ruddington Requiem Railtour 53190-59130-53857 + 53055-59611-53116 + 53318-59114-53328
	53318	53328							Noted circa 03/19864
	53318	53328							Transfer to NH - 11/05/86 - from CH
	53318	53328							Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
	53318	53328							Noted 08/12/86 - on 18:17 Stalybridge - Stockport6
spare	53328								Listed at NH - 10/05/87

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

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9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

TS419 (53328 + 59114 + 53318) leads 'The Ruddington Requiem' railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.

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9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

Class 101 M53328 Ruddington Requiem Railtour Derby 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

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9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

Class 101 M53328 Ruddington Requiem Railtour, Ruddington, 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

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9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

Class 101 Ruddington Requiem Railtour Rudddington 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

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3rd September 1986

With the former (Now Demolished) Jubilee Mill as a backdrop, and under a dramatic looking sky, a Class 101 with car M53328 at the rear (and presumably 53318 at the front), departs from Croston with an evening Ormskirk to Preston working on September 3rd 1986. Martyn Hilbert.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 11th June 1976

Set number: TS407

Class 101 DMU set TS407 (presumably 50310 + 59121 + 50328) seen at Small Heath with a Leamington Spa service on 11 June 1976. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

53318 + 59114 + 53328 at the front of The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.

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Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake (GCR) on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857 / 53055 + 59611 + 53116 / 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Mel Smith.

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Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Lawfield on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857, 53055 + 59611 + 53116, 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Chris Lings.

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Date: 14th July 1984

Set number: TS419

The 17.40 Paddington - Stratford-upon-Avon pauses at High Wycombe on 14 July 1984. Set TS419 is presumably formed 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Robert28194.