Vehicle 50335 / 53335
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
| 3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Apr-58 | On loan to | 21A | |
| May-58 | Ex-loan back to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 4w/e 02/01/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-65 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 11/09/65 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | 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) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 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) | |
| 2w/e 08/07/88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| p/e 25/02/89 | Sector Change to | NL (Neville Hill) PWYX | |
| 29/06/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50335 - original number
53335 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Jul-82 - Headlamp fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 30/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50317 | 59128 | 50335 | As delivered to 3E - April 1958 | ||||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted circa Mar-67 - all vehicles in plain blue | ||||||
| TY406 | 50309 | 59120 | 50335 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY409 | 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 02/01/71 | ||||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot1 | ||||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 25/02/73 - at Tyseley1 | ||||||
| TY409 | 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Leicester2 | |||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 18/10/1975 - BLS Northwestern No1 Railtour 50335-59123-50312 + 50328-59121-50310 | ||||||
| 50312 | 59123 | 50335 | Noted 17/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 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 Spa4 | |||||
| B806 | 50319 | 59123 | 50335 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 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 10/19835 | |||||
| C814 | 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| C814 | 53319 | 59123 | 53335 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 462 | 51801 | 53335 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | ||||||
| 51801 | 53335 | Noted 11/02/89 - on 19:50 Leeds - Sheffield via Castleford / Barnsley |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
17th March 1962
M50335 leads a Met-Camm / Park Royal formation at Bescot on 17 March 1962 with a Birmingham bound service. Michael Mensing.
25th April 1969
A three-car Met-Camm DMU seen at Tyseley on 25 April 1969. Closest appears to be M50335. John Horne Collection.
circa 1971
A Class 101 set at Birmingham New Street circa 1971. The DMS is possibly M50335. John Law.
18th July 1974
Set number: TY409
The 11:03 Kidderminster - Lichfield City service arrives into Sutton Coldfield station on 18 July 1974. It is formed of Tyseley three-car Class 101 set TY409 with DMCL M50335 closest. Michael Mensing.
circa 1975
Set number: TY409
Class 101 DMBCL M50335 stabled at Swindon station. Taken with my basic Kodak Brownie using 120 roll film. Chris McKee.
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.
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.
1981
Set number: B806
Met-Camm set B806 (presumably W50335 + W59123 + W50319) seen at Sparkford during 1981. Michael Mensing.
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.
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.
1983
Set number: C814
Met-Camm Class 101 set C814 at Weymouth in late 1983. W50335 lead, presumably with 59123 + 50319. Michael Mensing.
1983
Set number: C814
Class 101 DMCL W53335 leads set C814 at Dilton Marsh in Autumn 1983. Michael Mensing.
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.
1984
Set number: C814
Met-Camm set C814 (presumably 53335 + 59123 + 53319) at Stonehouse in late 1984. Michael Mensing.
15th January 1985
Set number: C814
Class 101 DMU set C814 (presumably 53335 + 59123 + 53319) seen at Kennington on 15 January 1985. Brian Daniels.
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.
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.
12th August 1989
Set number: 809
53335 at Snailwell on August 12th 1989. Although unseen it carries its WR set number 809, it had latterly run at Neville Hill with 51801. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd September 1959
Two Tyseley Met-Camm three-car sets form a Llandudno - Birmingham relief service seen at Basford Hall Junction on 3 September 1959. The numbers of the DMSLs are M50338 (leading set) and M50335 (bottom left). Photographer: DP Rowland. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1983
Set number: C814
Class 101 set C814 (presumably 50319 + 59123 + 50335) at Dilton Marsh in 1983. Michael Mensing.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.