Vehicle 50343
Class 100
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30278
Diagram: 536
Allocations
| 4w/e 27/07/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Jul-57 | On loan to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| w/e 30/11/57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 02/01/60 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Jan-62 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 26/10/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - 64H closed |
| 22/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64B (Haymarket) | |
| 02/12/72 | Reinstated | 64B (Haymarket) | - due to DMU shortage |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| Jun-74 | Stored S. | ||
| w/e 10/08/74 | Reinstated | HA (Haymarket) | |
| w/e 12/10/74 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 24/05/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 13/09/81 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50343 | 56098 | As delivered to 9A - 4w/e 27/07/57 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50343 | 56098 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 02/01/60 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56305 | Transfer to 64H - Jan-62 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56098 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56309 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56309 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh2 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56102 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56102 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||||
| 50343 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 22/03/1976 - 16:02 Birmingham New Street to Stourbridge Junction3 | ||||||
| TY529 | 50343 | 59338 | 50127 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50343 | Noted circa 08/1979 - Barmouth4 | |||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50343 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS411 | 50343 | 59124 | 50332 | Noted circa 07/19804 | |||||
| TS411 | 50343 | 59124 | 50332 | Noted circa 01/19814 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
June 1973
Class 100 DMBS SC50343 Edinburgh Waverley June 1973. Alistair Ness.
circa 1980
Set number: TS411
A hybrid dmu formation with a class 100 DMBS, M50343, at the rear leaves platform 1 at Birmingham New Street heading for Kidderminster. 50343 was based at Tyseley from May 1975 until withdrawal in September 1981 having previously been based in Scotland. This photo was probably taken around 1980. The two Class 101 cars in the formation are presumably M59124 + M50332. Tony Walmsley.
27th May 1980
Set number: TS411
Tyseley DMU set TS411 arrives into Warwick station on Tuesday 27 May 1980, Birmingham (Moor Street) on the destination blind. It is formed of Class 100 DMBS 50343 and two Met-Camm vehicles, presumably 59124 + 50332. David Russon.
8th November 1981
With "Handbrake Off" painted on the side, there seems little intention of using 50343 again when seen at Tyseley on 8/11/81. It had in fact been withdrawn in September that year. Chris Lings.