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Vehicle 50750 / 53750


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: 30271
Diagram: 621

Allocations

12/11/57 New to South Gosforth
Nov-57 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/10/59 On loan to 41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/11/59 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
by Jun-65 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
Jul-72 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 06/05/79 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 10/02/80 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
12/05/85 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
06/07/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
06/12/88 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50750 - original number
53750 - from Feb-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50750 59113 59306 50751 As delivered to South Gosforth - 12th November 1957
50750 59113 50751 Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan ER
50750 59113 50751 Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
50235 59086 59097 50750 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
50235 59086 59097 50750 Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2
50235 59097 50750 Transfer to 32A - Jul-72
50235 59097 50750 Noted 12/08/72 - at Ely3
81 50172 59097 50750 Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich4
81 50172 59097 50750 Noted 17/02/73 - at Ipswich4
81 50172 59097 50750 Noted circa 1973 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50235 59097 50750 Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge3
81 50235 59097 50750 Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford3
50235 59097 50750 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50268 + 59075 + 501851
50235 59097 50750 Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 5
81 50235 59097 50750 Noted 27/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
81 50235 59097 50750 Noted 30/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
81 50235 59097 50750 Noted 01/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
81 50235 59075 50750 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
81 50235 59075 50750 Noted 01/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50222 59542 50750 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
50260 59097 50750 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 51236/563961
51213 59107 50750 Noted circa 03/19796
92 50240 59052 50750 Noted 22/05/80 - at Norwich3
92 50240 59057 50750 Noted circa Jul-80
94 50191 59097 50750 Noted 13/01/81 - at Ely
92 53179 59076 53750 Noted circa 01/19846
53750 59078 53240 Noted circa 09/19866
53632 59094 53750 Noted 29/09/19866
53257 53750 Noted 24/10/19866
53257 59384 53750 Noted 09/11/19866
51436 53750 Noted 14/03/88 - at Leeds, 51436 carried CA set number 14 and 53750 carried NR set number 93
51436 53750 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
51436 53750 Noted 01/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
51436 53750 Noted 03/08/88 - on 13:55 Lincoln-Sheffield

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Ipswich Transport Society
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster

early/mid-1970s

Set number: 81

A Class 101 DMU formation is seen boarding platform 1 at Doncaster with a service to Cambridge in the early/mid-1970s. The leading vehicle is Class 101/1 DMC(L) no. E50750, which was allocated to Norwich Thorpe depot (coded 32A then NR) between August 1972 and October 1975, so this is the likely time period for this image. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

14th March 1988

Set number: 93

E53750 + E51436 form set 93 when seen in Leeds station on the 14th March 1988. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

31st May 1989

Class 101 DMBS 53750 at Snailwell on May 31, 1989. E59078 is on the left. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: late 1987

Set number: 14

Wintry Habrough. A Met Camm twin set halts at Habrough on a Barton-upon-Humber to Cleethorpes working in the winter of late 1987. We see here E51436 which was reallocated from Cambridge to Neville Hill at the beginning of the year and is still displaying its Cambridge set number 14. It is paired with E53750 which was similarly wearing set number 93 from its days at Norwich, which ended a couple of years before this photo. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 14th March 1988

Set number: 14

Departing a rainy Leeds for Sheffield, E51436 is at the rear of E53750 on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 9th April 1988

Set number: 14

51436 + 53750 at Woodburn Junction on 9/4/88. Walter Burt.