Vehicle 50140 / 53140
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: 30249
Diagram: 618
Allocations
| 17/10/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 3w/e 16/10/71 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 27/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/07/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 18/01/87 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50140 - original number
53140 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 06/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50140 | 59043 | 59050 | 50141 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 17th October 1956 | |||||
| 50140 | 59050 | 59043 | 50641 | Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1 | |||||
| N400 | 50140 | 59047 | 59077 | 51514 | Noted circa 19712 | ||||
| 50140 | 59047 | 59077 | 51514 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 50140 | 59113 | 59048 | 51514 | Noted 31/08/72 - in Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50140 | 59077 | 59047 | 51514 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | |||||
| L242 | 50140 | 59047 | 59077 | 51514 | Noted 26/08/74 - at York (set number on 50140)3 | ||||
| 50140 | 59077 | 59047 | 51514 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50140 | 59087 | 59094 | 51514 | Noted 31/12/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50140 | 59087 | 59094 | 51514 | Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50140 | 59087 | 59094 | 51514 | Noted 30/07/78 - on Lancaster - Morecambe shuttle | |||||
| 51514 | 59087 | 59094 | 50140 | Noted circa 10/19822 | |||||
| 53140 | 59094 | 51514 | Noted circa 01/19842 | ||||||
| 53140 | 59083 | 53263 | Noted circa 02/19862 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
30th July 1978
E50140 (+ E59087 + E59094 + E51514) sits beside M56251 (unseen are M50968 + M50955 + M56234) at Lancaster. The 101 is on the Lancaster - Morecambe shuttle, the 108 to Millom (Cumbrian coast), 30/7/78. Robert Frise.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: August 1977
A Met-Camm formation in the white / blue stripe livery in York station on August 1977. Closest is a 111 four-car. The slide had three numbers noted: E50288 which seems to be closest, 59094 and 50140 which are a 101 TBSL and DMCL, possibly the far set. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 8th July 1984
Class 101 Met Cam DMUs at Darlington, 53140 on left 54086 on right, 8-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.