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Vehicle 50143 / 53143

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

23/10/56	New to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-73	Depot code change	GF
29/05/77	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
01/03/82	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Jan-87	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
May-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also noted as 29/09/87 from AY

Notes

29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50143 - original number
53143 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50142	59044	59051	50143	As delivered to South Gosforth - 23rd October 1956
	50251	59539	50143		Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster¹
N304	51439	59539	50143		Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 50143²
222	50290	59544	50143		Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley²
	50290	59544	50143		Noted 03/09/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley²
	50143	59302	51244		Noted 01/07/1978 - Special train from Edinburgh to Rosyth for dockyard open day 51801-51518 + 51534-59564-51460 + 50143-59302-51244
233	51244	59302	50143		Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley³
313	51239	59047	50143		Listed at DE - 01/02/81
	51239	59047	50143		Noted 14/09/81 - on 12.50 Arbroath – Edinburgh⁴
101313	51239	59047	50143		Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101313	51239	59047	53143		Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101313	51239	59047	53143		Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101313	51239	59047	53143		Listed at HA - Summer 1986
312	51237	59112	53143		Listed at HA - August 1986
	51237	59112	53143		Noted 26th September 1986
313	51239	59047	53143		Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley³
313	51239	59047	53143		Noted 11/10/86
101320	51248	59047	53143		Noted 08/11/1986³
101322	51250	59571	53143		Noted 20/03/1987³
101313	51239	59047	53143		Listed at HA - 23/03/87
313	51239	59047	53143		Noted 27/04/1987³

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford

Images:

22nd July 1979

A three-car Class 101 DMU arrived into Haymarket station from Edinburgh Waverley on 22 July 1979. Then closest car appears to be SC50143. Brian Daniels.

10th October 1981

Set number: 101313

101 313 (presumably 50143) at the west end of Dundee depot on October 10, 1981. Bruce Galloway.

6th August 1982

Set number: 101313

Sc50143 on the rear of set 101313 heading south out of North Queensferry station on August 6th, 1982. John Carter.

circa 1984

Set number: 313

Class 101 set 313 (probably 53143) and a Class 116 inside the sheds of Haymarket depot circa 1984. S Saunders.

11th October 1986

53143 + 59047 + 51239 (set 313) is working the 12:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service when seen near Curriehill on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

circa 1987

Class 101 DMSL Sc53143 at Dundee, circa early 1987. Andrew McConnell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 31st August 1975

One of the DMU shuttles that ran from Darlington to Shildon for the Rail 150 Cavalcade on 31 August 1975. Helpfully, the November 1975 Railway Observer listed the formations of these shuttles and this one can be identified as, left to right, 59388 + 50644, 50141 + 59577 + 59081 + 50189 and 51439 + 59538 + 50143. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 6th October 1976

Class 101s at Newcastle on October 6, 1976. The closest DMS in the four-car set is either E50143 or E50148. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: circa 1987

The toilet end of Class 111 TSL 59571 at Dundee, circa 1987. The DMSL on the right is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.

Date: circa 1987

E59571 in the bay platform at Dundee, circa 1987. The far power car is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.

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