Vehicle 50150 / 53150
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
| 30/11/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 4w/e 31/07/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 11/05/74 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 28/05/78 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 27/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) PZQZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50150 - original number
53150 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Nov-85 - Radio Electronic Token Block fitted
Nov-85 - Headlamp fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 15/12/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50150 | 59048 | 59055 | 50151 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 30th November 1956 | |||||
| 50150 | 59048 | 59055 | 50151 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/07/60 | |||||
| 50150 | 59095 | 59106 | 50151 | Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland1 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 59069 | 50237 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50150 | 59069 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 10/10/1971 - at Leeds2 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 59069 | 50163 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Transfer to NR - w/e 11/05/74 | ||||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 19/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 02/08/1974 - at Leicester4 | ||||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 23/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50185 | Noted 16/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50273 | Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50164 | 59073 | 50150 | Noted 16/01/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50167 | 59540 | 50150 | Noted 10/02/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50379 | 59540 | 50150 | Noted 28/02/76 - at York3 | ||||||
| 51443 | 59540 | 50150 | Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1 | ||||||
| 50201 | 59542 | 50150 | Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime1 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50751 | Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland3 | ||||||
| 50157 | 59526 | 50150 | Transfer to DN - w/e 28/05/78 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59113 | 59068 | 50223 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Middlesbrough 4 | |||||
| 51247 | 50150 | Noted 22/03/81 - on a Stockton - Darlington shuttle | |||||||
| 50149 | 59082 | 59208 | 50150 | Noted 27th August 1981 | |||||
| 50150 | 59104 | 50219 | Noted 16/01/19825 | ||||||
| 50200 | 50150 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
| 53150 | 59075 | 53262 | Noted 1984 - at Whitby | ||||||
| 53295 | 53150 | Noted 18/02/1984 - Hertfordshire Railtours Norseman 2 51219-53188 + 53150-53295 + 53149-59084-53244 | |||||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59084 | 51506 | Noted 27/04/85 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| 100 | 53305 | 59536 | 53150 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | |||||
| 100 | 53305 | 59536 | 53150 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53150 | Noted 12/04/19865 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53150 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 104 | 51506 | 59085 | 53150 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | |||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59085 | 51506 | Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich6 | |||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59085 | 51506 | Noted 20/06/19875 | |||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59085 | 53180 | Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 53180 replaced 53305 (to 103) |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
Images:
Unknown date
E50150, thought to be in Scarborough station. Chris Moxon Collection.
circa late 1960s
A Met-Camm DMU with NE50150 closest seen departing from Sheffield. The notes with the negative, taken by HC Casserley, had 1964 yet the centre car is in Rail Blue (with painted window frames and 3" numbers) which dates it to a few years later. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1986/1987
Set number: 101
Norwich allocated DMU set 101 (53150 and presumably 59118 + 53315) with Cambridge on the destination blind, location unknown, circa 1985/1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
30th May 1987
Set number: 104
Class 101 Metro Cammell 3-car DMU NC set 104, car 53150 leading, on Norwich open day shuttle duties, 30-5-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th March 1981
E50221 + E56219 are seen with a Saltburn - Darlington service, while in the distance are E50150 + E51247 with a Stockton - Darlington shuttle. Stockton Cut, March 22, 1981. John Carter.
Date: 27th August 1981
Larpool Viaduct on the closed line from Whitby to Scarborough provides the vantage point for this mixed 4 car DMU (three 101s and a 104: E50149, E59082, E59208, E50150) approaching Whitby from Middlesbrough on August 27, 1981. John Carter.
Date: 1984
Cars E53262 E59075 E53150 wait at Whitby to return to Darlington via Middlesbrough, sometime in 1984. With their day out at the seaside drawing to a close, the steady stream of boarding passengers slam the heavy doors behind them and locate a comfortable but springy seat. There is a distinctive smell, and windows and other fittings vibrate as the engines idle. As departure time comes, the guard buzzes to the driver to move off, and the train slowly pulls away through the gears, to set off on a scenic journey of 35 miles to Middlesbrough, which, with 15 intermediate stops including reversal at Battersby, will take almost 90 minutes. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 18th February 1984
The Hertfordshire 'Norseman' railtour at Bedale on the 18th February 1984. The vehicles visible are 53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
51219 + 53188 and 53150 + 53295 and 53149 at Bedale on the 'Norseman' railtour, 18th February 1984. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
The 'Norseman' railtour at Redmire on the 18th February 1984, a 2 + 2 + 3-car formation. From this end the vehicles were 51219 + 53188, 53150 + 53295, 53149 + 59084 + 53244. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
On 18 February 1984 Hertfordshire Railtours ran a railtour utilising a class 47 with eight Mk 1 carriages between London King's Cross and Darlington and a 7-car Met-Camm dmu formation (53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150 and 53188 + 51219) thence to Redmire and Eastgate as "The Norseman 2". In this view an HR rep is either placing or removing the headboard from Class 101 DMC(L) 53244. Jeremy Chapter.