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Vehicle 50168 / 53168

Class 101

BR Diagram 620

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: 30255
Diagram: 620

Allocations

10/01/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
05/10/75 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
02/05/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 23/05/76 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 09/09/79 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
w/e 23/11/80 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
16/07/92 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
08/04/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/05/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50168 - original number
53168 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-85 - Radio Electronic Token Block fitted
Nov-85 - Headlamp fitted
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/01/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50164 50168 As delivered to 56G - 10th January 1957
50164 50168 Noted 30/10/1963 - Seen at Sheffield Victoria1
50254 50168 Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City2
50164 50168 Noted 24/10/70 - at Sheffield Midland2
50168 59082 59306 50190 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York3
50168 59082 59306 50190 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds3
50168 59082 59306 50190 Noted 30/10/1971 - at York3
50168 59082 59306 50266 Noted 19/04/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street2
50168 59082 59306 50266 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York4
50168 59082 59306 50266 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot5
50168 59082 50266 Noted 09/09/1975 - at York 4
B900 50168 59082 50266 Formed at BR circa Oct-75
50168 59082 50266 Noted 09/04/1976 - at Castle Carry with 10:48 service to Weymouth4
51222 59542 59188 50168 Noted circa 03/19791
91 50168 59083 50178 Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich5
95 53168 53181 Noted 13/09/83 - at Norwich - unknown centre car5
95 53168 59095 53182 Noted circa 03/19841
95 53168 59079 53177 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
95 53168 59079 53177 Listed at NC - Dec-85
95 53168 59079 53177 Noted 15/02/19861
94 53321 59095 53168 Noted 12/04/19861
94 53321 59095 53168 Noted 23/05/86 - at Bury St Edmunds5
107 53168 59095 53321 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
107 53168 59095 53267 Noted 13/12/19861
107 53168 59095 53267 Listed at NC - Apr-87
102 53193 59084 53168 Noted 20/06/19871
102 53168 59084 53193 Noted circa Jan-88
102 53193 59084 53168 Noted 26/03/19881
101 53168 59055 51506 Noted circa 09/19881
108 53168 59077 53170 Listed at NC - Feb-90
102 53193 59084 53168 Noted circa 08/19901
108 53168 59079 53267 Listed at NC - 21/01/91
102 53168 59084 53193 Listed at NC - Jul-91
102 53168 59084 53193 Listed at NC - Aug-91
106 53139 59079 53168 Listed at NC - Dec-91
51129 53168 Noted 18/08/92 - On 06:22 Crewe - Coventry6
T056 51129 53168 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T056 51129 53168 Listed at TS - November 1992
51129 53168 Noted 23/11/92 - On 14:20 Nottingham - Crewe6
51129 53168 Noted 04/12/92 - On 06:22 Crewe - Coventry6
T056 51129 53168 Listed at TS - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Alnmouth

2nd June 1977

Set number: B900

This charming scene from a pre-modern Alnmouth station shows a Class 101 DMU led by 50168 arriving with 1808 Newcastle-Alnmouth, at 1906 on 02/06/1977. Note the station trolleys, a moped and other characteristic clutter. The small B900 stenciled under the drivers window is from a short stay at Bristol. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Market Weighton Canal

5th April 1983

A four-car Metro-Cammell DMU With E50168 leading approaches the bridge over the Market Weighton Canal with a service from Hull to Leeds on 5th April 1983. At the time of posting there are just two tracks and two coaches on services to Leeds. Syd Young.

Class 101 DMU at Lowestoft

25th February 1991

Set number: 102

51508 (left) with the 1255 to Ipswich and 53168 (right) with the 1250 to Norwich waiting departure from a misty Lowestoft 25th February 1991. Keith Long.

Class 101 DMU at Lowestoft

25th February 1991

Set number: 102

Seen waiting departure from a misty Lowestoft are Class 101 DMUs numbers E51508 with the 1255hrs to Ipswich and E53168, E59084 and E53193 with the 1250hrs to Norwich. Keith Long.

Class 101 DMU at Derby

16th July 1992

Set number: T056

Class 101 53168 with class 116 51129 as Tyseley's hybrid set T056 stands at Derby station on the morning of 16/Jul/1992. The nearest vehicle is another which has recently been transferred, this time still retaining it's former Norwich depot set number (102) and RETB aerial from working on the East Suffolk line. Robert Chilton.

Class 101 DMU at Crewe

9th August 1992

Set number: T056

53168 at Crewe on 9 August 1992 carrying set number T056 and an older 102 from its time at Norwich. David Bellamy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 21st May 1967

Met-Camm sets stabled on May 21st, 1967. The DMS is either NE50163 or NE50168, and the location is believed to be Wapping siding at Millhouse shed. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1983

Set number: 96

A Norwich Class 101 DMU departs from Kings Cross station with Peterborough on the destination blind. Undated, the only information I can find on set 96 is from 1982/3 when it was formed of E50168 + E59113 + E50181. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 5th September 1983

Set number: 95

A 3 car Class 101 DMU departs Norwich Thorpe on an ECS working to the depot on Monday 5th September 1983. Driving Motor Composite E53181 leads Trailer Brake 2nd E59095 and another Driving Motor Composite E53168. The Trailer Brake 2nd, E59095, is one of only 28 such vehicles constructed out of a total of 760 Metropolitan Cammell DMU vehicles and began life in late 1957 as part of a 4 car set based on Tyneside. The day after I had scanned this view, I acquired a DVD entitled “Old Dunfermline From the Air”. Imagine my surprise when one of the scenes depicted a 3 car Metro Cammell DMU at my childhood local station, Dunfermline Lower, including one of those Trailer Brake 2nds. Brian McDevitt.

DMU

Date: 7th November 1992

Set number: T056

51129 and 53168 (T056) at Rugby after arrival with 1720 ex- Stoke, 7/11/92. Gazza Prescott.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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