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Vehicle 50182 / 53182

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: 30256
Diagram: 620

Allocations

19/03/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
May-73	Depot code change	DN
2w/e 09/11/74	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 28/03/76	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
2w/e 25/11/79	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
19/01/86	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
10/05/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
21/09/89	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50182 - original number
53182 - from May-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 20/12/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50182	59065	59078	50183	As delivered to 51A - 19th March 1957
	50182	59078	50183		Noted May-57
	50179	59083	59064	50182	Noted 30/08/71 - at Grosmont¹
	50179	59083	59064	50182	Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington¹
N450	50142	59048	59060	50182	Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, set number on solebars: 50142 N450, 59048 N458, 59060 N450, 50182 N454²
	50179	59064	59083	50182	Transfer to GF - 2w/e 09/11/74
N454	50179	59083	59064	50182	Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number not on 50182 but on other three²
	50171	59113	59068	50182	Noted 09/09/1978 - BR Special Train from Darlington to Eastgate and return
	50182	59078	50195		Transfer to NR - 2w/e 25/11/79
90	50182	59078	50195		Noted 08/02/80 - at Norwich²
90	50182	59078	50195		Listed at NR - circa Mar-80 - refurbished (b/g)
90	50182	59078	50266		Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich²
	50182	59078	50266		Noted 28/09/81 - at Norwich
95	53168	59095	53182		Noted circa 03/1984³
91	53182	59113	53195		Noted circa 04/1985³
Spare	53182				Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
100	53305	59536	53182		Noted circa 11/1985³
spare	53182				Listed at NC - Dec-85
	51214	53182			Noted circa 02/1986³
	51246	53182			Noted circa 10/1986³
	53136	53182			Noted circa 10/1986³
	53221	53182			Noted 02/10/1986³
	53136	53182			Noted 05/11/1986³
	53229	53182			Noted circa 11/1987³
	51449	53182			Noted 16/07/88 - on 13:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51449	53182			Noted 03/08/88 - on 14:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service⁴
	53166	53182			Noted 20/08/88 - on 08:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁴
	53166	53182			Noted 20/08/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	53166	53182			Noted 02/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53229 + 53261⁴
	53166	53182			Noted 03/09/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁴
	53166	53182			Noted 03/09/88 - on 15:30 Sunderland - Newcastle service⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 11/09/1988 - BR Special Darlington-Stanhope and return with 51527 + 51243
	51467	53182			Noted 20/09/88 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 21/09/88 - on 06:32 Newcastle - Seaham service with 51217 + 53263⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 12/11/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 24/11/88 - on 07:00 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 19/12/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51216	53182			Noted 06/01/89⁴
	51203	53182			Noted 25/02/89 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 11/03/89 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 11/03/89 - on 16:05 Hexham - Newcastle⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 11/03/89 - on 17:20 Newcastle - Hexham service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 18/03/89 - on 14:00 Hexham - Sunderland service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 18/03/89 - on 15:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 18/03/89 - on 17:20 Newcastle - Sunderland - service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 25/03/89 - on 17:45 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 01/04/89 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Sunderland - service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 03/04/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 22/04/89 - on 15:00 Hexham - Newcastle⁴
	51217	53182			Noted 29/04/89 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁴
	51216	53182			Noted 10/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle, formation changed since the previous day⁴
	51216	53182			Noted 11/05/89 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁴
	51216	53182			Noted 17/05/89 - on 17:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 24/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 27/05/89 - on 13:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 27/05/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 30/05/89 - on 11:02 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 31/05/89 - on 07:05 Haltwhistle - Newcastle⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 31/05/89 - on 19:40 Newcastle - Sunderland - service⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 05/06/89 - on 18:23 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁴
	53257	53182			Noted 27/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 08/07/89 - on 15:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service⁴
	54167	53182			Noted 08/07/89 - on 16:27 Newcastle - Carlisle service⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 10/07/89 - on 17:32 Newcastle - Durham service⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 10/07/89 - on 19:20 Sunderland - Newcastle service⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 19/07/89 - on 17:55 Hexham - Middlesbrough⁴
	51467	53182			Noted 21/07/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁴

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips

Images:

1st August 1958

Set number: 39

A six-car Met-Camm formation emerges from Grosmont Tunnel with the 1.20pm Goathland-Whitby service on 1 August 1958. Both sets are former four-car sets reduced to three-cars with the removal of the TSL. E50182 leads - note the number on the lamp bracket under the driver which seems to read 39 - these were common on NER sets at the time - a diagram or set number? The very rear car is E50749. Michael Mensing.

March 1976

Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger "power twin" 2-car dmu Nos.E50182 + E50252, both of the 1957 batch, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, at Whitby Town having just arrived on a service from Darlington via Middlesbrough and Battersby, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

March 1976

Metro-Cammell Class 101 power-twin E50182 + E50252 at Whitby Town having just arrived on a service from Darlington via Middlesbrough and Battersby in March 1976. Note the number on the lower body to the right of the cab door - possibly 'No 454', something that could be found on other vehicle in the area at the time. Hugh Llewelyn.

16th July 1976

A crowd of young enthusiasts pose alongside E50182 working the 09:40 Middlesbrough-Whitby service at Battersby on 16 July 1976. Robert Thomas.

16th July 1976

A Met-Camm DMU - E50182 closest - in Glaisdale station with the 09:40 Middlesbrough-Whitby service on 16 July 1976. Robert Thomas.

9th September 1978

On September 9, 1978, British Rail Eastern Region organised a return trip from Darlington to Eastgate, as far as one could reach on the Bishop Auckland to Wearhead line, and which had lost its passenger service in 1953. The trip was marketed as the "Rail Journey into Yesteryear". Part of this line is now operated as the Weardale Railway. The Metro-Cammell 4-car set was formed 50182 + 59068 + 59113 + 50171, and is seen at Eastgate. Jeremy Chapter.

4th November 1978

At 12:35 on 4 November 1978 Darlington station has a two two-car Class 101 formation just arrived from Bishop Auckland on the left, on the right is the 12:42 to Bishop Auckland. This is formed of a four-car set (E50182 closest and E50142 on the rear). Michael Mensing.

4th November 1978

E50182 is at the closest end of a four-car Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU (E50142 at the far end) seen at Bishop Auckland after arriving on the 12:42 ex-Darlington on 4 November 1978. Michael Mensing.

circa December 1979

Freshly painted Class 101 E50182, the TBS behind is presumably E59078. Both were transferred from Darlington to Norwich in November 1979 and seem to have stopped in Doncaster Works en-route for refurbishment being released in blue/grey in December. An Eastern Region publicity image taken at Norwich depot. British Rail.

1986

Set number: 100

DMS(L) E53182 seen at Marsden after arriving and terminated with the 10:51 Leeds-Marsden service in 1986. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens depot

12th July 1987

DMU sets 144 013, 150 238 and Class 101 DMU 53182 inside Hull Botanic Gardens depot on 12 July 1987. Keith Miller.

4th December 1988

53182 with a Transport 2000 Middlesbrough - Edinburgh charter after arrival at Edinburgh on 04-12-1988. John Carter.

4th December 1988

A Transport 2000 Middlesbrough - Edinburgh charter arrives into Thornaby led by 53182 on 04/12/88. It was supposed to be formed of two Pacers. John Carter.

25th September 1990

E53182 in Snailwell on 25th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 31st August 1975

On 31/08/1975, a Class 101 formation (visible being 56398 + 51219 / 56072 + 50217 / 50182) is seen at Shildon forming a shuttle between there and Darlington. The occasion was the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. There was a procession of steam and diesel locomotives running from Shildon Works yard to Aycliffe and on to Darlington. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 4th November 1978

E50142 on the end of a four-car Class 101 DMU forming the 12:42 to Bishop Auckland at Darlington on 4 November 1978. The other power car is E50182. Michael Mensing.

Date: 4th November 1978

The 1.12pm Bishop Auckland - Darlington calls at Shildon on Saturday 4 November 1978. E50142 is closest in the four-car Metro-Cammell DMU, E50182 at the far end. Michael Mensing.

Date: circa December 1979

A Class 104 DMU, the label in the first passenger window reads 'To Doncaster Works'. On the right is freshly painted Class 101 E50182, the TBS behind is presumably E59078. Both were transferred from Darlington to Norwich in November 1979 and seem to have stopped in Doncaster Works en-route for refurbishment being released in blue/grey in December. An Eastern Region publicity image taken at Norwich depot. British Rail.

Date: 28th September 1981

3 car Met-Cam DMU comprising cars 50182, 59078, 50266, arrives at Norwich. 28-09-81. Paul James.

Date: 15th November 1986

A Met-Camm set at Marsden, West Yorkshire on 15/11/1986. The formation is noted as including cars E51496 E53136 E53182. The closest car is probably 53211, still carrying a Tyne & Wear PTE logo, it was transferred from Heaton to Neville Hill in June. Is the set arriving at the station, displaying red marker lights? Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 22nd February 1987

DMUs old and new (classes 105, 101 and 141) at York on 22nd February 1987. The Cravens is route learner 977126, a common sight in the station. The Met-Camm carrying set number 100 is DMSL 53182. Jonathan Hazan.

Date: 22nd February 1987

Cravens and Met-Camm DMUs in York station on 22 February 1987. The Class 105 is one of the ER route learning sets, 977126 at the far end and presumably 977124 this end. The Class 101 consists of DMSL 53182 at the far end and an unknown DMBS this end. Jonathan Hazan.

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