Vehicle 50189 / 53189
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
| 14/03/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 24/01/59 | On loan to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 3w/e 16/05/59 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 27/03/71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 24/03/77 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 4w/e 05/05/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 06/05/90 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| 09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) PLAX |
Notes
19th March 1983 - Seen with 4 marker lights on cab end
26th April 1983 - Seen with 4 marker lights on cab end
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50189 - original number
53189 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-77 - AWS fitted
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 29/10/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50188 | 59068 | 59081 | 50189 | As delivered to 51A - 14th March 1957 | |||||
| 50176 | 59075 | 59060 | 50189 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York1 | |||||
| N423 | 50141 | 59082 | 59577 | 50189 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 50141 + 590812 | ||||
| N403 | 50141 | 59577 | 59081 | 50189 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 501892 | ||||
| 50141 | 59577 | 59081 | 50189 | Noted 03/04/76 - on Darlington depot2 | |||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Transfer to NH - 24/03/77 - from GF | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Transfer to CH - w/e 01/05/77 | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Noted 06/07/1977 - 2G66, 11.25 Chester to Wolverhampton3 | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Noted 12/09/1977 - at Wolverhampton 4 | ||||||
| 50931 | 50189 | Noted 19/12/1977 - 2J80, 11.28 Birkenhead North to Wrexham Central3 | |||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Noted 16/07/1978 - at Wolverhampton4 | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Transfer to DE - 4w/e 05/05/79 | ||||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 50189 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51227 | 59688 | 50189 | Noted circa 03/19813 | ||||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 50189 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 11/19833 | |||||
| spare | 53189 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101362 | 53197 | 59073 | 53189 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 18th June 1986 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 101302 | 53290 | 59305 | 53189 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101302 | 53290 | 59305 | 53189 | Noted 30/03/19873 | |||||
| 51232 | 59060 | 53189 | Noted circa 04/19873 | ||||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 07/05/19873 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 05/19883 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 5th September 1989 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 03/19903 | |||||
| 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 14th April 1990 | ||||||
| 876 | 51231 | 53189 | Noted circa 08/19903 | ||||||
| 876 | 51231 | 53189 | Noted circa 12/19903 | ||||||
| P876 | 51231 | 53189 | Listed at LA - Jul-91 | ||||||
| P876 | 51231 | 53189 | Listed at LA - Aug-91 | ||||||
| P876 | 51231 | 53189 | Listed at LA - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
Images:
7th August 1982
Set number: 101307
101 307 (presumably with 50189 closest) travels through Princes Street Gardens on August 7, 1982. Walter Burt.
25th May 1986
Set number: 101307
Class 101 53189, set number 101307, is seen inside St Rollox works undergoing overhaul on 25.05.1986. Andy Cole.
1987
Set number: 101307
The DMU line-up at the buffers in Edinburgh Waverley on this day in 1987 comprised Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 53189), Swindon 532 (53658) and a Class 107. S Saunders.
1987
Set number: 101307
A 1987 DMU line-up in Edinburgh Waverley: Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 53189); Swindon 532 (53658); and a Class 107. S Saunders.
1988
Set number: 101307
53189 heads 101307 departing Haymarket depot towards Waverley in 1988. S Saunders.
1992
Set number: 876
Met-Camm set 876 (presumably 53189 + 51231) at Barnstaple in 1992. John Law.
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: unknown
This "TBSL" triple 101 with a 4-light front is thought to be 50189 - 59081 - 50197, a set that was transferred to Chester during 1977, and left about 1980. Entering Prestatyn, unknown date. John Powell.
Date: 26th August 1978
A Class 101 DMU on a Wolverhampton - Chester service in Curzon Park Cutting on 26 August 1978. Behind 40008 is on Llandudno - Manchester working. It is thought to be Chester set M50189 + M59081 + M50197, as this was the only TBSL set around in the Midlands at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 9th March 1986
Set number: 104
A DMU line-up in Haymarket depot on March 9, 1986. On the left is a Class 107, in the middle 101307 (presumably with 53189 closest) and on the right a Class 104 with 53525 closest. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101307
An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.
Date: 8th September 1988
Set number: 101307
Racing down the gradient from the Forth Bridge having just passed the end of Runway 31 at Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Haymarket TMD based 3 car Class 101 101307 is heading for Edinburgh Waverley Station on the 8th September 1988. DMBS SC51231 is leading, followed by TCL SC59688 with DMCL SC53189 bringing up the rear. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 1989
Set number: 101307
101307 (presumably 51231 + 59688 + 53189) passes though Princes St Gardens on its way to Stirling in 1989. Andrew McConnell.