Vehicle 50194 / 53194
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
| 04/04/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 27/02/71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 21/08/77 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| w/e 07/10/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 27/05/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Dec-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 08/05/90 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 30/09/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) PXXZ |
Notes
27th October 1982 - Seen still carrying lamp above destination blind
12th March 1984 - Seen with 4 marker lights (all lit) on cab end
24th April 1987 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50194 - original number
53194 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 06/11/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50194 | 59071 | 59084 | 50195 | As delivered to 51A - 4th April 1957 | |||||
| 50176 | 59088 | 59093 | 50194 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| N402 | 50176 | 59088 | 59093 | 50194 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 501942 | ||||
| 50176 | 59088 | 59093 | 50194 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||
| 51477 | 59043 | 50194 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Transfer to HA - 27/05/81 | |||||
| 101363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59047 | 53194 | Noted circa 11/19833 | |||||
| 101308 | 51232 | 59304 | 53194 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Transfer to AY - Dec-84 - from HA | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 101363 | 53160 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 363 | 53160 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53194 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket Station3 | ||||||
| 51182 | 59807 | 53194 | Noted circa 03/19873 | ||||||
| 52005 | 59807 | 53194 | Noted 19/03/19873 | ||||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101363 | 53194 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted circa 04/19873 | |||||
| 53160 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted 24th April 1987 | ||||||
| 52019 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 05/19873 | ||||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted 26/05/19873 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 05/19883 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 12/19893 | |||||
| CH645 | 53224 | 53194 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
26th September 1980
Class 101s in Dundeee depot on 26 September 1980. The blue DMSL seems to be SC50194. Brian Daniels.
19th September 1984
Class 101 53194 is seen passing Saltley on it's way to Tyseley on 19.09.1984. It was possibly on its way to Swindon Works from where it would emerge in Strathclyde orange livery. Andy Cole.
19th August 1986
Set number: 101363
101363 arrives into Haymarket station with the 15:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley service on 19-08-1986. 53194 is at the front. Gordon Thomson.
28th August 1986
Set number: 101363
101363 with 53194 at the front arrives into Glengarnock station with an Ayr - Glasgow service on August 28, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
1990
Set number: CH645
53194 (CH645) struck with graffiti on Chester depot. Date unknown, it was allocated to the depot from May to September 1990. Anthony Griffiths.
1990
Set number: CH645
CH645 (53194) at Chester depot. Date unknown, it was allocated to the depot from May to September 1990. Anthony Griffiths.
17th April 1991
Set number: CH645
Class 101 DMS 53194 at Snailwell on 17th April 1991. It carries set number CH645 from its final allocation which was Chester depot. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th June 1979
Set number: 220
Class 101 DMU set 220 (SC50159 + SC59080 + SC50194) in Stirling station on Monday 18 June 1979. Dunblane is on the destination blind, yet it is in one of the bay platforms (platform 7) at the south end of the station. David Russon.
Date: 15th August 1988
Set number: 101306
Met-Camm sets 101306 (presumably 51228 59086 53243) and 101363 (presumably 53194 59049 53185) at Stirling on August 15, 1988. Colin Brooks.
Date: 12th May 1989
Set number: 302
Class 101 DMU sets 302 (53197 + 59305 + 53290) and 101363 (53185 + 59049 + 53194) in Perth station on 12 May 1989. Neil Smith.