Vehicle 50217 / 53217

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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: 30261
Diagram: 523

Allocations

09/07/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
4w/e 02/01/65	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
28/02/71	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-71	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
May-73	Depot code change	DN
w/e 06/03/77	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
2w/e 24/07/77	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
Oct-88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
03/11/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Notes

13th October 1988 - Hauled from Newton Heath depot to Vic Berry's yard via Toton depot

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50217 - original number
53217 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50217	56069							As delivered to 54A - 9th July 1957
	50217	56069							Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 02/01/65
	50217	56062							Noted 11/09/65 - at West Hartlepool1
	50217	56087							Noted 05/04/72 - at Darlington1
	50217	56088							Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough1
	50217	56067							Transfer to NL - w/e 06/03/77
	50217	56383							Noted circa 08/19772
	50217	56383							Noted 12/08/78 - at Hull3
	50217	56383							Noted circa 03/19832
	53217	54383							Noted circa 01/19842
	53217	54383							Noted 16/08/85 - on Carlisle-York service with 53135 + 54092
	53217	54383							Noted circa 09/19862
	53217	54383							Noted 20/10/19862
	53217	51449							Noted circa 11/19872
	53217	53169							Noted circa 05/19882
	53217	53240							Noted 10/09/88 - on 15:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service4
	53217	53263							Noted 01/10/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Rob Paterson
4: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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14th August 1978

E50217 (very likely with E56383) running into York station on 14 August 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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19th November 1988

In this view at Vic Berry's in Leicester on November 19, 1988, are two Met-Camm vehicles. On the left is 53217, and on the right behind the EMU car is 977608 (51525). Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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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.

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Date: 16th August 1985

A Carlisle-York service in the hands of two Metro-Cammell two car sets made up of cars E54383 + E53217 / E53135 + E54092 stop at Settle, next to the London Midland Rly sign that tells us Carlisle is 71 miles away to the North, and London is 236 miles away to the South. 16th August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.