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
31/07/57 | New to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
4w/e 27/03/71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
w/e 12/03/78 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
16/03/86 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
30/11/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
04/10/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
03/11/88 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
50220 - original number
53220 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50220 | 56072 | As delivered to 54A - 31st July 1957 | |||||||
50220 | 56072 | Noted 27th October 1957 | |||||||
50220 | 56072 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
50220 | 56072 | Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2 | |||||||
50220 | 56072 | Noted 29/06/73 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
DN74 | 50220 | 59068 | 50178 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central, set numbers carried on solebars, 50178 had N3513 | |||||
N163 | 50220 | 56086 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 560863 | ||||||
50220 | 56088 | Noted 30/12/75 - at York1 | |||||||
50220 | 56409 | Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51478 + E56365 / E51499 + E56089 | |||||||
50220 | 56390 | Noted 16/01/19824 | |||||||
50220 | 56367 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||||
53220 | 53751 | Noted 14/09/84 - at Newcastle | |||||||
53220 | 54406 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||||
53220 | 54219 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||||
53220 | 54366 | Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 | |||||||
80 | 53220 | 54366 | Formed at NC circa Mar-86 | ||||||
80 | 53220 | 54069 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
80 | 53220 | 54069 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
53220 | 59383 | 53237 | Noted 28th December 1986 | ||||||
53220 | 59475 | 51323 | Noted 20/01/88 - at Newcastle | ||||||
51250 | 53220 | Noted 15/07/88 - on 18:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
53220 | 53195 | Noted 01/09/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips
E50220 arriving at Thornaby. Phil Bidwell.
E53220 + E53751 are seen in what was then platform 11 at Newcastle, 14/09/1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 101 DMBS E53220 in Snailwell on 12 August 1989. It had been withdrawn from Heaton in October 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.
Cars 51323 59475 53220 are seen about to enter Newcastle station - the first two are Class 118s, 53220 just visible at the rear was Class 101. Having recently transferred from South Wales, leading car 51323 carries the red chevron, which was usually accompanied by a red dragon, but the latter has evidently been painted out. 20/01/1988. Graeme Phillips Collection.