Vehicle 50226 / 53226
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 | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 13/02/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 2w/e 24/07/77 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 03/05/87 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50226 - original number
53226 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 22/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50226 | 56078 | As delivered to 54A - 9th July 1957 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56052 | Noted 01/04/70 - at York1 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56372 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56372 | Noted 25/08/1973 - at Hexham2 | |||||||
| N110 | 50226 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar), partner unrecorded3 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56372 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Newcastle3 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56372 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56372 | Noted 24/08/75 - at Stockton3 | |||||||
| 50226 | 56067 | Noted circa 19774 | |||||||
| 53226 | 54066 | Noted circa 11/19864 | |||||||
| 53226 | 54066 | Noted 01/12/19864 | |||||||
| 53226 | 54066 | Noted 28th December 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
24th August 1979
Seen leaving Bridlington, and with a bit of hybrid livered set at the rear, this is the 16.xx Scarborough to Hull service on the 24th of August 1979. 50226 seems to be the leading car. The KDH Archive.