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
23/07/57 | New to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
3w/e 18/06/66 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
16/03/86 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
12/04/87 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
04/10/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
16/12/88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PWYX | |
29/06/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQX |
50229 - original number
53229 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50229 | 56081 | As delivered to 54A - 23rd July 1957 | |||||||
50229 | 56071 | Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City1 | |||||||
50229 | 59090 | 59576 | 51510 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2 | |||||
50229 | 59576 | 59090 | 51510 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3 | |||||
50229 | 59090 | 59576 | 50197 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central4 | |||||
50229 | 59090 | 59576 | 50197 | Noted 06/09/75 - at Darlington1 | |||||
50229 | 59090 | 59574 | 51510 | Noted 28/03/1977 - at Carlisle3 | |||||
50229 | 56397 | Noted 16/01/19825 | |||||||
50229 | 56404 | Noted circa 02/19835 | |||||||
53229 | 54059 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||||
53229 | 54409 | Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT | |||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Formed at NC Mar-86 | ||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Noted circa 04/19865 | ||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Noted 14/04/86 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Peterborough6 | ||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Noted 03/10/19865 | ||||||
82 | 53229 | 54409 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | ||||||
51439 | 53229 | Noted 10/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set - 53229 presumably 'borrowed' between transfer from Norwich to Botanic Gardens.6 | |||||||
53229 | 53182 | Noted circa 11/19875 | |||||||
53229 | 53240 | Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53240 | Noted 28/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53261 | Noted 03/08/887 | |||||||
53229 | 53261 | Noted 15/08/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53261 | Noted 18/08/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53263 + 512147 | |||||||
53229 | 53261 | Noted 02/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53166 + 531827 | |||||||
53229 | 53240 | Noted 24/09/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53196 | Noted 29/10/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53196 | Noted 05/11/88 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53196 | Noted 12/11/88 - on 17:15 Newcastle - Berwick-upon-Tweed service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53196 | Noted 19/11/88 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53196 | Noted 26/11/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53196 | Noted 03/12/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7 | |||||||
53229 | 53196 | Noted 08/12/88 - on 14:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service7 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Graeme Phillips
A two-car Class 101 DMU in Thornaby station with DMBS E50229 closest. Paul Redmond.
DMBS E53229 is at the rear of this two-car unit passing northbound at Felling, Gateshead, en route to Newcastle in 1987. The electrification catenary visible are on the Tyneside Metro system, which runs adjacent through Gateshead. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Met-Camm 53229 + 53196 at Gateshead Metro Centre on 29-10-1988. John Carter.
E53229 at Snailwell on August 12th 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
E53229 at Snailwell on April 7, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.