Vehicle 50232 / 53232
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
| 27/08/57 | 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 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 03/02/85 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50232 - original number
53232 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 10/02/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50232 | 56084 | As delivered to 54A - 27th August 1957 | |||||||
| N314 | 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted circa 19711 | |||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 06/08/1974 - at York2 | ||||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Heaton3 | ||||||
| N314 | 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of 50232)3 | |||||
| 50232 | 59386 | 50645 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot3 | ||||||
| 50232 | 56087 | Noted circa 03/19791 | |||||||
| 50232 | 56077 | Noted circa 12/19811 | |||||||
| 50232 | 56077 | Noted 16/01/19821 | |||||||
| 50232 | 56390 | Noted 09/09/82 - at Gateshead | |||||||
| 53232 | 54067 | Noted 18/01/87 - at Norwich3 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
9th September 1982
A Class 101 formed of E50232 + E56390 pass Gateshead (Stadium) northbound heading to Newcastle, 09/09/1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 22nd January 1983
Class 101 DMBS 50232 with DTCL 56399 trailing, rattles along near Middlesbrough on 22/Jan/1983. Robert Chilton.