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
03/09/57 | 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 | |
2w/e 11/06/78 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) | |
23/11/86 | To Parcels Sector at | NL (Neville Hill) | |
18/01/87 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
circa Dec-88 | Sector Change to | RPXN | |
19/07/89 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) RPXX |
50233 - original number
53233 - from Apr-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Nov-86 - Converted for parcels use - to DMBP
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50233 | 56085 | As delivered to 54A - 3rd September 1957 | |||||||
50233 | 56069 | Noted 03/04/711 | |||||||
50233 | 56069 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough1 | |||||||
50233 | 56070 | Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2 | |||||||
50233 | 56069 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3 | |||||||
N113 | 50233 | 56069 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 560694 | ||||||
50233 | 56069 | Noted 19/04/1975 - 06:50 Newcastle to Darlington via Sunderland3 | |||||||
50233 | 56069 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central4 | |||||||
50233 | 56069 | Noted 06/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel4 | |||||||
50233 | 56069 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle 3 | |||||||
50233 | 56386 | Transfer to DN - 2w/e 11/06/78 | |||||||
50233 | 56381 | Noted 04/04/82 - at Grangetown | |||||||
50233 | 56405 | Noted 04/08/82 | |||||||
50233 | 50193 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
50233 | 56370 | Noted circa 02/19835 | |||||||
53233 | 54084 | Noted 08/07/84 - on 18:15 Darlington to Saltburn | |||||||
53233 | 54403 | Noted 20/08/84 - at Stockton | |||||||
53233 | 54084 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||||
53233 | 54392 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||||
53233 | 54079 | Noted 19th August 1986 | |||||||
53255 | 53233 | Noted circa 12/1986 - Parcels set5 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at King's Cross - parcels set6 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 30/03/87 - at Stratford | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set6 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 15/05/87 - at Norwich4 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 05/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set6 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 04/01/897 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Graeme Phillips
50233 and 56405 are seen at South Bank on 4/8/82. Jerry Glover.
A Class 101 and 110 formation at York on 14-09-1986 working a Leeds service, with 53233 closest. Wilson Adams.
Class 101 Met-Cam E53233+E53255 at Stratford on the 30th March 1987. Both vehicles are displaying a "Red Star Parcels" sticker on their sides. Kevin Law.
Seen at York, 53233 has been withdrawn from passenger service and now working in Red Star Express Parcels service. With 53255, on 12-07-1987. Wilson Adams.
Two Class 101 parcel sets (E53233 appears to be leading) pass Copmanthorpe, south of York in 1988. Paul Braybrook.
The driver of E53233 looks on as a group of fitters attempt to cure an ailment with the unit's engine at York on the night of 28th January 1988. This Metro-Cammell two-car set had been converted to a parcels unit, and a pile of mail sacks can be seen towards the rear of the saloon. Looks odd without the seats! Syd Young.
Met-Camm parcels set 53233 + 53255 stabled at Cambridge circa mid-1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101 parcels set 53233 and 53255 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. The Cravens vehicle is 977126. Mike Cooper.
E56381 + E50233 are seen at Grangetown from another DMU on April 4, 1982, when passenger services were diverted over the goods lines. John Carter.
Four-car set E50263 + 59063 + 59084 + 51211 at Castleton on May 3rd, 1982, taken from (Taken from 50233. Much has changed here, not only the long gone class 101 DMUs but also the track 50263 is on, that platform and signal box, in fact there is little sign they were ever there. John Carter.
Class 101 DMUs at Darlington, 54086 + 53164 on left, 54084 + 53233 with 18-15 to Saltburn on right, 8-7-84. The set on the left, with 'Special' on the destination blind, has red items hanging from the passenger doors, excursion boards? On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
54403 and 53233 arrive at Stockton on the 20th August 1984. Jerry Glover.
Seen at Saltaire with 2E62 the 1739 Skipton to Leeds Class 101 numbers 54079 and 53233 on 16th August 1986. Keith Long.
Class 101 parcels unit 53255 + 53233 at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.
E53255 + E53233 with a van on tow on 4E26, the 17:57 Piccadilly to Leeds mail. New Mills South Jct, 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.
The 'Stourton Saloon' 975637 + 975664 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. On the left is Cravens 977126 facing Met-Camm 53233. Mike Cooper.
Class 105 Route Learning Saloon 977126 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. To the left is 53233 and on the right 977124. Mike Cooper.