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Vehicle 50234 / 53234


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: 30263
Diagram: 619

Allocations

17/09/57 New to South Gosforth
4w/e 31/07/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
03/04/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
4w/e 24/06/78 Transferred to IS (Inverness)
2w/e 30/06/79 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
02/08/81 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Oct-87 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
14/05/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
19/07/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Notes

16th October 1983 - Seen in ex works condition (P 8-10-83), carrying unit no. 101 361

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50234 - original number
53234 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 01/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50234 59086 59092 50235 As delivered to South Gosforth - 17th September 1957
50234 59086 59092 50235 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/07/60
51211 59531 59066 50234 Noted 14/08/70 - at Carlisle1
50234 59052 59104 50243 Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington2
50234 59104 59052 50243 Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3
N410 50234 59104 59052 50243 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles1
51243 59303 50234 Transfer to IS - 4w/e 24/06/78
51243 59303 50234 Noted 01/07/78 - at Inverness on 12:42 to Aberdeen with 51786/59679/51791 2
361 50192 59112 50234 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101361 50192 59112 50234 Transfer to HA - 02/08/81
101361 50192 59112 50234 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101361 53192 59112 53234 Noted 16th October 1983
101361 53192 59112 53234 Noted circa 11/19834
101361 53234 59112 53747 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101361 53192 59112 53234 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101306 51228 59304 53234 Noted circa 02/19864
101361 53192 59112 53234 Listed at HA - Summer 1986
351 51193 59566 53234 Formation change - Jul-86 - 53234 added
101351 51193 59566 53234 Noted 31st July 1986
53234 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 - Operating vehicle not on official list
51193 59304 53234 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
51198 59304 53234 Noted circa 03/19874
101361 53192 59112 53234 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101361 53234 59112 53654 Listed at AY - Jan-88
101361 53234 59112 53749 Formation change - AY - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 53749 replaced 53654

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Perth

22nd June 1979

Set number: 232

Dundee allocated Class 101 DMU set 232 formed of SC50234 + SC59302 + SC50290 in Perth station on Friday 22 June 1979. David Russon.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket depot

1984

Set number: 101361

Met-Camm set 101 361 on Haymarket depot in 1984, probably 53234. S Saunders.

Class 101 DMU at Kirkcaldy

26th July 1984

Set number: 101361

101361 in Kirkcaldy station on 26 July 1984. Closest seems to be 53234 which has Scotrail branding on the side. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket

Unknown date

Set number: 101361

101 361 (53234 + 59112 + 53192) seen at Haymarket. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket depot

29th June 1986

Set number: 101361

Will the real 101361 step forward? Seeing double. 101361 and 101361 stabled at Haymarket depot on 29 June 1986. The two vehicles are presumed to be DMS 53192 on the left, on the right DMS 53234. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

27th June 1989

Set number: 101361

Graffiti covered SC53234 in Snailwell on 27 June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 101361

DMC / TBS / DMC set 101 361 (53192 + 59112 + 53234) is about to enter Haymarket station from the north. Undated. Andrew McConnell.