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Vehicle 50235 / 53235

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)
Jul-72	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 18/10/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 13/05/79	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 09/09/79	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
w/e 10/02/80	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
12/05/85	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
06/07/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
10/06/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
02/10/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
09/03/89	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
p/e 07/10/89	Sector Change to	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
23/10/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50235 - original number
53235 - from Feb-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 06/06/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

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
	50576	59055	59086	50235	Noted 13/08/1963 - Scarborough¹
	50190	59055	50235		Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City²
	50235	59696	59211	50245	Noted 12/12/1969 - Leeds¹
	50235	59211	50245		Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City³
	50235	59199	59193	51549	Noted 12/01/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.⁴
	50150	59199	59055	50235	Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.⁴
	50235	59055	59708	50160	Noted 29/04/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.⁴
	50235	59065	59215	50242	Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.⁴
	50235	59086	59097	50750	Noted 12/08/1971 - at York⁵
	50235	59086	59097	50750	Noted 30/10/1971 - at York⁵
	50235	59097	50750		Transfer to 32A - Jul-72
	50235	59097	50750		Noted 12/08/72 - at Ely³
86	50230	59523	50235		Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich⁶
	50235	59086	59097	50279	Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds²
	50235	59097	50750		Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge³
81	50235	59097	50750		Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford³
	50235	59097	50750		Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50268 + 59075 + 50185²
	50235	59097	50750		Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street ⁷
81	50235	59097	50750		Noted 27/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
81	50235	59097	50750		Noted 30/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
81	50235	59097	50750		Noted 01/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
81	50235	59075	50750		Listed at NR - 19/07/75
81	50235	59075	50750		Noted 01/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50230	59527	50235		Noted 29/11/1975⁷
	50230	59527	50235		Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough²
	50230	59542	50235		Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster²
	50218	59231	50235		Noted 04/09/76 - at Doncaster²
	50163	59097	50235		Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland³
	50167	59527	50235		Noted 16/02/1978 - Sheffield Midland⁸
	50235	59097	50178		Noted 22/03/1980 - in Swindon Works⁸
93	50235	59083	50261		Noted 16/06/80 - at Norwich³
93	50235	59083	50261		Noted circa Jul-80
	50182	59078	50235		Noted 10/09/1980 - at Norwich Thorpe⁸
	50182	59078	50235		Noted 21/02/81 - on 17.47 Ely – Kings Lynn⁹
97	50183	59095	50235		Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich³
	50183	59095	50235		Noted 14/03/1982 - at Cambridge⁸
97	53235	59092	53238		Noted 15/12/83 - at Norwich³
97	53235	59092	53238		Noted circa 01/1984⁴
	53183	59094	53235		Noted circa 02/1986⁴
	53195	59097	53235		Noted 11/09/1986⁴
	53195	59097	53235		Noted 25/10/1986⁴
	53195	59097	53235		Noted 27/11/1986⁴
	53195	59097	53235		Noted 25th February 1987
	51204	53235			Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds¹⁰
	51204	53235			Noted circa 07/1987⁴
	53211	53235			Noted circa 07/1987⁴
	51203	53235			Noted 25/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service¹¹
	51243	53235			Noted 16/07/88 - on 14:15 Newcastle - Sunderland - service¹¹
	51243	53235			Noted 16/07/88 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Sunderland - service¹¹
	51467	53235			Noted 24/09/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service¹¹
N658	53251	53235			Noted circa 11/1988⁴
NL565	53211	59246	53235		Listed at NL - 05/09/89
	53211	59246	53235		Noted 02/10/89 - on 13:02 Leeds - Carlisle¹¹
	53968	59246	53235		Noted 28/10/89 - on 08:42 York - Hull via Selby¹¹

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: Ipswich Transport Society
7: Peter Wallwork
8: Martin Lumley
9: Phil Shatford
10: Robert Chilton
11: Graeme Phillips

Images:

February 1976

Met Cam DMU E50235 at Doncaster in February 1976. David Scott.

30th April 1977

E50235 sets next to Peak 45 130 in Sheffield station on the 30th April 1977. Vincent Haworth.

9th July 1980

Met cams 50235 and 50178 at Norwich. 9 July 1980 ANDREW SALES.

1983

Set number: 98

Class 101 set 98 in Lowestoft station in 1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

5th April 1983

Viewed through various bits of railway clutter, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 set with E50235 leading passes Gilberdyke junction on it's way to Hull on 5th April 1983. The semaphore arms were at this time located on short posts at the end of the Gilberdyke up platform. These signalled trains travelling along the up relief line and were replaced with more conventional signals when the quadruple lines were removed in the late 1980s. Syd Young.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: 49

A Class 105 DMU at Lowestoft, c.1981, heading for Ipswich. Class 101 DMC E50235 is on the left. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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