Vehicle 50246 / 53246 / 977393

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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: 30339
Diagram: 522

Allocations

03/09/57	New to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
4w/e 23/04/66	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
May-73	Depot code change	DN
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
15/02/87	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)
15/02/87	To departmental stock	RG (Reading)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50246 - original number
53246 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977393 - from Feb-87 (departmental stock)

Department Use as DB977393

Ultrasonic Test Train (not used) From 2/87 to 7/93.

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 27/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50246	56218							As delivered to South Gosforth - 3rd September 1957
	50139	50246							Noted 04/09/71 - at Whitby1
	50246	56061							Noted 29/07/73 - at Eaglescliffe
	50246	56061							Noted 03/09/73 - at Darlington1
	50246	56061							Noted 08/09/73 - at Darlington2
	50246	56065							Noted 06/09/75 - at Newcastle1
	50246	56065							Noted 30/12/75 - at Darlington1
	50246	56065							Noted 31/03/1976 - at York3
	50246	56405							Noted 06/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel2
	50246	56079							Noted 28/08/81 - at Whitehouse (Middlesbrough)
	50246	56079							Noted 11/11/81 - at Bishop Auckland
	50246	56065							Noted 16/01/19824
	50246	56381							Noted circa 10/19824
	53246	54375							Noted circa 03/19854
	53246	54378							Noted circa 10/19864
	53246	54076							Noted 01/12/19864

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

Images:

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21st November 1981

E50246 + E56079 at Bishop Auckland on November 11, 1981. Demolition of the triangular station is well underway. Darlington DMUs still used the platform on the closed route from Durham before being relocated to a new and much smaller station to the left of where the signalbox was John Carter.

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Unknown date

53246 was renumbered 977393 and in 1987 sent to Cardiff Cathays as a third vehicle to convert to an Ultrasonic Test vehicle alongside 51433 / 53167 (977391/2 with an ex-SR EMU car in-between). In the event it was not used, and languished at Cathays until its closure in 1990 when it moved to Radyr, where it is seen here in circa 1993. It is covered in large stickers proclaimed as being stripped of asbestos by Vic Berrys. It was cut up at MC Metals in Glasgow in June '93. Chris Adams.

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21st March 1993

977393 at Radyr Yard on 21st March 1993. S Gaskell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 4th September 1971

Whitby at 16.00 on 4 September 1971, the last Saturday of the summer season. The station is full of 101's waiting to form late afternoon and early evening trains returning to Middlesbrough. On the right, waiting to depart at 16.08, are (from l.to r.) 56061/51211 + 50246/50139. Leonard Rogers.

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Date: 29th July 1973

E56061 and E50246 arrive into Eaglescliffe station with a Stockton service on July 29, 1973. David Mant.

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Date: 28th August 1981

E56079 + E50246 at Whitehouse (Middlesbrough) on 28-08-1981. John Carter.