Vehicle 50251 / 53251
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: 30266
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 26/06/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Jan-71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 29/06/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 12/04/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 02/10/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 08/03/89 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) PMNX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50251 - original number
53251 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 27/07/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50251 | 50261 | As delivered to 51A - 26th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50251 | 59078 | 50261 | Noted 30/04/60 - on 5.20pm Stockton - Loftus and 6.30pm Loftus - Middlesbrough, the last passenger train between Guisborough and Loftus | ||||||
| 50251 | 59539 | 50143 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 50251 | 56089 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||||
| N127 | 50251 | 56089 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 502512 | ||||||
| 50251 | 56085 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3 | |||||||
| 50251 | 56086 | Noted 04/04/81 - on 11:08 to Newcastle at South Shields | |||||||
| 53251 | 59077 | 53188 | Noted 25/06/1983 - Special return working from Darlington to Stanhope and return 53170-54367 + 53188-59077-53251 | ||||||
| 53251 | 54079 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||||
| 53251 | 54059 | Noted circa 10/19864 | |||||||
| 53251 | 54059 | Noted 02/12/19864 | |||||||
| 53251 | 59471 | 51527 | Noted circa 11/19874 | ||||||
| 53251 | 53747 | Noted 21/07/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5 | |||||||
| 53251 | 53747 | Noted 27/07/88 - on 15:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service with 53166 + 531955 | |||||||
| 53251 | 53747 | Noted 06/08/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5 | |||||||
| 53251 | 53749 | Noted 24/09/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 53251 | 53749 | Noted 24/09/88 - on 10:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5 | |||||||
| N658 | 53251 | 53235 | Noted circa 11/19884 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips
Images:
September 1979
Ex-works E50251 at the front of a Newcastle service at Carlisle in September 1979. Paired with a plain-blue driver trailer, which seems to be 56404, and working with a Cravens set. Karel 1999.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 4th April 1981
E56086 + E50251 with the 11:08 to Newcastle at South Shields on April 4, 1981. The soon to be withdrawn service to South Shields - the line was converted to light rail Metro trains. However, the Metro line stopped short of here with a featureless 'plastic' station being provided instead. A NER tiled map can be seen on the wall on the right, I wonder what happened to that when the station was demolished. John Carter.