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
06/09/57 | New 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) | |
28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) | |
23/11/86 | To Parcels Sector at | NL (Neville Hill) | - as MBP |
18/01/87 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
circa Dec-88 | Sector Change to | CA (Cambridge) RPXN | |
17/07/89 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) RPXX |
50255 - original number
53255 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Nov-86 - Converted for parcels use - to DMBP
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
50255 | 50265 | As delivered to 51A - 6th September 1957 | |||||||
50255 | 50262 | Noted 11/09/1971 - at Whitby1 | |||||||
50255 | 56076 | Noted 07/06/77 - on 14.33 Saltburn – Darlington2 | |||||||
50255 | 59100 | 50180 | Noted 08/01/82 - on 15:10 to Bishop Auckland to Darlington | ||||||
53255 | 54370 | Noted circa 03/19853 | |||||||
53255 | 54386 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||||
53255 | 54394 | Noted circa 09/19863 | |||||||
53255 | 53233 | Noted circa 12/1986 - Parcels set3 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at King's Cross - parcels set4 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 30/03/87 - at Stratford | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set4 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 15/05/87 - at Norwich5 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 05/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set4 | |||||||
53233 | 53255 | Noted 04/01/896 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Gerald Brown
6: Graeme Phillips
Class 101 DMUs in Battersby station on 16 July 1976. On the right E50255 is on the 16:11 Whitby - Middlesbrough. Robert Thomas.
E50255 heads a Whitby bound service seen in Grosmont station on the 16th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.
Class 101 parcels unit 53255 + 53233 at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.
Parcels Class 101 53255 stabled at Cambridge, circa 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101 53255 is seen passing Saltley working for the Parcels sector on 08.05.1989. Andy Cole.
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.
Class 101 parcels vehicle 53255 sits beside 975664 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. Mike Cooper.
E50180 + E59100 + E50255 form the 15:10 to Darlington at Bishop Auckland on January 8, 1982. John Carter.
A Class 101 led by E50255 heads away from Grosmont station towards Whitby past NYMR stock on the 16th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.
Stabled between duties at Darlington are Class 101 numbers 53261 and 53259, covering the station in fumes while waiting departure in the centre are (unknown) and 53255 with the 1115 to Whitby. Keith Long.
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.
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.