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Vehicle 50255 / 53255


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

06/09/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
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28/09/86 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)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17/07/89 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) RPXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50255 - original number
53255 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-86 - Converted for parcels use - to DMBP
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 23/06/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Battersby

16th July 1976

Class 101 DMUs in Battersby station on 16 July 1976. On the right E50255 is on the 16:11 Whitby - Middlesbrough. Robert Thomas.

Class 101 DMU at Grosmont

16th April 1983

E50255 heads a Whitby bound service seen in Grosmont station on the 16th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

13th August 1988

Class 101 parcels unit 53255 + 53233 at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

circa 1989

Parcels Class 101 53255 stabled at Cambridge, circa 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Saltley

8th May 1989

Class 101 53255 is seen passing Saltley working for the Parcels sector on 08.05.1989. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at New Mills

13th May 1989

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 DMU at Cambridge

7th August 1989

Class 101 parcels vehicle 53255 sits beside 975664 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. Mike Cooper.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 8th January 1982

E50180 + E59100 + E50255 form the 15:10 to Darlington at Bishop Auckland on January 8, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1983

A Class 101 led by E50255 heads away from Grosmont station towards Whitby past NYMR stock on the 16th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 27th September 1985

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.

DMU

Date: 30th March 1987

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.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1987

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.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1989

Met-Camm parcels set 53233 + 53255 stabled at Cambridge circa mid-1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1989

Class 101 parcels set 53233 and 53255 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. The Cravens vehicle is 977126. Mike Cooper.