Vehicle 50257 / 53257

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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: 30266
Diagram: 523

Allocations

04/10/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 22/02/58	On loan to	LMR
w/e 01/03/58	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
3w/e 31/10/65	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 30/01/77	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
23/08/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
21/09/89	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton) PZQZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50257 - original number
53257 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 11/03/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50257	50267							As delivered to South Gosforth - 4th October 1957
	50257	50267							Transfer to LMR - 4w/e 22/02/58 - on loan
	50257	50267							Transfer to 51A - w/e 01/03/58 - ex-loan
	50257	50267							Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 31/10/65
	50257	56064							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50257	56082							Noted 06/04/72 - at Newcastle1
	50257	56064							Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
	50257	56064							Noted 05/07/74 - at Sheffield1
	50257	56064							Noted 26/08/74 - at Newcastle Central3
	50257	56064							Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot3
	50257	56064							Transfer to NL - w/e 30/01/77
	50257	56090							Noted circa 08/19774
	50257	56090							Noted 03/08/78
	50257	56090							Noted circa 10/19824
	50257	56090							Noted circa 03/19834
	53257	54090							Noted circa 10/19834
	53257	54090							Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	53257	54090							Noted 17/06/85
	53257	54090							Noted 20/07/85
	53257	54090							Noted circa 05/19864
	53257	54090							Noted 17/05/86 - on 13:25 Morecambe - Leeds with 51230 + 54369 / 78712 + 789625
	53257	53750							Noted 24/10/19864
	53257	59384	53750						Noted 09/11/19864
	53257	53195							Noted 01/05/87 - at York, 53195 still with set number 903
	53257	51521							Noted 23/07/886
	53257	51521							Noted 27/07/88 - on 08:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
	53257	51521							Noted 15/08/88 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
	53257	53195							Noted 24/09/88 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Hexham service6
	53257	54370							Noted 08/10/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
	53257	54370							Noted 08/10/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
	53257	54370							Noted 29/10/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
	53257	54370							Listed at HT - Feb-89
	53257	53182							Noted 24/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
	53257	53182							Noted 27/05/89 - on 13:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
	53257	53182							Noted 27/05/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
	53257	53182							Noted 30/05/89 - on 11:02 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6
	53257	53182							Noted 31/05/89 - on 07:05 Haltwhistle - Newcastle6
	53257	53182							Noted 31/05/89 - on 19:40 Newcastle - Sunderland - service6
	53257	53182							Noted 05/06/89 - on 18:23 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
	51203	53257							Noted 12/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
	51203	53257							Noted 12/06/89 - on 17:45 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
	51203	53257							Noted 13/06/89 - on 15:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
	51203	53257							Noted 14/06/89 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
	53257	53182							Noted 27/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
	51467	53257							Noted 04/11/89 - on 17:55 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 51516 + 51203 / 54370 + 51217 hauled by 47 462, believed to be football extra.6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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3rd August 1978

At Skipton on 3rd August 1978 are refurbished liveried E50257 + E56090. Robert Frise.

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1987

This class 101 DMU, with DMBS E53257 leading, has just passed Gateshead Greensfield depot, which still had an allocation of mainline locomotives at the time in 1987 (including classes 31, 47 and 56). Graeme Phillips Collection.

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25th September 1990

Class 101 DMBS E53257 in Snailwell on 25th September 1990. It has been withdrawn from HT the previous year. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: circa late 1970s

A Met-Camm DMU formed of E56090 (a 111) and E50257 (a 101) in Doncaster station circa late 1970s. They were allocated to Neville Hill at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 17th June 1985

The old and the new at York on June 17, 1985, 55535 + 55515 and Met-Camm E54090 + E53257. John Carter.

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Date: 12th August 1985

A CLass 114 / 101 formation at Gilberdyke on 12 August 1985. 53257 is the far DMBS. Chris Thorp.