Vehicle 50261 / 53261
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: 30267
Diagram: 621
Allocations
| 26/06/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 04/12/65 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 4w/e 26/03/66 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 8w/e 27/02/71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| p/e 26/11/79 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/07/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 03/11/88 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50261 - original number
53261 - from Sep-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 08/02/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
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 | ||||||
| 50188 | 59075 | 50261 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 04/12/65 | ||||||
| 50188 | 59075 | 50261 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 26/03/66 | ||||||
| 50295 | 59072 | 50261 | Noted 14/09/72 - at Lealholm1 | ||||||
| 50224 | 59070 | 50261 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Darlington1 | ||||||
| 50191 | 59076 | 50261 | Transfer to NR - Dec-79 | ||||||
| 91 | 50191 | 59076 | 50261 | Noted 15/02/80 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 91 | 50191 | 59076 | 50261 | Listed at NR - circa Mar-80 - refurbished (b/g) | |||||
| 93 | 50235 | 59083 | 50261 | Noted 16/06/80 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 93 | 50235 | 59083 | 50261 | Noted circa Jul-80 | |||||
| 93 | 53195 | 59113 | 53261 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||
| 92 | 53179 | 59078 | 53261 | Noted circa 03/19843 | |||||
| 53261 | 59078 | 53240 | Noted 29/09/19863 | ||||||
| 53261 | 59078 | 53240 | Noted 13/10/19863 | ||||||
| 51232 | 53261 | Noted 16/07/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service4 | |||||||
| 51232 | 53261 | Noted 27/07/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4 | |||||||
| 51232 | 53261 | Noted 27/07/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53261 | Noted 03/08/884 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53261 | Noted 15/08/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53261 | Noted 18/08/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53263 + 512144 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53261 | Noted 02/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53166 + 531824 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips
Images:
June 1975
A 2-car Class 101 DMU, with DMC(L) E50261 (of Darlington depot) nearest the camera, is seen at Whitby in June 1975. Such power-twin formations were less common in the 1970s, so this pair has probably had its centre car(s) removed for maintenance. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th October 1981
Set number: 93
Class 101 DMU set 93 with the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society "Mid-Anglia Rambler" railtour at Barnwell Jct on 24 October 1981. The vehicle are noted as being E50151 + E59076 + E50261. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.