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Vehicle 50296 / 53296

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30270
Diagram: 523

Allocations

11/12/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 30/09/61 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Oct-61 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
Oct-61 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 09/12/61 Ex-loan back to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
2w/e 23/01/77 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
28/09/86 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
18/01/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
10/05/87 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common)
4w/e 03/12/88 Sector Change to NGBX
14/05/90 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) NNEX
p/e 07/12/91 Sector Change to CA (Cambridge) NXXZ
23/12/91 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) NXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50296 - original number
53296 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 04/03/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50296 56089 As delivered to 51A - 11th December 1957
50296 56089 Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 30/09/61 - on loan
50296 56089 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 09/12/61
50296 56089 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50296 56374 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle2
N117 50296 56374 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 563743
N117 50296 56374 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on on 563743
50296 56374 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3
50296 56064 Noted 10/08/77 - at Morecambe Promenade
50296 56064 Noted circa 11/19784
50296 56064 Noted 26/04/80 - at York3
50296 56064 Noted circa 02/19834
53296 54064 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
53296 54064 Noted 19th August 1986
18 53296 54064 Formation change - CA - circa Dec-86
18 53296 54064 Noted 12/12/19864
53296 54064 Noted 19/01/87 - at Norwich3
18 53296 54064 Noted 01/02/1987 - at Ely on 11.04 Kings Lynn to Cambridge.5
80 53296 54064 Listed at NC - Apr-87
80 53296 54064 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich6
L203 53207 53296 Formed at OO circa 10/87 - Two DMBSs
L203 53207 53296 Listed at - Oct-87
L703 53207 53296 Noted 16th April 1988
L203 53207 53296 Noted 16/04/19884
L203 53207 53296 Listed at - 15/05/89
L700 53207 59115 53296 Noted circa 08/19904
L700 53207 59115 53296 Listed at CA - 21/01/91
L700 53207 59115 53296 Noted 20/07/1991 - Branch Line Society The Humber Navigator 3 Railtour
L700 53207 59115 53296 Noted 02/11/1991 - Badger Railtours The Fletton Avoider L700+L830

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Nicholas Youngman
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

25th June 1978

E50296 stabled at Leeds Phil Bidwell.

Class 101 DMU at Cottingham

23rd April 1984

E53296 brings up the rear of a pair of Metro-Cammell 2-car units at Cottingham on a service from Hull to Bridlington on 23rd April 1984. Northgate signalbox, the semaphores and the wooden platform extensions have all, along with the venerable 101s, disappeared from this location. Syd Young.

Class 101 DMU at Keighley

circa August 1985

E53296 at the front of a Met-Camm formation at Keighley with a Leeds service circa August 1985. Ian Docwra.

Class 101 DMU at Reading

July 1989

Set number: 203

Unit 203 (missing prefix L), car 53296, seen waiting in one of the west end bays at Reading in July 1989 before heading for Oxford. 53296 was based at Old Oak Common between May 1987 and May 1990. Tony Walmsley.

Class 101 DMU at Ely

1990

NSE liveried 53296 + 59115 +53207 at Ely sometime in 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Kings Lynn

19th January 1991

Set number: L700

Class 101 set L700 53296 + 59115 + 53207 at Kings Lynn bound for Cambridge on 19th January 1991. Before it's use on the Lynn line L700 had been on Barking to Gospel Oak duties but only as a 2 car set. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Kings Lynn

18th August 1991

Set number: L700

Set L700 (53296 + 59115 + 53207) a 3 car Network South East liveried Class 101 Metro-Cammell dmu is seen at Kings Lynn, on a hot Saturday afternoon, 18th August 1991. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Colchester

26th August 1991

Set number: L700

Network South East Class 101 set L700 (presumably 53296 in view) behind 69621 at Colchester on 26 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

14th March 1992

Set number: L700

Class 101 DMBS 53296 at Snailwell on 14 March 1992. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 10th August 1977

Its the 10th August 1977, and E56064 & E50296 are at Morecambe Promenade on the Lancaster Shuttle. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: circa late 1977

A two-car Class 101 (E56064 and presumably E50296) in Horsforth station heading to Leeds circa late 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L203

L203 at Barking. Date unknown. Formed of two DMBSs 53207 is closest the other is presumably 53296. Tom Clift.

DMU

Date: 4th February 1989

Set number: L203

Network Southeast Class 101 set No. L203 (53207 + 53296) arrives at Harringay Stadium working the 11:15 Gospel Oak to Barking service on 4 February 1989. Brian Creasey.

DMU

Date: 4th February 1989

Set number: L203

Network Southeast Class 101 railcar set No. L203 (53207 + 53296) departs Barking working the 10:30 service to Gospel Oak on 4 February 1989. Brian Creasey.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L700

Set L700 (presumably 53207 + 53296) seen at Gospel Oak. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.

DMU

Date: 20th January 1990

Set number: L700

Set L700 (53207 + 53296) a car Network SouthEast liveried Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU, is seen at Gospel Oak with a service to Barking, 20th January 1990. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 10th October 1990

Set number: L700

This NSE-liveried 3-car DMU (set L700, 53207 and presumably 59115 + 53296) had just arrived in one of Cambridge station's bay platforms when photographed on 10th October 1990. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 26th August 1991

Set number: L700

Class 101 set L700 (53207 and presumably 59115 + 53296) being hauled by 69621 at Colchester on 26 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 2nd November 1991

Set number: L700

Badger Railtours was a niche provider operating tours in East Anglia and I believe was run by a group of BR employees at Bishops Stortford raising money for local charities. They ran several tours in the early 1990's and covered some illusive branches such as that seen here to Duxford. The "Fletton Avoider" railtour operated with 2x3-Car class 101 DMU sets with set L700 (53296+59115+53207) seen here leading at the dry chemicals reception sidings in Duxford Ciba-Geigy Works on 2 November 1991. This short branch to Duxford left to the West Anglia mainline south of Whittlesford station. Ciba-Geigy were heavily reliant on the wagon load Speedlink Network so much of their rail activity stopped when BR pulled the plug on Speedlink. The site is now owned by Huntsman Chemicals and retains a rail connection but has been disused for many years. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 7th March 1992

Set number: B967

53612 and 53296 at Snailwell on 7th March 1992. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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