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Vehicle 50316 / 53316


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: 30275
Diagram: 523

Allocations

Mar-58 New to 5B (Crewe South)
Apr-58 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
Apr-58 On loan to 18A (Toton)
May-58 Ex-loan back to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
w/e 07/05/66 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
4w/e 05/11/66 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
2w/e 18/03/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
2w/e 12/10/80 Transferred to PI (Pwllheli)
01/06/81 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
circa Jan-84 Transferred to CH (Chester)
13/07/86 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50316 - original number
53316 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50316 59127 50334 As delivered to 5B - March 1958
CR418 50316 59131 50336 Noted circa Jun-69
CR418 50316 59129 50336 Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot1
50316 59129 50336 Noted 18/04/1975 - at Crewe2
50316 59129 50336 Noted 08/04/1976 - at Chester2
50316 59129 50336 Noted 10/09/76 - on Chester depot1
50316 59130 50334 Noted 16/07/1978 - on 12:36 Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury 2
50316 59172 50334 Noted 26/12/1980 - Seen stabled at Pwllheli depot3
50316 59172 50334 Noted circa 05/19813
50316 59538 50334 Transfer to TS - 01/06/81
TS413 50316 59538 50334 Noted 18/07/81 - at Norwich1
TS413 50316 59538 50334 Noted circa 10/19813
TS413 50316 59538 50334 Noted circa 09/19823
TS413 50316 59538 50334 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS413 53316 59538 53334 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
53316 53334 Noted circa 03/19843
53316 59306 53334 Noted 25/05/86 - on 08:48 Stoke - Llandudno with 51941 + 59187 + 52056 / 51938 + 59386 + 520394
53316 53334 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Relief set

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Birmingham New Street

24th March 1962

Two three-car Met-Camm DMUs depart Birmingham New Street station platform 4 forming the 1.22pm service to Lichfield (City) on 24 March 1962. Another Met-Camm - which appears to be M51183 - waits to depart for Rugby. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Sutton Coldfield

April 1965

Two three-car Met-Camm DMUs led my M50316 are seen at Sutton Coldfield in April 1965. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Harlech

23rd April 1981

A hybrid set departs Harlech with a Pwllheli - Barmouth service on Thursday 23rd April, 1981. Around that time, Chester had a set formed 50316 - 59172 - 50334 which is probably this set. Colin Brooks.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th May 1979

Alongside refurbished Class 108's & Class 101's, a tidy-looking Class 101 Driving Motor Composite Lavatory (DMCL) M50334 (a three-car set formed of M50334/M59172/M50316) and based at Chester, was stabled inside the depot building at Llandudno Junction on May 26th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.