Vehicle 50318 / 53318
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
| 3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Apr-58 | On loan to | 18A (Toton) | |
| May-58 | Ex-loan back to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 3w/e 31/10/64 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 3w/e 02/10/65 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| 2w/e 25/11/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| Mar-85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 29/11/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 22/04/88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 02/10/88 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 05/05/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PCHX |
Notes
May 1989 - Seen with all luggage racks removed
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50318 - original number
53318 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 19/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery50318 was involved in the following incident:
29/08/65 - Connah's Quay
Fire involving Class 101 / Class 104
10:35 Excursion from Wigan to Llandudno formed M50318/M59129/M50336 & M50490/M59146/M50438 caught fire near Connah's Quay. The failure of a universal joint in the transmission caused the gearbox to become detached and fall to the track rupturing fuel tanks, the spilt fuel was ignited by sparks after vapourizing on hot exhaust parts.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50318 | 59129 | 50336 | As delivered to 3E - April 1958 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59129 | 50336 | Transfer to 9D - 3w/e 31/10/64 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59129 | 50336 | Noted 29/08/65 - on 10:35 excursion from Wigan to Llandudno formed M50318/M59129/M50336 and M50490/M59146/M50438 which caught fire near Connah's Quay. | ||||||
| 50318 | 59127 | 50334 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station1 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton2 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 04/09/74 - at Chester3 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Wolverhampton High Level3 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 08/09/77 - at Machynlleth3 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 13/09/77 - at Aberystwyth3 | ||||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted circa 08/19794 | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted 29/06/80 - at Lancaster5 | ||||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59536 | 50328 | Noted 21/08/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59536 | 50328 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59536 | 50328 | Noted circa 04/19834 | |||||
| 53318 | 59536 | 53328 | Noted 05/06/83 - Coalville open day shuttle with M53307 + 59129 + 53323 | ||||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59120 | 53328 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59120 | 53328 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59114 | 53328 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59114 | 53328 | Noted circa 03/19844 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59114 | 53328 | Noted 09/06/1984 - BR Ruddington Requiem Railtour 53190-59130-53857 + 53055-59611-53116 + 53318-59114-53328 | |||||
| 53318 | 53328 | Noted circa 03/19864 | |||||||
| 53318 | 53328 | Transfer to NH - 11/05/86 - from CH | |||||||
| 53318 | 53328 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 53318 | 53328 | Noted 08/12/86 - on 18:17 Stalybridge - Stockport6 | |||||||
| spare | 53318 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | |||||||
| 53318 | 53334 | Noted 10/10/19874 | |||||||
| TS202 | 53318 | 53334 | Noted circa 05/19884 | ||||||
| T203 | 53318 | 53334 | Formed at TS circa May-88 | ||||||
| T216 | 53318 | 54054 | Noted 10/07/88 - on 12.50 Birmingham New Street to Norwich service |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
8th January 1961
A three-car and two-car Met-Camm formation (M50318 leads) working the 12.35pm Birmingham New Street - Rugby Midland service on Sunday 1 August 1961, seen a mile west of Marston Green. Michael Mensing.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
53318 + 59114 + 53328 at the front of The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.
14th July 1984
Set number: TS419
The 17.40 Paddington - Stratford-upon-Avon pauses at High Wycombe on 14 July 1984. Set TS419 is presumably formed 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Robert28194.
10th July 1988
Set number: 216
Leaving Ely Station with the 12.50 Birmingham New Street to Norwich are Class 101 M53318 and E54054 (set T216). Nicholas Youngman.
23rd November 1988
Set number: CH296
A Class 101 Met Camm DMU CH296 (M53318 + E53263) departs Chester with the 10:49 to Hooton and Helsby, 23-11-88. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.
13th May 1989
The Class 101's to the right are M53318 (DMBS) and M53337 nearest. Vic Berry's on May 13, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1967
Gloucester RC & W Co. Motor Parcels Van (later Class 128) No.M55994, with split headcodes, in BR green and yellow gangway door coupled to Metro-Cammell Local Passenger 2-car dmu (later Class 101) M50318 (101/2) and Nos.M50324 (101/1) in BR Green with 3 yellow stripes along coach sides entering Birmingham (Snow Hill) station, 04/67. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
TS419 (53328 + 59114 + 53318) leads 'The Ruddington Requiem' railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.
Date: 9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake (GCR) on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857 / 53055 + 59611 + 53116 / 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Mel Smith.
Date: 9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Lawfield on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857, 53055 + 59611 + 53116, 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Chris Lings.
Date: 3rd September 1986
With the former (Now Demolished) Jubilee Mill as a backdrop, and under a dramatic looking sky, a Class 101 with car M53328 at the rear (and presumably 53318 at the front), departs from Croston with an evening Ormskirk to Preston working on September 3rd 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 10th April 1989
Set number: CH290
Class 101 53337, carrying set number CH290, is running with 53318 when seen at Chester on 10 April 1989. Sparegang.