Vehicle 50325 / 53325
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: 30276
Diagram: 621
Allocations
| Feb-58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Mar-58 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| 4w/e 24/12/83 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 29/11/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| 21/09/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ |
Notes
10/05/87 - Published as moving NH-CF, move then cancelled.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50325 - original number
53325 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | As delivered to 5D - February 1958 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 31/07/1960 - Worked excursion from Birmingham to Ramsgate. Full formation 51182-56343-51177-56332-50307-59118-503251 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 31/07/60 - on a Birmingham New Street - Ramsgate special with 51182 + 56343 / 51182 + 56332 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 06/03/1966 - provided Birmingham New St to Bath Green Park connection for the last passenger train on the Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth Section (steam worked) with 50329 + 59122 + 50311 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY404 | 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 26/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 07/06/1975 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 22/11/1975 - RCTS Reunion Railtour 50325-59118-50307 + 50498-59165-50446 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 12/06/76 - on Tyseley depot4 | ||||||
| TS404 | 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 17/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
| 50311 | 59129 | 50325 | Noted 28/10/78 - on RCTS Torksey railtour with TYS407 50309 + 59121 + 50336 | ||||||
| TS403 | 50786 | 56296 | 50325 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - 50325 was running int TS406 in place of fire-damaged 50326 | |||||
| TS406 | 50312 | 59127 | 50325 | Noted 15/01/81 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| TS401 | 50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted circa 10/19811 | |||||
| TS401 | 50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted 13/10/81 - at Hereford | |||||
| TS401 | 50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted circa 06/19821 | |||||
| TS401 | 50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS401 | 50306 | 59528 | 50325 | Noted circa 01/19831 | |||||
| TS401 | 53306 | 59528 | 53325 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS401 | 53306 | 59528 | 53325 | Noted 30/08/1983 - BR organised tour of West Midlands EP512 + TS401. | |||||
| 53306 | 59528 | 53325 | Noted 11/11/1983 - Staffordshire Railtours Cannock Chaser 53330-59130-53313 + 53325-59528-53306 | ||||||
| TS401 | 53306 | 59538 | 53325 | Noted circa 12/19831 | |||||
| 53306 | 53325 | Noted 31/03/1984 - on Conwy Valley line1 | |||||||
| 53306 | 53325 | Noted circa 09/19841 | |||||||
| 53306 | 53325 | Noted 02/11/85 - on 12:17 Chester - Rock Ferry service5 | |||||||
| 53306 | 53325 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 53306 | 53325 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | |||||||
| 53306 | 53325 | Noted 13th September 1987 | |||||||
| 53306 | 53325 | Noted 10/10/19871 | |||||||
| CH292 | 53306 | 53325 | Noted Apr-88 | ||||||
| CH292 | 53306 | 53325 | Listed at CH - May 1988 | ||||||
| CH292 | 53306 | 53325 | Noted circa May-88 | ||||||
| CH292 | 53306 | 53325 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
| C992 | 53303 | 53325 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Baumann
Images:
7th April 1965
The 4.22pm Birmingham New Street - Lichfield City service is seen just after departing Wylde Green station on 7 April 1965. It is formed of a three-car Met-Camm DMU led by DMCL M50325. Michael Mensing.
March 1975
Set number: TY404
Met-Camm set TY404 (M50325 presumably closest) at Bordesley in March 1975. Michael Mensing.
13th October 1981
Set number: TS401
47243 arrives at Hereford with a train of steel coil, whilst Tyseley set 401 waits in platform 3 to depart with a service to Birmingham New Street. 13th October 1981. Paul James.
13th October 1981
Set number: TS401
Met-Cam class 101, M50325 at Hereford, 13th October 1981. Note orange stripe. Paul James.
13th October 1981
Set number: TS401
Met-Cam class 101, M50325 (blue)+M59528+M50306, arrive Hereford, 13th October 1981. Paul James.
30th August 1983
Set number: TS401
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour on 30 August 1983 at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Walter Burt.
30th August 1983
Set number: TS401
The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour at Stratford-upon-Avon on 30 August 1983. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd November 1985
53325-53306 Chester 02.11.1985 1217 Chester-Rock Ferry Martin Baumann.
30th May 1989
Set number: 992
Carrying an improvised set number, Cardiff Class 101 set 992 (53325 and 53303) is seen in Cardiff Central on 30 May 1989 while working the 17:27 (SX) from Aberdare. Robert Thomas.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th October 1978
Set number: TS403
The RCTS Torksey railtour seen at Torksey on the 28th October 1978. The tour ran from Derby and was comprised of 50311 + 59129 + 50325 (set T5403) and 50336 + 59121 + 50309 (TS407). Roger Geach Collection.
Date: 12th November 1983
53330 with 59130 + 53313 and 53325 + 59528 + 53306 on the Staffordshire Railtours 'The Cannock Chaser' on 12/11/83, taken on platform 6 at Stafford looking towards Crewe. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 11th July 1987
A Metro-Cammell Two-Car Class 101 DMU formed of cars M53306 & M53325 was heading along the Up Slow and about to take the East Lancashire route at Farington Curve Junction, whilst working a Preston to Colne service on July 11th 1987. 101's were never common at Newton Heath, this particular set was transferred from Chester in 1986 and was transferred back to Chester in late 1987. The set was withdrawn in October 1989 and scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. Martyn Hilbert.