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Vehicle 50328 / 53328


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 5B (Crewe South)
Jun-58 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
May-73Depot code changeTS
Mar-85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
11/05/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
02/08/87 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50328 - original number
53328 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 06/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50310 59121 50328 As delivered to 5B - February 1958
TY407 50310 59121 50328 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50310 59121 50328 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Tyseley depot1
50310 59121 50328 Noted 07/11/71 - in Birmingham New Street2
50310 59121 50328 Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot2
50310 59121 50328 Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
50310 59121 50328 Noted 24/11/1973 - RCTS Bristol Avon No.2 Railtour 50327-59120-50309 + 50310-59121-50328
50310 59121 50328 Noted 28/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1
50310 59121 50328 Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1
50310 59121 50328 Noted 18/10/1975 - BLS Northwestern No1 Railtour 50335-59123-50312 + 50328-59121-50310
TS407 50310 59120 50328 Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon3
50310 59120 50328 Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot3
TS407 50309 59120 50328 Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth3
TY407 50309 59120 50328 Noted 10/12/77 - on 2V99 0700 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
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 53328 Listed at NH - 10/05/87

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at East Leake

9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

TS419 (53328 + 59114 + 53318) leads 'The Ruddington Requiem' railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.

Class 101 DMU at Derby

9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

Class 101 M53328 Ruddington Requiem Railtour Derby 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

Class 101 DMU at Ruddington

9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

Class 101 M53328 Ruddington Requiem Railtour, Ruddington, 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

Class 101 DMU at Ruddington

9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

Class 101 Ruddington Requiem Railtour Rudddington 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.

Class 101 DMU at Croston

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th June 1976

Set number: TS407

Class 101 DMU set TS407 (presumably 50310 + 59121 + 50328) seen at Small Heath with a Leamington Spa service on 11 June 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 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.