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) | |
| 20/06/60 | 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 | |
| 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| 02/08/87 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |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 liveryDisposal
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:
9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
TS419 (53328 + 59114 + 53318) leads 'The Ruddington Requiem' railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
Class 101 M53328 Ruddington Requiem Railtour Derby 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
Class 101 M53328 Ruddington Requiem Railtour, Ruddington, 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.
9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
Class 101 Ruddington Requiem Railtour Rudddington 9 June 1984. Alistair Ness.
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:
Date: 1969
A Met-Camm DMU formed of M50310 + M59121 + M50328 departs from Stratford-upon-Avon sometime in 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
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.
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: 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.