Vehicle 50748 / 53748
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: 30271
Diagram: 621
Allocations
| 05/11/57 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Nov-57 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 29/10/60 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 4w/e 03/06/61 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 26/03/66 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 24/08/69 | On loan to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 07/09/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 02/10/69 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| Dec-77 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| w/e 07/10/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| Jan-81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 27/11/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 07/03/83 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| circa Aug-84 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Nov-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50748 - original number
53748 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50748 | 59112 | 59305 | 50749 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 05/11/57 | |||||
| 50748 | 59112 | 59305 | 50749 | Transfer to 56G - 4w/e 29/10/60 | |||||
| 50748 | 59112 | 59305 | 50749 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 03/06/61 | |||||
| 50748 | 59112 | 59305 | 50749 | Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 26/03/66 | |||||
| 50748 | 59305 | 59112 | 50749 | Noted Jun-66 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 50748 | 59112 | 59305 | 50749 | Transfer to 66C - 07/09/69 | |||||
| 50748 | 59074 | 51527 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51457 | 59557 | 50748 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 50748 | 59112 | 51530 | Noted 27/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50748 | Noted 06/09/76 - at Dundee3 | ||||||
| 180 | 50254 | 56390 | 50748 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 50748 | 59077 | 50146 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | ||||||
| 379 | 51475 | 59544 | 50748 | Listed at HA - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 342 | 51474 | 59553 | 50748 | Noted 10/08/81 - in Edinburgh Waverley | |||||
| 101366 | 50748 | 59215 | 51806 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 52004 | 59557 | 53748 | Noted circa 11/19834 | ||||||
| 101335 | 51470 | 59565 | 53748 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 116393 | 53841 | 59331 | 53748 | Transfer to AY - Nov-84 - from ED | |||||
| 116393 | 53841 | 59331 | 53748 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| Spare | 53748 | Formation change - AY - 2w/e 15/05/86 | |||||||
| 53748 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4 | ||||||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53748 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1964
E50748 heads this 4-car set at Darlington Bank Top Station in 1964, in the north end dock where the Bishop Auckland / Crook trains, and prior to 1962 the Stainmore trains, departed from. Roy Lambeth.
1979
Set number: 227
SC50748 heads set 227 through Princes Street Gardens towards Edinburgh Waverley in 1979. The photographer noted this as a two-car set with extra power car on the rear. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th July 1981
Set number: 105375
On July 9th 1981, the 10.58 Dunblane - Edinburgh dmu arrives at Falkirk Grahamston. This is my only picture of a Cravens car in blue/grey livery. 51479 is marshalled in a 3 car set with two Metro-Cammell vehicles, the rear one is SC50748 but I have no record of the centre car. The Cravens car was withdrawn in November 1981 and has already lost its destination blind. It is showing set number 375 which has later been prefixed with 105. It spent all its 22 years in service in Scotland. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 10th August 1981
Set number: 342
Sc51474 + 59553 + 50748 Edinburgh Waverley, August 10, 1981. John Carter.