Vehicle 50750 / 53750

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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

12/11/57	New to	South Gosforth
Nov-57	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/10/59	On loan to	41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/11/59	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
by Jun-65	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
Jul-72	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 18/10/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 06/05/79	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 10/02/80	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
12/05/85	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
06/07/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
06/12/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50750 - original number
53750 - from Feb-85 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50750	59113	59306	50751					As delivered to South Gosforth - 12th November 1957
	50750	59113	50751						Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan ER
	50750	59113	50751						Noted 27/07/68 - in Leeds City1
	50235	59086	59097	50750					Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
	50235	59086	59097	50750					Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2
	50235	59097	50750						Transfer to 32A - Jul-72
	50235	59097	50750						Noted 12/08/72 - at Ely3
81	50172	59097	50750						Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich4
81	50172	59097	50750						Noted 17/02/73 - at Ipswich4
81	50172	59097	50750						Noted circa 1973 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	50235	59097	50750						Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge3
81	50235	59097	50750						Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford3
	50235	59097	50750						Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50268 + 59075 + 501851
	50235	59097	50750						Noted 16/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street 5
81	50235	59097	50750						Noted 27/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
81	50235	59097	50750						Noted 30/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
81	50235	59097	50750						Noted 01/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
81	50235	59075	50750						Listed at NR - 19/07/75
81	50235	59075	50750						Noted 01/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
	50222	59542	50750						Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
	50260	59097	50750						Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 51236/563961
	51213	59107	50750						Noted circa 03/19796
92	50240	59052	50750						Noted 22/05/80 - at Norwich3
92	50240	59057	50750						Noted circa Jul-80
94	50191	59097	50750						Noted 13/01/81 - at Ely
92	53179	59076	53750						Noted circa 01/19846
	53750	59078	53240						Noted circa 09/19866
	53632	59094	53750						Noted 29/09/19866
	53257	53750							Noted 24/10/19866
	53257	59384	53750						Noted 09/11/19866
	51436	53750							Noted 14/03/88 - at Leeds, 51436 carried CA set number 14 and 53750 carried NR set number 93
	51436	53750							Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	51436	53750							Noted 01/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
	51436	53750							Noted 03/08/88 - on 13:55 Lincoln-Sheffield

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Ipswich Transport Society
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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early/mid-1970s

Set number: 81

A Class 101 DMU formation is seen boarding platform 1 at Doncaster with a service to Cambridge in the early/mid-1970s. The leading vehicle is Class 101/1 DMC(L) no. E50750, which was allocated to Norwich Thorpe depot (coded 32A then NR) between August 1972 and October 1975, so this is the likely time period for this image. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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14th March 1988

Set number: 93

E53750 + E51436 form set 93 when seen in Leeds station on the 14th March 1988. Malcolm Clements.

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31st May 1989

Class 101 DMBS 53750 at Snailwell on May 31, 1989. E59078 is on the left. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: late 1987

Set number: 14

Wintry Habrough. A Met Camm twin set halts at Habrough on a Barton-upon-Humber to Cleethorpes working in the winter of late 1987. We see here E51436 which was reallocated from Cambridge to Neville Hill at the beginning of the year and is still displaying its Cambridge set number 14. It is paired with E53750 which was similarly wearing set number 93 from its days at Norwich, which ended a couple of years before this photo. Murray Liston.

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Date: 14th March 1988

Set number: 14

Departing a rainy Leeds for Sheffield, E51436 is at the rear of E53750 on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

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Date: 9th April 1988

Set number: 14

51436 + 53750 at Woodburn Junction on 9/4/88. Walter Burt.