Vehicle 50331 / 53331 / 977896
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
| Mar-58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 4w/e 05/11/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| circa Jun-84 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/03/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
| 14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
| 23/02/93 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | |
| 27/08/93 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) RCLO | |
| 20/09/93 | To departmental stock | LO (Longsight) | |
| Jun-99 | Withdrawn |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50331 - original number
53331 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977896 - from 20/09/93 (departmental stock)
Department Use as DB977896
Sandite / Route Learner From 9/93 to 6/99. Carried set number 991 / 960991
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 02/04/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Immingham Railfreight Terminal
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | As delivered to 5B - March 1958 | ||||||
| TY409 | 50313 | 59123 | 50331 | Noted 18/05/1968 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) South Midlands Railtour | |||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 17/04/69 - at Selly Oak1 | ||||||
| TY410 | 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 05/07/74 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 13/03/1976 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| TY410 | 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 08/1981 - operating Watford to St Albans branch line5 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS410 | 50308 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted 26/06/82 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| TS410 | 50308 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 09/19825 | |||||
| TS410 | 50308 | 59125 | 50331 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS410 | 55005 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 01/19835 | |||||
| TS410 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Noted 28/04/84 | ||||||
| 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Transfer to CH - circa Jun-84 | ||||||
| 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Transfer to NH - 30/03/86 - from CH | ||||||
| 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Transfer to RG - 18/10/87 - from CH | ||||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Formed at RG circa 10/87 | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at RG - circa Nov-87 | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Noted circa 02/19885 | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Noted 31/03/19885 | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L838 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX | |||||
| 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Noted 09/11/92 - on 10:33 Reading - Gatwick6 | ||||||
| L991 | 53308 | 59125 | 53331 | Noted 22/05/93 - at South Gyle | |||||
| 991 | 977895 | 977896 | Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite | ||||||
| 960991 | 977895 | 977896 | Noted circa 06/19945 | ||||||
| 960991 | 977895 | 977896 | Noted 27/10/96 - at Carlisle |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
Images:
2nd March 1968
An early rail-blue liveried class 101 (M50331) leading a three-car set (the other two being M59124 + M50313) at Redditch on a circuitous Birmingham University Transport Society railtour, 2/Mar/1968. Robert Chilton.
18th May 1968
Set number: TY410
Class 101 set TY410 with 50331, 59123 and 50313 on the RCTS (West Midland Branch) South Midlands railtour at Higham Ferrers goods yard, 18/May/1968. Robert Chilton.
10th June 1972
Set number: TY410
The 10.20 from Birmingham New Street to Aberystwyth arrives at Welshpool station on June 10 1972, formed of Tyseley diesel units TY410 (front, presumably 50331 leading) and TY403. I'm not sure why a member of the party is scrutinising the ballast behind the equipment cabinet, but if he did it now he would probably trigger a full-scale security alert... Tom Burnham.
17th April 1983
Set number: TS410
Class 101 DMU 50331 + 59125 + 50308 and 25-089 and a Class 120 on Chester depot, 17-4-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
17th February 1988
Set number: L838
Class 101 railcar set No. L838 (Nos. 53331, 59125 and 53308) departs Blackfriars on 17 February 1988 working a route learning duty to Purley via London Bridge in connection with new Thameslink services. Brian Creasey.
25th May 1990
Set number: L838
The shadows were lengthening as class 101 L838, presumably 53331 + 59125 + 53308, approached Wokingham station on the late afternoon of 25 May 1990 with a service from Gatwick to Reading. Peter Tandy.
27th October 1991
Set number: 960991
Sandite vehicles 977896 + 977895 at Carlisle after arrival from Edge Hill Depot, Liverpool, prior to working back south, 27/10/96. Spannerman37025.
1993
Set number: 991
NSE liveried 991 follows Blue-Grey set 829 out of Inverkeithing towards Edinburgh in 1993. Andrew McConnell.
12th July 1993
Set number: 991
53331 is seen at the rear of a six-car rake of 101's stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station on 12/7/93. The train comprises sets 991 (53331/59125/53308) and 829 (51246/59118/53305) and will later form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Notice that 53331 still bears its yellow stripe over the first class saloon from its NSE days, even though ScotRail would have declassifed the saloon. Leonard Rogers.
27th July 1993
Set number: 991
The 17.05 Fife "Outer Circle" train (Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy) leaves Waverley station on 27/7/93. It is formed of set 991 (53331/59125/53308), transferred to Haymarket five months previously from Reading, where it had been set L838 with Network South East. Its stay at Haymarket would not last much longer - it was transferred to Longsight the following month and put into departmental use there another month after that. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53315/59115/53330 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.
27th October 1996
Set number: 960991
Sandite vehicles 977896 + 977895 at Carlisle after arrival from Edge Hill Depot, Liverpool, prior to working back south, 27/10/96. Spannerman37025.
9th May 2000
Set number: 960991
Berthed at Longsight Depot departmental class 101 960991 (977896 and 977895) on 9th May 2000. Ian Buck.
26th February 2001
Set number: 960991
Withdrawn Class 101 sandite / route learning vehicles, possibly at Longsight, on 26/2/01. On the left is 977896 which was part of set 960991 and on the right one half of set 960994. Steve Hodgson.
26th February 2001
Set number: 960991
Withdrawn Class 101 sandite / route learning vehicles, possibly at Longsight, on 26/2/01. The NSE set is 960991 (977896 and 977895) and on the right one half of set 960994. Steve Hodgson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd March 1968
A Met-Camm DMU formed of 50313 + 59124 + 50331 at Alveley Colliery on 2 March 1968 with a Birmingham University Transport Society railtour. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 7th May 1983
Set number: L576
Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th May 1986
With DMBS M53308 bringing up the rear of a 3-Car Class 101 DMU set (the other vehicles are presumably 59125 + 53331), the tidy-looking unit was stood on the Down Slow at Leyland station whilst forming a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service on May 16th 1986. The 101 was one of several sets transferred in haste to Newton Heath Depot in the interim period following the introduction of unreliable new Class 142's many of which had been stored pending modifications, and with the demise of the Class 104 and Class 120 fleet, operational sets of various classes still extant from across the BR network stood-in until sufficient quantities of the BREL Class 150/2 Sprinter fleet were delivered from BREL York in 1987/88. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 1988
Set number: L838
53308 is ex-works with NSE markings in this early 1988 view at Southall. The 2-car 101 (the DMS is presumably 53331) has a Class 121 DTC attached. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 10th September 1991
Set number: L838
Network Southeast Class 101 set No. L838 (53308 + 59125 + 53331) departs Redhill working an empty stock movement to the sidings between duties on the service to Tonbridge, 10 September 1991. Brian Creasey.
Date: 24th September 1991
Set number: L838
NSE-liveried Class 101 DMU set L838 (53308 + 59125 + 53331) in Reading station with a Redhill service on 24 September 1991. Keith Miller.
Date: 6th May 1992
Set number: L838
Class 101 Set L838 (presumably 53308 + 59125 + 53331) seen at Edenbridge working 2T13 to Tonbridge, 06/05/1992. Waddo Rail Archive.
Date: 22nd May 1993
Set number: L991
The former Reading allocated three-car 101 set L838, now branded L991 but still formed DMBS 53308, TCL 59125 and DMCL 53331 and still in NSE livery apparently in passenger service at South Gyle on 22/May/1993. It seems to have a Scottish destination blind and is attached to another set but I'm not sure what the working was. Later that year the set was transferred away from Haymarket, reduced to two cars and renumbered 960991 for sandite use. Robert Chilton.
Date: 12th July 1993
Set number: 874
53315 leads set 874 (53315/59115/53330) as it departs from Waverley station as the 16.34 to Glenrothes with Thornton on 12/7/93. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53308/59125/53331 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 12th July 1993
Set number: 829
On 12/7/93, set 829 (53305/59118/51246) is seen stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station. 53305 is nearest to the camera. Behind 829 and fairly much out of sight is set 991 (53308/59125/53331). Later they will form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 27th October 1996
Set number: 960991
Sandite vehicles 977895 + 977896 at Carlisle after arrival from Edge Hill Depot, Liverpool, prior to working back south, 27/10/96. Spannerman37025.