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Vehicle 50203 / 53203 / 977897


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: 30259
Diagram: 523

Allocations

15/05/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 29/10/60 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 01/07/61 On loan to 31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 04/11/61 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 02/03/63 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
28/02/65 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 6A (Chester) - ER - LMR trade for 111s.
3w/e 01/08/70 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)
Oct-72 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
2w/e 12/10/80 Transferred to PI (Pwllheli) - temporary TMD
circa 1984 Transferred to CH (Chester)
11/05/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
14/05/89 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PNLX
p/e 10/11/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
07/09/91 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
19/01/92 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
21/10/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
04/06/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
23/06/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
27/09/93 To departmental stock LO (Longsight)
Jun-99 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50203 - original number
53203 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
977897 - from 27/09/93 (departmental stock)

Department Use as DB977897

Sandite / Route Learner From 27/09/93 to 6/99. Carried set number 992 / 960992

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 08/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50203 56055 Noted 8th May 1957 - On test between Castle Bromwich and Aldridge
50203 56055 As delivered to 51A - 15th May 1957
50203 56050 Transfer to 56G - 4w/e 29/10/60
50203 56055 Transfer to 31A - 3w/e 01/07/61 - on loan
50203 56055 Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 04/11/61
50203 56055 Transfer to 55F - 3w/e 02/03/63
50203 56055 Transfer to 55H - 28/02/65
50203 56054 Noted 05/06/65 - at York1
50203 56055 Transfer to 6A - w/e 30/04/66
50203 56358 Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1
50203 56055 Transfer to 1E - 3w/e 01/08/70
BY390 50203 56055 Noted circa Feb-71
50203 56055 Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1
50203 56055 Transfer to 6A - Oct-72
50203 56356 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester2
50203 56376 Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
50203 56080 Noted 30/03/1977 - CH Depot3
50203 56080 Noted 06/07/1977 - 2D62, 10.50 Manchester Victoria to Llandudno3
50203 56080 Noted 04/12/77 - in Cockshute depot.
50203 56080 Noted 26/12/1980 - Seen stabled at Pwllheli depot3
50203 56080 Noted circa 06/19813
50203 56080 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 08.40 Manchester Victoria to Chester with 51201-563473
53203 54080 Noted circa 01/19863
53203 54080 Transfer to NC - 11/05/86 - from CH
87 53203 54080 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
87 53203 54080 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4
87 53203 54080 Noted circa 08/19863
87 53203 54080 Listed at NC - Apr-87
87 53203 54080 Noted 07/04/87 - at Norwich4
87 53203 54080 Noted circa 06/19873
87 53203 54080 Noted 29/08/19873
87 53203 54080 Listed at NC - Dec-87
87 53203 54368 Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54368 replaced 54080 (to 84)
87 53203 54080 Formation change - NC - circa May-88 - 54080 added
NL554 53203 59694 52085 Listed at NL - 05/09/89
53203 59694 53644 Noted 23/07/905
LO344 53164 59387 53203 Noted circa 05/19913
LO344 53164 59387 53203 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO344 53164 59387 53203 Listed at LO - Aug-91
C388 53164 59387 53203 Listed at CF - Dec-91
P824 53203 59688 53291 Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P824 53203 53291 Listed at LA - 24/09/92
LO824 53203 53291 Listed at LO - November 1992
101824 53203 53291 Listed at LO - 10/12/92
53203 54256 Noted 02/02/93 - on 15:13 Manchester Oxford Road - Warrington and 15:59 Warrington - Manchester Oxford Road6
992 977897 977898 Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite
960992 977897 977898 Noted circa 06/19943

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Graeme Phillips
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

Unknown date

Set number: 87

Met-Camm set 87 in Cambridge station, date unknown. E53203 is closest, it was at Norwich from May 1986 to May 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Ilford Carriage Sidings

30th January 1988

Set number: 87

Class 101 set 87 (53203 + 54368) are seen in Ilford Carriage sidings on the 30th January 1988. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

15th May 1988

Set number: 87

Class 101 2-car DMU NC set 87 with DMBS 53203 closest to camera arriving Norwich 15-5-88. 53203 became a Sandite car (977897) then entered preservation at Loughborough. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Crossflatts

3rd July 1989

Set number: 87

A Class 101 at Crossflatts on 3/7/89. DMBS 53203 leads, recently transferred from Norwich to Neville Hill. Rex Holt.

Class 101 DMU at Harrogate

August 1989

Set number: 87

Although the nearest car of set 87 (DMBS 53203) was a 101, the other two vehicles appear to be from a Class 110 when seen at Harrogate in August 1989. Mike Cooper.

Class 101 DMU at Harrogate

August 1989

Set number: 87

Class 101 DMBS 53203 in the centre road at Harrogate in August 1989. Mike Cooper.

Class 101 DMU at Crossflatts

10th March 1990

Set number: 87

A Class 101 set at Crossflatts on 10/3/90. DMBS 53203 is closest, still carrying its Norwich set number. Rex Holt.

Class 101 DMU at Beverley

15th May 1990

Set number: 87

Class 101 DMBS 53203 as part of a hybrid set (with two DMBSs, the other being 51175) at Beverley on May 15th, 1990. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

17th May 1991

Set number: LO344

Class 101/108 Hybrid LO 344 arrives at Manchester Piccadilly on May 17, 1991. Formed of 53203 + 59387 + E53164, the former has Norwich set number 87 still showing on the window. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Swansea

31st December 1991

Set number: C388

53203 brings up the rear of C388 set at Swansea High St on 31/12/91. 53203 still - carrying set number 87 from East Anglia - later became 977897. 53164 (later ‘Daisy’) is at the front, the Class 108 centre car is presumably 59387. Mac Winfield.

Class 101 DMU at Eggesford

1992

Set number: 825

DMUs pass at Eggesford on the Barnstaple line 1992. Taken from a Class 108 / 101 hybrid set, with a Met-Camm set in the platform, 53203 closest, still carrying set number 87 from its Norwich days. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Oxford Road

2nd February 1993

Set number: LO243

Class 101 DMBS 53203 at Manchester Oxford Road on 2 February 1993 with set number LO243 and older 87. David Bellamy.

Class 101 DMU at Cheadle Hulme

19th November 1998

Set number: 960992

A very rare picture of a sandite 101 on a passenger turn, it may well have been a one off? 960992 977897 (53203) + 977898 (53193) + 101663 54347 + 51201 are on 2H19, the 17:09 Macclesfield to Manchester Piccadilly at Cheadle Hulme, 19-11-98. Kevin Dowd.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: September 1971

A Metro-Cammell set waits at the stripped down Bedford St Johns station in September 1971. The vehicles are presumably M56055 + M50203 - the only Class 101 vehicles allocated to Bletchley at the time. Kevin Lane.

DMU

Date: late 1980s

Set number: 87

A two-car Class 101 DMU crosses the River Waveney on the swing bridge at Somerleyton on the Norwich-Lowestoft line. The vehicle numbers appear to be 54080 + 53203 which dates it between May 1986 and May 1989 when they formed Norwich set 87. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th August 1988

Set number: 87

Norwich based 2 car Metro-Cammell set 87 (54080, 53203) is seen leaving Brundall, which has staggered platforms, with a Norwich - Great Yarmouth service, 8th August 1988. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 15th May 1990

51175 in Beverley station on 15 May 1990, as part of a hybrid set. The DMBS at the far end is 53203. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 25th March 1992

Set number: 122112

55012 working with L824 (53291 / 59688 / 53203) at Carbis Bay 25/3/92 on the 14.25 St Erth - St Ives service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Met-Camm Class 101s dominate at Longsight in the 'X' Shed sidings with only a class 150 and unusual Class 50 for company. Date unknown, circa late 1990s. Most are in Regional Railways livery, one is in NSE and one - sandite set 960992 (presumably 977897 visible) - in blue/grey. Spannerman37025.