Vehicle 50166 / 53166
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: 30254
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 23/01/57 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 3w/e 02/03/63 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| w/e 09/10/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| w/e 30/10/77 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 15/01/78 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| w/e 21/05/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 03/11/88 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50166 - original number
53166 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 08/11/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50166 | 50170 | As delivered to 56G - 23rd January 1957 | |||||||
| 50166 | 50158 | Noted 9th April 1958 | |||||||
| 50166 | 50170 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/03/63 | |||||||
| N151 | 50166 | 56051 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, set number on solebar of both vehicles1 | ||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted 11/1974 - at Darlington 2 | |||||||
| N151 | 50166 | 56051 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York, set number on both vehicles1 | ||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Transfer to NL - w/e 09/10/77 | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Transfer to BG - w/e 30/10/77 | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted circa 11/19773 | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted 25/03/78 - at Keighley | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted 03/03/82 - at Burley-in-Wharfedale | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted circa 11/19833 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted 24/04/19843 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted circa 01/19863 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted 10/02/86 - on 16:38 Doncaster - Sheffield4 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted 06/10/19863 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53641 | Noted circa 07/19873 | |||||||
| 51203 | 53166 | Noted circa 11/19873 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53195 | Noted 27/07/88 - on 15:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service with 53747 + 532515 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53195 | Noted 29/07/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53182 | Noted 20/08/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53182 | Noted 20/08/88 - on 08:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53182 | Noted 02/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53229 + 532615 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53182 | Noted 03/09/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53182 | Noted 03/09/88 - on 15:30 Sunderland - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 53166 | 53169 | Noted 30/09/88 - on 07:00 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Graeme Phillips
Images:
4th April 1986
A two-car Class 101 DMU with DMBS 53166 closest seen at Castleford on 4 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in the half unused Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. The DMBS closest is E53166, the DTCL behind is E54051. Jonathan Hazan.
1st January 1987
With one of the front seats already claimed, Class 101 DMBS E53166 sits in Ilkley station on 1 January 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
1st January 1987
A two-car Class 101 formed DMBS E53166 and DTSL 54051 takes up a tiny part of the vast Ilkley station when seen on New Years Day 1987. The empty trackbeds on the right once carried trains to Bolton Abbey and Skipton. Jonathan Hazan.
1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in the half unused Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. The DMBS closest is E53166, the DTCL behind is E54051. Jonathan Hazan.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd March 1982
E56051 + E50166 with the 16:25 Leeds - Ilkley service departing Burley-in-Wharfedale on the now electrified Ilkley branch, March 3rd, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. Closest is DTSL 54051, the DMBS (furthest) is E53166. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. Closest is DTSL 54051, the DMBS (furthest) is E53166. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 1st January 1987
E54051 and E53166 sit in Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 1st January 1987
E54051 and E53166 at Ilkley on a rainy New Years Day 1987. Jonathan Hazan.