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Vehicle 50237 / 53237

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: 30263
Diagram: 619

Allocations

24/09/57	New to	South Gosforth
4w/e 31/07/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
w/e 11/05/74	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
w/e 18/10/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 06/05/79	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 16/09/79	Transferred to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
p/e 31/08/80	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
22/02/84	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
08/09/85	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
03/05/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
Oct-88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
14/12/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ

Notes

circa Oct-79 - 50237 + 59356 downgraded to 2nd class only

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50237 - original number
53237 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50236	59087	59093	50237	As delivered to South Gosforth - 24th September 1957
	50236	59087	59093	50237	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/07/60
	50150	59073	59069	50237	Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City¹
	50150	59069	59073	50237	Noted 03/09/1971 - at York²
	50150	59073	50237		Noted 10/10/1971 - at Leeds²
	50150	59073	50237		Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City¹
	50150	59073	50237		Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
	50150	59073	50237		Transfer to NR - w/e 11/05/74
80	50150	59073	50237		Noted 19/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50150	59073	50237		Noted 02/08/1974 - at Leicester⁴
80	50150	59073	50237		Noted 23/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
80	50150	59073	50237		Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	50150	59073	50237		Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough¹
	50150	59073	50237		Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough¹
	50237	59092	50751		Noted 12/02/76 - at Brough¹
	50258	59092	50237		Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster³
	50258	59200	50237		Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster¹
	50237	59092	50268		Noted 26/10/76 - at York¹
	50237	59097	50241		Noted Mar-77 - at Hull¹
	50256	59535	50237		Noted 29/03/78 - at Mexborough
	50222	59536	50237		Transfer to DY - w/e 16/09/79 - from GF
	50222	59536	50237		Noted 11/12/79 - on 18:30 Birmingham New Street - Stourbridge Junction⁵
TS403	50222	59536	50237		Noted circa 01/1981⁶
	50317	59131	50237		Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich³
TS409	50308	59126	50237		Noted circa 10/1981⁶
TS409	50313	59126	50237		Noted circa 06/1982⁶
TS409	50313	59126	50237		Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS409	50313	59126	50237		Noted circa 04/1983⁶
TS409	53313	59126	53237		Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS409	53313	59126	53237		Noted circa 09/1983⁶
TS409	53320	59126	53237		Noted circa 01/1984⁶
	53320	53237			Transfer to BG - 08/09/85 - from CH
	53603	59383	53237		Noted circa 05/1986⁶
	53237	59383	53320		Noted 20/05/86 - at York³
	53320	59383	53237		Noted 29/09/1986⁶
	53320	59383	53237		Noted 28/10/86 - at Appley Bridge
	53220	59383	53237		Noted 28th December 1986
	51217	53237			Noted 20/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁷
	51217	53237			Noted 20/06/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁷
	51217	53237			Noted 30/06/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁷
	53252	53237			Noted 02/07/88 - on 12:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁷
	53252	53237			Noted 16/07/88 - on 18:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁷
	53252	53237			Noted 16/07/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁷
	53252	53237			Noted 17/07/88 - on 08:45 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁷
	53252	53237			Noted 10/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁷
	53252	53237			Noted 16/09/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁷
	51799	59694	53237		Noted 04/01/89 - on 17:08 York - Doncaster via Selby⁷
566	51799	59694	53237		Listed at NL - Feb-89
	51799	59694	53237		Noted 06/02/89 - on 13:58 Leeds - Knaresborough⁷
NL464	51799	53237			Listed at NL - 05/09/89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Phil Shatford
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

23rd October 1971

A Class 101 and Class 114 working 1G06, a BLS excursion, seen at Welbeck Colliery on the 23rd of October 1971. DMS E50237 is closest. The KDH Archive.

23rd October 1971

The BLS Wellbeck railtour (1G06) at Lincoln on the 23rd of October 1971. DMS E50237 is closest. The KDH Archive.

23rd October 1971

A smart 11 year old with bad haircut seen at Lincoln on the 23rd of October 1971 before boarding the 1G06 BLS Wellbeck excursion around various branches and collieries. In view is E50237. The KDH Archive.

23rd October 1971

The BLS Wellbeck railtour at Lincoln on the 23 October 1971. It is formed of a four-car Class 101 (E50237 closest) and a two-car Class 114. Stuart Mackay Collection.

23rd October 1971

The BLS Wellbeck railtour at Wellbeck Colliery on the 23 October 1971. Closest as part of a four-car Class 101 is E50237. Stuart Mackay Collection.

8th May 1982

Set number: 403

Class 101 DMS (ex DMC) M50237 leads mixed liveried Tyseley set 403 (unknown TS & DMBS M50222) away from Didcot towards Oxford. Tyseley based unit on loan in London area? Saturday 8th May 1982 Iain Reid.

23rd August 1988

On 23rd August 1988, Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 units 53237 - 53252 form a morning Middlesbrough - Whitby Esk Valley service, approaching Glaisdale station and the single-line token exchange/crossing point with an awaiting service from Whitby to Middlesbrough. Gordon Edgar.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 23rd October 1971

A view from the BLS Wellbeck railtour on the 23 October 1971 on the curve between Boultham Junction and West Holmes Junction to the west of Lincoln, looking north east. The photographer is on board E50237, part of a four-car Class 101, and there is a Class 114 at the far end. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 28th October 1986

53320(nearest) + 59383 + 53237 are seen through the tree at Appley Bridge on the 28th October 1986. S Gaskell.

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