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Vehicle 50305 / 53305


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: 30275
Diagram: 523

Allocations

Feb-58 New to 5D (Cockshute)
Apr-58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
Jun-58 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
May-73Depot code changeTS
24/03/85 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
21/09/89 Withdrawn from NC (Norwich)
p/e 04/11/89 Reinstated NC (Norwich) PNCX
14/07/91 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) PHAX
16/01/92 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
28/09/92 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHA
19/04/94 Transferred to HT (Heaton) RBBR
4w/e 24/06/95 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50305 - original number
53305 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-85 - Radio Electronic Token Block fitted
Nov-85 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 14/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50305 59116 50323 As delivered to 5D - February 1958
50305 59116 50323 Noted 2nd February 1958
50305 59116 50323 Noted 12th March 1958
TY402 50305 59116 50323 Noted circa Jun-69
TY402 50305 59116 50323 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50305 59116 50323 Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1
50305 59116 50323 Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street2
50305 59119 50329 Noted 27/08/77 - on 2E84 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50670 + 59283 + 50720
TS408 50305 59119 50329 Noted 10/09/77 - at Aberystwyth2
50305 59119 50338 Noted 23/07/79 - at Norwich2
TS408 50305 59119 50338 Noted circa 08/1979 - Barmouth3
TS408 50305 59119 50338 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS408 50305 59119 50338 Noted circa 01/19813
TS408 50305 59119 50321 Noted circa 10/19813
50305 59119 50321 Noted 26/01/82 - at Norwich2
TS408 50305 59120 50321 Noted 05/06/82 - at Norwich2
TS408 50305 59535 50321 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS408 53305 59536 53321 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS408 53305 59536 53321 Noted circa 03/19843
100 53305 59536 53321 Noted 25/04/85 - at Norwich2
100 53305 59536 53150 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
100 53305 59536 53182 Noted circa 11/19853
100 53305 59536 53150 Listed at NC - Dec-85
100 53305 59536 53330 Noted 12/04/19863
100 53305 59536 53180 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
100 53305 59536 53180 Noted 27/08/19863
100 53305 59536 53180 Listed at NC - Apr-87
103 53305 59536 53321 Noted circa Jan-88
103 53305 59536 53321 Noted 26/03/19883
103 53305 59536 53321 Noted 19/07/88 - on 09:36 Ely to Norwich with a Cravens parcels set attached
103 53305 59536 53180 Noted 08/06/89 - at Felixstowe
103 53305 59536 53180 Listed at NC - Feb-90
103 53305 59536 53180 Listed at NC - 21/01/91
53305 59688 53180 Listed at HA - Jul-91
53305 59688 53180 Listed at HA - Aug-91
53305 59688 53180 Noted circa 10/19913
HA103 53305 59688 53180 Listed at HA - Dec-91
P829 51246 59118 53305 Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P829 51246 59387 53305 Listed at LA - 24/09/92
P829 51246 53305 Listed at HA - November 1992
101829 51246 53305 Listed at HA - 10/12/92
101829 51246 59536 53305 Listed at HA - November 1993

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Priestfield

1972

Set number: TY402

Class 101 DMU set TY402, led by DMBS M50305, is seen departing from Priestfield station in early 1972. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

circa 1979

Set number: TS408

A refurbished Met-Camm DMU shunts at Stratford-upon-Avon circa 1979. It appears to be set TS408 with 50305 closest. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Hatton

27th January 1979

Set number: TS408

At Hatton on January 27th 1979 is a six car formation with a three-car Class 101 (TS408, M50305 leads), a single Class 105 DMS, and a Class 105 DMS / Class 100 DMBS. They are working the 2.40pm Stratford-upon-Avon - Leamington Spa service. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Felixstowe

8th June 1989

Set number: 103

53305 + 59536 + 53180 at Felixstowe on 8/6/89. Sparegang.

Class 101 DMU at Plymouth

10th August 1992

Set number: 829

Class 101 53305, set number 829, is seen at Plymouth on 10.08.1992. Note the plate on the front where the headlight had been removed, and the RETB bracket from its Norwich days. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Kirkcaldy

1993

Set number: 829

The cab of 53305 is in need of a repaint when seen at Kirkcaldy in 1993. The rear DMBS is on the set appears to be receiving attention, and NSE liveried set 991 is attached behind. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1970

Set number: TY402

Met-Camm set TY402 - which at this time would probably be 50323 + 59116 + 50305 - working with a Derby suburban set in the Birmingham area, circa 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1971

Set number: 470

Appleford Halt on 11 September 1971. Although the track has been relaid with concrete sleepers, the Halt itself still retains its GWR features - wooden platforms, the pagoda-shaped corrugated iron waiting shelters, and (off to the right) a brown and cream "APPLEFORD HALT" nameboard. BRC&W unit 470 (presumably 50305 + 59472 + 51320) is entering with the 17.20 Oxford to Paddington train. No doubt I'd visited Pendon, a modest walk across the meadows from here. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: TY402

Met-Camm set TY402 in Tyseley station circa early 1970s. DMBS M50323 is closes, with Special displayed on the destination blind, the other vehicles are presumably 59116 and 50305. The line in the foreground leads down to Tyseley depot on the left. Graham Clark.

DMU

Date: 21st June 1986

Set number: 100

Norwich based Class 101 DMU set 100 (53180 + 59536 + 53305) in Sudbury station on 21 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1988

Set number: 103

Class 101 set 103 (53321 + 59536 + 53305) has a Cravens parcel set on the rear which includes 53361 when seen seen at Queen Adelaide on the 09:36 Ely to Norwich, July 19, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: January 1990

Set number: 103

Class 101 set 103 (53180 + 59536 + 53305) at Felixstowe in January 1990. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 27th February 1990

Set number: 103

The 18:20 to Lowestoft waiting to depart from Ipswich on 27 February 1990. It is formed of Norwich allocated Class 101 DMU set 103 with E53180 closest, the other vehicles are presumably 59536 + 53305. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1994

Set number: LO907

977811 + 977812 + 53305 + 51246 in York station on June 10, 1994. The cab windows of the Class 108 has what may read as "Regional Road Learning Saloon". Hamish Stevenson.