Vehicle 50143 / 53143
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: 30249
Diagram: 618
Allocations
| 23/10/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 29/05/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Jan-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) | - also noted as 29/09/87 from AY |
Notes
29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50143 - original number
53143 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50142 | 59044 | 59051 | 50143 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 23rd October 1956 | |||||
| 50251 | 59539 | 50143 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| N304 | 51439 | 59539 | 50143 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 501432 | |||||
| 222 | 50290 | 59544 | 50143 | Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||
| 50290 | 59544 | 50143 | Noted 03/09/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 50143 | 59302 | 51244 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Special train from Edinburgh to Rosyth for dockyard open day 51801-51518 + 51534-59564-51460 + 50143-59302-51244 | ||||||
| 233 | 51244 | 59302 | 50143 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 50143 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 50143 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 312 | 51237 | 59112 | 53143 | Listed at HA - August 1986 | |||||
| 51237 | 59112 | 53143 | Noted 26th September 1986 | ||||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 11/10/86 | |||||
| 101320 | 51248 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 08/11/19863 | |||||
| 101322 | 51250 | 59571 | 53143 | Noted 20/03/19873 | |||||
| 101313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 313 | 51239 | 59047 | 53143 | Noted 27/04/19873 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
22nd July 1979
A three-car Class 101 DMU arrived into Haymarket station from Edinburgh Waverley on 22 July 1979. Then closest car appears to be SC50143. Brian Daniels.
10th October 1981
Set number: 101313
101 313 (presumably 50143) at the west end of Dundee depot on October 10, 1981. Bruce Galloway.
6th August 1982
Set number: 101313
Sc50143 on the rear of set 101313 heading south out of North Queensferry station on August 6th, 1982. John Carter.
circa 1984
Set number: 313
Class 101 set 313 (probably 53143) and a Class 116 inside the sheds of Haymarket depot circa 1984. S Saunders.
11th October 1986
53143 + 59047 + 51239 (set 313) is working the 12:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service when seen near Curriehill on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
circa 1987
Class 101 DMSL Sc53143 at Dundee, circa early 1987. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th October 1976
Class 101s at Newcastle on October 6, 1976. The closest DMS in the four-car set is either E50143 or E50148. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: circa 1987
The toilet end of Class 111 TSL 59571 at Dundee, circa 1987. The DMSL on the right is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa 1987
E59571 in the bay platform at Dundee, circa 1987. The far power car is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.