Vehicle 50196 / 53196
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: 30256
Diagram: 620
Allocations
| 12/04/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 27/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 29/06/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 16/12/88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PWYX | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| p/e 02/12/89 | Sector Change to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ | |
| 12/12/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50196 - original number
53196 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Mar-79 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 19/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50196 | 59072 | 59085 | 50197 | As delivered to 51A - 12th April 1957 | |||||
| 50196 | 50213 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| 50294 | 50196 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 50196 | 59083 | 50188 | Noted 14/06/1975 - Seen at Glaisdale2 | ||||||
| 50188 | 59083 | 50196 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Darlington 3 | ||||||
| 50196 | 59569 | 50293 | Noted 16/01/19822 | ||||||
| 50223 | 59572 | 50196 | Noted 19/02/82 - at Middlesbrough | ||||||
| 53196 | 59075 | 53751 | Noted 14/09/1985 - C. J. Wolstenholmes Tyneside Venturer Railtour | ||||||
| 53196 | 59076 | 53171 | Noted circa 10/19852 | ||||||
| 53171 | 59076 | 53196 | Noted 22/10/85 - at Newcastle | ||||||
| 53219 | 53196 | Noted circa 02/19862 | |||||||
| 53252 | 53196 | Noted 26/04/1986 - C.J. Wolstenholmes The Chevy Chase Railtour 53162-59076-53195 + 51219-54056 + 53196-53252 | |||||||
| 78962 | 53196 | Noted 17/07/86 - at York4 | |||||||
| 51428 | 53196 | Noted circa 09/19862 | |||||||
| 51428 | 53196 | Noted 20/09/86 - on Ilkley - Bradford Forster Square service | |||||||
| 53295 | 53196 | Noted circa 11/19862 | |||||||
| 53295 | 53196 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds5 | |||||||
| 51197 | 53196 | Noted 16/07/88 - on 15:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
| 51197 | 53196 | Noted 16/07/88 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6 | |||||||
| 51197 | 53196 | Noted 16/07/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6 | |||||||
| 51197 | 53196 | Noted 16/07/88 - on 14:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service6 | |||||||
| 51197 | 53196 | Noted 27/07/88 - on 14:55 Hartlepool - Darlington service6 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53196 | Noted 29/10/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53196 | Noted 05/11/88 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service6 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53196 | Noted 12/11/88 - on 17:15 Newcastle - Berwick-upon-Tweed service6 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53196 | Noted 19/11/88 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53196 | Noted 26/11/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53196 | Noted 03/12/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6 | |||||||
| 53229 | 53196 | Noted 08/12/88 - on 14:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service6 | |||||||
| 51183 | 53196 | Noted circa 04/19892 | |||||||
| C994 | 51183 | 53196 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips
Images:
16th July 1976
E50196 leads the 10:11 Whitby - Middlesbrough into Glaisdale on 16 July 1976. Robert Thomas.
22nd October 1985
E53196 + E59076 + E53171 are seen in platform6 at Newcastle on 22/10/1985. Graeme Phillips Collection.
20th September 1986
Class 101 53196 + 51428 calls at Guiseley, West Yorkshire, on its way from Ilkley to Bradford Forster Square. Graeme Phillips Collection.
20th September 1986
Class 101s 53196 51428 are seen calling at Shipley with a service to Ilkley, Saturday 20/09/1986 Graeme Phillips Collection.
March 1987
E53196 at Neville Hill depot in March 1987. Rex Holt.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th February 1982
A Met-Camm Class 101 set formed of E50223 + E59572 + E50196 sits in the centre road at Middlesbrough on February 19, 1982. John Carter.
Date: 29th October 1988
Met-Camm 53229 + 53196 at Gateshead Metro Centre on 29-10-1988. John Carter.
Date: 29th April 1990
Set number: C375
C375 W53908 + W53855 and E53196 at Vic Berrys, Leicester on 29-4-90. Kevin Dowd.