Vehicle 50230 / 53230
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: 30261
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 21/08/57 | New to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-71 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 19/10/86 | To Parcels Sector at | NL (Neville Hill) | - Reclassified DMBS to DMBP |
| 18/01/87 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| circa Dec-88 | Sector Change to | RPXN | |
| 17/05/89 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) RPXN |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50230 - original number
53230 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
19/10/86 - Converted for parcels use
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 22/06/1979 released in blue/grey livery - BR Overhaul records mention "New Livery", so this would have been one of the first Doncaster refurbishments to gain Blue/GreyDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50230 | 56082 | As delivered to 54A - 21st August 1957 | |||||||
| 50230 | 50172 | Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59523 | 50235 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich2 | |||||
| 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 20/05/73 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 15/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 26/01/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 22/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50258 | Noted 31/05/1975 - at Leicester on service to Birmingham3 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50235 | Noted 29/11/19753 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50235 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough5 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50258 | Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough (2 DMBSs)5 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50235 | Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster5 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Doncaster 3 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59231 | 50268 | Noted Mar-77 - at Hull5 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59531 | 50268 | Noted 25/06/77 - on 1126 Sheffield-Leeds | ||||||
| 53230 | 54389 | Noted 16/05/19846 | |||||||
| 53230 | 54389 | Noted 22/07/84 - at Hull Paragon | |||||||
| 53230 | 54389 | Noted 03/05/19866 | |||||||
| 53218 | 53230 | Noted circa 10/1986 - Parcels set6 | |||||||
| 53218 | 53230 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set7 | |||||||
| 53218 | 53230 | Noted 11/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set7 | |||||||
| 53218 | 53230 | Noted 16/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set7 | |||||||
| 53218 | 53230 | Noted 17/10/1987 - DPU which carried standing (no seats) passengers between Barking and Ripple Lane Depot for the open day. At least one run made coupled to L423 | |||||||
| 53218 | 53230 | Noted 27/04/88 - at Norwich, parcel set1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
Images:
summer 1975
Set number: 86
Norwich allocated three-car Class 101 DMU set 86 at Nuneaton TV circa summer 1975. E50230 leads with Norwich on the destination blind. Phillip Malin.
4th August 1975
Set number: 86
A three-car Class 101 DMU with E50230 closest carrying set number 86 heading home to Norwich at Syston on 4 August 1975. Phillip Malin.
2nd September 1975
Set number: 86
Norwich-allocated three-car Class 101 DMU set 86 at Narborough on 2 September 1975, E50230 leading. Phillip Malin.
14th March 1988
Parcels Met-Camm set 53230 / 53218 at Leeds on 14/3/88, the Cravens is 53369. Malcolm Clements.
14th March 1988
Parcels car 53230 at Leeds on 14/3/88. It's facing 53369. Malcolm Clements.
14th March 1988
The "Express Parcels" lettering carried on 53230, also note the Red Star sticker on the door. Taken at Leeds on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.
21st March 1988
E53230 + E53218 seen at Queen Adelaide with a Birmingham New Street to Norwich Parcels on 21/03/88. Nicholas Youngman.
7th August 1991
Withdrawn 53230 at Norwich on 7 August 1991. David Mant.
January 1992
53230/53218 at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard in January 1992. They moved to Snailwell later that day. Robert Frise Collection.
January 1992
Stored at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard are 53230 / 53218 in January 1992. They moved to Snailwell that evening. Robert Frise Collection.
January 1992
53230 in Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard in January 1992 with 53218 behind. They moved to Snailwell that night. Robert Frise Collection.
28th January 1992
E53230 at Snailwell on January 28, 1992. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Set number: 116395
With traces of old set number 167 showing through, set 116 395 (50853 59367 50894) is seen at Doncaster Works with GG Trans-Clyde branding. Class 101 car 50230 is on the left. Undated, possibly in 1981 when the set was transferred from Hamilton to Stratford. Jerry Glover.
Date: circa January 1987
Class 101 Met Cam and 120 Swindon 2-car DMUs in Express Parcels service, Chester depot Jan-Feb 1987. There were only four Met Cam parcels units, car in shot might just be 53218 which worked with 53230. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 21st April 1987
Twin DMBS parcels set E53218 & E53230 at Wakefield Westgate on 21/4/87. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 14th March 1988
Parcels vehicle 53218 sits in the rain at Leeds on 14/3/1988. It is working with 53230. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 14th March 1988
Class 105 and 101 parcels vehicles at Leeds on 14/3/88, with 53369 facing 53230. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 14th March 1988
A Class 105 and 101 parcels train at Leeds on 14/3/1988, formed of 53361, 53369, 53230 and 53218. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 14th March 1988
Parcels set 53218 + 53230 sits in the rain in Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 14th March 1988
Details of the Royal Mail / Express Parcels markings applied to 53218 + 53230 at Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 14th March 1988
Details of the Royal Mail / Express Parcels markings applied to 53230 (left) and 53218 (right) at Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.
Date: April 1988
An Express Parcels Class 101 DMU formed of 53218 + 53230 seen at York Holgate in April 1988. George Woods.
Date: 9th May 1988
A Class 101 parcels set formed of 53218 + 53230 at Leeds on May 9, 1988. John Carter.
Date: circa mid-1989
A withdrawn Met-Camm Express Parcels DMU in the yard at Cambridge. Date unknown, the vehicles E53218 + E53230 were withdrawn from the parcels sector in May 1989, and this appears to been taken soon after so probably 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 19th June 1991
Class 101 Met-Camm 2-car 'Express Parcels' set 53218+53230, condemned and derelict in Norwich Thorpe yard 19-6-91. 53218+53230 were both withdrawn from Hull Botanic Gardens as DMBSs on the 28/9/86, reclassified as a DMBPs and withdrawn from Cambridge on 17/5/89. They sat here until January 1992 when they were moved to Snailwell and immediately burnt. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: January 1992
The last surviving parcels pair 53218/53230 languished at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard until movement to Snailwell in January 1992. It moved the same night as it was photographed here and was burned immediately on arrival at Snailwell. Robert Frise Collection.