Vehicle 50294 / 53294

Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Type: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150 hp / Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30270
Diagram: 523

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50294 - original number
53294 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Images:

Date: 22nd March 1980

E50294 + E56397 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at North Shore, Stockton, on March 22, 1980. Now only a plain up and down line, the box and semaphores long gone. John Carter.

Date: 30th July 1986

In Carlisle station on 30/07/1986 is Class 143 143021 55662 55687 (on the left in platform 5) - this will have arrived from Newcastle, and awaiting the return working. On the right in platform 6 is Class 101 E53294 - this platform is usually used by trains to / from Leeds via Settle. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 15th July 1992

Set number: T057

53294, which had most recently formed part of set T057, sits in the withdrawn siding at Tyseley Depot on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.