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Vehicle 50325 / 53325


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: 30276
Diagram: 621

Allocations

Feb-58 New to 5D (Cockshute)
Mar-58 On loan to 9A (Longsight)
Apr-58 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
May-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
4w/e 24/12/83 Transferred to CH (Chester)
11/05/86 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
29/11/87 Transferred to CH (Chester)
14/05/89 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
21/09/89 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ

Notes

10/05/87 - Published as moving NH-CF, move then cancelled.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50325 - original number
53325 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50307 59118 50325 As delivered to 5D - February 1958
50307 59118 50325 Noted 31/07/1960 - Worked excursion from Birmingham to Ramsgate. Full formation 51182-56343-51177-56332-50307-59118-503251
50307 59118 50325 Noted 31/07/60 - on a Birmingham New Street - Ramsgate special with 51182 + 56343 / 51182 + 56332
50307 59118 50325 Noted 06/03/1966 - provided Birmingham New St to Bath Green Park connection for the last passenger train on the Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth Section (steam worked) with 50329 + 59122 + 50311
50307 59118 50325 Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street2
TY404 50307 59118 50325 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50307 59118 50325 Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2
50307 59118 50325 Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2
50307 59118 50325 Noted 26/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2
50307 59118 50325 Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot2
50307 59118 50325 Noted 07/06/1975 - at Solihull3
50307 59118 50325 Noted 22/11/1975 - RCTS Reunion Railtour 50325-59118-50307 + 50498-59165-50446
50307 59118 50325 Noted 12/06/76 - on Tyseley depot4
TS404 50307 59118 50325 Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot4
50307 59118 50325 Noted 17/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4
50311 59129 50325 Noted 28/10/78 - on RCTS Torksey railtour with TYS407 50309 + 59121 + 50336
TS403 50786 56296 50325 Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - 50325 was running int TS406 in place of fire-damaged 50326
TS406 50312 59127 50325 Noted 15/01/81 - at Norwich4
TS401 50306 59528 50325 Noted circa 10/19811
TS401 50306 59528 50325 Noted 13/10/81 - at Hereford
TS401 50306 59528 50325 Noted circa 06/19821
TS401 50306 59528 50325 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS401 50306 59528 50325 Noted circa 01/19831
TS401 53306 59528 53325 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS401 53306 59528 53325 Noted 30/08/1983 - BR organised tour of West Midlands EP512 + TS401.
53306 59528 53325 Noted 11/11/1983 - Staffordshire Railtours Cannock Chaser 53330-59130-53313 + 53325-59528-53306
TS401 53306 59538 53325 Noted circa 12/19831
53306 53325 Noted 31/03/1984 - on Conwy Valley line1
53306 53325 Noted circa 09/19841
53306 53325 Noted 02/11/85 - on 12:17 Chester - Rock Ferry service5
53306 53325 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
53306 53325 Listed at NH - 10/05/87
53306 53325 Noted 13th September 1987
53306 53325 Noted 10/10/19871
CH292 53306 53325 Noted Apr-88
CH292 53306 53325 Listed at CH - May 1988
CH292 53306 53325 Noted circa May-88
CH292 53306 53325 Noted circa Jul-88
C992 53303 53325 Listed at CF - 15/05/89

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Wylde Green

7th April 1965

The 4.22pm Birmingham New Street - Lichfield City service is seen just after departing Wylde Green station on 7 April 1965. It is formed of a three-car Met-Camm DMU led by DMCL M50325. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Bordesley

March 1975

Set number: TY404

Met-Camm set TY404 (M50325 presumably closest) at Bordesley in March 1975. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Hereford

13th October 1981

Set number: TS401

47243 arrives at Hereford with a train of steel coil, whilst Tyseley set 401 waits in platform 3 to depart with a service to Birmingham New Street. 13th October 1981. Paul James.

Class 101 DMU at Hereford

13th October 1981

Set number: TS401

Met-Cam class 101, M50325 at Hereford, 13th October 1981. Note orange stripe. Paul James.

Class 101 DMU at Hereford

13th October 1981

Set number: TS401

Met-Cam class 101, M50325 (blue)+M59528+M50306, arrive Hereford, 13th October 1981. Paul James.

Class 101 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

30th August 1983

Set number: TS401

The BR organised 'West Midlands Roundabout' tour on 30 August 1983 at Stratford-upon-Avon. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 53325 + 59528 + 53306 and 53684 + 59272 + 53707. Walter Burt.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

2nd November 1985

53325-53306 Chester 02.11.1985 1217 Chester-Rock Ferry Martin Baumann.

Class 101 DMU at Oxford

16th May 1988

Class 101 DMCL sits in Oxford station as a Class 58 passes through on one of the centre roads, 16 May 1988. Paul James.

Class 101 DMU at Cardiff Central

30th May 1989

Set number: 992

Carrying an improvised set number, Cardiff Class 101 set 992 (53325 and 53303) is seen in Cardiff Central on 30 May 1989 while working the 17:27 (SX) from Aberdare. Robert Thomas.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th November 1983

53330 with 59130 + 53313 and 53325 + 59528 + 53306 on the Staffordshire Railtours 'The Cannock Chaser' on 12/11/83, taken on platform 6 at Stafford looking towards Crewe. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 11th July 1987

A Metro-Cammell Two-Car Class 101 DMU formed of cars M53306 & M53325 was heading along the Up Slow and about to take the East Lancashire route at Farington Curve Junction, whilst working a Preston to Colne service on July 11th 1987. 101's were never common at Newton Heath, this particular set was transferred from Chester in 1986 and was transferred back to Chester in late 1987. The set was withdrawn in October 1989 and scrapped by Berry's of Leicester. Martyn Hilbert.