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Vehicle 50138 / 53138


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

17/10/56 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
06/02/78 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
w/e 07/10/78 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
May-87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr) - also noted as 26/04/88

Notes

6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50138 - original number
53138 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated circa 12/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50138 59042 59049 50139 As delivered to South Gosforth - 17th October 1956
50138 59042 59049 50139 Noted 11/09/65 - at Darlington1
50214 59071 50138 Noted 29/06/73 - at Newcastle1
50138 59077 50146 Transfer to ED - 06/02/78
182 51455 59042 50138 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
314 51240 59067 50138 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101314 51240 59067 50138 Noted circa 03/19812
101314 51240 59067 50138 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101312 51237 59542 53138 Noted 03/09/83 - on Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch
101321 51249 59048 53138 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101314 51240 59067 53138 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101314 51240 59067 53138 Listed at HA - Summer 1986
101308 51232 59071 53138 Noted 05/07/86
308 51232 59071 53138 Listed at HA - August 1986
53730 59067 53138 Noted circa 12/19862
53730 59067 53138 Noted 4th December 1986
101314 51240 59067 53138 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
51249 59067 53138 Noted 25/03/19872
51240 59067 53138 Noted circa 05/19872

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

26th August 1964

Two ex-works Met-Camm vehicles at Newcastle on 26 August 1964 probably en-route to South Gosforth. What is curious is that the DMCL kept the original lining while the DTCL has the revised lining. At some point there must have been a change over between the two. Could E50138 have been the last to be repainted with the original style, and the other the first with the revised style? Tony Lambert.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

14th July 1981

Set number: 101314

Three early-build Class 101 DMUs in Edinburgh Waverley on 14 July 1981. 101302 (presumably 50197) and 101314 (presumably 50138 + 59067 + 51240) flank 101360 (presumably 50160) which has plates over the positions of the top and lower centre marker lamps. Rob Edwards.

Class 101 DMU at Dufftown

3rd September 1983

Set number: 101312

101 312 (53138 + 59542 + 51237) seen in Dufftown with an un-named Grampian Railtours train in the days before it became a preserved line. 3rd September 1983. Norman Smart.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

August 1984

Set number: 314

A Class 101 (set 314, presumably 53138 closest) and a Class 107 in platforms 16 and 17 of Edinburgh Waverley in August 1984. Andrew Malloy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 3rd September 1983

Set number: 101312

101 312 (51237 + 59542 + 53138) seen at Keith Junction with an un-named Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch, 3rd September 1983. Mike Cooper Collection.

DMU

Date: 5th July 1986

Set number: 101308

101 308 (51232 + 59071 + 53138) awaits departure from North Berwick with the 11:04 Cowdenbeath service on the 5th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.