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Vehicle 50218 / 53218


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

23/07/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
4w/e 27/03/71 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
May-73 Transferred to NO (Norwich)
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
3w/e 04/01/76 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 20/11/77 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
2w/e 21/08/78 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
19/11/86 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17/05/89 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) RPXN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:

50218 - original number
53218 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

08/05/76 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 06/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50218 56070 As delivered to 54A - 23rd July 1957
50218 59540 50260 Noted 30/08/71 - at Grosmont1
50218 59540 50260 Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough1
50218 59540 50260 Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2
50218 56076 Noted 10/09/72 - at Darlington1
87 50218 59540 50260 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford3
50218 59540 50260 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
50218 59540 50260 Noted 14/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street4
40 50218 56307 Formation change - circa Oct-73 - replacing 50167 + 561005
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50218 59526 50260 Noted circa 03/1974 - at Birmingham Nw Street4
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 02/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 29/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
88 50218 59097 50268 Noted 11/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
88 50218 59097 50268 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50218 59526 50260 Noted 08/09/75 - at Lincoln1
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 28/10/75 - at March3
50218 59526 50260 Transfer to BG - Dec-75
50218 59531 50260 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
50218 59531 50260 Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1
50218 59535 51443 Noted 08/04/1976 - on 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield with 51432 & 515024
50218 59527 50260 Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
50218 59231 50235 Noted 04/09/76 - at Doncaster1
50218 56407 Noted 11/07/81 - at Doncaster
50218 56407 Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch)The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952
53218 54407 Noted 20/01/86 - at Norwich3
53218 54407 Noted 19th August 1986
53218 54407 Noted 11/09/19866
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 set3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Ipswich Transport Society
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Birmingham New Street

3rd June 1974

Set number: 87

Norwich allocated Class 101 DMBS E50218 in Birmingham New Street station with a Peterborough service on 3 June 1974. Alistair Ness.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Victoria

15th November 1986

Class 101 DMBS 53218 with a DTCL at a rainy Manchester Victoria on 15/Nov/1986. Robert Chilton.

Class 101 DMU at Chester depot

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.

Class 101 DMU at Wakefield Westgate

21st April 1987

Twin DMBS parcels set E53218 & E53230 at Wakefield Westgate on 21/4/87. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

14th March 1988

Parcels vehicle 53218 sits in the rain at Leeds on 14/3/1988. It is working with 53230. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

14th March 1988

A close up of the Royal Mail markings on 53218, seen at Leeds on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

14th March 1988

Parcels set 53218 + 53230 sits in the rain in Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

14th March 1988

Details of the Royal Mail / Express Parcels markings applied to 53218 + 53230 at Leeds station on 14/3/1988. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

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.

Class 101 DMU at York Holgate

April 1988

An Express Parcels Class 101 DMU formed of 53218 + 53230 seen at York Holgate in April 1988. George Woods.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

9th May 1988

A Class 101 parcels set formed of 53218 + 53230 at Leeds on May 9, 1988. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

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.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich Thorpe

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.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich Thorpe

19th June 1991

Derelict and vandalised cab of former Class 101 Met-Camm DMBS 53218, Norwich Thorpe yard 19-6-91. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich Thorpe Yard

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1982

"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 14th March 1988

Parcels Met-Camm set 53230 / 53218 at Leeds on 14/3/88, the Cravens is 53369. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 21st March 1988

E53230 + E53218 seen at Queen Adelaide with a Birmingham New Street to Norwich Parcels on 21/03/88. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: January 1992

53230/53218 at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard in January 1992. They moved to Snailwell later that day. Robert Frise Collection.

DMU

Date: January 1992

Stored at Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard are 53230 / 53218 in January 1992. They moved to Snailwell that evening. Robert Frise Collection.

DMU

Date: January 1992

53230 in Norwich Thorpe Station goods yard in January 1992 with 53218 behind. They moved to Snailwell that night. Robert Frise Collection.