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Vehicle 50220 / 53220


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

31/07/57 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
w/e 12/03/78 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
30/11/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/11/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50220 - original number
53220 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50220 56072 As delivered to 54A - 31st July 1957
50220 56072 Noted 27th October 1957
50220 56072 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50220 56072 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50220 56072 Noted 29/06/73 - at Darlington1
DN74 50220 59068 50178 Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central, set numbers carried on solebars, 50178 had N3513
N163 50220 56086 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 560863
50220 56088 Noted 30/12/75 - at York1
50220 56409 Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51478 + E56365 / E51499 + E56089
50220 56390 Noted 16/01/19824
50220 56367 Noted circa 02/19834
53220 53751 Noted 14/09/84 - at Newcastle
53220 54406 Noted circa 03/19854
53220 54219 Noted circa 02/19864
53220 54366 Transfer to NC - 16/03/86
80 53220 54366 Formed at NC circa Mar-86
80 53220 54069 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
80 53220 54069 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich3
53220 59383 53237 Noted 28th December 1986
53220 59475 51323 Noted 20/01/88 - at Newcastle
51250 53220 Noted 15/07/88 - on 18:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
53220 53195 Noted 01/09/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Thornaby

circa March 1973

E50220 arriving at Thornaby. Phil Bidwell.

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

14th September 1984

E53220 + E53751 are seen in what was then platform 11 at Newcastle, 14/09/1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

12th August 1989

Class 101 DMBS E53220 in Snailwell on 12 August 1989. It had been withdrawn from Heaton in October 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th February 1981

A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 20th January 1988

Cars 51323 59475 53220 are seen about to enter Newcastle station - the first two are Class 118s, 53220 just visible at the rear was Class 101. Having recently transferred from South Wales, leading car 51323 carries the red chevron, which was usually accompanied by a red dragon, but the latter has evidently been painted out. 20/01/1988. Graeme Phillips Collection.