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Vehicle 50229 / 53229


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
3w/e 18/06/66 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
12/04/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/12/88 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
29/06/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50229 - original number
53229 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/11/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50229 56081 As delivered to 54A - 23rd July 1957
50229 56071 Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City1
50229 59090 59576 51510 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
50229 59576 59090 51510 Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3
50229 59090 59576 50197 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central4
50229 59090 59576 50197 Noted 06/09/75 - at Darlington1
50229 59090 59574 51510 Noted 28/03/1977 - at Carlisle3
50229 56397 Noted 16/01/19825
50229 56404 Noted circa 02/19835
53229 54059 Noted circa 03/19855
53229 54409 Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
82 53229 54409 Formed at NC Mar-86
82 53229 54409 Noted circa 04/19865
82 53229 54409 Noted 14/04/86 - at Norwich4
82 53229 54409 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
82 53229 54409 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich4
82 53229 54409 Noted 13/09/1986 - at Peterborough6
82 53229 54409 Noted 03/10/19865
82 53229 54409 Listed at NC - Apr-87
51439 53229 Noted 10/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set - 53229 presumably 'borrowed' between transfer from Norwich to Botanic Gardens.6
53229 53182 Noted circa 11/19875
53229 53240 Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
53229 53240 Noted 28/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
53229 53261 Noted 03/08/887
53229 53261 Noted 15/08/88 - on 19:20 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
53229 53261 Noted 18/08/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53263 + 512147
53229 53261 Noted 02/09/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 53166 + 531827
53229 53240 Noted 24/09/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
53229 53196 Noted 29/10/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7
53229 53196 Noted 05/11/88 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service7
53229 53196 Noted 12/11/88 - on 17:15 Newcastle - Berwick-upon-Tweed service7
53229 53196 Noted 19/11/88 - on 13:35 Carlisle - Newcastle service7
53229 53196 Noted 26/11/88 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7
53229 53196 Noted 03/12/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service7
53229 53196 Noted 08/12/88 - on 14:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service7

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Thornaby

Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU in Thornaby station with DMBS E50229 closest. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Felling, Gateshead

1987

DMBS E53229 is at the rear of this two-car unit passing northbound at Felling, Gateshead, en route to Newcastle in 1987. The electrification catenary visible are on the Tyneside Metro system, which runs adjacent through Gateshead. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Gateshead Metro Centre

29th October 1988

Met-Camm 53229 + 53196 at Gateshead Metro Centre on 29-10-1988. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

12th August 1989

E53229 at Snailwell on August 12th 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

7th April 1990

E53229 at Snailwell on April 7, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.