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Vehicle 50233 / 53233


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

03/09/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
2w/e 11/06/78 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
13/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)
23/11/86 To Parcels Sector at NL (Neville Hill)
18/01/87 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88 Sector Change to RPXN
19/07/89 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) RPXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50233 - original number
53233 - from Apr-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-86 - Converted for parcels use - to DMBP
circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50233 56085 As delivered to 54A - 3rd September 1957
50233 56069 Noted 03/04/711
50233 56069 Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough1
50233 56070 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50233 56069 Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3
N113 50233 56069 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 560694
50233 56069 Noted 19/04/1975 - 06:50 Newcastle to Darlington via Sunderland3
50233 56069 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central4
50233 56069 Noted 06/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel4
50233 56069 Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle 3
50233 56386 Transfer to DN - 2w/e 11/06/78
50233 56381 Noted 04/04/82 - at Grangetown
50233 56405 Noted 04/08/82
50233 50193 Noted circa 10/19825
50233 56370 Noted circa 02/19835
53233 54084 Noted 08/07/84 - on 18:15 Darlington to Saltburn
53233 54403 Noted 20/08/84 - at Stockton
53233 54084 Noted circa 03/19855
53233 54392 Noted circa 02/19865
53233 54079 Noted 19th August 1986
53255 53233 Noted circa 12/1986 - Parcels set5
53233 53255 Noted 24/02/1987 - at King's Cross - parcels set6
53233 53255 Noted 30/03/87 - at Stratford
53233 53255 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - parcels set6
53233 53255 Noted 15/05/87 - at Norwich4
53233 53255 Noted 05/06/1987 - at Shenfield - parcels set6
53233 53255 Noted 04/01/897

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 South Bank

4th August 1982

50233 and 56405 are seen at South Bank on 4/8/82. Jerry Glover.

Class 101 DMU at York

14th September 1986

A Class 101 and 110 formation at York on 14-09-1986 working a Leeds service, with 53233 closest. Wilson Adams.

Class 101 DMU at Stratford

30th March 1987

Class 101 Met-Cam E53233+E53255 at Stratford on the 30th March 1987. Both vehicles are displaying a "Red Star Parcels" sticker on their sides. Kevin Law.

Class 101 DMU at York

12th July 1987

Seen at York, 53233 has been withdrawn from passenger service and now working in Red Star Express Parcels service. With 53255, on 12-07-1987. Wilson Adams.

Class 101 DMU at Copmanthorpe

1988

Two Class 101 parcel sets (E53233 appears to be leading) pass Copmanthorpe, south of York in 1988. Paul Braybrook.

Class 101 DMU at York

28th January 1988

The driver of E53233 looks on as a group of fitters attempt to cure an ailment with the unit's engine at York on the night of 28th January 1988. This Metro-Cammell two-car set had been converted to a parcels unit, and a pile of mail sacks can be seen towards the rear of the saloon. Looks odd without the seats! Syd Young.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

circa mid-1989

Met-Camm parcels set 53233 + 53255 stabled at Cambridge circa mid-1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

7th August 1989

Class 101 parcels set 53233 and 53255 at Cambridge on 7/8/89. The Cravens vehicle is 977126. Mike Cooper.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th April 1982

E56381 + E50233 are seen at Grangetown from another DMU on April 4, 1982, when passenger services were diverted over the goods lines. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1982

Four-car set E50263 + 59063 + 59084 + 51211 at Castleton on May 3rd, 1982, taken from (Taken from 50233. Much has changed here, not only the long gone class 101 DMUs but also the track 50263 is on, that platform and signal box, in fact there is little sign they were ever there. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 8th July 1984

Class 101 DMUs at Darlington, 54086 + 53164 on left, 54084 + 53233 with 18-15 to Saltburn on right, 8-7-84. The set on the left, with 'Special' on the destination blind, has red items hanging from the passenger doors, excursion boards? On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 20th August 1984

54403 and 53233 arrive at Stockton on the 20th August 1984. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1986

Seen at Saltaire with 2E62 the 1739 Skipton to Leeds Class 101 numbers 54079 and 53233 on 16th August 1986. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 13th August 1988

Class 101 parcels unit 53255 + 53233 at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1989

E53255 + E53233 with a van on tow on 4E26, the 17:57 Piccadilly to Leeds mail. New Mills South Jct, 13-5-89. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1989

The 'Stourton Saloon' 975637 + 975664 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. On the left is Cravens 977126 facing Met-Camm 53233. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1989

Class 105 Route Learning Saloon 977126 at Cambridge on the 7th August 1989. To the left is 53233 and on the right 977124. Mike Cooper.