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Vehicle 50248 / 53248


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: 30339
Diagram: 521

Allocations

10/09/57 New to South Gosforth
Oct-61 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
2w/e 12/01/63 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
2w/e 19/06/76 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
13/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
03/01/88 Transferred to LA (Laira)
22/02/91 Withdrawn from LA (Laira) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50248 - original number
53248 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/12/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50248 56220 As delivered to South Gosforth - 10th September 1957
50248 56220 Transfer to 51A - Oct-61
50248 56220 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
50248 56373 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle1
50248 56373 Noted 09/06/73 - at Thornaby2
50248 56082 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot2
50248 56082 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2
50248 56091 Noted 02/08/81 - on 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough service
50248 56392 Noted 16/01/19823
53248 54052 Noted 07/01/19843
53248 54391 Noted circa 03/19853
53248 54375 Noted circa 02/19863
53248 54381 Noted circa 12/19863
53248 54085 Noted 30/05/87 - on 12:42 Hartlepool - Darlington4
P873 53248 53637 Listed at LA - 08/08/88
P873 53248 53637 Listed at LA - 15/05/89

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at South Shields

9th September 1975

According to my notes, this is either E50248 or E56082 - I think it's the former as I can't see a First Class yellow stripe, which means that it is a Class 101/2 built by Metro-Cammell in 1957. It is waiting to form the 1410 South Shields to Newcastle on 9 September 1975, around six years before the line was closed for conversion as part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system. The line had been worked by third rail EMUs until 1963. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 101 DMU at Bog Hall Junction, Whitby

2nd August 1981

E50248 + E56091 with a three-car set on the 17:00 Whitby - Middlesbrough at Bog Hall Junction, Whitby, on August 2, 1981. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Exeter St Davids

23rd March 1989

A Class 101/108 hybrid DMU (53248 and presumably 53637) departs from Exeter St Davids on 29 March 1989. Exmouth is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Starcross

30th May 1989

Set number: 873

A Class 101/108 hybrid two-car DMU formed of cars 53248 & 53637 (873) was departing from Starcross with an Exeter St Davids to Paignton service on May 30th 1989. The set was one of several cobbled together first generation DMU's that had been sent to Plymouth Laira following the transfer of the 'Skipper' Class 142 fleet to the North. The set was withdrawn whilst at Laira in 1991 following the arrival of some Class 150/2 Sprinters. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Exmouth

25th September 1989

Set number: 873

53248 + 53637 at Exmouth on 25/9/89. Sparegang.

Class 101 DMU at Yeovil Pen Mill

17th August 1990

Set number: 873

Class 101/108 hybrid set, led by 53248 presumably with 53637, entering Yeovil Pen Mill on August 17, 1990. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

20th March 1991

Class 101 DMBS 53248 at Snailwell on 20th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

25th March 1991

Met-Camm vehicles 53248 (Class 101) and 59107 (Class 111) at Snailwell on 25th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

A Class 108/101 hybrid formed of 53637 + 53248 at Starcross on 23 April 1988. These should be Laira set P873. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1988

Set number: P873

An interesting formation at Par on July 1st, 1988, P873 is a 108 DMC (53637) / 101 DMBS (53248) hybrid, and the set has a Class 121 DTS attached (54284). John Carter.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1988

Set number: P284

54284 (P284) with 53248 + 53637 (P873) at Newquay on July 1st, 1988. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 29th March 1989

A Class 108/101 hyrbid DMU (53637 and presumably 53248) at Exeter St Davids on 29 March 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: July 1989

Set number: 873

Class 108/101 set (P)873 (53637 and presumably 53248) at Bere Alston in July 1989. Note the vehicle number applied under the centre cab window. Alan Pace.