Vehicle 50313 / 53313
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: 30275
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| Mar-58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 2w/e 08/10/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| circa Jun-84 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 06/04/86 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 11/05/86 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50313 - original number
53313 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | As delivered to 5B - March 1958 | ||||||
| TY409 | 50313 | 59123 | 50331 | Noted 18/05/1968 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) South Midlands Railtour | |||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 17/04/69 - at Selly Oak1 | ||||||
| TY410 | 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50332 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59122 | 50329 | Noted 25/02/73 - at Tyseley1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 05/07/74 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 13/03/1976 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| TY410 | 50313 | 59124 | 50331 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 01/19815 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 08/1981 - operating Watford to St Albans branch line5 | |||||
| TS410 | 50313 | 59125 | 50331 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| TS409 | 50313 | 59126 | 50237 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| TS409 | 50313 | 59126 | 50237 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS409 | 50313 | 59126 | 50237 | Noted circa 04/19835 | |||||
| TS409 | 53313 | 59126 | 53237 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS409 | 53313 | 59126 | 53237 | Noted circa 09/19835 | |||||
| 53313 | 59130 | 53330 | Noted 11/11/1983 - on Staffordshire Railtours Cannock Chaser with 53325-59528-53306 | ||||||
| TS400 | 53313 | 59118 | 53330 | Noted circa 02/19845 | |||||
| TS402 | 53313 | 59116 | 53333 | Noted circa 05/19845 | |||||
| 53313 | 59116 | 53333 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 11:40 Crewe - Phwelli service with 51903 + 544866 | ||||||
| 53313 | 59116 | 53333 | Noted circa 01/19865 | ||||||
| 53313 | 54353 | Formation change - CH - circa Mar-86 | |||||||
| 53313 | 54353 | Transfer to NC - 06/04/86 - from CH | |||||||
| 87 | 53313 | 54353 | Formed at NC 06/04/86 | ||||||
| 53313 | 54353 | Noted 08/04/86 - at Norwich4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
25th June 1961
M50313 leads a three and two-car Met-Camm formation working the 12.35pm Birmingham New Street - Rugby service seen approaching Beechwood Tunnel on 25 June 1961. Michael Mensing.
1963
Met-Camm DMBS M50313 seen in Birmingham New Street with a Lichfield service sometime in 1963. Stuart Mackay Collection.
12th May 1964
A three-car Met-Camm DMU (it appears to be M50313 at the front) near Beechwood on May 12, 1964. Michael Mensing.
8th June 1977
Set number: TY410
Class 101 DMU set TY410 (DMBS M50313 closest) passes through Sutton Coldfield with a southbound ECS on 8 June 1977. Michael Mensing.
1st October 1979
Set number: TS410
50313 at Worcester Shrub Hill on 01/10/79. Steve Jones.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd March 1968
An early rail-blue liveried class 101 (M50331) leading a three-car set (the other two being M59124 + M50313) at Redditch on a circuitous Birmingham University Transport Society railtour, 2/Mar/1968. Robert Chilton.
Date: 18th May 1968
Set number: TY410
Class 101 set TY410 with 50331, 59123 and 50313 on the RCTS (West Midland Branch) South Midlands railtour at Higham Ferrers goods yard, 18/May/1968. Robert Chilton.
Date: 12th November 1983
53330 with 59130 + 53313 and 53325 + 59528 + 53306 on the Staffordshire Railtours 'The Cannock Chaser' on 12/11/83, taken on platform 6 at Stafford looking towards Crewe. Andrew McConnell.