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Vehicle 50140 / 53140

Class 101

BR Diagram 618

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: 30249
Diagram: 618

Allocations

17/10/56 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
3w/e 16/10/71 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
27/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
06/07/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
18/01/87 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Notes

27th December 1987 - Seen in Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50140 - original number
53140 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 06/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50140 59043 59050 50141 As delivered to South Gosforth - 17th October 1956
50641 59043 59050 50140 Noted 28/06/1969 - Leeds, on 09.20 to Scarborough with 50751-59232-59212-505551
50140 59050 59043 50641 Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough2
N400 50140 59047 59077 51514 Noted circa 19713
50140 59047 59077 51514 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle2
50140 59113 59048 51514 Noted 31/08/72 - in Leeds City2
50140 59077 59047 51514 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster2
L242 50140 59047 59077 51514 Noted 26/08/74 - at York (set number on 50140)4
50140 59077 59047 51514 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds2
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 31/12/76 - at Leeds2
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds2
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 14/05/1977 - York5
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 04/09/1977 - Manchester Victoria5
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 13/11/1977 - Goole5
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 30/07/78 - on Lancaster - Morecambe shuttle
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 24/10/1979 - Doncaster5
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 09/02/1980 - at Leeds City5
50140 59087 59094 51514 Noted 15/05/1982 - at York5
51514 59087 59094 50140 Noted circa 10/19823
50140 59094 51514 Noted 02/05/1983 - at York 5
53140 59094 51514 Noted circa 01/19843
53140 59094 59104 51514 Noted 31/03/1984 - at Leeds City5
53140 59083 53263 Noted circa 02/19863

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Lancaster

30th July 1978

E50140 (+ E59087 + E59094 + E51514) sits beside M56251 (unseen are M50968 + M50955 + M56234) at Lancaster. The 101 is on the Lancaster - Morecambe shuttle, the 108 to Millom (Cumbrian coast), 30/7/78. Robert Frise.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: August 1977

A Met-Camm formation in the white / blue stripe livery in York station on August 1977. Closest is a 111 four-car. The slide had three numbers noted: E50288 which seems to be closest, 59094 and 50140 which are a 101 TBSL and DMCL, possibly the far set. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th July 1984

Class 101 Met Cam DMUs at Darlington, 53140 on left 54086 on right, 8-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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