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Vehicle 50153 / 53153

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30252
Diagram: 523

Allocations

10/12/56 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 05/03/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
19/05/68 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
3w/e 30/06/68 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-71 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 07/11/76 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
27/05/84 Transferred to HT (Heaton) - Darlington closed
13/04/86 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Oct-87 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield)

Notes

mid-Sep-67 - at Inverurie in plain blue livery

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50153 - original number
53153 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

04/02/78 - AWS fitted
Feb-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 05/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50153 50159 As delivered to 56G - 10th December 1956
50153 50159 Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER
50153 59061 50159 Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 30/04/66
50153 56383 Noted 12/08/68 - at Cambridge1
50153 56054 Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge2
50153 56172 Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich2
50153 56383 Noted 04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3
50153 56054 Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City2
50153 56054 Noted 16/08/1971 - at York4
50153 56054 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds2
50153 56366 Noted Sep-76 - at Selby2
50153 59063 50570 Noted 19/07/81
50153 59063 51211 Noted 02/08/82 - at South Bank
50153 59063 51211 Noted 13/08/82
50153 56071 Noted circa 10/19825
53153 53149 Noted circa 03/19855
53153 54082 Noted circa 02/19865
101348 51236 59072 53153 Formation change - ED - 2w/e 15/05/86 - 59072 ex-101347
101348 51236 59072 53153 Noted May 1986
51236 59072 53153 Noted 3rd June 1986
101348 51236 59072 53153 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
348 51236 59072 53153 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101348 53153 59072 53179 Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 53179 replaces 51236 (to 101353)
53153 59524 51236 Noted 12/10/1986 - at Eastfield Depot5
101348 53153 59524 51529 Noted circa 12/19865
101348 53153 59524 51529 Noted 17/01/19875
53153 59524 51529 Noted 28th February 1987
101348 53153 59072 53179 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101348 53153 59524 51529 Noted 26/03/19875
101348 53153 59072 51528 Noted circa 04/19875
101348 53153 59524 51529 Noted 04/04/19875
101348 53153 59569 53179 Formation change - 2w/e 14/04/87 - 59569 (ex-101347) replaced 59072 (to 101347)
101348 53153 59569 53179 Noted circa 05/19875
101348 53153 59072 51528 Noted 04/05/19875
101348 53153 59065 53179 Formation change - circa Jul-87 - 59065 replaced 59072

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Barnby Siding

19th February 1970

E50153 + E56122 at Barnby Siding. This is a lovely study of a Metro-Cammell/Cravens hybrid photographed in wintry conditions at Barnby Siding between Oulton Broad and Beccles on the East Suffolk line. The southbound Lowestoft - Ipswich service was captured on Thursday 19th February 1970. The MetCam car was a transfer from Cambridge to Norwich in June 1968 and left the area in July 1971 when it went north to Neville Hill. Photograph by Michael Bryant. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 101 DMU at South Bank

2nd August 1982

South Bank, and a set with two DMBSs formed 50153, 59063 and 51211 is seen on 2/8/82. Jerry Glover.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street station

Unknown date

Set number: 348

Set 348 is seen in Glasgow Queen Street. E53153 appears to be the DMBS, it was transferred from Heaton to Eastfield in April 1986. Undated. Andrew McConnell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th October 1970

The 08.55 from Ipswich is seen near Brookfields footbridge, Cambridge, on 7 October 1970. The Norman cement works at Cherry Hinton can be seen in the background. I have the cars recorded as E56122 and E50153, the Cravens DTCL would move to Finsbury Park the same month, the Met-Camm DMBS remained allocated to Norwich a while longer and would soon be noted paired with Wickham DTCL 56172. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: 19th July 1981

A hybrid set composed of Class 104 DMC 50570, Class 101 TC 59063 and Class 101 DMBS 50153 enters Stockton, 19th July 1981. Jerry Glover.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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