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Vehicle 50210 / 53210


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

28/05/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
w/e 15/06/57 On loan to 9A (Longsight)
Jul-57 Ex-loan back to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
28/02/65 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
2w/e 09/04/78 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/10/82 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
13/05/84 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
12/05/85 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
13/04/86 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
22/06/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr) - also noted as 26/04/88.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50210 - original number
53210 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50210 56062 As delivered to 54A - 28th May 1957
50210 56062 Noted 17th June 1957
50210 56062 Transfer to 54A - 4w/e 07/09/1957 - ex-loan LMR
50210 56062 Transfer to 51A - 28/02/65
50210 56078 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50210 56078 Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2
50210 56078 Noted 24/08/75 - at Hartlepool3
50210 56078 Noted 10/09/1975 - at Carlisle 2
50210 56380 Noted circa 03/19794
50210 56410 Noted 16/07/81 - at Thornaby
50210 56410 Noted circa 12/19814
53210 59237 59771 51962 Noted 15/07/1983 - Manchester Picc4
53210 54400 Noted circa 08/19834
53210 54072 Noted circa 10/19834
53210 54072 Noted 25/05/84 - at Norwich3
86 53210 54072 Noted 16/07/84 - on 12:20 Norwich to Lowestoft
86 53210 54072 Noted circa 10/19844
86 53210 54072 Noted 14/02/19854
53210 59090 53598 Noted 17th July 1986
53210 59090 53598 Noted 31st July 1986
455 53210 59090 53598 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
53210 59090 53598 Noted 6th September 1986
101354 53210 59797 51583 Formed at AY circa Oct-86
101354 53210 59797 53653 Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 53653 replaced 51583
53210 59046 53749 Noted circa 12/19864
101354 53210 59046 53749 Noted circa 01/19874

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Norwich Thorpe

16th July 1984

Set number: 86

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 53210 + 54072 at Norwich with the 12-20 to Lowestoft, 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Nuneaton

3rd April 1985

Set number: 86

Class 101 53210, set number 86, is seen departing Nuneaton for New Street on 03.04.1985. It was based at Norwich at the time. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield depot

circa 1986

Set number: 86

Class 101 DMBSs 53210 + 53209 at Eastfield TMD circa 1986. The pair are coupled together, and 53210 still carries its former Norwich set number. Spannerman37025.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Central Station

29th July 1986

Set number: 104455

Class101 DMBS 53210 is seen having just arrived on the Ayrshire side of Glasgow Central Station on the 29th July 1986. Formally allocated to Norwich MPD she still carries her 86 depot number at the top of her centre cab window. Class 101 TSL 59090 forms the centre car in Strathclyde red and black livery with Class 104 53598 bringing up the rear. Together they formed Scottish Region Set No. 104455. All had been scrapped by August 1989 Bob Woolnough.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st January 1981

E51274, E50209, E51441 and E50210 form a nice DMU line-up at Newcastle on January 31, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1981

Left: E50293 + E59070 + E50139, right: E50210 + E56410; at Thornaby on July 16, 1981. Thornaby was refuelling and stabling DMUs at this time and the nearest set is doing the shunt moves necessary to get on the depot. Thornaby station buildings were demolished soon after, becoming a windswept platform with only a bus shelter for passenger accommodation. Although now much improved with a ticket office and waiting room it is a shame the original buildings hadn't been renovated. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1984

Set number: 86

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU with 54072 foremost (and 53210 behind) after arrival at Lowestoft with the 12-20 ex-Norwich on 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: 455

Hybrid DMU set 455 (53598 + 59090 + 53210) departs from Shotts station with the 09:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh service on an unknown date in 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: September 1986

Set number: 455

Indian summer of the DMU in Ayrshire. Set 455 (presumably 53598 + 59090 + 53210) works with a Class 120 set at Ayr station in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1986

Kilwinning on the afternoon of 15/9/86 with a mixed cl.101/104 set (53210/59090/53598) leaving on the 16.09 to Glasgow (15.45 ex-Ayr). Note the mix of liveries on this Ayr set, which, typically for this time, is a real mish-mash of whatever the depot could cobble together. So, the leading DMBS in blue and grey is recently arrived from Hull, the class 101 trailer is in Strathclyde colours and the class 104 DMBS at the rear, a Newton Heath cast-off, is in plain blue. Leonard Rogers.