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Vehicle 50269 / 53269


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: 30267
Diagram: 621

Allocations

31/10/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 12/10/63 On loan to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
4w/e 07/12/63 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/08/69 On loan to 64H (Leith Central)
07/09/69 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee) - Leith depot closed
May-73Depot code changeDE
3w/e 26/02/77 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
4w/e 09/12/78 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
05/10/81 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
27/11/82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
01/10/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
08/05/90 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
12/05/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
07/07/91 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
Jun-01 Withdrawn

Notes

16th October 1982 - Seen carrying unit no. 101 319 while in 107 425
19th April 1989 - Seen with black cab window surround

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50269 - original number
53269 - from Mar-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 09/05/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by JT Landscapes, Caerwent

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50259 50269 As delivered to 51A - 31st October 1957
50259 59068 50269 Transfer to 16C - 4w/e 12/10/63 - on loan from NER
50209 59541 50269 Transfer to 64H - 07/09/69 - from ER
50209 59541 50269 Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51243 59061 50269 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51243 59061 50269 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2
51470 59067 50269 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
51469 59304 50269 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 4
51231 59558 50269 Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot3
51800 59558 50269 Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51234 59558 50269 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 4
319 51245 59525 50269 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101319 51245 59525 50269 Noted circa 03/19815
101319 51245 59525 50269 Listed at AY - 13/06/82
51985 59797 50269 Noted 14th September 1982
107425 51985 59797 50269 Noted 16th October 1982
51245 59525 50269 Transfer to HA - 27/11/82
55007 59525 53269 Noted circa 11/19835
101324 51253 59553 53269 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101319 51245 59525 53269 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
314 51240 59042 53269 Noted circa 10/19855
101319 51245 59525 53269 Listed at HA - Summer 1986
319 51245 59525 53269 Listed at HA - August 1986
101319 51245 59525 53269 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley, in Bathgate branded livery5
101305 51227 59525 53269 Noted circa 11/19865
101319 51245 59525 53269 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101324 51253 59525 53269 Noted 28/03/19875
101319 51245 59525 53269 Noted 02/05/19875
101319 51245 59525 53269 Listed at HA - Jan-88
101319 51245 59525 53269 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
51245 59525 53269 Noted 19th April 1989
CH641 51245 53269 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH641 51245 53269 Noted circa 11/19895
51245 53269 Noted 11/01/90 - at Penyffordd6
T033 53849 53269 Noted circa 05/19905
T033 53849 53269 Listed at TS - mid May-90
LO633 53849 53269 Noted circa 05/19915
LO633 53849 53269 Noted 17/05/91 - at Manchester Piccadilly
LO633 51903 53269 Listed at LO - Jul-91
LO601 51903 53269 Listed at LO - Aug-91
LO601 51177 53269 Listed at LO - Dec-91
101683 51177 53269 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
101683 51177 53269 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
101683 51177 53269 Listed at LO - November 1992
101683 51177 53269 Listed at LO - 10/12/92
51177 53269 Noted 05/02/93 - On 14:47 Marple - Manchester Piccadilly and 20:09 Manchester Piccadilly - Chester7
51177 53269 Noted 15/10/93 - On 16:35 Manchester Victoria - Huddersfield7
101683 51177 53269 Listed at LO - November 1993
51177 53269 Noted 05/04/94 - On 16:35 Manchester Victoria - Huddersfield7
101683 51177 59303 53269 Noted circa 06/19945
51177 59303 53269 Noted 19/06/94 - On 11:15 Llandudno Jct - Holyhead7
51177 53269 Noted 26/10/95 - On 2D70 12:25 Holyhead - Llandudno and 2D65 14:15 Llandudno - Llandudno Jct7

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Aaron Calder
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Markinch

3rd April 1980

Set number: 221

A few passengers make their way across the footbridge at Markinch as class 101 set 221 forming 2G75 15.22 Dundee to Edinburgh prepares to depart on 3rd April 1980. The leading vehicle is Sc50269 a former composite vehicle though by this time first class accommodation has been withdrawn on this service. Bruce Galloway.

Class 101 DMU at Derby Litchurch Lane

3rd October 1982

SC50269 in blue livery with unpainted window frames, contrasting with its partner which had them painted blue. Derby Litchurch Lane, 3/10/82. Ian Francis.

Class 101 DMU at Duffield

14th June 1983

Set number: 319

A Met-Camm DMU (ScR set 319) at Duffield station, seen from the Wirksworth branch platform on June 14, 1983. This may be 50269 and the set could be in the area after overhaul at Derby C&W Works. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket

30th April 1986

Set number: 101319

Bathgate Link branded Class 101 set 101 319 at Haymarket station on 30/4/86 with DMS 53269 closest, presumably with 59525 + 51245. Roddy MacPhee.

Class 101 DMU at Lochend Junction

26th July 1986

Set number: 101319

Set 101319 with 53269 closest is seen from a Class 116 unit at Lochend Junction with a Waverley - Meadowbank shuttle on the 26th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Aberdour

August 1987

Set number: 101319

Aberdour Flowers. As they had done for the previous 30 years, a Met Camm triple set 101319 (53269 and presumably 59525 + 51245) picks up passengers from the flower be-decked station at Aberdour with an Edinburgh bound working in August 1987. Murray Liston.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket

1988

A Met-Camm set passes Haymarket in 1988. The DMBS carries the Bathgate Link logo, meaning the vehicles may be 53269, 59525 and 51245. S Saunders.

Class 101 DMU at Smethwck Rolfe Street

2nd June 1990

Set number: T033

This picture from 2 June 1990 shows T033, a class 101/116 power twin (presumably 53269 + 53849), one of of Tyseley's sets intended to cope with Sprinter timings, passing Smethwick Rolfe Street station with the 09.30 Birmingham New Street to Hereford service. Judging by the young trees by the lineside I very much if the viewpoint is possible in 2021. Peter Tandy.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

17th May 1991

Set number: LO633

Class 101/116 hybrid set LO633 53269 + 53849 at Manchester Piccadilly on May 17, 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

7th April 1993

Set number: 101683

Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU set 101683 at Chester on 7/8/93. Formed of vehicles 53269 + 51177 it is forming the 11:49 to Helsby via Hooton. Sparegang.

Class 101 DMU at Southport

13th November 1993

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) awaits departure from Southport on the 12:00 noon to Chester, 13/11/93. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Blackburn

8th January 1994

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) at Blackburn, having arrived on the 11:37 from Rochdale, 8/1/94. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Crewe

5th June 1994

Set number: 101683

Class 101 Met Camm DMU 101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) at Crewe on 5-6-94 or thereabouts. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

10th June 1994

Set number: 101683

Three-car Class 101 Met Camm DMU 101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) at Manchester Piccadilly with a Llandudno service on 11-6-94. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Crewe

7th October 1994

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) Crewe 7/10/94. Sparegang.

Class 101 DMU at Rose Hill Marple

Unknown date

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) waits time at Rose Hill Marple before returning to Manchester Piccadilly. Chris Moxon.

Class 101 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

circa mid-1990s

Set number: 101683

101683 in Blaenau Ffestiniog station. Date unknown, circa mid-1990s when it ran as a three car (53269 + 59303 + 51177) in the summer months. Alan Harrison.

Class 101 DMU at Stockport

26th July 1995

Set number: 101683

Class 101 53269 on the rear of a Manchester Piccadilly-Chester service at Stockport on the 26th July 1995. 51177 is leading with trailer car 59303. Kevin Law.

Class 101 DMU at Betws-y-Coed

circa August 1996

Set number: 101683

Three-car Class 101 DMU set 101683 (53269 + 59303 + 51177) at Betws-y-Coed circa August 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Grindleford

1998

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) approaches Grindleford sometime in 1998. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno

June 1998

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) after arrival at Llandudno in June 1998. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Bangor

June 1998

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) at Bangor in June 1998. The weedkiller train seems long overdue. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

June 1998

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) is seen in Blaenau Ffestiniog station in June 1998. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Sheffield

26th June 1998

Set number: 101683

101 683 (53269 + 51177) after arriving at Sheffield with the 14:46 from Manchester, 26 June 1998. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno

27th June 1998

Set number: 101683

101 683 (53269 + 51177) at Llandudno with the 11:02 to Holyhead, 27/6/98. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Shotton

12th January 2000

Set number: 101683

Arriving at Shotton on a Wrexham train is 101683 (53269 & 51177). Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Sheffield

17th June 2000

Set number: 101683

101683 (53269 + 51177) in the bay platform at Sheffield after arriving on a service from Manchester Picadilly, 17 June 2000. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th June 1983

Set number: 319

A Met-Camm DMU (ScR set 319) in Duffield station on June 14, 1983. The set may be working a service train as a test run after overhaul before returning to Scotland. The power cars should be 51245 + 50269. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 1988

Set number: 101319

Met-Camm DMU set 101319 (presumably 51245 + 59525 + 53269) seen in Dunblane station with an Edinburgh service circa spring 1988. A Class 107 is in the distance. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101319

DMU leaving Dalmeny. One day in July 1988, Met Camm triple set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) leaves Dalmeny behind en route for Edinburgh with a service from Cowdenbeath. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1989

Set number: 101319

With Sc51245 carrying a "Bathgate Link" logo, 101319 heads out of Glasgow Central on June 10th, 1989. The other two vehicles are Sc59525 and Sc53269. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 12th September 1989

Set number: 101319

Class 101 DMU set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) passes through Princes Street Gardens on its way to Edinburgh Waverley on 12 September 1989. Brian Creasey.

DMU

Date: 16th September 1991

Set number: LO601

Set LO601 approaching Cuddington on the 12.43 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly on 16/9/91. 51177 was the front car, 53269 at the rear. David Miller.

DMU

Date: 11th December 1993

Set number: 101676

101676 (51803 + 51205) + 101683 (53269 + 51177) at Preston with a Ribble Valley Santa Special "The Clitheronian", 11/12/93. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 8th January 1994

Set number: 101683

101683 (51177 + 53269) at Bolton on the 11:37 Rochdale - Blackburn, 8/1/94. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: June 1994

Set number: 101683

Three-car Met-Camm DMU set 101683 (51177 + 59303 + 53269) in Pont-y-Pant station with a Blaenau Ffestiniog line service in June 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa August 1994

Set number: 101683

Three-car Met-Camm DMU set 101683 (51177 + 59303 and presumably 53269) in Blaenau Ffestiniog station circa August 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st August 1995

Set number: 101683

Three-car 101683 (51177 + 59303 + 53269) on the 12:38 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Earles, 21-8-95. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: circa August 1996

Set number: 101683

101683 (51177 + 59303 + 53269) heads out of Betws-y-Coed station circa August 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1998

Set number: 101683

101683 (51177 + 53269) in Grindleford station sometime in 1998. John Law.

DMU

Date: June 1998

Set number: 101683

Set 101683 (51177 + 53269) at Blaenau Ffestiniog, June 98. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: June 1998

Set number: 101683

101 683 (51177 + 53269) arriving at Llandudno Junction in June 1998. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 26th June 1998

Set number: 101683

101 683 (51177 + 53269) after arriving at Sheffield with the 14:46 from Manchester, 26 June 1998. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 26th June 1998

Set number: 101683

101 683 (51177 + 53269) arriving at Sheffield on the 14:46 from Manchester, 26 June 1998. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 12th January 2000

Set number: 101683

Leaving Shotton for Wrexham is 101683 (51177 & 53269) on 12th January 2000. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 10th April 2000

Set number: 101683

Met-Camm DMU 101683 (51177 + 53269) at Llandudno with the 13:35 to Blaenau Ffestiniog on April 10, 2000. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 10th April 2000

Set number: 101683

The 13:35 Llandudno - Blaenau Ffestiniog service at Llandudno Junction on April 10, 2000 formed of 51177 + 53269. 175 004 is in the distance. John Carter.