Vehicle 50307 / 53307
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
| Feb-58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Mar-58 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | TS | |
| Mar-85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 29/11/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 05/05/89 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PCHX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50307 - original number
53307 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 30/10/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | As delivered to 5D - February 1958 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 31/07/60 - on a Birmingham New Street - Ramsgate special with 51182 + 56343 / 51182 + 56332 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 31/07/1960 - Worked excursion from Birmingham to Ramsgate. Full formation 51182-56343-51177-56332-50307-59118-503251 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 06/03/1966 - provided Birmingham New St to Bath Green Park connection for the last passenger train on the Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth Section (steam worked) with 50329 + 59122 + 50311 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY404 | 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 26/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 07/06/1975 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 22/11/1975 - RCTS Reunion Railtour 50325-59118-50307 + 50498-59165-50446 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 12/06/76 - on Tyseley depot4 | ||||||
| TS404 | 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 17/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
| TS406 | 50307 | 59118 | 50326 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - running with 50325 (from TS403) in place of fire-damaged 50326 | |||||
| TS417 | 50307 | 59129 | 50323 | Noted circa 10/19811 | |||||
| TS417 | 50307 | 59129 | 50323 | Noted 07/08/82 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| TS417 | 50307 | 59129 | 50323 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS417 | 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Noted 01/05/83 | |||||
| TS417 | 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Noted 05/06/83 | |||||
| TS417 | 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS417 | 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Noted circa 12/19831 | |||||
| TS417 | 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Noted 30/12/1983 - BR West Midlands Runabout No2 Railtour 53323-59129-53307 + 51133-59570-51143 | |||||
| TS417 | 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Noted 14/04/1984 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Ffestiniog Orbital Railtour 53910-59130-53857 + 53323-59129-53307 | |||||
| 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Noted 28/04/84 | ||||||
| TS417 | 53307 | 59129 | 53323 | Noted circa 10/19841 | |||||
| 53307 | 53323 | Noted 01/09/1985 - Chester depot5 | |||||||
| 53307 | 53323 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 53307 | 53323 | Noted 28th December 1986 | |||||||
| 53307 | 53323 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | |||||||
| CH293 | 53307 | 53323 | Listed at CH - May 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Chris Moxon
Images:
November 1982
Set number: TS417
M50307 at Birmingham New Street in November 1982. Nicholas Youngman Collection.
5th June 1983
Set number: TS417
53307 (and 59129 + 53323) at Coalville depot during the open day on 5 June 1983. It was operating a shuttle between Leicester and Burton. Chris Lings.
5th June 1983
Set number: TS417
Class 101 set TS417 (53307 + 59129 + 53323) is seen at Coalville open day on 05.06.1983 with unusual black window surrounds. Andy Cole.
16th May 1986
A Class 101 two-car DMU formed of 53307 + 53323 in Manchester Victoria alongside 08 626 on 16 May 1986. John Carter.
4th October 1986
A class 101 2-Car DMU, with M53307 leading, comes out of the passing loop at Rufford with a Preston to Ormskirk Service on the 4th October 1986. The cab front has received a custom black window surround. Martyn Hilbert.
25th November 1986
53307 at Manchester Victoria on 25th November, probably 1986. Transferred from Tyseley to Newton Heath earlier that year, the WM logo has been removed but no BR logo added in its place. AndrewHA.
5th July 1988
Set number: 293
Church Stretton, 5 July 1988. Set 293 - probably Chester vehicles 53307 + 53323. Note the headlamp fitted to the right-hand lamp bracket. Nigel Menzies.
5th July 1988
Set number: 293
Set 293 - probably Chester vehicles 53307 + 53323 - at Llandovery on 5th July 1988. Nigel Menzies.
5th July 1988
Set number: 293
Set 293 - probably Chester vehicles 53307 + 53323 - at Llandrindod on 5th July 1988. Nigel Menzies.
5th July 1988
Set number: 293
Set 293 - probably Chester vehicles 53307 + 53323 - at Llandrindod on 5th July 1988. Nigel Menzies.
11th June 1989
Set number: CH293
The gutted shell of the DMBS from CH293 is seen at Vic Berry's on 11/6/89. Is this 53307? Jerry Glover.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th May 1983
Set number: TS417
Class 101 DMU 53323 in Birmingham Moor Street station with homemade cab livery, 27-5-83. Presumably with 59129 + 53307. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: circa June 1983
Set number: TS417
A Tyseley three-car Class 101 DMU in Shrewsbury station. Closest is M53323 so this should be set TS417 with 59129 and 53307. The slide process date was June 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th December 1983
Set number: TS417
On 30 December 1983 I travelled on the "West Midlands Roundabout No 2" railtour. This started at Birmingham New Street and visited Drakelow, Burton, Lichfield, Bescot, Bushbury, the Oxley curve, Kidderminster and Worcester SH before returning to New Street. This is the tour train during a short break at Burton. The set visible is 53323 + 59129 + 53307. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 1st September 1985
"Bandit" liveried 53323 & 53307 stabled at Chester depot, 1/9/85 Anthony Griffiths.
Date: 16th May 1986
M53223 + M53307 depart from Manchester Victoria on 16 May 1986. John Carter.
Date: 25th March 1987
With a black cab window surround, a Class 101 two-car DMU formed of cars M53323 & M53307 was leading a well-filled Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service, stood on the Up Slow at Leyland station on March 25th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 5th July 1988
Set number: 293
Church Stretton, 5 July 1988. Set 293 - probably Chester vehicles 53323 + 53307. Note the headlamp fitted to the right-hand lamp bracket. Nigel Menzies.