Vehicle 50316 / 53316
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
| Mar-58 | New to | 5B (Crewe South) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Apr-58 | On loan to | 18A (Toton) | |
| May-58 | Ex-loan back to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| w/e 07/05/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 4w/e 05/11/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| 2w/e 12/10/80 | Transferred to | PI (Pwllheli) | |
| 01/06/81 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| circa Jan-84 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 13/07/86 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50316 - original number
53316 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50316 | 59127 | 50334 | As delivered to 5B - March 1958 | ||||||
| CR418 | 50316 | 59131 | 50336 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| CR418 | 50316 | 59129 | 50336 | Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot1 | |||||
| 50316 | 59129 | 50336 | Noted 18/04/1975 - at Crewe2 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59129 | 50336 | Noted 08/04/1976 - at Chester2 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59129 | 50336 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Chester depot1 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59131 | 50334 | Noted 06/02/1977 - North Wales area3 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59130 | 50334 | Noted 16/07/1978 - on 12:36 Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury 2 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59127 | 50322 | Noted 02/12/1978 - Shrewsbury3 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted 19/08/1979 - Chester3 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59172 | 50334 | Noted 26/12/1980 - Seen stabled at Pwllheli depot4 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59172 | 50334 | Noted circa 05/19814 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Transfer to TS - 01/06/81 | ||||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted 13/06/1981 - on Tyseley depot3 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted 18/07/81 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted 13/11/1982 - at Cambridge, excursion from Stratford-on-Avon with TS412 3 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS413 | 53316 | 59538 | 53334 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS413 | 53316 | 59568 | 53334 | Noted 10/10/1983 - at Birmingham New Street 3 | |||||
| 53316 | 53334 | Noted circa 03/19844 | |||||||
| 53316 | 59306 | 53334 | Noted 25/05/86 - on 08:48 Stoke - Llandudno with 51941 + 59187 + 52056 / 51938 + 59386 + 520395 | ||||||
| 53316 | 53334 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Relief set |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Martin Lumley
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
Images:
24th March 1962
Two three-car Met-Camm DMUs depart Birmingham New Street station platform 4 forming the 1.22pm service to Lichfield (City) on 24 March 1962. Another Met-Camm - which appears to be M51183 - waits to depart for Rugby. Michael Mensing.
April 1965
Two three-car Met-Camm DMUs led my M50316 are seen at Sutton Coldfield in April 1965. Michael Mensing.
23rd April 1981
A hybrid set departs Harlech with a Pwllheli - Barmouth service on Thursday 23rd April, 1981. Around that time, Chester had a set formed 50316 - 59172 - 50334 which is probably this set. Colin Brooks.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th May 1979
Alongside refurbished Class 108's & Class 101's, a tidy-looking Class 101 Driving Motor Composite Lavatory (DMCL) M50334 (a three-car set formed of M50334/M59172/M50316) and based at Chester, was stabled inside the depot building at Llandudno Junction on May 26th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.