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Vehicle 50337 / 53337


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: 30276
Diagram: 621

Allocations

4w/e 19/04/58 New to 3E (Monument Lane)
Apr-58 On loan to 18A (Toton)
circa Jun-58 Ex-loan back to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
3w/e 31/10/64 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
11/09/65 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)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
3w/e 19/05/79 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
p/e 24/12/83 Transferred to CH (Chester)
05/05/89 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PCHX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50337 - original number
53337 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50319 59130 50337 As delivered to 3E - April 1958
50319 59130 50337 Transfer to 9D - 3w/e 31/10/64
50320 59131 50337 Noted 11/05/73 - at Wolverhampton1
50320 59131 50337 Noted 01/02/1977 - Worked 2D66 11.50 Wolverhampton to Chester2
TS405 50314 59127 50337 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS405 50314 59127 50337 Noted circa 01/19812
TS406 50222 59127 50337 Noted circa 10/19812
50222 59127 50337 Noted 08/05/1982 - 50222-59127-50337 + 50320-59130-50330 Special train from Banbury to Spalding
TS406 50222 59127 50337 Noted 03/07/82 - at Norwich, DMBS in B/G, others in blue3
TS406 50222 59127 50337 Noted 26/09/82 - at Norwich3
TS406 50222 59127 50337 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS406 50222 59127 50337 Noted circa 01/19832
TS406 53222 59127 53337 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
53222 53337 Noted circa 01/19842
53222 53337 Noted circa 01/19862
53222 53337 Noted 26/04/86 - on 10:50 Shrewsbury - Chester with 51911 + 54496 / 53938 + 544114
53222 53337 Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - Relief set
53222 53337 Noted circa 02/19872
290 53222 53337 Noted 09/04/19882
CH290 53222 53337 Listed at CH - May 1988
53222 53337 Noted 21/05/88 - on 16:12 Manchester Piccadilly - Cardiff4
CH290 53222 53337 Noted circa Jul-88

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

1st October 1979

47507 & M50337 at Worcester Shrub Hill on 01/10/79. Steve Jones.

Class 101 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

1st October 1979

Set number: TS405

M50337 (presumably with 59127 + 53222) at Worcester Shrub Hill on 01/10/79. Steve Jones.

Class 101 DMU at Stoke

8th June 1986

Displaying 'Special' on the blinds, M53337 leads three two-car Class 101 sets (the other vehicles being M53222 + M51177 + M54351 + M51187 + M54322) at Stoke to form the 08:48 to Llandudno on 8/6/86. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

10th April 1989

Set number: CH290

Class 101 53337, carrying set number CH290, is running with 53318 when seen at Chester on 10 April 1989. Sparegang.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

A fairly rare photo of a Park Royal formed into a (hybrid) 3-car set. 50406 is with Met Camm Class 101 vehicles 59131 & 50337,at Helsby on the 09:38 Runcorn - Chester service (date unrecorded). Notes on the back of the original photo record that 50406 replaced 50320 in the set, the latter being subsequently paired with 56080. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: August 1978

Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger 3-car dmu Nos.M50319 (101/2), M59130 (171), M50337 (101/1), of the 1958 batch without headcode panels, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, with a refurbished Class 101 in white and blue livery attached) on a Bath - Bristol Temple Meads - Weston supe Mare service at Chelvey, near Nailsea & Backwell, 08/78. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 13th May 1989

The Class 101's to the right are M53318 (DMBS) and M53337 nearest. Vic Berry's on May 13, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.