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Vehicle 50214 / 53214

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

26/06/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
4w/e 22/02/58	On loan to	LMR
w/e 01/03/58	Ex-loan back to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
3w/e 30/09/61	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Oct-61	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
Oct-61	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 30/12/61	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
2w/e 12/01/63	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
4w/e 02/01/65	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 27/02/71	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 09/10/77	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 21/05/78	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
20/05/84	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
12/05/85	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
Oct-88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
09/03/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50214 - original number
53214 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50214	56066		As delivered to 54A - 26th June 1957
	50214	56066		Transfer to LMR - 4w/e 22/02/58 - on loan
	50214	56066		Transfer to 54A - w/e 01/02/58 - ex-loan
	50214	56066		Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 30/09/61
	50214	56066		Transfer to 51A - Oct-61
	50214	56066		Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 30/12/61
	50214	56066		Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
	50214	56072		Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 02/01/65
	50214	59071	50138	Noted 29/06/73 - at Newcastle¹
	50214	56377		Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot²
	50214	56377		Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central²
	50214	56066		Noted 25/03/78 - at Keighley
	50214	56066		Noted 27/05/78 - on 1332 Hull-Sheffield and 50008 + 56028 and 50380 + 56424
	50214	56066		Noted 27/05/78 - on 1536 Sheffield-Leeds
	50214	56066		Noted circa 11/1978³
	50214	56062		Noted 19/08/1979 - Longsight⁴
	50214	56066		Noted 23/09/1979 - Red Bank Carriage Sidings⁴
	50214	56066		Noted 20/07/1980 - at Hull Paragon⁴
	50214	56066		Noted circa 03/1983³
79	53214	54067		Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich²
79	53214	54067		Noted circa 04/1985³
	53214	54082		Noted 14/10/1986³
	53214	54082		Noted 22/10/1986³
	53214	54082		Noted 28th December 1986
	53214	53191		Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:06 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service⁵
	53214	51527		Noted 28/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	53214	53191		Noted 11/08/88 - on 13:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	53214	53191		Noted 20/08/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	53214	53191		Noted 22/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	53214	53141		Noted 03/11/88 - at Appleby
467	53214	53141		Listed at NL - Feb-89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Lumley
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

1987

A Cleethorpes service, formed of a two-car Class 101 DMU (the leading car looks like it could be E53214), leaves Lincoln station in 1987. One of the recently-delivered Class 150 Sprinters is on the left. Andrew Walker.

circa 1987

Set number: 79

A Class 101 twin, E53214 closest in Sheffield station, circa 1987. It still carries its Norwich set number 79, but would now be allocated to Botanic Gardens, and the destination blind notes it's heading back home to Hull. Stuart Mackay Collection.

3rd November 1988

53214 + 53141 at Appleby on November 3rd, 1988. John Carter.

12th August 1989

E53214 at Snailwell on August 12th 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 3rd November 1988

Set number: 101307

Sc53141 (still carrying it's last ScR set number) + 53214 at Appleby on November 3rd, 1988. John Carter.

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