50746 Class 101 Driving Motor Composite Lavatory

Home Railway	Wensleydale Railway	Location History	Wensleydale Railway Nov 04-Present
Current Location	Wensleydale Railway
Current Status	Stored
Current Livery	BR Blue & Grey
TRA Designation	4
Partner Vehicle(s)	51210
Owner	Wensleydale Railway PLC
Website	None
Record Last Updated	16 November 2024
Preservation Modifications The luggage racks in the front saloon have been removed.
Preservation Information Preserved as a complete set 101678 with 51210, the vehicle was introduced into passenger service quickly at Wensleydale and was later formed into a hybrid 3-car using Class 117 59509. However due to maintenance sets were noted as often being reformed. Extensive use of 50746 as vacuum braked hauled stock for steam locomotives was also made. In 2006, 50746 was repainted into a non standard blue & cream, retaining its set number on the cab end. In 2011, the secondman's side of 51210 was repainted into BR Blue. In 2012 the vehicle was withdrawn from traffic and stored awaiting overhaul, which started the following year with bodywork repairs being undertaken on the number one side. By 2014 the vehicle had been repainted into Blue & Grey livery, however progress was not to last and it did not reenter service as planned. New projects were started and 50746 was stored with an increasingly large number of other DMU vehicles in the sidings at Leeming Bar. 50746 remains in storage awaiting its turn for completion of works.
Future Plans When resources become available, 50746's overhaul will be resumed, with the intention of the vehicle returning to use with partner 51210 as a 2-car set. The railway have indicated that they want to have a stronger collections policy which entails the departure of several DMU's. However 50746 has been listed as one of the vehicles that the railway wishes to retain and focus on keeping in good servicable condition.

	The clock is ticking for 50746, now stored in fairly poor and incomplete condition at Leeming Bar. It is now over ten years since the vehicle last operated, 27/9/24. Nigel Benning

	50746 stored in the long siding at Leeming Bar, 17/2/20. Darren JB

	50746 photographed during a nasty rain shower(!), stored at Leeming Bar, 6/10/19. Chris Moxon

	Exterior restoration progresses on 50746 at Leeming Bar, 6/8/13, Bill Pugsley

	53746 on a service train at Bedale, 15/1/11. Dan Froggatt

	53746 in use as hauled stock at Leeming Bar. It can be seen how sets are often reformed to suit requirements, behind 50746 are class 117 and 110 vehicles, 21/8/10. Chris Moxon

	Rear view of 53746 in use as hauled stock at Leeming Bar, 21/8/10. Chris Moxon

	53746 in use as hauled stock at Leyburn, 14/8/10. Dan Froggatt

	53746/51210 call at Leyburn, 19/8/09. Bill Pugsley

	53746/59509/51210 stand at Redmire on a soggy summer's day, 28/10/08. John Carter

	53746, 59509 & 51210 in service at Redmire, 8/7/08. David Beardmore

	The Wensleydale Railway marked the vehicle's 50th birthday by carrying a headboard and having a cake for the passengers, 24/11/07. Barry Wetherell

	53746/59509/51210 depart Leyburn, 25/8/05. John Carter

	53746/59509/51210 stand at Redmire, 19/8/05. John Carter

	50746 is at the head of a 3-car 101/117/101 set on the Wensleydale Railway, 18/8/05. James Addison

	53746 leads 51210 out of Leyburn, 23/2/05. Mark Grimes

Interior

	The front saloon looking towards the cab, 21/8/10. Chris Moxon

	The middle saloon looking towards the rear of the vehicle, 21/8/10. Chris Moxon

	The rear saloon looking towards the rear of the vehicle, 21/8/10. Chris Moxon

	The drivers cab, 21/8/10. Chris Moxon

	A view of the line towards Redmire from 53746, 23/2/05. Mark Grimes