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Vehicle 51216

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30467
Diagram: 523

Allocations

25/09/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
2w/e 12/01/63 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
4w/e 23/04/66 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
w/e 05/03/78 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
29/03/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
23/08/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
p/e 07/10/89 Sector Change to HT (Heaton) PZQZ
08/12/89 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PZQZ

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 03/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51216 56374 As delivered to 53C - 25th September 1958
51216 56374 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
51216 56065 Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 23/04/66
51216 56377 Noted 01/04/70 - at Darlington1
51216 56377 Noted 27/05/70 - at Darlington1
51216 56378 Noted 03/04/711
51216 56086 Noted 09/06/73 - at Thornaby2
N163 51216 56059 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, 56059 had set number N1562
51216 56374 Noted 16/11/81 - at Thornaby
51216 56440 Noted circa 12/19813
51216 56081 Noted 02/10/82 - at Blaydon Junction
51216 54069 Noted 13/11/85 - at Hartlepool
51216 54069 Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
77 51216 54069 Formed at NC circa Mar-86
51216 54366 Noted 21/05/86 - at Norwich2
77 51216 54366 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
77 51216 54366 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich2
51216 53263 Noted 02/06/88 - on Newcastle - Durham service
51216 53195 Noted 13/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service4
51216 53141 Noted 16/07/88 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Hexham service4
51216 53141 Noted 18/07/88 - on 14:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service4
51216 53141 Noted 30/07/88 - on 15:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service4
51216 53141 Noted 22/08/88 - on 08:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service4
51216 53141 Noted 23/08/88 - on 11:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service4
51216 53141 Noted 03/09/88 - on 14:02 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service4
51216 53188 Noted 09/11/88 - on 14:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service4
51216 53188 Noted 15/11/88 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4
51216 53188 Noted 19/11/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4
51216 53188 Noted 08/12/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4
51216 53182 Noted 06/01/894
51216 51515 Noted 25/02/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4
51216 51515 Noted 04/03/89 - on 15:43 Newcastle - Morpeth service4
51216 51515 Noted 04/03/89 - on 16:25 Morpeth - Newcastle service4
51216 51515 Noted 04/03/89 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4
51216 51515 Noted 04/03/89 - on 14:00 Hexham - Sunderland service4
51216 51516 Noted 23/03/89 - on 11:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service4
51216 51467 Noted 06/05/89 - on 17:04 Newcastle - Durham service4
51216 51467 Noted 06/05/89 - on 16:05 Hexham - Newcastle4
51216 51467 Noted 06/05/89 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service4
51216 51467 Noted 08/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle4
51216 51467 Noted 09/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle4
51216 53182 Noted 10/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle, formation changed since the previous day4
51216 53182 Noted 11/05/89 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service4
51216 53182 Noted 17/05/89 - on 17:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service4
51216 51467 Noted 20/05/89 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Sunderland - service4

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Blaydon Junction

2nd October 1981

A Class 101 DMU formed of E51216 + E56081 at Blaydon Junction on 2 October 1982. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Thornaby

16th November 1981

E51216 + E56374 at Thornaby on November 16, 1981. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Stockton

circa late 1981

Class 101 DMBS E51216 and Class 105 DTSL E56440 in Stockton station circa late 1981. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Hartlepool

13th November 1985

51216 and 54069 seen at Hartlepool on 13/11/85. Jerry Glover.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

25th September 1990

Class 101 DMBS E51216 in Snailwell on 25th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa late 1981

Class 105 DTSL E56440 and Class 101 DMBS E51216 at Stockton. Middlesbrough seems to be on the destination blind, this was likely taken when it was allocated to South Gosforth / Heaton - April 1978 to May 1982, probably circa December 1981. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: May 1987

A Cravens DMU in Scarborough station in May 1987, with a Met-Camm to the right, of which the DMBS appears to be E51216. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 2nd June 1988

Class 101 cars E53263 E51216 make a smokey departure from what was then Newcastle platform 5 with a local service to Durham, 02/06/1988. To the left is an HST power car, which must have been an early recipient of the updated 'Swallow' version of InterCity livery. Graeme Phillips Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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