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Vehicle 51428


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: 30500
Diagram: 523

Allocations

05/03/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
13/05/84 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) - Hammerton Street closed
28/09/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
21/10/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
Sep-01 Withdrawn

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/04/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Immingham Railfreight Terminal

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51428 59104 51498 Noted circa 03/1959 - Noted as "on trials".1
51428 51498 As delivered to 56G - 5th March 1959
51428 51498 Noted 20/12/66 - at Huddersfield2
51428 51498 Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City2
51428 51498 Noted 02/05/70 - at Huddersfield2
51428 51498 Noted 04/06/71 - at Leeds City2
51428 51501 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield3
51428 51501 Noted 17/03/76 - at Bury St Edmunds on Cambridge out and back turn4
51428 51501 Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield2
51428 51501 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds2
51428 56118 Noted 12/02/77 - at York2
51428 51501 Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland4
51428 51502 Noted 29/12/80 - at Clayton West
51428 51496 Noted circa 10/19821
51428 51496 Noted circa 02/19831
51428 51496 Noted 30/04/1983 - Huddersfield1
51428 51496 Noted circa 10/19831
51428 51496 Noted circa 10/19841
51428 51496 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
51428 51496 Noted 07/10/85 - on 12:24 Harrogate - Leeds
51428 51496 Noted 14/08/86 - at York4
51428 53196 Noted circa 09/19861
51428 53196 Noted 20/09/86 - on Ilkley - Bradford Forster Square service
63 51428 54218 Formation change - Norwich - circa Nov-86
63 51428 54218 Noted 11/12/86 - at Norwich4
63 51428 54218 Listed at NC - Apr-87
63 51428 54218 Noted 20/06/19871
63 51428 54218 Listed at NC - Dec-87
63 51428 54218 Noted circa 09/19881
63 51428 54218 Listed at NC - Feb-90
101655 51428 54062 Noted 31/08/91 - at Norwich4
101655 51428 54062 Noted 14/09/91 - at Ely
101655 51428 54062 Listed at NC - Dec-91
101655 51428 54062 Listed at NC - 02/07/92
101655 51428 54062 Listed at NC - 24/09/92
101655 51428 54062 Listed at LO - 10/12/92
51428 54062 Noted 01/03/93 - on 18:07 Manchester Piccadilly - Chinley5
51428 54062 Noted 19/10/93 - on 19:52 Warrington - Manchester Piccadilly5
101655 51428 54062 Listed at LO - November 1993
51428 54062 Noted 25/07/00 - on 2S28 17:14 Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield5
101656 51428 51230 54056 Noted 09/01/01 - on 10:26 Manchester Piccadilly to Marple

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Preston

Unknown date

A Met-Camm power-twin at the south end of Preston station seen from the now removed East Lancashire platforms, date unknown. The DMBS is E51428 - allocated to Hammerton Street - its partner is probably E51498. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Chesterfield

Unknown date

E51428 + E51498 depart from Chesterfield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Clayton West

29th November 1980

51428 / 51502 sit in Clayton West on 29/11/80. Chris Lings.

Class 101 DMU at Clayton West

29th November 1980

On a snowy 29th December 1980 51428 / 51502 are seen at Clayton West. Chris Lings.

Class 101 DMU at Croston

2nd October 1985

With the former Jubilee cotton mill as a backdrop, A pair of Eastern Region two-car DMU's, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 and a BRCW Class 110 were approaching the village of Croston with a Preston to Ormskirk service on October 2nd 1985. The leading Class 101 set with it's West Yorkshire PTE 'Metro Train' branding has DTSL E54218 at the front. The pair of units had previously worked to Preston from Leeds and during their layover at Preston before returning back over the Pennines, they were utilised on an out-and-back teatime Ormskirk service. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Harrogate

7th October 1985

E51428 + E51496 sit in Harrogate station with the 12:24 service to Leeds on October 7, 1985. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Peterborough

24th February 1987

Set number: 63

Class 101 set 63 is seen in BR blue and grey livery at Peterborough on 24.02.1987 with 51428 closest. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Colchester

24th January 1988

Set number: 63

E51428 at Colchester (at 15:45) on Sunday 24th January 1988. Colin Brooks.

Class 101 DMU at Halvergate Marsh

4th July 1989

Set number: 63

By 1989, the Metro-Cammell twin units had ousted the Cravens type at Norwich and here set 63 is now formed of E51428 and (I think) the anagrammatical E54218 on July 4, 1989. The location is an abandoned platelayers hut at Halvergate Marsh to get this rather nice portrait of a train from Yarmouth. Copyright Chris Burton. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 101 DMU at Crewe

31st August 1993

Set number: 101655

With 51428 nearest (and 54052 behind), the 13:37 to Deansgate is seen at Crewe on the 31st August 1993. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Irlam

6th November 1993

Set number: 101655

The 09:10 Alderley Edge - Warrington Central is seen at Irlam, 51428 leading 54062. 6th November 1993. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

12th November 1993

Set number: 101655

101655 (51428 + 54062) in the company of 304040 at Manchester Piccadilly on the 12th November 1993. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

24th September 1994

Set number: 101655

101655 (51428 + 54062) at Manchester Piccadilly on 24-9-94 prior to working to to Llandudno. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Wigan Wallgate

3rd June 1997

Set number: 101655

101655 (51428 + 54062) pauses at Wigan Wallgate leading a 4-car set, possibly to Blackpool North (but unsure). Chris Moxon.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

24th March 1999

Set number: 101655

101655 (51428 & 54062) arriving at Manchester Piccadilly on 24th March 1999. Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

15th May 1999

Set number: 101655

Class 101 Met Camm DMU 101655 (51428 + 54062) stabled in the former parcels bay at Chester, 15-5-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

16th November 2000

Set number: 101656

Three-car 'go-faster' set 101656 (51428 added to 51230 + 54056) in Manchester Piccadilly on 16/11/00. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Marple

February 2001

Set number: 101656

51428 has been added to 101656 (51230 + 54056) making it a three-car when seen at Marple in February 2001. Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Romiley

February 2001

Set number: 101656

A 3-car 101 set 101656 seen at Romiley February 2001. Presumably 51428 added to 51230 + 54056. Ian Buck.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

E51498 + E51428 in Chesterfield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 29th November 1980

Mixed livery set 51502 / 51428 await departure from a snow covered Clayton West on the 29th November 1980. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1986

Class 101 53196 + 51428 calls at Guiseley, West Yorkshire, on its way from Ilkley to Bradford Forster Square. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1986

Class 101s 53196 51428 are seen calling at Shipley with a service to Ilkley, Saturday 20/09/1986 Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 24th January 1988

Set number: 63

Norwich set 63 at Colchester (at 15:30) on Sunday 24th January 1988. The DMBS is 51428, closest is presumably 54218. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 15th April 1988

Set number: 63

Parked up in the sidings adjacent to Ipswich Station on 15th April 1988 is a Class 101 formed of 54218 + 51428. AndrewHA.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1988

Set number: 63

Class 101 DMBS E51428 and DTCL E54218 are stabled in Norwich Station on the 31st July 1988. Locally based at Norwich Crown Point TMD they form Set No. NC63. DTCL E54218 would be an early withdrawal victim in March 1992 while the DMBS vehicle E51428 would go on to complete nearly 42 years active service prior to withdrawl during September 2001. Bob Woolnough.

DMU

Date: 21st May 1989

Set number: 63

Set 63 E54218 + E51428 and Set 72 E51201 + E54347 seen on a Norwich to Cambridge working north of Ely around 4pm on 21st May 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 1st September 1991

Set number: 101655

Refurbished Class 101 2-car Met-Cam DMU 54062+51428 (DTCL+DMBS) fresh out of the paint shop and stabled alongside Norwich Thorpe station 1-9-91. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 14th September 1991

Set number: 101655

An ex-works 101655 (54062 + 51428) stands beside 158768 (57768 + 52768) at Ely, both bound for Norwich (The 158 ex Birmingham) 14-9-91. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 19th October 1991

Set number: L221

I went to Ely on 19 October 1991, partly to photograph "Taw Valley" and "Flying Scotsman" on specials and partly to record the semaphores that would soon be disappearing. An additional image included a couple of Class 101 2-car sets at Ely. The set on the left is 101655 (formed 54062/51428), but I didn't record the set on the right. It looks like the set number is L221, which I think at this time was 51208/54402. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 10th September 1994

Set number: 101679

101679 (51224 + 51533) and 101655 (54062 + 51428) head into Llandudno Junction station with the 12:12 Manchester Victoria - Holyhead service (1D41) on 10 September 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 101655

101655 (54062 + 51428) gets ready to depart from Manchester Piccadilly with a Wilmslow service, date unknown. AndrewHA.

DMU

Date: unknown

101655 (51428 + 54062) and 101665 (54393 & 51429) at Bolton on 9 July 1997 - Blackpool North is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 18th April 1998

Set number: 101665

In Regional Railways livery, Metro-Cammell Class 101's 101655 (54062 & 51428) & 101653 (51426 & 54358) were arriving at Preston with the Saturday Only 09.44 Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North service on April 18th 1998. In set 101655, car 54062 has survived into preservation at the East Anglian Railway Museum, whilst 51428 was scrapped in 2001. In set 101653, 51426 was scrapped in 2001 with 54358 being preserved at the North Norfolk Railway. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 30th August 2000

Set number: L840

L840 53322 + 53311 + 101655 51428 + 54062 on 2D48, the 18:24 to Chester at Manchester Piccadilly 30-8-00 (655 should have worked the 17:51 to Chester, the two services combined). Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 30th August 2000

Set number: L840

L840 53322 + 53311 + 101655 51428 + 54062 at Stockport on 2D48, the 18:24 Manchester Piccadilly to Chester 30-8-00. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 9th January 2001

Set number: 101656

101656 (54056 + 51230 with 51428) on 2H66, the 10:26 Manchester Piccadilly to Marple at Romiley, 9-1-01. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: February 2001

Set number: 101656

Arriving at Marple 3-car 101 set 101656 in February 2001. Presumably 54056 + 51230 with 51428 added for extra power. Ian Buck.