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Vehicle 51443


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

23/04/59 New to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 05/04/69 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 08/06/74 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 02/05/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/09/77 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
18/01/87 Transferred to RG (Reading)
Jun-87 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common)
4w/e 03/12/88 Sector Change to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
p/e 30/03/91 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
24/01/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NXXZ
18/02/92 Withdrawn from RG (Reading) NTCZ

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 19/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51443 59539 59540 51513 As delivered to 51A - 23rd April 1959
51443 59539 59540 51513 Transfer to 52J - 3w/e 05/04/69
51443 59539 59540 51513 Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1
51443 56373 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
51443 56052 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle2
51443 59535 51508 Transfer to BG - w/e 08/06/74
51443 59224 50585 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster3
51443 59229 50578 Noted 08/01/75 - at Stainforth & Hatfield4
51443 59065 50163 Noted 14/01/76 - at Brough1
51443 59540 50150 Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1
50218 59535 51443 Noted 08/04/1976 - on 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield with 51432 & 515023
51443 56368 Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster4
51443 51508 Transfer to NL - 3w/e 02/05/76
51443 56199 Noted 20/11/76 - at York1
51443 56368 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1
51443 51502 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1
51443 56368 Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot4
51443 56057 Noted 17/07/78
51443 56073 Noted 30/08/1979 - At Hitchin Sidings5
51443 56057 Noted 12/07/80 - at Norwich4
51443 56057 Noted 25/07/81 - at Norwich4
51443 56372 Noted circa 07/19836
51443 54372 Noted 19/06/84 - at Norwich4
51443 54372 Noted 04/08/84 - at Leicester
51443 54372 Noted circa 03/19856
51443 54372 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51443 54372 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
20 51443 54372 Formed at CA circa Jun-86
20 51443 54372 Noted circa 08/19866
20 51443 54372 Noted 13/12/19866
L202 51443 54372 Listed at OO - Aug-87
53155 51443 54280 Noted 12/09/19876
L205 51443 53155 Formed at OO circa 10/87 - Two DMBSs
L205 51443 53155 Listed at - Oct-87
L205 51443 54385 Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54385 replaced 53155 (to spare)
L205 51443 53155 Noted 16th April 1988
L205 51443 53155 Noted 16/04/19886
L205 51443 54385 Listed at OO - 15/05/89
L205 51443 54385 Noted circa 12/19906
L205 51443 54385 Listed at OO - 21/01/91

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

9th June 1978

DMBS E51443 in Refurbished Livery at the rear of a Class 101 DMU leaving Cambridge on 09/06/1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Hertford North

1979

A refurbished Class 101 dmu (51443 closest) on the last day of the Huntingdon service at Hertford North in 1979. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Colchester

9th June 1986

Set number: 20

Class 101 set 20 on a 12XX Sudbury - St Botolphs head off the Clacton Avoider as it awaits to leave Colchester (at 13:30) on 9 June 1986. 51443 is closest, presumably with 54372. Colin Brooks.

Class 101 DMU at Slough

26th January 1988

Set number: 410

At Slough on 26/1/88, W51443 is part of hybrid set 410. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Henley-on-Thames

8th July 1988

Set number: L205

Class 101 DMU set L205 with 51443 closest in Henley-on-Thames station with a Reading service on 8 July 1988. David Bellamy.

Class 101 DMU at Aynho

summer 1989

Set number: L205

Set L205 (presumably 51443 + 54385) heads towards Banbury through the closed Aynho station in Summer 1989. Murray Liston.

Class 101 DMU at Banbury

summer 1989

Set number: L205

Met Camm set L205 (51443 + 54385) rolls past Banbury North box to enter the station having run round to form a southbound service for Oxford, taken in the summer of 1989. Murray Liston.

Class 101 DMU at Reading

19th June 1990

Set number: L205

Class 101 DMU set L205 (51443 + 54385) at Reading on 16 September 1990. Sparegang.

Class 101 DMU at Marlow

22nd May 1991

Set number: L205

Met-Camm DMU set L205 (51443 + 54385) at Marlow after terminating with the 12:29 from Maidenhead on May 22, 1991. John Carter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa January 1978

Two DMU twins in London Kings Cross, Class 101 E56372 + 51443 and Class 105 56421 + 51295. The slide process date was January 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 17th July 1978

A Class 101 formed of E56057 + E51443 are seen on the up slow line of the East Coast Main Line near Sandy heading to Hitchin on 17/07/1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1984

A Class 101 2-car set formed of 54372 + 51443 sit in Leicester station on the 4th August 1984. The orange curtains are prominent in the first class section on the DTC. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1989

Set number: L205

Class 101 set L205 (presumably 54385 + 51443) on the 0845 Slough - Windsor awaits departure at Slough on Saturday 18th February 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: summer 1989

Set number: L205

Met Camm set L205 (51443 + 54385) had arrived at Banbury in Summer 1989 and was about to run round north of the station to form a service back to Oxford. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 17th December 1990

Set number: L128

Class 121 DMBS 55028 with Class 101 54385 and 51443 arriving at Iver station with an unidentified up working on 17 December 1990. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 4th May 1993

Set number: L210

53083, 51220, 54371, 51443 & 51445 sit with 20199 at M.C. Metals, Springburn 4-5-93. Kevin Dowd.