Vehicle 51799
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: 30587
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 30/11/59 | New to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - Leith closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| w/e 26/10/74 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 2w/e 11/11/78 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 4w/e 26/05/79 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 10/12/86 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| 20/08/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 16/05/88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 19/06/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 07/12/88 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| p/e 25/02/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PWYX | |
| p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ | |
| 07/12/90 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ |
Modifications
circa Jul-82 - Headlamp fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 28/04/1982 released in blue/grey livery51799 was involved in the following incident:
1980 - Bristol Marsh Junction
Collision involving Class 101
Info from John Savage
DMBS W51799 (of set B810) has been the subject of a shunting mishap also involving a 350hp shunter and BR Mark 1 sleeping car W2541, within Bristol Marsh Junction Depot on an unknown date in 1980.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51799 | 59690 | 51806 | As delivered to 64H - 30th November 1959 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59568 | 51806 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59690 | 51806 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59691 | 51806 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51250 | 56690 | 51799 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket4 | ||||||
| 51797 | 59689 | 51799 | Noted 27/08/74 - at Dundee4 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59690 | 51806 | Transfer to DE - w/e 26/10/74 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59074 | 50746 | Noted 06/02/78 - on 0620 Dundee-Edinburgh with 51448 + 59558 + 51528 | ||||||
| 240 | 51799 | 59069 | 51234 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| L810 | 51799 | 59539 | 51808 | Noted 26/02/1979 - seen at Swindon Works. 6 | |||||
| B810 | 51799 | 59539 | 51808 | Noted 04/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central6 | |||||
| B810 | 51799 | 59539 | 51808 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| C810 | 51799 | 59539 | 51808 | Noted circa 06/19825 | |||||
| C810 | 51799 | 59539 | 51808 | Noted circa 08/19825 | |||||
| C806 | 51799 | 51808 | New set number at CF - circa Sep-82 - from C810 | ||||||
| C806 | 51799 | 51808 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | ||||||
| C806 | 51799 | 51808 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59039 | 53131 | Noted 26/04/19865 | ||||||
| C806 | 51799 | 51808 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| C806 | 51799 | 51808 | Noted 05/06/19865 | ||||||
| S806 | 51799 | 51808 | Transfer to LE - 10/12/86 - prefix change from C to S | ||||||
| S806 | 51799 | 51808 | Noted circa 07/19875 | ||||||
| S806 | 51799 | 51808 | Noted 04/07/1987 - at Crewe7 | ||||||
| S806 | 51799 | 51808 | Listed at LE - Aug-87 | ||||||
| 51799 | 51808 | Transfer to CF - 20/08/87 - from LE | |||||||
| C853 | 51799 | 59694 | 51808 | Formed at CF Sep-87 | |||||
| C853 | 51799 | 59694 | 51808 | Listed at CF - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted | |||||
| C853 | 51799 | 59694 | 51808 | Noted 18/09/88 - on 13.20 to Manchester Victoria - Southport | |||||
| C853 | 51799 | 59694 | 51808 | Noted circa 11/1988 - operating from Newton Heath5 | |||||
| 51799 | 59694 | 53237 | Noted 04/01/89 - on 17:08 York - Doncaster via Selby8 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59694 | 51808 | Transfer to NL - p/e 25/02/89 | ||||||
| 566 | 51799 | 59694 | 53237 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | |||||
| 51799 | 59694 | 53237 | Noted 06/02/89 - on 13:58 Leeds - Knaresborough8 | ||||||
| NL464 | 51799 | 53237 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Robert Chilton
8: Graeme Phillips
Images:
8th July 1977
Substitution. A shortage of Swindon Cross Country DMUs led to a 3-car Metro Cammell set being drafted in to work the Aberdeen services, Dundee's Sc51799 seen arriving at Inverness on 8th July 1977. This unit was reallocated to the WR the following year. Murray Liston.
1980
Set number: B810
DMBS W51799 (of set B810) has been the subject of a shunting mishap also involving a 350hp shunter and BR Mark 1 sleeping car W2541, within Bristol Marsh Junction Depot on an unknown date in 1980. John Savage.
13th April 1980
Set number: B810
Class 101 DMBS, W51799 (set B810), waits in the bay platform at Swindon. 13th April 1980. Paul James.
23rd August 1980
Set number: B810
Class 101 DMU set B810 (51799 and presumably 59539 + 51808) at Newport with he 11.22(SO)Bristol Temple Meads-Cardiff Central on 23 August 1980. Robert Thomas.
4th September 1980
Set number: B810
Met-Cam 3 car set B810 (W51799 closest) shunts back out of platform 3 at Hereford ready for its return to Cardiff on 4th September 1980. Paul James.
14th February 1981
Set number: B810
Class 101 set B810 (presumably 51799 + 59539 + 51808) passing Stapleton Road station with the 3.30pm Bristol Temple Meads - Cardiff Central service on 14 February 1981. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
Set number: C806
Set C806 (presumably 51799 + 51808) makes its departure from Shrewsbury leaving a Tysleley Class 116 behind. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
Unknown date
Set number: C806
Met-Camm set C806 (presumably 51799 + 51808) awaits its departure from Shrewsbury. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
24th April 1986
Set number: C806
At Cardiff Central on 24 April 1986 Class 101 DMBS 51799 is seen working with two Class 116 vehicles 59039 + 53131. Keith Miller.
30th June 1986
Set number: C806
A class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU (C806 presumably 51799 + 51808) waits at Llandovery, for another service coming from Shrewsbury to cross, I think. The driver passes the time of day chatting to a woman on the platform. Jonathan Hazan.
30th June 1986
Set number: C806
I like this one, even though it's the end of the roll. A class 101 Metro Cammell DMU (C806, presumably 51799) peeks out from behind the station building at Llanwrtyd Wells on 30th June 1986. The DMU was on a Swansea to Shrewsbury service on the Heart of Wales line. It had failed and we were waiting to be rescued. I can't remember how long we were stuck here, but help eventually arrived in the shape of a class 25, which dragged us all the way to Shrewsbury. Jonathan Hazan.
30th June 1986
Set number: C806
A class 101 DMU (C806 presumably 51799 + 51808) at Llanwrtyd Wells on 30th June 1986. This train had broken down and was awaiting rescue. Jonathan Hazan.
15th August 1987
Class 101 DMU set S806 (51799 + 51808) with the 09.35 ex-Shrewsbury at Crewe on 15 August 1987. Dave Warby Collection.
1st December 1987
Set number: C853
Catching the last rays of winter sunshine hybrid Class 101 DMU set C853 formed 51799+59694+51808 with a 'Calder Valley' class 110 centre coach is seen waiting custom at Newport (Gwent) with train 2B28 the 14.48 Chepstow to Cardiff Central on 01/12/87. Adrian Nicholls.
1988
Set number: C853
Hybrid DMU set C853 departs from Maiden Newton sometime in 1988, presumably with 51799 closest. The set was normally formed with a Class 110 centre car at this time but here it has a Class 119 in the middle. Stuart Mackay Collection.
17th June 1989
Set number: C853
A four-car DMU formation (2-car 101 and 2-car Class 108) passes under the "coal road" to Garsdale and heads through Dent station with a Leeds service on a sunny 17th June 1989. Leading is DMBS 51799. Andrew Walker.
7th May 1991
Withdrawn Class 101 DMBS 51799 at Snailwell on 7th May 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1979
Set number: B810
Class 101 DMU set B810 (51808 and presumably 59539 + 51799) arrives into Weymouth in July 1979. Paul Braybrook.
Date: unknown
Set number: C806
Class 101 set C806 (presumably 51808 + 51799) seen at Shrewsbury. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 5th November 1983
Set number: C806
Met-Camm DMU set C806 (with an oversize 6) - presumably 51808 + 51799 - is seen at Whitland with the 10:07 to Pembroke Dock on 5 November 1983. Robert Thomas.
Date: 15th September 1985
Set number: C806
Set C806 (W51808 + W51799) is seen stabled at Shrewsbury on September 15th, 1985. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 4th July 1987
Set number: S806
Class 101 power twin S806 (51808 + 51799) passing Dorrington with a Central Wales service from Shrewsbury to Swansea, 04 July 1987. Mike Dean.
Date: 16th July 1988
Set number: C853
Class 101/110 hybrid C853 (51808 + 59694 + 51799) in the sidings at Southport on July 16, 1988. Colin Brooks.
Date: 3rd September 1988
A three-car Class 101/110 Hybrid DMU formed of Class 101 Driving Cars M51808 & M51799 with a former Calder Valley Class 110 Centre Trailer Car, M59694, had just passed through Kirkham North Junction with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on September 3rd 1988. This was the period when due to ongoing problems with the Class 142 fleet, various combinations of surviving First Generation DMU's were cobbled together to keep services running. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 18th September 1988
Set number: C853
A Class 101/110 hybrid three-car DMU, formed of Class 101 cars 51808 & 51799 with a former 'Calder Valley' BRCW Class 110 centre trailer, 59694, was making a smoky departure from Southport with the 13.20 to Manchester Victoria on September 18th 1988. The unit had been recently transferred from Cardiff Canton (C853) to Newton Heath depot to provide cover for the then ailing Class 142 Pacer fleet. Martyn Hilbert.