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Vehicle 51114

Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30444
Diagram: 536

Allocations

w/e 30/11/57	New to	64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58	Transferred to	Leith Central
Aug-59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
w/e 23/01/60	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 02/07/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/06/67	On loan to	South Gosforth
2w/e 01/07/67	Transferred to	South Gosforth
3w/e 15/03/69	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 28/06/69	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 29/02/76	Stored U.
25/08/76	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

Notes

24/05/78 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot: 51114, 51125, 51126, 56094, 56100, 79159
03/08/78 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot: 51114, 51120, 51125, 51126, 56094, 56316, 79159

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51114	56306	As delivered to 64A - November 1957
	51114	56306	Transfer to Hamilton - Aug-59 - from Leith Central
	51114	56306	Transfer to 67A - 4w/e 07/05/66
	51114	56317	Noted 18/08/69 - at Peterborough¹
	51114	56437	Noted 03/04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street²
	51114	56315	Noted 01/09/71 - at Doncaster¹
65	51114	56439	Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds³
65	51114	56439	Noted 10/02/73 - on Norwich depot⁴
65	51114	56317	Noted 22/09/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
65	51114	56317	Noted 01/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
65	51114	56100	Noted 22/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
65	51114	56100	Noted 17/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51114	56100	Noted 18/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
65	51114	56100	Noted 17/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51114	56100	Noted 03/1975 - at Norwich ²
65	51114	56300	Listed at NR - 19/07/75

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Ipswich Transport Society

Images:

11th August 1968

GRC&W DMBS E51114 working as part of a four-car set. Seen in Carlisle station on 11 August 1968 no doubt on a service from and back to Newcastle, the South Gosforth allocated vehicle is with three vehicles still in green, a BRC&W and two Met-Camms. Stuart Mackay Collection.

6th July 1974

Set number: 65

A Class 100 DMU - Norwich allocated set 65 - seen at Peterborough on 6 July 1974. The closest vehicle has "LW" painted on the blue squares. The DMBS appears to be E51114. Alistair Ness.

October 1975

Set number: 65

A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 & Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 (Set No.65) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge ready to depart for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

October 1975

Set number: 65

23rd June 1978

Withdrawn from use in August 1976 Class 100 DMBS No.51114 had been used as a source of spare parts for nearly 2 years when I took this image of her on Norwich MPD on the 23rd June 1978 and presents a sorry sight. She was eventually scrapped at Mayer Newman, Snailwell in March 1981. Bob Woolnough.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 12th September 1975

Set number: 65

Norwich set 65 (class 100 Gloucester cars 56100 and 51114) are waiting at Cambridge to form the 10.56 to Ely on 12 September 1975. The "FRI 12" notice in the cab window refers to the unit's next exam date, implying that the set would return to Norwich Crown Point by the end of the day. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: October 1975

Set number: 65

A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 and Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge departing for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

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