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Vehicle 51127

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 15/03/58	New to	64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58	Transferred to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 31/10/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72	Transferred to	64B (Haymarket)	- 64H closed
22/10/72	Withdrawn from	64B (Haymarket)
13/01/73	Reinstated	64B (Haymarket)	- due to DMU shortage
May-73	Depot code change	HA
Jun-74	Stored S.
w/e 10/08/74	Reinstated	HA (Haymarket)
w/e 05/10/74	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
w/e 17/05/75	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
w/e 19/10/80	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
Jan-81	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
12/12/82	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight)	- Moved to LO when?

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51127	56319		As delivered to 64A - March 1958
	51127	56319		Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 07/05/66
	51127	56306		Noted 11/09/71 - on Leith Central depot¹
	51127	56319		Noted 26/08/1972 - Branch Line Society Forth Man Railtour. An unidentified 2 car 101 was also part of the train
	51110	59689	51127	Noted 04/09/73 - at Stirling²
	51127	59686	51802	Noted 07/08/1974 - at Haymarket³
70	51127			Listed at NR - 19/07/75 - plus unknown trailer
70	51127	56144		Noted 10/10/75 - at Cambridge²
70	51127	56142		Noted 02/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
70	51127	56316		Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot²
70	51127	56133		Noted 06/04/77 - at Bury St Edmunds²
70	51127	56133		Noted 03/08/78 - at Norwich²
70	51127	56133		Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
70	51127	56133		Noted 05/01/79 - at Norwich²
	51127	56414		Noted 06/08/79 - at Norwich, returned to NR ex-works by 31240²
	51127	56453		Transfer to LO - w/e 19/10/80
	51127	56453		Transfer to NH - Jan-81
	51127	56453		Noted circa 04/1982⁴
NH349	51127	56453		Noted circa 10/1982⁴
	51127	56453		Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.15 Manchester Victoria to Blackpool with 51585-59587-51581.⁴

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

Images:

6th April 1976

Set number: 70

Norwich set 70 - Class 100 E51127 and Class 105 56142 - with a parcel van in tow at Lowestoft on 6 April 1976. Phil Bevan.

mid to late 1970s

Set number: 70

A two-car Gloucester Class 100 DMU at Norwich Thorpe, with DMBS E51127 nearest the camera. It was transferred to Norwich from Scotland in May 1975 and moved to Longsight in October 1980. At the side is a Class 104, these began to be allocated to Norwich in October 1975, dating the image between October 1975 and October 1980. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

9th April 1977

Class 100 DMBS 51127 is working with a Cravens DTC when seen at Sudbury on the 9th April '77. David Underwood.

August 1980

Set number: 70

Norwich Class 100/105 hybrid set 70 (51127 / 56134) in March station in August 1980. Ian Charles.

26th August 1982

Class 100/105 hybrid M51127 + M56453 at St Annes on 26 August 1982. David Mant.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 15th March 1958

Newly delivered GRC&W twin set Sc56319 + Sc51127 passing Craigentinny on 15 March 1958. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: unknown

Class 105 DTSL E56453 in Manchester Victoria, date unknown, Southport on the destination blind. It is paired with a Class 100 DMBS - probably 51127 which it worked with circa 1980-1982. Paul Redmond.

Date: 5th March 1980

Set number: 63

Wednesday would usually be my day off from work around the time this photograph was taken, so quite often I would buy an Anglia Day Ranger ticket and do a circular tour from March or King's Lynn. This was the case on 5/3/80 when this was the scene alongside Ipswich station at 11.25 that morning. Set 63 with Felixstowe on the blinds comprised E56432 with power car E51268 at the rear. The most interesting aspect of this shot though, are the two dmu cars in the background. Set 70 has obviously had some incident befall it, as Gloucester RCW Class 100 power car E51127 has been separated from its partner Cravens Class 105 trailer E56134. Some of the Gloucester RCW units had charmed lives and E51127 had already survived being withdrawn in 1972 and stored in 1974 on its native Scottish Region, before being sent down to Norwich in May 1975. It lasted here until October 1980 when it was dispatched to the LMR ending up at Tyseley and finally Newton Heath from where it was retired in Dec. 82. Gerard Fletcher.

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