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Vehicle 51197

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30467
Diagram: 523

Allocations

03/01/59 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
Jun-59 Transferred to 24E (Blackpool Central)
4w/e 30/01/60 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 28/05/60 Transferred to 24E (Blackpool Central)
4w/e 30/12/61 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Feb-62 Transferred to 24E (Blackpool Central)
5w/e 06/07/63 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-63Depot code change9D
3w/e 02/10/65 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 05/11/66 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
30/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
12/04/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
2w/e 13/03/88 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/12/88 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
04/06/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
04/09/89 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PCHX

Notes

7th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Chester depot

Modifications

circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51197 56355 As delivered to 26A - 3rd January 1959
51197 56355 Noted 22/08/69 - at Crewe1
51197 56335 Noted 23/11/69 - at Manchester Victoria1
51197 56338 Noted 08/05/1972 - At Chester Station when runaway freight train crashed and caught fire. 56338 destroyed.2
51197 56353 Noted 18/04/73 - at Chester3
CR247 51197 56353 Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester, 56353 displayed CR2403
51197 56334 Noted 27/11/76 - on 2J67 2145 Crewe-Shrewsbury
51197 56334 Noted 07/09/77 - at Shrewsbury3
51197 56339 Noted circa 08/19802
51197 56339 Noted 22/10/1980 - Llandudno Junction4
51197 56339 Noted 27/10/1980 - At Wrexham General Station working to Shrewsbury4
51197 56339 Noted 30/08/1981 - Lea Valley Railway Club Churnet Charger Railtour 56359-51200 + 51197-56339 + 51578-59580-51587
51197 56339 Noted circa 05/19822
51197 56361 Noted circa 02/19832
51197 54361 Noted 29/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street2
51197 54336 Formation change - CH - Jan-86
51197 54336 Transfer to NC - 30/03/86 - from CH
83 51197 54336 Formed at NC circa Apr-86
83 51197 54336 Noted 01/05/86 - at Norwich3
83 51197 54336 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
51197 54336 Noted 02/08/86 - on 14.18 Ely To Norwich with E51472 + E54420
83 51197 54336 Noted 27/08/19862
83 51197 54336 Noted 28/12/86 - at Norwich3
51197 54408 Noted 25/07/19872
spare 51197 Listed at NL - May-88
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service5
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 14:15 Sunderland - Gateshead MetroCentre service5
51197 53196 Noted 16/07/88 - on 15:45 Sunderland - Newcastle service5
51197 53196 Noted 27/07/88 - on 14:55 Hartlepool - Darlington service5
51197 51804 Noted 12/09/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51197 51516 Noted 24/09/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Morpeth service5
51197 53188 Noted 03/10/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51197 53188 Noted 05/10/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51197 53195 Noted 22/10/88 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service5
51197 53195 Noted 29/10/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51197 53195 Noted 12/11/88 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Hexham service5
51197 53195 Noted 26/11/88 - on 13:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51197 53195 Noted 26/11/88 - on 14:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
51197 53195 Noted 07/12/88 - on 07:00 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
458 51197 53195 Listed at NL - Feb-89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Whitlingham Junction

summer 1986

Set number: 83

A two-car DMU (Class 101 set 83, presumably with 51197 leading) passes Whitlingham Junction, east of Norwich, in the summer of 1986. The GE-designed signalbox here was built in 1909. Andrew Walker.

Class 101 DMU at Hartlepool

1987

Set number: 83

A Met Camm DMU at Hartlepool in September 1987. The DMBS carries set number 83 and so is presumably 51197. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Glaisdale

1988

Set number: 83

51197 is on the rear of a Met-Camm set passing a more modern unit at Glaisdale, by the ex NER signal box, in 1988. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Monkwearmouth Bridge

3rd December 1988

Set number: 83

51197 on the Monkwearmouth Bridge on December 3, 1988. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

28th March 1989

Set number: 83

Class 101 51197 is seen arriving at Leeds on 28.03.1989. It still carries set number 83 from its time at Norwich from which it had departed in April 1987. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Scarborough

April 1989

Set number: 83

A 2-car Met-Camm departing from Scarborough past Falsgrave signal box in April 1989. At this end is 51197 (labeled set 83) and at the other 53195 (labeled set 90). Ian Francis.

Class 101 DMU at Vic Berrys

14th October 1989

Set number: CH467

Class 101 DMBS 51197 at Vic Berrys on the 14th October 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th February 1981

Met-Cam class 101 DTC M56339 in the "new" white and blue refurbished livery with a plain blue DMBS (probably 51197) in Abbey Foregate sidings, Shrewsbury, 14th February 1981. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1986

E51472 + E54420 and Metro Cammel M51197 + M54336 with the 14.18 Ely To Norwich service near Ely on August 2, 1986. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: April 1989

Set number: 90

2-car Met-Camm snakes its way into Scarborough station in April 1989. At this end is 53195 (labeled set 90) and at the other 51197 (labeled set 83). Ian Francis.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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