Vehicle 51198
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: 30467
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 10/01/59 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Jun-59 | Transferred to | 24E (Blackpool Central) | |
| 5w/e 06/07/63 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 3w/e 02/10/65 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 4w/e 05/11/66 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| 24/11/85 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 26/02/86 | Stored S. | CF (Cardiff Canton) | - pending transfer to ScR |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Feb-87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Mar-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.
Modifications
circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 01/02/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51198 | 56356 | As delivered to 26A - 10th January 1959 | |||||||
| CR248 | 51198 | 56356 | Noted circa Jun-69 | ||||||
| 51198 | 56333 | Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| CR225 | 51198 | 56333 | Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot2 | ||||||
| 51198 | 56337 | Noted 11/04/1977 - 2D62, 09.33 Manchester Victoria to Llandudno3 | |||||||
| 51198 | 56337 | Noted circa 04/19813 | |||||||
| 51198 | 54337 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||||
| C203 | 51198 | 54337 | Formation change - CF - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 51198 | 54337 | Transfer to HA - 11/05/86 - from Ss(CF) | |||||||
| Spare | 51198 | Formation change - HA - w/e 15/05/86 | |||||||
| Spare | 51198 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 316 | 51242 | 59045 | 51198 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 352 | 51198 | 59045 | 53176 | Formed at HA p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| spare | 51198 | Formation change - circa Oct-86 | |||||||
| 51198 | 59302 | 53746 | Noted 06/12/19863 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59060 | 51198 | Noted 17/01/19873 | ||||||
| 51198 | 59304 | 53234 | Noted circa 03/19873 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
14th October 1979
Chester allocated M51198 + M56337 in Swindon Works on 14 October 1979. They were there for refurbishment from which they would emerge on 1 February 1980 in blue/grey livery. Brian Daniels.
1982
Two Met-Camm sets in Chester in 1982, the closest vehicle appears to be 51198. John Law.
28th August 1986
Set number: 352
Class 101, set 352, consisting of 51198 (front), 59045, 53176 at Dalmeny on 28th August 1986. Photograph by David Slack, uploaded by Andrew Slack. David Slack.