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Vehicle 51201

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

24/01/59	New to	26A (Newton Heath)
Jun-59	Transferred to	24E (Blackpool Central)
4w/e 30/01/60	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
Apr-60	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
11/05/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
07/07/91	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge) PCAX
10/05/92	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) RCLO
Jan-01	Withdrawn from	LO (Longsight)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted
circa May-95 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 03/09/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Immingham Railfreight Terminal

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51201	56359	As delivered to 26A - 24th January 1959
	51201	56359	Noted 12/02/61 - in Blackpool Central station
	51201	56342	Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot¹
	51201	56342	Noted 22/10/71 - at Crewe¹
	51201	56347	Noted 22/06/74 - at Conway²
	51201	56347	Noted 20/09/1975 - at Crewe³
	51201	56342	Noted 25/02/1977 - CH Depot⁴
	51201	56342	Noted 08/09/77 - at Machynlleth²
	51201	56347	Noted 14/09/81 - on 12:40 Shrewsbury - Crewe
	51201	56347	Noted 26/06/82 - at Borth
	51201	56347	Noted circa 08/1982⁴
	51201	56347	Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 08.40 Manchester Victoria to Chester with 56080-50203⁴
	51201	54347	Noted 17/04/83 - on Chester depot
	51201	54347	Noted circa 01/1984⁴
	51201	54347	Noted 31/03/1984 - on Chester Depot⁴
	51201	54347	Noted 30/09/84 - on Chester depot
	51201	54347	Noted 25/04/85 - on a Holyhead to Llandudno all stations service
	51201	54347	Noted 07/02/86 - on 06:48 Crewe - Stoke with 51902 + 54485⁵
	51201	54347	Noted circa 03/1986⁴
	51201	54347	Transfer to NC - 11/05/86 - from CH
72	51201	54347	Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
72	51201	54347	Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich²
72	51201	54347	Noted 27/08/1986⁴
	51201	54347	Noted 31/03/87 - at Norwich²
72	51201	54347	Listed at NC - Apr-87
72	51201	54347	Listed at NC - Dec-87
72	51201	54347	Noted 10/09/88
72	51201	54347	Listed at NC - Feb-90
72	51201	54347	Listed at CA - Jul-91
72	51201	54347	Listed at CA - Aug-91
72	51201	54347	Noted circa 10/1991⁴
72	51201	54347	Listed at CA - Dec-91
	51201	54347	Noted 05/02/92 - on 16:15 Skegness - Gainsborough⁶
	51201	54347	Noted 27/03/92 - on 06:41 Birmingham New Street - Nottingham⁶
101663	51201	54347	Listed at LO - 02/07/92
101663	51201	54347	Listed at LO - 24/09/92
101663	51201	54347	Listed at LO - November 1992
101663	51201	54347	Listed at LO - 10/12/92
	51201	54347	Noted 24/05/93 - on 19:00 Blackpool - Manchester Airport⁶
	51201	54347	Noted 02/08/93 - on 19:00 Southport - Stockport⁶
101663	51201	54347	Listed at LO - November 1993
	51201	54347	Noted 17/03/94 - on 16:52 Manchester Piccadilly - New Mills Central⁶
101663	51201	54347	Noted circa 06/1994⁴
101663	51201	54347	Noted 31/05/1997 - 0820 Chester to Manchester Victoria

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: David Bellamy

Images:

4th September 1976

Freshly refurbished Met-Camm DMBS 51201 on display at a Derby Works open day on 4th September 1976. It was allocated to Chester at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.

4th September 1976

25 110 and freshly refurbished Met-Camm DMBS 51201 on display at a Derby Works open day on 4th September 1976. John Law.

4th September 1976

Freshly refurbished Met-Camm DMBS M51201 on display at a Derby Works open day on 4th September 1976. John Law.

26th June 1982

M51201 and M56347 are seen leaving Borth station on the 26th June 1982, with Wolverhampton High Level showing on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.

26th June 1982

M51201 and M56347 are seen leaving Borth station on the 26th June 1982, which has signs of track being lifted in the foreground. Steve Davies Collection.

6th August 1988

Set number: 72

Class 101 2-car DMU 51201 + 54347 passing Ely South signal box with the 08-25 ex-Cambridge to Peterborough 6-8-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

10th September 1988

Set number: 72

Class 101 E51201 + E54347 towed by 37138 passing Ely North Junction on 10.09.88. The DMU had previously worked 2K11 07.03 Doncaster – Peterborough via The Joint but due to a failure 37138 came to assistance and now running forward as an ECS possibly to Cambridge. Nicholas Youngman.

5th May 1990

Set number: 72

This appears to be 51201, Cambridge?, on May 5th, 1990. Colin Brooks.

circa June 1990

Set number: 72

Met-Camm DMU set 72 (51201 and presumably 54347), Sheringham station circa summer 1990. Bob Belcher.

circa June 1990

Set number: 72

Met-Camm DMU set 72 (51201 and presumably 54347) in Sheringham station circa summer 1990. Bob Belcher.

27th October 1991

Set number: 72

51201 + 54347 in platform 2 of Doncaster station on 27 October 1991. David Bellamy.

29th May 1993

Set number: 101663

A DMU formed of 51201 + 54347 (101663) and 53202 + 54203 (LO241) at Warrington Bank Quay station on 29 May 1993. Keith Miller.

16th August 1993

Set number: 101663

101663 - with 51201 closest and 54347 behind - is seen at Rose Hill on the 17:09 to Manchester Piccadilly, 16/8/93. Gazza Prescott.

4th December 1993

Set number: 101663

51201 at the head of a 6-car formation formed of 101663 (with 54347), 101656 and 101679 at Manchester Piccadilly, 4/12/93. Gazza Prescott.

Unknown date

Set number: 101663

101663 (51201 & 54347) is making plenty of smoke at Bargoed. Undated. Tom Clift.

Unknown date

Set number: 101663

51201 (101663 with 54347) waits time at Rose Hill Marple before returning to Manchester Piccadilly. Chris Moxon.

7th January 1995

Set number: 101663

101663 (51201 & 54347) at Ashburys on 7th January 1995. Ian Buck.

June 1996

Set number: 101663

Sorry not in service - 101663 (51201 + 54347) in Manchester Piccadilly, June 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th January 2000

Set number: 101663

101663 - Car 51201 is seen at the rear of a Chester - Piccadilly service on 28th January 2000 at Stockport (Edgeley) with 54347. Paul Moxon.

12th February 2000

Set number: 101663

101663 (51201 & 54347) at Deansgate on a service from Irlam on 12th February 2000. Ian Buck.

8th April 2000

Set number: 101663

A service for Marple departs from Manchester Piccadilly on 8 April 2000 worked by Met-Camm set 101663 (51201 + 54347). Stuart Mackay Collection.

10th April 2000

Set number: 101663

Metropolitan-Cammell set 101663 (51201 + 54347) in Manchester Piccadilly station on April 10, 2000. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th June 1982

M56347 and M51201 head away from Borth station on the 26th June 1982. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 17th April 1983

Class 101 DMU 54347 + 51201 on Chester depot, 17-4-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 30th September 1984

Class 101 DMU 54347 + 51201 stabled at Chester depot on 30-9-84. Behind are 51194 + 54346 with Class 120 53674 + 59064 + 53723. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: June 1987

Set number: 81

Pair of Class 101 Met Camm 2-car DMUs at Cromer in June 1987. Set 81 (53231 + 54050) is on the left, set 72 on the right (presumably 51201 + 54347). On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: June 1987

Set number: 72

Class 101 DMU set 72 (presumably 54347 + 51201) depart Cromer past the signal box in June 1987. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 19th July 1987

Set number: T620

Three-car set 53878, 59612 and 53056 stabled at Leicester with Norwich's set 72 behind, headed by 51201 and presumably with out of sight, 54347. Unusually the 116 (with class 127 centre trailer) appears to have a Tyseley set number board in the 2nd man's window but with no set number apparently on it (they would be set T620 at this time). The following year 53878 and 59612 were reformed into four-car set T421 and 53056 was in three-car set T342. Robert Chilton.

Date: 21st May 1989

Set number: 63

Set 63 E54218 + E51428 and Set 72 E51201 + E54347 seen on a Norwich to Cambridge working north of Ely around 4pm on 21st May 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 29th May 1993

Set number: LO241

A DMU formed of 54203 + 53202 (LO241) and 54347 + 51201 (101663) at Warrington Bank Quay station on 29 May 1993. Keith Miller.

Date: unknown

Set number: 101663

54347 (101663 with 51201) arriving into Manchester Piccadilly. Chris Moxon.

Date: 19th November 1998

Set number: 960992

A very rare picture of a sandite 101 on a passenger turn, it may well have been a one off? 960992 977897 (53203) + 977898 (53193) + 101663 54347 + 51201 are on 2H19, the 17:09 Macclesfield to Manchester Piccadilly at Cheadle Hulme, 19-11-98. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 15th May 1999

Set number: 101663

Class 101 Met Cam DMU 101-663 (54347+51201) stabled next to Chester station, 15-5-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 12th November 1999

Set number: 101663

101663 (54347 & 51201) at Manchester Piccadilly 12th November 1999. Ian Buck.

Date: 10th December 1999

Set number: 101663

101663 (54347 + 51201) arrives at Deansgate from Irlam on 10th December 1999. Ian Buck.

Date: 9th February 2000

Set number: 101663

Longsight based 101663 (54347 + 51201) leaves the Rose Hill branch at Marple Wharf Junction with a train to Piccadilly via Hyde, 9th February 2000. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: February 2001

Set number: 101663

101663 (54347 + 51201) at Manchester Piccadilly in February 2001. Ian Buck.

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