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Vehicle 51203

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)
w/e 31/01/59	Transferred to	24E (Blackpool Central)
4w/e 28/02/59	Transferred to	26A (Newton Heath)
Jun-59	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
Aug-59	Transferred to	14E (Bedford)
Oct-59	Transferred to	5D (Cockshute)
4w/e 03/06/61	Transferred to	24F (Fleetwood)
5w/e 06/10/62	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62	Transferred to	15C (Leicester Midland)
Sep-63	Depot code change	15A
w/e 02/01/64	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
w/e 30/01/65	Transferred to	6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 05/11/66	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
30/03/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
12/04/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
21/10/89	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton) PZQX

Modifications

Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 22/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51203	56361	As delivered to 26A - 24th January 1959
	51203	56361	Transfer to 5D - Oct-59
	51203	56361	Noted 11/04/67 - at Crewe¹
	51203	56361	Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury²
	51203	56341	Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury²
	51203	56341	Noted 08/09/73 - in Manchester Victoria²
CR253	51203	56341	Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester, 56341 displayed CR233²
	51203	56354	Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester³
	51203	56354	Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury²
	51203	56502	Noted 12/08/1977⁴
	51203	56502	Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth²
	51203	56333	Noted circa 08/1980⁴
	51203	56339	Noted circa 09/1982⁴
	51203	54339	Noted circa 04/1983⁴
	51203	54339	Noted 23/04/85 - stabled at Machynlleth
	51203	54339	Noted circa 03/1986⁴
	51203	54339	Transfer to NC - 30/03/86 - from CH
85	51203	54339	Formation change - NC - circa Apr-86
	51203	54339	Noted 12/04/1986⁴
85	51203	54339	Noted 17/04/86 - at Norwich²
85	51203	54339	Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
85	51203	54339	Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich²
85	51203	54339	Noted circa 08/1986⁴
85	51203	54339	Listed at NC - Apr-87
	51203	54406	Noted circa 08/1987⁴
	51203	53166	Noted circa 11/1987⁴
	51203	53188	Noted circa 04/1988⁴
	51203	53188	Noted 5th April 1988
	51203	53235	Noted 25/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51516	Noted 03/10/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51516	Noted 10/10/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51516	Noted 12/10/88 - on 07:00 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 21/10/88 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51516	Noted 28/10/88 - on 12:28 Carlisle - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51516	Noted 12/11/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51516	Noted 06/01/89 - on 11:30 Sunderland - Hexham service with 54240 + 53963⁵
	51203	53182	Noted 25/02/89 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 18/03/89 - on 15:00 Newcastle - Durham service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 18/03/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Durham service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 29/03/89 - on 07:31 Nunthorpe - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 01/04/89 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 03/04/89 - on 17:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 07/04/89 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 10/04/89 - on 15:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 12/04/89 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 29/04/89 - on 15:30 Sunderland - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 20/05/89 - on 15:05 Hexham - Newcastle⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 20/05/89 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Hexham service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 27/05/89 - on 17:24 Newcastle - Hexham service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 27/05/89 - on 13:37 Carlisle - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 29/05/89 - on 13:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 29/05/89 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 29/05/89 - on 15:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 30/05/89 - on 12:15 Newcastle - Alnmouth⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 30/05/89 - on 10:20 Berwick-upon-Tweed - Newcastle⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 01/06/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service⁵
	51203	51515	Noted 03/06/89 - on 13:56 Hexham - Sunderland service⁵
	51203	53257	Noted 12/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle⁵
	51203	53257	Noted 12/06/89 - on 17:45 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	53257	Noted 13/06/89 - on 15:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁵
	51203	53257	Noted 14/06/89 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service⁵
	51203	51516	Noted 04/11/89 - on 17:55 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 51467 + 53257 / 54370 + 51217 hauled by 47 462, believed to be football extra.⁵

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

Images:

9th October 1984

Class 101 DMBS 51203 on jacks in Swindon Works on the 9th October 1984. Dennis Taylor.

13th November 1988

Set number: 85

51203 + 51516 at Darlington on November 13, 1988. John Carter.

circa 1989

Set number: 85

A two-car Met-Camm DMU in Gateshead Metro Centre station circa 1989. Closest is 51203 still carrying a Norwich set number - it moved from there to Heaton in April 1987. Hexham is on the destination blind. Robert Forsythe.

26th March 1989

Class 101 51203 is seen at Newcastle Central on 26.03.1989 in the company of newer dmus 142022 and 143018. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: July 1985

Class 101 Metro-Cammell 2-car DMU 54339 and presumably 51203 (DTCL + DMBS) in Platform 4 at Helsby July 1985. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

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