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Vehicle 51204

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

31/07/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 03/01/59	Transferred to	50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
21/04/63	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
05/03/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)	- Manningham closed
25/08/68	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
w/e 23/11/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 19/11/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
15/03/87	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
10/06/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
06/12/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PSYX

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/03/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51204	56362		As delivered to 56G - 31st July 1958
	51204	56362		Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
	51204	56362		Transfer to 55F - 21/04/63
	51204	59082	50264	Noted 04/09/67 - at Bradford Exchange¹
	51204	56365		Transfer to 32A - 25/08/68 - from 55H
	51204	56201		Noted 30/05/70 - at Peterborough¹
	51204	56313		Noted 21/12/70 - at March¹
	51204	56315		Noted 04/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	51204	56315		Noted 12/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds²
73	51204	56122		Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	51204	56383		Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge²
73	51204	56383		Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford²
73	51204	56383		Noted 27/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
73	51204	56383		Noted 02/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
73	51204	56362		Noted 16/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	51204	56362		Noted 15/06/74 - at Peterborough¹
73	51204	56362		Noted 29/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
73	51204	56362		Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	51204	56129		Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough¹
	51204	56402		Noted 10/04/76 - at Brough¹
	51204	56402		Noted 22/05/76 - at Brough¹
	51204	56402		Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster¹
	51204	56380		Noted 25/09/82 - on a Newcastle - Hexham service
	51204	56409		Noted circa 02/1983³
	51204	54397		Noted circa 02/1986³
	51204	53235		Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds⁴
	51204	53235		Noted circa 07/1987³
451	51204	51495		Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51495 replaced 53159
	51204	51838		Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	51204	51495		Noted circa May-88
453	51204	51495		Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
451	51204	51495		Formed at NL p/e 18/07/88
	51204	51519		Noted 27/07/88 - on 17:55 Sheffield - Chesterfield
	51204	51519		Noted 28/07/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
	51204	51519		Noted 22/08/88 - at Brightside

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton

Images:

circa early 1980s

A Class 101 DMU with DMBS E51204 closest, on a depot - possibly its home depot of Heaton? Circa early 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

25th September 1982

E51204 + E56380 at Scotswood Bridge with a Hexham service on September 25, 1982. John Carter.

30th July 1983

A Class 101 heading northbound at Relly Mill, Co. Durham on 30/07/1983, led by DMBS E51204. Graeme Phillips Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 25th September 1982

Met-Camm DMU E56380 + E51204 at Blaydon Junction on September 25, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 25th September 1982

Passing the signalbox at Scotswood on September 25, 1982, is Met-Camm DMU E56380 + E51204. John Carter.

Date: 2nd October 1982

Met-Camm DMU E56380 + E51204 crosses Scotswood Bridge on October 2, 1982. John Carter.

Date: 20th August 1988

Set number: C808

A Class 101 DMU (formed 51519 + 51204) at Brightside on August 22, 1988. Allocated to Neville Hill it still carries a previous set number from its time at Cardiff. Walter Burt.

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