Vehicle 51211

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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

11/09/58	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	55F (Manningham)
w/e 04/02/67	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
w/e 27/02/71	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
May-73	Depot code change	DN
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
24/11/87	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
p/e 28/01/89	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NSBX
14/05/90	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge) NNEX
25/08/92	Transferred to	RG (Reading) NWRX
02/07/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
07/07/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

Notes

28/12/81 - 51211 / 56093 failed before departing with the 17:44 York - Darlington. 45 006 was sent to haul them for the journey.

Modifications

12/02/77 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 02/04/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51211	56369							As delivered to 56G - 11th September 1958
	51211	56369							Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	51211	56369							Noted 23/07/66 - at Brough1
	51211	59531	59066	50234					Noted 14/08/70 - at Carlisle2
	51211	56061							Noted 04/09/71 - at Whitby1
	51211	56093							Noted 17/08/78 - on 14:56 Sunderland - Newcastle3
	51211	56056							Noted circa 11/19794
	51211	56093							Noted 28/12/81
	51211	59084	59063	50263					Noted 03/05/82 - at Castleton
	50153	59063	51211						Noted 02/08/82 - at South Bank
	50153	59063	51211						Noted 13/08/82
	51211	56052							Noted circa 10/19824
	51211	53265							Noted circa 02/19864
	51211	53265							Noted circa 09/19864
	51211	53265							Noted 26/11/19864
	51211	53265							Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - multied up with parcels set 53739-533655
L831	51211	59306	53265						Noted circa Nov-87
L831	51211	59115	53265						Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59115 (ex-L574) replaced 59526 (to L574)
L831	51211	59115	53265						Noted circa 06/19884
L831	51211	59115	53265						Listed at - 15/05/89
L831	51211	59115	59072	53265					Noted 10/05/90 - at Ely with 51207 + 54405
L831	51211	59072	53265						Noted circa 08/19904
L831	51211	59072	53265						Noted 29/09/1990 - Used as hauled stock between Cambridge station and south Yard (Cambridge Gala Day)
L831	51211	59072	53265						Listed at CA - 21/01/91
L831	51211	59072	53265						Noted 19/10/91 - at Ely2
	51211	59072	53265						Noted 10/04/92 - on 07:07 Cambridge - Kings Lynn6
L831	51211	59072	53265						Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool
L831	51211	59072	53265						Noted circa 07/19924
L831	51211	59072	53265						Listed at - 12/08/92
L831	51211	59072	53265						Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: David Bellamy

Images:

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5th January 1988

A 2-car Metro-Cammell DMU with E51211 leading waits under York station lights on the evening of 5th January 1988. Syd Young.

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8th December 1989

Set number: L831

With the temperature well below freezing in the small hours and frost on the windows Metro-Cammell DMU set L831 (51211 + 59115 + 53265) has just been started by the pre-heat man. It is seen on December 8, 1989 standing on Reading depot poking out of the loco servicing shed. In recent years this whole site has been swept away by the remodeling of the junction onto the Basingstoke/Berks & Hants line. Adrian Nicholls.

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17th January 1991

Set number: L831

Set L831 (51211 + 59072 + 53265) arriving at Kings Lynn on 17th January 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 4th September 1971

Whitby at 16.00 on 4 September 1971, the last Saturday of the summer season. The station is full of 101's waiting to form late afternoon and early evening trains returning to Middlesbrough. On the right, waiting to depart at 16.08, are (from l.to r.) 56061/51211 + 50246/50139. Leonard Rogers.

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Date: 1982

E50263 leads a Newcastle-Darlington train past Wheatleywell Lane, Plawsworth, early 1982. Interestingly the rear DMC has been replaced by a DMBS. The first class accommodation in the leading car appears to have been downgraded as there's no yellow stripe above the windows. Elsewhere on www.railcar.co.uk, it's reported that this set was formed of vehicles E50263 + E59063 + E59084 + E51211 at that time, which is consistent with the vehicle types seen in this view. Simon Hadden.

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Date: 3rd May 1982

Four-car set E50263 + 59063 + 59084 + 51211 at Castleton on May 3rd, 1982, taken from (Taken from 50233. Much has changed here, not only the long gone class 101 DMUs but also the track 50263 is on, that platform and signal box, in fact there is little sign they were ever there. John Carter.

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Date: 2nd August 1982

South Bank, and a set with two DMBSs formed 50153, 59063 and 51211 is seen on 2/8/82. Jerry Glover.

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Date: 10th May 1990

Set number: L831

A 4-car Class 101 set ran for a few weeks in May 1990. Seen here L831 53265 + 59072 + 59115 + 51211 and 2 car 51207 + 54405 with 2H25. Seen from Ely North box, 10.05.90. Nicholas Youngman.

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Date: 9th June 1990

Set number: L831

Immaculate Network South East liveried Metro Cammell Class 101 unit L831 (cars 53265, 59072 and 51211) seen at Kings Lynn in the summer of 1990. Bob Belcher.

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Date: 30th August 1991

Set number: L831

NSE liveried L831 is seen at Ely on a Kings Lynn working, with 53265 nearest the camera and presumably 59072 + 51211, 30/8/91. Mac Winfield.

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Date: 30th November 1991

Set number: L831

Class 101 DMU set L831 (presumably 53265 + 59072 + 51211) in London Liverpool Street station with the Branch Line Society Orwell and Lea Rambler railtour on 30 November 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.