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Vehicle 51212

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)
3w/e 02/03/63	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
8w/e 27/02/71	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 04/09/77	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
18/01/87	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
Jun-87	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common)
4w/e 03/12/88	Sector Change to
23/11/90	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ
p/e 05/01/91	Reinstated	OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
p/e 09/11/91	Sector Change to	OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ
05/12/91	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common) NXXZ

Modifications

circa May-88 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 20/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51212	56370	As delivered to 56G - 11th September 1958
	51212	56370	Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60
	51212	56370	Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 02/03/63
	51212	56069	Transfer to 52J - Jan-71
	51212	56083	Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle¹
	51212	56373	Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds¹
	51212	56373	Noted 28/08/74 - at Carlisle²
	51212	56373	Noted 07/01/75 - at York²
	51212	56373	Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central²
	51212	56373	Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough¹
	51212	56373	Noted 23/02/76
	51212	56373	Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central²
	51212	56057	Noted circa 08/1983³
	51212	54057	Noted 25/01/85 - at Norwich²
	51212	54057	Noted circa 04/1985³
	51212	54057	Noted 15/04/85 - at Norwich²
	51212	54057	Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
	51212	54057	Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
03	51212	54087	Formed at CA circa Jun-86
03	51212	54087	Noted circa 10/1986³
03	51212	54087	Noted 14/11/1986³
03	51212	54070	Formation change - CA - circa Dec-86
03	51212	54070	Noted 15/01/87 - at Norwich, set number only on 51212²
	51212	54070	Noted 31st January 1987
201	51212	54070	Noted 27/06/1987 - at St. Pancras⁴
L201	51212	54070	Noted 01/08/1987³
L201	51212	54070	Listed at OO - Aug-87
L201	51212	54070	Listed at OO - Oct-87
201	51212	54070	Noted 28/12/1987³
201	51212	54070	Noted 28/05/88 - at Henley on Thames
201	51212	54070	Noted circa 06/1988³
L201	51212	54070	Listed at OO - 15/05/89
L201	51212	54070	Noted circa 10/1990³

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

Images:

April 1978

A two-car refurbished Class 101 DMU, E51212 closest, in Huntingdon station in April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

24th May 1990

Set number: L201

NSE liveried Met-Camm set L201 (presumably 51212 + 54070) arrives at Appleford with the 4.42pm Didcot - Oxford service on May 24, 1990. Michael Mensing.

July 1990

Set number: L201

Met-Camm set L201 (51212 closest, presumably with 54070) is seen at Southall in July 1990 with Slough on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: February 1976

Alston, February 1976. At 12:30pm, cars 51212 56373 wait to return to Haltwhistle. Original slide says M 22/02/1976, but that date is a Sunday and the timetable for the period had no Sunday services on the branch... on a weekday, the next departure would be 1245 Alston-Haltwhistle. The branch was closed within three months of this slide being taken. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: circa 1988

Set number: 201

One of the Class 101 Metro-Cammell sets that usurped the Pressed Steel monopoly on the Paddington local services in the 1980s. The unit (set L201, presumably 54070 + 51212) is seen outside the old carriage sheds at Old Oak Common, alongside one of the local Class 121 Pressed Steel 'Bubble Cars' W55023. Chris McKee.

Date: 28th May 1988

Set number: 201

Blue and Grey liveried with a small NSE 'flash' on the front, two car Met-Camm 101 Set 201; 54070 and 51212. Arriving in Henley-on-Thames station on 28 May 1988. Alistair Fyffe.

Date: 14th June 1988

Set number: 201

The front end of blue and grey two car Met-Camm class 101 set 201 (54070 + 51212) wasn't in the best of condition with several rusty patches showing when it was photographed just after leaving Kings Sutton station on 14 June 1988 while working an afternoon Oxford to Banbury local service. Within a few months it was repainted into full NSE livery and received an "L" prefix to the set number in line with other units operated by NSE. Peter Tandy.

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: L201

Class 101 DMU set L201 (presumably 54070 + 51212) in Sonning Cutting on 17 September 1988. Henley On Thames is on the destination blind. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 22nd April 1989

Set number: L201

Class 101 dmu set L201 (51212/54070) at Henley-on-Thames on 22 April 1989. These two vehicles (new in 1958 and 1957 respectively) were formed up as a 2-car unit while allocated to Cambridge (CA) in 1987. Unit L201 was withdrawn from service on 5 December 1991 and the unit was scrapped by MC Metals in Glasgow. Lewis Bevan.

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