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Vehicle 51229

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

3w/e 17/05/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 02/10/69	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
12/10/69	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
02/11/69	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
w/e 15/08/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 08/05/77	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 04/02/79	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
20/05/84	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
06/04/88	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
p/e 05/11/88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
06/12/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 18/01/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51229	56387	As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51229	56409	Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
	51229	56409	Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51229	56396	Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.¹
	51229	56129	Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.¹
	51229	56140	Noted 18/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.¹
	51229	56385	Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster²
	51229	56071	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough³
	51229	56130	Noted 05/08/1974 - at Sheffield ³
	51229	56402	Noted 27/08/1974 - at York³
	51229	56402	Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster³
	51229	56129	Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough⁴
	51229	56129	Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough⁴
	51229	56129	Noted 29/10/75 - at York⁴
	51229	56129	Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough⁴
	51229	56366	Noted 13/01/76 - at Brough⁴
	51229	56366	Noted 22/03/76 - at Brough⁴
	51229	56366	Noted 08/04/76 - at Hull⁴
	51229	56368	Noted 11/04/77 - at Brough⁴
	51229	56368	Transfer to BG - w/e 08/05/77
	51229	56400	Transfer to HT - 3w/e 04/02/79
	51229	56410	Noted 15/09/1979 - Newcastle Central⁵
	51229	56426	Noted 22/03/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with E51427 + E56470
	51229	56410	Noted 31/08/1980 - at Darlington⁵
	51229	56387	Noted 03/07/81 - at Newcastle
	51229	56387	Noted circa 12/1981¹
	51229	56387	Noted 14/03/1982 - Worked 10.40 (SuO) Middlesbrough to Newcastle.¹
	51229	56380	Noted 15/05/1982 - at Newcastle Central⁵
	51229	56375	Noted circa 02/1983¹
	51229	54331	Noted 01/11/1983 - Heaton list - Steve Knight, RAIL Enthusiast magazine⁵
	51229	54379	Noted 01/04/1984 - Heaton list - Steve Knight, RAIL Enthusiast magazine⁵
89	51229	54089	Noted circa 04/1985¹
89	51229	54089	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
89	51229	54089	Listed at NC - Dec-85
89	51229	54089	Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
89	51229	54089	Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich⁶
89	51229	54089	Listed at NC - Apr-87
89	51229	54089	Noted 20/06/1987¹
89	51229	54089	Listed at NC - Dec-87
	51229	51516	Noted 23/07/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁷
	51229	51516	Noted 29/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁷
	51229	51516	Noted 14/08/88 - on 08:45 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁷
	51229	51516	Noted 15/08/88 - on 07:31 Nunthorpe - Newcastle service⁷
	51229	53747	Noted 18/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service⁷
	51229	53747	Noted 24/08/88 - on 10:00 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service⁷
	51229	54342	Noted circa 07/1989 - on Neville Hill depot, as internal user⁵

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Martin Lumley
6: Gerald Brown
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

19th July 1981

Class 101 vehicles 51229 and 56387 beside 43066 at Stockton, 19th July 1981. Jerry Glover.

23rd October 1984

Set number: 89

A two-car Class 101 at Wrabness on 23 October 1984. The set number could be 89, so the DMBS closest is likely 51229. Chris Thorp.

22nd February 1986

Set number: 89

In the fading light of 22 February 1986 Norwich Class 101 DMU set 89 (DMBS 51229 closest) is seen in Cambridge station with Bishops Stortford on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa June 1986

Set number: 89

Class 101 Set 89 (presumably 51229 + 54089) on a 12XX Sudbury - St Botolphs service heading off the Clacton Avoider as it heads out of Colchester (at 13:35) circa June 1986. Colin Brooks.

circa 1988

Set number: 89

Class 101 set 89 (presumably 51229 visible) and Class 105 set 30 (53359 visible) in Norwich station circa spring 1988. Brian Ward.

4th August 1991

Set number: 89

Class 101 DMBS E51229 seen in Whitemoor Yard on the 4th August 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 29th September 1959

The number on this DTC appears to read SC56409, and is seen passing Polmadie on the 29th September 1959. The vehicle, which had been delivered new to Dundee, had been transferred to Hamilton the previous month with DMBS 51229. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 3rd July 1981

Metro-Cammell Class 101 twin unit E56387 + E51229 at Newcastle on July 3rd 1981 in between arriving as the 17.48 from Middlesbrough and departing as the 19.35 to Sunderland. The trailer's blue paint work seems to have suffered in the carriage wash while its partner is in refurbished condition. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 21st August 1985

Set number: 89

Norwich allocated class 101 Metro-Cammell dmu set 89, made up of cars E54089 & E51229 waits at Lowestoft with a Norwich service, still showing a sign literally of its day's as a Tyneside allocated unit. 21st August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 19th August 1987

31412 with DMUs E54405 + E51207 + E51229 + E54089 at Ely North Junction, 19.08.87. Nicholas Youngman.

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