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Vehicle 51229

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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-73Depot code changeBG
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06/12/88 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)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 56385 Noted 16/08/1971 - at Doncaster1
51229 56071 Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough2
51229 56130 Noted 05/08/1974 - at Sheffield 2
51229 56402 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2
51229 56402 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster2
51229 56129 Noted 12/09/75 - at Brough3
51229 56129 Noted 15/09/75 - at Brough3
51229 56129 Noted 29/10/75 - at York3
51229 56129 Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough3
51229 56366 Noted 13/01/76 - at Brough3
51229 56366 Noted 22/03/76 - at Brough3
51229 56366 Noted 08/04/76 - at Hull3
51229 56368 Noted 11/04/77 - at Brough3
51229 56368 Transfer to BG - w/e 08/05/77
51229 56400 Transfer to HT - 3w/e 04/02/79
51229 56426 Noted 22/03/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with E51427 + E56470
51229 56387 Noted 03/07/81 - at Newcastle
51229 56387 Noted circa 12/19814
51229 56387 Noted 14/03/1982 - Worked 10.40 (SuO) Middlesbrough to Newcastle.4
51229 56375 Noted circa 02/19834
89 51229 54089 Noted circa 04/19854
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 Norwich5
89 51229 54089 Listed at NC - Apr-87
89 51229 54089 Noted 20/06/19874
89 51229 54089 Listed at NC - Dec-87
51229 51516 Noted 23/07/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51229 51516 Noted 29/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51229 51516 Noted 14/08/88 - on 08:45 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51229 51516 Noted 15/08/88 - on 07:31 Nunthorpe - Newcastle service6
51229 53747 Noted 18/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51229 53747 Noted 24/08/88 - on 10:00 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service6

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Stockton

19th July 1981

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

Class 101 DMU at Wrabness

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.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

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.

Class 101 DMU at Colchester

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.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

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.

Class 101 DMU at Whitemoor Yard

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1987

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

                                                                                                                                                                             


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