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Vehicle 51252

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

w/e 26/07/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
17/08/69 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
07/09/69 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
3w/e 21/03/76 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
15/05/83 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
20/05/84 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
02/06/93 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
03/08/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
20/09/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Modifications

Feb-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 31/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51252 56410 As delivered to 62B - July 1958
51252 56402 Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1
51252 56384 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York2
51252 59558 50746 Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51252 56385 Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough3
H28 51252 Noted 29/08/74 - on Hull Botanic Gardens depot, loose vehicle4
51252 56402 Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot4
51252 56402 Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1
51252 56371 Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough1
51252 56371 Noted 07/02/76 - at Brough1
51252 56371 Noted 23/02/76 - at Brough1
51252 56380 Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3
51252 56404 Noted 14/02/81 - on 15:30 Newcastle - South Shields
51252 56085 Noted 16/01/19825
51252 56083 Noted 04/09/1982 - Worked 13.15 Newcastle to Middlesbrough.5
51252 56083 Noted 25/09/82 - at Scotswood
51252 56081 Noted circa 10/19825
51252 56397 Noted circa 02/19835
76 51252 54400 Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich4
76 51252 54400 Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
76 51252 54400 Listed at NC - Dec-85
76 51252 54400 Noted circa 01/19865
76 51252 54115 Noted circa 04/19865
76 51252 54349 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
76 51252 54349 Noted circa 06/19865
76 51252 54334 Noted circa 08/19865
51252 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich Crown Point6
76 51252 54388 Noted circa 06/19875
76 51252 54388 Noted 29/08/19875
76 51252 54388 Listed at NC - Dec-87
76 51252 54083 Noted circa Jan-88
76 51252 54368 Formation change - NC - circa May-88 - 54368 added
76 51252 54352 Noted 13/03/89 - at Ely
76 51252 54352 Listed at NC - Feb-90
51252 54352 Noted 25/10/90 - on 11:11 Doncaster - Skegness7
76 51252 54352 Listed at NC - Jul-91
76 51252 54352 Listed at NC - Aug-91
76 51252 54352 Noted circa 08/19915
76 51252 54368 Listed at NC - Dec-91
76 51252 54368 Noted Apr-92
76 51252 54368 Listed at NC - 02/07/92
76 51252 54368 Listed at NC - 24/09/92
NC76 51252 54368 Listed at NC - November 1992
76 51252 54368 Listed at NC - 10/12/92 - RETB fitted
76 51252 54368 Noted 02/05/93 - at Norwich4

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster Works

17th June 1978

Met-Cammell DMU 51252 Under repair in the workshop at Doncaster Works on 17th June 1978. Note the blue disc marked 'Asb', no doubt a warning that asbestos is present. David Scott.

Class 101 DMU at High Shields

14th February 1981

DMBS E51252 and DTS(L) E56404 are seen working the 14:38 South Shields - Newcastle, just departed from High Shields station, which is visible in the background to the extreme left, on 14/2/81. This station closed on 30/05/1981, and the route was converted to the Tyneside Metro network - this station did not survive, Chichester station being constructed at a different location. Surviving structures on the skyline include the gasometer (left, behind station), and South Shields Town Hall clock tower (centre right). Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Stockton

Unknown date

A Class 101 DMU with E51252 closest at Stockton, date unknown. Middlesbrough is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Thurston

9th March 1985

Set number: 76

Norwich allocated Class 101 DMU set 75 (51252 + 54400) departs from Thurston at 12:27 with the 11.30 Cambridge to Ipswich service on 9 March 1985. Rob Paterson.

Class 101 DMU at Reedham

Unknown date

Set number: 76

Met-Camm set 76, DMBS 51252 closest, thought to be between Reedham and Haddiscoe on the Norwich to Lowestoft line, late 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Kiln Lane

13th March 1989

Set number: 76

E51252 + 54352 at Kiln Lane north of Ely with a Norwich working, 13th March 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Ely

7th June 1989

E51252 at Ely on June 7 1989. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

summer 1990

Set number: 76

A two-car Class 101 (unit 76, presumably 51252 + 54352) makes a smokey exit from Norwich with a Yarmouth service in the summer of 1990. Note the red buffer beam. Bob Belcher.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th June 1978

A Met-Camm DMBS and driver trailer and Class 110 in Doncaster Works in 1978, probably during the open day on June 17th. Does '52' help identify the unknown DMBS vehicle partially seen on the left? There were four Met-Camm DMBSs ending in 52 at the time; 50152, 50252, 51252 and 51452. The right hand inward opening van door narrows it down to the latter two. Of those 51452 was a blue grey WR vehicle at the time, which means this is almost certainly 51252 (see image 16562). John Law.

DMU

Date: 14th February 1981

In rapidly fading Winter sunlight, cars E56404 E51252 call at Tyne Dock with the 15:30 Newcastle - South Shields on 14/2/81. British Rail services came to an end soon after in May 1981 to make way for the Tyneside Metro system. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 25th September 1982

E56083 + E51252 at Scotswood on the now closed route along the north bank of the Tyne on 1982-09-25. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 11th March 1986

Set number: 76

105/101 hybrid set 76 (presumably 54115 + 51252) on the 08:31 Colchester - Sudbury awaits departure at Colchester on Tuesday 11th March 1986. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 12th April 1986

Class 105 54115 is seen coupled to a Class 101 DMBS (presumably 51252) at Tyseley on 12.04.1986. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 76

Class 101 Driving Trailer 54352 of set 76 (and presumably 51252) at Norwich Crown Point Depot. The DT was later to be found in 101659. Undated. Mac Winfield.

DMU

Date: 25th August 1990

Set number: 76

Two two-car Class 101s, set 76 (54368 + 51252) and a NSE-livered twin, seen at Whittlington Junction on 25 August 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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