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: 30500
Diagram: 523
20/02/59 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
Dec-67 | Depot code change | 55F | |
2w/e 10/10/70 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
May-73 | Transferred to | HS (Hammerton Street) | |
w/e 24/10/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
w/e 08/01/78 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
18/10/87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
30/09/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
07/07/91 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) PCAX | |
23/04/92 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) RDNC | |
17/05/93 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) RCLO | |
22/01/01 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |
Scrapped by Immingham Railfreight Terminal
51426 | 51496 | As delivered to 56G - 20th February 1959 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted 05/01/66 - in Huddersfield station1 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted 12/07/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted circa 10/1970 - Noted as transferred from Bradford to Leeds.2 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Transfer to 55H - 2w/e 10/10/70 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot3 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51426 | 51496 | Noted Jun-76 - at Sheffield1 | |||||||
51426 | 56382 | Noted circa 01/19772 | |||||||
51426 | 56382 | Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51426 | 56382 | Noted 12/02/77 - at York1 | |||||||
51426 | 56402 | Noted circa 08/19832 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted circa 04/19852 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted 04/06/85 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted 22/07/85 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted 12/04/19862 | |||||||
51426 | 51499 | Noted 19th August 1986 | |||||||
51426 | 51499 | Noted circa 09/19862 | |||||||
51426 | 53171 | Noted 01/11/19862 | |||||||
51426 | 53171 | Noted 21/02/87 - with 53295 + 53196 on a Hellifield - Hull Additional (dep. Leeds 1942) | |||||||
51426 | 53171 | Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds - as 4 car set with 53205-543904 | |||||||
51426 | 53171 | Noted 04/05/87 - at West Leeds | |||||||
101358 | 51426 | 59701 | 53171 | Formed at ED 2w/e 14/11/87 | |||||
101358 | 51426 | 59809 | 53171 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
358 | 51426 | 59809 | 53171 | Noted circa 05/19882 | |||||
101358 | 51426 | 59809 | 53171 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
CH642 | 51426 | 53171 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
CH642 | 51426 | 53171 | Noted circa 12/19892 | ||||||
CH642 | 51426 | 53158 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at CA - Jul-91 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at CA - Aug-91 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Noted circa 08/19912 | ||||||
51426 | 54358 | Noted 28/09/91 - on 15:45 Sheffield - Peterborough5 | |||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at CA - Dec-91 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Noted 24/05/92 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at NC - 02/07/92 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at NC - 24/09/92 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at NC - November 1992 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Noted circa 11/19922 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at NC - 10/12/92 | ||||||
51426 | 54358 | Noted 09/09/93 - on 19:00 Southport - Stockport5 | |||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Listed at LO - November 1993 | ||||||
101653 | 51426 | 54358 | Noted 10th May 2000 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Robert Chilton
5: David Bellamy
A Class 101 led by E51426 on 08XX Peterborough - Hitchin canter through Huntingdon (at 0840) on Saturday 11th August 1984. Colin Brooks.
E51426 & E53171 pass the site of the former Farnley & Wortley station (West Leeds), 4/5/87. Malcolm Clements.
E51426 on Haymarket depot on December 13, 1987. Behind is probably Class 110 centre car 59809, and in the next siding is 107426. Hamish Stevenson.
Regional Railways set 101653 (51426 + 54358) in Lincoln Central station, 1991. John Law.
101653 (51426 & 54358) seen at Queen Adelaide in May 1992. Nicholas Youngman.
Met-Camms 101653 (51426 + 54358) and 101664 (54061 + 51442) approach Llandudno Junction with 12:12 Manchester Victoria - Holyhead service on 23 July 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.
51426 is nearest, having arrived at Manchester Victoria on the 09:10 from Stockport. 15th September '94. Set 101653 would also contain 54358. Gazza Prescott.
51426 (101653 with 54358) sits in the bay at Stalybridge having worked the shuttle from Manchester Victoria. Chris Moxon.
A fairly poor shot of 51426 (101653 with 54358) departing Romiley for Rose Hill Marple in typical Manchester weather. Chris Moxon.
51426 (101653 with 54358) arrives into Manchester Victoria whilst working shuttles between there and Stalybridge. Chris Moxon.
Car 51426 of set 101653 at Manchester Piccadilly on 7th January 1995. Ian Buck.
Arriving at Stockport to berth in the sidings behind the station, 101653 (51426 & 54358) on 28th February 1995. Ian Buck.
Regional Railways Class 101's 101653 (51426 & 54358) & 101664 (54061 & 51442) were departing from Chorley with the 09.45 Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North service on October 21st 1995. Martyn Hilbert.
101653 (51426 + 54358) in Manchester Piccadilly station in July 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101 Metro Cammell DMUs 101653 (51426 + 54358) and 101663 (54347 visible) in Manchester Piccadilly, (probably the 4th) November 1996. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.
51426 (101653 with 54358) leads two sets having arrived at Blackpool North on a summer Saturday working from Manchester Piccadilly. Chris Moxon.
101 653 (51426) seen at Manchester Piccadilly in 1999. Simon Barnes.
On its way to Rose Hill on 12th November 1999 is 101653 (51426 + 54358). Ian Buck.
Passing Ardwick on 8th May 2000 is 101653 (51426 + 54358). Ian Buck.
Passing Ardwick on a Rose Hill service on 8th May 2000 is 101653 (51426 & 54358). Ian Buck.
In February 2001 51426 of 101653 seen berthed in Longsight Depot. Ian Buck.
CH643 SC53185 + W51462, CH642 51426, CH277 M54246 + M53982 (L-R), on Chester depot, 10-5-90. Kevin Dowd.
Grantham on 30 June 1990 and 53158 + 51426 are bound for Skegness. Jason Hall.
Power Twin CH642 (53158 + 51426) with a Llandudno - Holyhead service at Rhosneigr station, August 27, 1990. Colin Brooks.
Set CH642 (53158 + 51426) on 11XX Llandudno - Holyhead approaches Rhosneigr (13XX) Monday 27th August 1990. Colin Brooks.
Class 101 DMU set CH642, DMCL 53158 with the DMBS presumably being 51426, in Manchester Victoria on 7 September 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101 DMCL 53158 with DMBS 51426 in Manchester Piccadilly on 24 November 1990. Dave Warby.
101653 (54358 + 51426) in Gainsborough Lea Road station with the 15:45 Sheffield - Peterborough service on 28 September 1991. David Bellamy.
54358 leads the 11:18 Stockport - Heysham at Preston on 1/10/93. Set 101653 would also contain 51426. Gazza Prescott.
101653 (54358 + 51426) at Manchester Victoria on Tuesday 15 Feb 1994. Nigel Walls.
101653 (54355 + 51426) sits in Platform 2 at Manchester Piccadilly on October 8th 1994. Martyn Hilbert.
101653 (54358 + 51426) on 5H66, the 19:53 ECS Chinley to Stockport C.S. at Chinley Nth Jct, 25-7-95. Kevin Dowd.
With both sets in Regional Railways livery, Class 101's 101664 (51442 + 54061) & 101653 (54358 + 51426) were arriving at Chorley with the 09.45 Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North service on October 21st 1995. The leading car was passing over the now removed level crossing that once took Steeley Lane over the railway. This view has since been transformed with electrification and resignalling. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 101 54358, set number 101 653 with 51426, is seen in Regional Railways at Blackpool on 27.08.1997. Andy Cole.
In Regional Railways livery, Metro-Cammell Class 101's 101655 (54062 & 51428) & 101653 (51426 & 54358) were arriving at Preston with the Saturday Only 09.44 Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North service on April 18th 1998. In set 101655, car 54062 has survived into preservation at the East Anglian Railway Museum, whilst 51428 was scrapped in 2001. In set 101653, 51426 was scrapped in 2001 with 54358 being preserved at the North Norfolk Railway. Martyn Hilbert.
Just arrived at Rose Hill is 101653 (54358 + 51426) on 12th November 1999. Ian Buck.
101653 (54358 + 51426) on the 13:55 Stalybridge to Manchester Victoria at Ashton Moss Junction, 4-3-00. Kevin Dowd.
101653 (54358 + 51426) in Manchester Piccadilly on 8/4/00. Stuart Mackay Collection.