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Vehicle 51427 / 977899

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: 30500
Diagram: 523

Allocations

26/02/59 New to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/10/59 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
w/e 08/05/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 03/07/77 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
w/e 04/09/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
12/05/85 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
10/05/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
23/04/92 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) RDCA
10/05/92 Transferred to NC (Norwich) RDNC
16/06/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
19/04/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/05/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/09/93 To departmental stock LO (Longsight)
Jun-99 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51427 - original number
977899 - from 21/09/93 (departmental stock)

Department Use as DB977899

Sandite / Route Learner From 21/09/93 to 6/99. Carried set number 993 / 960993

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 15/07/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51427 51497 As delivered to 51A - 26th February 1959
51427 51497 Transfer to 56G - Oct-59
51427 51497 Noted 05/08/66 - at Bradford Exchange1
51427 51497 Noted 27/07/68 - at Leeds City1
51427 51497 Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield1
51427 51497 Noted 02/01/71
51427 51495 Noted 01/09/72 - at Huddersfield1
51427 51495 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield2
51427 51495 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3
51427 51495 Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds1
51427 51495 Noted 27/02/76 - at Huddersfield1
51427 51495 Noted 10/04/76 - at Huddersfield1
51427 Noted 20/01/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle4
51427 51495 Transfer to GF - w/e 08/05/77
51427 59104 51495 Transfer to DN - 2w/e 03/07/77
51427 56470 Noted 22/03/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with E51299 + E56426
51427 56393 Noted 17/05/81 - on Thornaby depot
51427 56367 Noted 16/01/19825
51427 56380 Noted circa 02/19835
51427 54380 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51427 54380 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
11 51427 54380 Formed at CA circa Jun-86
11 51427 54380 Noted 02/01/867 - on Cambridge depot4
55 51427 54380 Noted circa 06/19875
55 51427 54380 Noted circa 03/19885
55 51427 54368 Noted 17th September 1989
55 51427 54368 Listed at NC - Feb-90
51427 54380 Noted 07/11/90 - on 13:40 Yarmouth - Norwich6
55 51427 54380 Listed at NC - Jul-91
55 51427 54380 Noted circa 08/19915
55 51427 54380 Listed at NC - Aug-91
55 51427 Listed at NC - Dec-91
51427 54380 Noted 10/04/92 - on 16:00 Norwich - Lowestoft6
LO239 51427 54380 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
LO239 51427 54380 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
LO239 51427 54380 Listed at LO - November 1992
LO239 51427 54380 Listed at LO - 10/12/92
993 977899 977900 Listed at LO - 08/11/93 - sandite
960993 977899 977900 Noted circa 06/19945

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Thornaby

circa 1981

E51427 + E56393 arrive at Thornaby station circa 1981. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

31st August 1990

Set number: 55

E51427 at Cambridge on 31/8/90. Note the letters M A L at the top of the cab. Mac Winfield.

Class 101 DMU at Ely

5th May 1990

Set number: 55

Norwich Class 101 set 55 (51427 closest) on a 12XX Norwich - Cambridge service approaches Ely (13XX) on Saturday 5th May 1990. Colin Brooks.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

25th February 1991

Set number: 55

Seen at Norwich on 25 Febrruary 1991 are Class 302/9 No 302993 with a parcels service to Liverpool Street and Class 101 No E51427 and E54380 waiting departure for Yarmouth. Keith Long.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

27th June 1992

Set number: LO239

The 15:03 ex-Carlisle is seen at Leeds on 27 June 1992. The DMBS is 51427, it is presumably running with 54380, the pair had been Norwich set 55 and were transferred to Longsight earlier in the month becoming set LO239. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno Junction depot

1st April 1994

Set number: 960993

Met-Camm sandite/route-learning set 960 993 (977899 and presumably 977900, the former 51427 + 53321) stabled in the yard at Llandudno Junction shed on 1 April 1994. Robert Thomas.

Class 101 DMU at Derby

September 2002

Set number: 960993

A telephoto view from Derby station looking towards the stabling point which was occupied by various withdrawn locos and rolling stock at this date, September 2002. The Met-Camm with Norwich set number 55 and departmental set number 960993 is thought to be 977899 ex-51427. Andrew Walker.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1980

E51299 + E56426 / E56470 + E51427 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Stockton on March 22, 1980. John Carter.

DMU

Date: circa 1981

A two-car Class 101 DMU formed E56393 + E51427 in Thornaby station with Middlesbrough on the destination blind. Date unknown, the route indicator box with orange cantrail stripe, stained sides and shiny power car suggests circa 1981 (see image 2003). Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 17th May 1981

56393 and 51427 are seen at Thornaby on the 17th May 1981. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1986

One of the Cambridge allocated Metro-Cammell Class 101 units (E54380 + E51427) moves off Peterborough stabling point after fuelling on March 15th, 1986. After doing a bit of complicated shunting it will work a local to Hitchin. Photo by Phil Mott. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1987

Retro-green 53359 in the company of 51427 and a Class 114 at Cambridge at 12:40 on Friday 8th May 1987. Colin Brooks.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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