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Vehicle 51429

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

12/03/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
w/e 16/05/76 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
23/01/83 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
12/05/85 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
10/05/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
07/07/91 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) PCAX
10/05/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
Oct-99 Withdrawn
Nov-99 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) SCXH

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 25/03/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Sims Metals, Cardiff

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51429 51499 As delivered to 56G - 12th March 1959
51429 51499 Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City1
51429 51499 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
51429 51499 Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City2
51429 51499 Noted 02/05/70 - at Bradford1
51429 51498 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Sheffield3
51429 51500 Noted 20/04/73 - in Sheffield Midland2
51429 51500 Noted 16/03/1974 - at York4
51429 51500 Noted 05/07/74 - at Sheffield1
51429 51500 Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough1
51429 51498 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
51429 56082 Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle 4
51429 56082 Noted 11/04/77 - at Newcastle1
51429 56422 Noted circa 03/19795
51429 56459 Noted 10/08/80
51429 56086 Noted 15/08/81 - at Newcastle
51429 56086 Noted circa 12/19815
82 51429 54393 Noted 05/04/83 - at Norwich2
82 51429 54393 Noted circa 03/19845
82 51429 54393 Noted circa 04/19855
51429 54393 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51429 54393 Noted circa 02/19865
51429 54393 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
12 51429 54393 Formed at CA circa Jun-86
12 51429 54393 Noted 26/06/1986 - at Chettisham on 10.55 Peterborough to Ipswich.6
12 51429 54393 Noted 27/08/19865
56 51429 54393 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich7
56 51429 54393 Noted circa 06/19875
56 51429 54393 Listed at NC - Dec-87
56 51429 54393 Listed at NC - Feb-90
56 51429 54393 Noted circa 08/19905
51429 54393 Noted 17/08/90 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51429 54393 Noted 24/10/90 - on 11:11 Doncaster - Skegness8
56 51429 54393 Listed at CA - Jul-91
56 51429 54393 Listed at CA - Aug-91
56 51429 54393 Listed at CA - Dec-91
51429 54393 Noted 05/02/92 - on 19:29 Skegness - Nottingham9
51429 54393 Noted 01/04/92 - on 13:51 Birmingham New Street - Norwich9
LO233 51429 54393 Listed at LO - 02/07/92
101665 51429 54393 Listed at LO - 24/09/92
101665 51429 54393 Listed at LO - November 1992
101665 51429 54393 Listed at LO - 10/12/92
51429 54393 Noted 21/06/93 - on 13:18 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill8
51429 54393 Noted 07/07/93 - on 14:38 Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield9
101665 51429 54393 Listed at LO - November 1993
101665 51429 54393 Noted circa 06/19945

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Manors

26th May 1977

Class 101 DMBS E51429 leads a two-car unit at Manors, Newcastle, with a train from the coast to Newcastle. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Reedham Swing Bridge

13th August 1986

Set number: 12

Norwich allocated Metro-Cammell dmu set 12, made up of cars E51429 + E54393 is seen passing over the Reedham Swing Bridge which spans the River Yare, with a Lowestoft - Norwich service, 13th August 1986. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Reedham Swing Bridge

13th August 1986

Set number: 12

Norwich allocated Metro-Cammell dmu set 12, made up of cars E51429 & E54393 is seen passing over the Reedham Swing Bridge which spans the River Yare, with a Lowestoft - Norwich service on 13th August 1986. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Ely

12th June 1987

Set number: 56

Norwich set 56 E51429 + E54393 with the 13.05 Doncaster to Cambridge train at Kiln Lane Crossing Ely, 12.06.87. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Deansgate

12th April 1993

Set number: 101665

101665 (51429 + 54393) on the 15:32 from Hazel Grove at Deansgate, 12/4/93. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Stockport

28th June 1993

Set number: 101665

101665 (51429 + 54393) and 101678 (53746 + 51210) terminate at Stockport with the 12:43 ex-Heysham Harbour, 28-6-93. Kevin Dowd.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

18th September 1993

Set number: 101665

101665 (51429 + 54393) and 101657 (53211 + 54085) at Manchester Piccadilly, ready to work the 11:18 Stockport - Heysham, 18/9/93. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Stalybridge

17th December 1993

Set number: 101665

A cold looking day at Stalybridge. 101665 (51429 + 54393) has arrived on the 13:56 FO from Stockport, 17/12/93. Gazza Prescott.

Class 101 DMU at Stoke-on-Trent

18th May 1994

Set number: 665

Met-Camm set 665 (51429 + 54393) passes through Stoke-on-Trent with an ECS on May 18, 1994. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Marple

7th January 1995

Set number: 101665

Near Marple on 7th January 1995 101665 (51429 & 54393). Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Romiley

7th January 1995

Set number: 101665

Arriving at Romiley on 7th January 1995 ia 101665 (51429 & 54393). Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Stockport

19th August 1995

Set number: 665

Met-Camm set (101)665 (51429 + 54393) at Stockport on August 19, 1995. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

11th March 1999

Set number: 101665

At Chester is 51429 of 101665 on 11th March 1999. Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

11th March 1999

Set number: 101665

Leaving Chester with a Manchester train on 11th March 1999 is 101665 (51429 & 54393). Ian Buck.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 6th September 1964

The RCTS West Riding Rail Tour at Bradford City Goods station on September 6th, 1964. The BRCW set is 51848 + 59712 + 51828, the Met-Camm at the far end is 51429 + 51499. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1980

Class 101 and 105 vehicles E56085 E51221 E56459 E51429 E56081 and E51485 call at Heaton on the last day of British Rail services, 10/08/1980. Although situated on the East Coast Main Line, it was one of a number of stations closed across Newcastle and North Tyneside at this time, pending development of the Tyneside Metro system. Heaton station wasn't replaced as part of the Metro system, but the area is served by nearby Byker and Chillingham Road stations. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th August 1981

1981-08-15 03 059 and E51282 (working with a refurbished Met-Camm vehicle) in Newcastle on 15-8-1981. In the background is E56086 + E51429. John Carter.

DMU

Date: January 1990

Set number: 56

E54393 + E51429 are seen at Padnal circa January 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 7th March 1991

Set number: 56

A Yarmouth to Cambridge working leaving Ely, formed of Norwich set 56 E54393 and E51429. 07.03.91. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1991

Set number: CA56

CA56 E54393 + E51429 at platform 5 of Skegness station with the 13:19 to Lincoln Central on 2-8-91. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1991

Set number: T063

Skegness: T063 M53925 + M52050 with the 12:56 to Nottingham, and CA56 E54393 + E51429 on 13:19 to Lincoln Central, 2-8-91. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: January 1993

Set number: 101665

Ex-works 101661 (54393 + 51429) is seen with a Class 108 departing from Helsby, heading to Manchester Victoria from Chester, in January 1993. Andrew Bond.

DMU

Date: 23rd July 1993

Set number: 101659

101659 (51213 + 54352) and 101665 (51429 + 54393) at Stockport, ready to work the 11:18 to Heysham on 23/7/93. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: unknown

101655 (51428 + 54062) and 101665 (54393 & 51429) at Bolton on 9 July 1997 - Blackpool North is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 5th August 1995

Set number: 101665

In a scene now radically altered by the addition of a new platform, a new road bridge, removal of the station avoiding lines and electrification and resignalling, a pair of Regional Railways Metro-Cammell Class 101's 101665 (54393 & 51429) & 101680 (53163 & 53204) were passing along the Up station avoiding line at Kirkham & Wesham with the 10.00 Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on Saturday August 5th 1995. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1997

Set number: 101665

101665 (54393 + 51429) at Ashburys station on 22/8/97. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1999

Set number: 101665

101665 (54393 & 51429) at Manchester Piccadilly on 24th March 1999. Ian Buck.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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