Vehicle 51433 / 977391
Class 101
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
| 23/04/59 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 31/10/59 | Transferred to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| Dec-67 | Depot code change | 55F | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HS | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | - Hammerton Street closed |
| 18/01/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 15/02/87 | To departmental stock | RG (Reading) | |
| by 05/11/88 | Transferred to | RTC (Derby RTC) | |
| by 08/11/93 | Transferred to | ZA |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51433 - original number
977391 - from Feb-87 (departmental stock)
Department Use as DB977391
Ultrasonic Test Train From 2/87 to 8/08.
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 18/12/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51433 | 51503 | As delivered to 51A - 23rd April 1959 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51503 | Transfer to 56G - Oct-59 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51503 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Skipton1 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51498 | Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 2 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51498 | Noted 17/04/1975 - at Penistone2 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51503 | Noted 17/01/1976 - on 17:10 Huddersfield to Sheffield2 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51500 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51498 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Huddersfield1 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51498 | Noted 31/12/76 - at Huddersfield1 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51498 | Noted 20/11/78 - at Mirfield | |||||||
| 51433 | 51498 | Noted 29/06/80 - at Preston3 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51498 | Noted 16/01/82 - on Clayton West service | |||||||
| 51433 | 51503 | Noted circa 01/19834 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51499 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51499 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51499 | Noted 12/12/85 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51502 | Noted 19th August 1986 | |||||||
| 51433 | 51502 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Heaton4 | |||||||
| 51433 | 54392 | Noted 22/11/19864 | |||||||
| 977391 | 999602 | 977392 | Noted 2nd September 1990 | ||||||
| 977391 | 999602 | 977392 | Noted 14/03/93 - at Norwich5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Gerald Brown
Images:
20th November 1978
Mirfield station on the 20th November 1978, with 51433 and 51498 awaiting departure, probably heading for Wakefield Westgate. Malcolm Clements.
31st July 1980
Class 101 DMBS E51433 leads a formation calling at Penistone with the 13:04 Huddersfield - Sheffield, 31/7/80. Graeme Phillips Collection.
2nd February 1990
DB977391 (formerly 51433) and DB999602 from the ultrasonic test train are seen in York station on 2 February 1990. Image by Janet Cottrell. Stuart Mackay Collection.
31st August 1990
Met-Camm Ultrasonic test vehicle DB977391 at Chester on August 31, 1990. Colin Brooks.
29th September 1990
Met-Camm Ultrasonic Test Train vehicle DB977391 stands on display at the West Anglia Gala Day at Cambridge on 29 September 1990. Brian Creasey.
1st September 1991
DB977391 (formerly 51433) and DB999602 from the ultrasonic test train are seen at Cambridge on September 1 1991 in the company of 53333 from set L830. Alex Drennan.
24th September 1991
Met-Camm DMUs at Reading on 24 September 1991. DB977391 and DB977392 approach the station as set L200 (51215 + 54081) departs past past 47838. Keith Miller.
8th August 1992
Ultrasonic Test Train unit DB977391 + DB999602 + DB977392 in Bristol Temple Meads on 8 August 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
24th August 1992
The Ultrasonic Test Train 977391 / 999602 / 977392 seen at Didcot North Junction on 24 August 1992. Brian Daniels.
22nd April 1993
The Ultrasonic test train visits Buxton, made up of Class 101 Metro-Cammell driving cars, the centre car is a carriage from a SR EMU. DB977391 (51433), DB999602 (62483), DB977392 (53167). 22nd April 1993. Andrew J Crowther.
2nd June 1994
Deep in former Furness Railway territory, the Ultrasonic Test Train passes southbound through Cark & Cartmel on June 2nd 1994. The nearest car is DB977391 a former Class 101 DMU vehicle ex 51433, with another Class 101 driving car at the rear, ex 53167. The coach in the middle was 62483, a former 4-REP Southern Region Waterloo-Bournemouth EMU Driving Car that had been converted to a test coach. Martyn Hilbert.
1999
977391 at Downham Market circa 1999. Nicholas Youngman.
2nd December 2000
Stabled at Waverley station on 2/12/00 is the ultrasonic test unit, in its fairly short-lived Serco livery. 977391 is nearest to the camera. Leonard Rogers.
2002
The Ultrasonic test train 977391 + 999602 + 977392 at Woking in 2002. John Law.
2002
The Class 101 Ultrasonic test train 977391 + 977392 (with former SR EMU vehicle 999602 in the centre) at Woking in 2002 beside a Railtrack MPV. John Law.
23rd April 2003
A Network Rail measurement train (977391 + 999602 + 977392 - rebuilt from a class 101 d.m.u.) passes Barassie station on 23-04-2003. Gordon Thomson.
circa 2004
Set number: 901001
901001 (977391 + 999602 + 977392) at Stratford-upon-Avon circa 2004. I remember that the train standing alongside the test unit, 166201, should have been in platform 3 and its presence in P2 really mucked up the chances of a decent shot. I almost gave up the post-scanning processing because of the intensity of the lights needed for the train's video cameras but after about 45 minutes work in Photoshop CS2 arrived at this image. Peter Tandy.
7th June 2005
Set number: 901001
Departmental Ultrasonic test train, Class 901, no. 901001, formerly class 101 and 421. Vehicles 977391 (51433) + 999602 ultrasonic test coach (formerly 421 vehicle 62483) + 977392 (53167) at Stafford 7th June 2005. David Slack.
17th September 2005
Set number: 901001
Class 101 was still active on the main line in 2005 in the form of 901001 (977391 + 999602 + 977392) being used as a test unit for Network Rail. This picture comes from 17 September 2005 as the train operated a 4Z08 from Derby through Hatton. Peter Tandy.
8th March 2007
Set number: 901001
977391 at Doncaster on March 8, 2007. Nigel Walls.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th November 1978
E51498 and E51433 enter Mirfield on 20/11/78. Malcolm Clements.
Date: unknown
The Derby Lightweight ultrasonic test train (DB975007 + DB975008) at Reading on 1 May 1990. On the right is its replacement (977391 + 999602 + 977392), on the left a loose 119 power car. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: unknown
53246 was renumbered 977393 and in 1987 sent to Cardiff Cathays as a third vehicle to convert to an Ultrasonic Test vehicle alongside 51433 / 53167 (977391/2 with an ex-SR EMU car in-between). In the event it was not used, and languished at Cathays until its closure in 1990 when it moved to Radyr, where it is seen here in circa 1993. It is covered in large stickers proclaimed as being stripped of asbestos by Vic Berrys. It was cut up at MC Metals in Glasgow in June '93. Chris Adams.
Date: 1990
DB977392, DB999602 & DB977391 at Chester in the summer of 1990. Anthony Griffiths.
Date: March 1990
The Ultrasonic Test train 977392 / 999602 / 977391 in York station in March 1990. George Woods.
Date: 1st May 1990
Hiding behind the wagons at Reading on 1 May 1990 are both first generation DMU ultrasonic test trains, the original DB975007 + DB975008 on the left and the replacement (977391 + 999602 + 977392) on the right. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: 31st August 1990
Class 101 Ultasonic Test Train formed of DB977392 + DB999602 + DB977391 stabled at Chester (1600) Friday 31st August 1990. Colin Brooks.
Date: 2nd September 1990
DB977392 + DB999602 + DB977391 stabled at Chester 2-9-90. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 28th September 1990
Departmental Class 101 DMU DB977392 + DB999602 + DB977391 approaching Mill Road Cambridge, 28-9-90-ish. They were probably going to be displayed at the gala the next day. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.
Date: 22nd November 1990
Departmental DMU DB977392, DB999602 and DB977391 stabled at Bristol Temple Meads on 22 November 1990. Keith Miller.
Date: 13th May 1992
Set number: 901001
Class 901, 901001 UTU RDB 977392/RDB99602/977391 4Z08 10:40 Stewarts Lane to Stratford via Gillingham Tim Rogers.
Date: 13th May 1992
Set number: 901001
Class 901, 901001 UTU RDB 977392/RDB99602/977391 4Z08 10:40 Stewarts Lane to Stratford via Gillingham Tim Rogers.
Date: 13th May 1992
Set number: 901001
Class 901, 901001 UTU RDB 977392/RDB99602/977391 4Z08 10:40 Stewarts Lane to Stratford via Gillingham Tim Rogers.
Date: 22nd April 1993
The Ultrasonic test train visits Buxton, made up of class 101 Metro-Cammell driving cars, the centre car is a carriage from a SR EMU. DB977392 (53167), DB999602 (62483), DB977391 (51433). 22nd April 1993. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 12th May 1997
The Met-Camm Ultrasonic Test Train at Crewe on 12 May 1997. The power cars are 977391 + 977392, they are working with a Mark I as a centre car which has a pantograph - probably 'Mentor'. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 19th October 1999
Serco Test Train arriving at Birmingham New Street, formed 977392 (Ex 53167) 975091(Ex 34616) and 977391 (Ex 51433). 19 October 1999. Keith Long.
Date: 24th November 1999
DB977392 with DB999550 and DB977391 at Plymouth with 1Z14, Penzance-Plymouth track test train, on 24 November 1999. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 2nd December 2000
Seen stabled at Waverley station on 2/12/00 is the ultrasonic test unit in its fairly short-lived Serco livery. Nearest to camera is 977392, with 999602 and 977391 behind. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 12th September 2001
Ultrasonic test train, Plymouth 12/9/01. Formed of DB977392 (53167) + DB999602(62483 ex 3015) + DB977391 (51433). Sparegang.
Date: 23rd April 2003
A Network Rail measurement train (977392 + 999602 + 977391 - rebuilt from a class 101 d.m.u.) passes Barassie station on 23-04-2003. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 17th June 2006
Set number: 901001
Network Rail's class 101 DMMU 901001 (977391 + 999602 + 977392) was booked to run to the south-west from Derby on 17 June 2006. It ran nearly one hour early and is seen here at Stoke Prior having just descended the Lickey Incline. It's good that it is still possible to still see a "proper" DMU, albeit in a colour scheme previously alien to the class. Peter Tandy.
Date: 21st September 2006
Set number: 901001
The Class 101 ultrasonic test train 977391 / 999602 / 977392 at Peterborough on September 21, 2006. Alex Drennan.
Date: 9th November 2006
Set number: 901001
977392 + 999602 + 977391 at Leicester on November 9, 2006. John Law.