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Vehicle 51436

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

20/02/59	New to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Jan-60	Depot code change	50C
3w/e 19/03/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
Jul-60	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
w/e 20/05/79	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
15/05/83	Transferred to	NR (Norwich)
Dec-83	Depot code change	NC
13/05/84	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
25/01/87	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
14/05/89	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
24/01/90	Withdrawn from	CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 26/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51436	59525	59526	51506	As delivered to 53B - 20th February 1959
	51436	59525	59526	51506	Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
	51436	59575	59526	51506	Transfer to South Gosforth - Jul-60
	51436	59523	51513		Noted 03/09/1971 - at York¹
	51436	59086	59066	51513	Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle ²
N455	51436	59086	59066	51513	Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 59066³
N455	51436	59086	59066	51513	Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 59066³
	51436	59086	59066	51513	Noted 06/09/75 - at Darlington⁴
	51436	59086	59066	51513	Noted 01/05/1976 - Service train set combined with part of SLS Alston Farewell Railtour 50633-59245-59388-50644
	51436	56218			Noted 28/09/79 - on 17:12 Leeds - Morecambe⁵
	51436	56218			Noted 29/06/80 - between Morecombe Carnforth Lancaster area⁶
	51436	56074			Noted 02/01/1981 - Doncaster - Hull service⁷
	51436	56074			Noted circa 10/1982⁷
86	51436	54074			Noted 17/05/83 - at Norwich³
86	51436	54074			Noted circa 01/1984⁷
	51436	54074			Noted 14/06/84 - at Norwich³
	51436	54074			Noted circa 04/1985⁷
	51436	54074			Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
	51436	54074			Noted circa 02/1986⁷
	51436	54074			Noted 12/04/1986⁷
	51436	54074			Noted 29/04/86 - at Leicester
	51436	54074			Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
14	51436	54074			Formed at CA circa Jun-86
14	51436	54074			Noted 27/08/1986⁷
	51436	53750			Noted 14/03/88 - at Leeds, 51436 carried CA set number 14 and 53750 carried NR set number 93
	51436	53750			Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	51436	51524			Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	51436	53750			Noted 01/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
	51436	53750			Noted 03/08/88 - on 13:55 Lincoln-Sheffield
459	51436	51804			Listed at NL - Feb-89
C995	51436	53169			Listed at CF - 15/05/89

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Phil Shatford
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn

Images:

circa August 1980

Class 101 DMBS E51436 in Doncaster Works circa August 1980. It would emerge as a refurbished vehicle the following month in blue/grey livery. Paul Redmond.

20th July 1981

Believed to be 51436 + 56074, at Brough station on July 20, 1981. Lewis Bevan.

4th May 1987

Set number: 14

Class 101 DMU set 14 (51436 and 54074) at Lancaster with the 12:55 to Morecambe on 4 May 1987. Dave Warby Collection.

late 1987

Set number: 14

Wintry Habrough. A Met Camm twin set halts at Habrough on a Barton-upon-Humber to Cleethorpes working in the winter of late 1987. We see here E51436 which was reallocated from Cambridge to Neville Hill at the beginning of the year and is still displaying its Cambridge set number 14. It is paired with E53750 which was similarly wearing set number 93 from its days at Norwich, which ended a couple of years before this photo. Murray Liston.

Unknown date

Set number: 14

A Class 101/108 hybrid with set number 14 is seen at Barton-on-Humber. Undated, the Class 101 DMBS is 51436. Tom Clift.

14th March 1988

Set number: 14

Departing a rainy Leeds for Sheffield, E51436 is at the rear of E53750 on 14/3/88. Malcolm Clements.

9th April 1988

Set number: 14

51436 + 53750 at Woodburn Junction on 9/4/88. Walter Burt.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1st May 1976

The SLS 'Alston Farewell' railtour is seen at Alston on 1/5/76 with 51513 nearest the camera. The set also included 59066 + 59086 + 51436. John Reddyhoff.

Date: 1st May 1976

A Class 101 DMU with E51513 closest at Alston, Cumbria, on 01/05/1976 with a 'SLS Alston Farewell' railtour. This was the last day of services on the Alston branch. The set also included 59066 + 59086 + 51436. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 14th March 1988

Set number: 93

E53750 + E51436 form set 93 when seen in Leeds station on the 14th March 1988. Malcolm Clements.

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