Vehicle 51438
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
| 10/03/59 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 3w/e 04/06/60 | 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) | |
| 23/01/83 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | CA (Cambridge) NNEX | |
| 25/08/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
| 03/09/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 04/03/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51438 | 59529 | 59530 | 51508 | As delivered to 53B - 10th March 1959 | |||||
| 51438 | 59529 | 59530 | 51508 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 51438 | 59530 | 59577 | 51508 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/06/60 | |||||
| 51438 | 59381 | 51508 | Noted 07/09/68 - at York1 | ||||||
| 51438 | 59573 | 51506 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | ||||||
| 51438 | 59573 | 51506 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2 | ||||||
| 51438 | 59573 | 59046 | 51506 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||
| 81 | 51438 | 56388 | Noted 04/02/83 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 81 | 51438 | 54087 | Noted 01/11/83 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 81 | 51438 | 54065 | Noted circa 03/19844 | ||||||
| 51438 | 54065 | Noted 04/09/84 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
| 73 | 51438 | 54065 | Noted 15/03/85 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 51438 | 54065 | Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 | |||||||
| 51438 | 54065 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||||
| 51438 | 54065 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 16 | 51438 | 54382 | Formed at CA circa Jun-86 | ||||||
| 16 | 51438 | 54065 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 16 | 51438 | 54382 | Noted 28/08/19864 | ||||||
| 51438 | 54382 | Noted 11/07/87 - at Norwich, NSE livery3 | |||||||
| 51438 | 54382 | Noted circa 08/19874 | |||||||
| 51438 | 54382 | Noted 14/10/87 | |||||||
| 51438 | 54382 | Noted 26/03/19884 | |||||||
| 03 | 51438 | 54382 | Noted circa 09/19884 | ||||||
| L222 | 51438 | 54382 | Noted circa 08/19904 | ||||||
| L222 | 51438 | 54382 | Listed at CA - 21/01/91 | ||||||
| L222 | 51438 | 54382 | Noted 07/09/91 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| L222 | 51438 | 54382 | Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool | ||||||
| L222 | 51438 | 54382 | Listed at CA - 12/08/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
11th August 1979
A two-car Class 101 formed of E51438 + E56084 at Hartlepool on 11 August 1979. The DMBS has the Glasgow Works style of painted window frames while the DTCL frames are unpainted. Rob Paterson.
8th June 1984
E51438 leads the 08:52 Cambridge to Birmingham New Street at Nechells at 12:37 on Friday 8 June 1984. Its partner is presumably E54065. Stuart Mackay Collection.
11th July 1987
A NSE liveries set at Cambridge on 11/7/87, the DMBS being 51438, presumably with 54382. Malcolm Clements.
14th May 1988
51438 and 54382 on a 16XX Cambridge - Royston is seen after arriving at Royston (1640) on Saturday 14th May 1988. Colin Brooks.
27th August 1988
A Class 101 with 51438 on the front (and presumably with 54382) is seen passing Saltley in Network South East livery on it's way back to Norwich on 27.08.1988. Andy Cole.
4th March 1989
Set number: 03
51438 + 54382 between Littleport and Queen Adelaide, 04.03.89. Nicholas Youngman.
22nd April 1989
Set number: 03
Class 101 (51438 leading) Marks Tey 22 April 1989. A Met Cam twin with a Sudbury service. Alistair Ness.
22nd April 1989
Set number: 03
Class 101 (the DMBS being 51438) Sudbury on 22 April 1989. A Met Cam is glimpsed at the terminus. Alistair Ness.
22nd April 1989
Set number: 03
Class 101 51438 Sudbury 22 April 1989. At rest at the terminus. Alistair Ness.
22nd April 1989
Set number: 03
Framed at Sudbury. A Met Camm DMU 51438 + 54382 at Sudbury on 22nd April 1989, seen through a convenient hole in the wall of the footbridge south of the station. Murray Liston.
19th October 1991
Set number: L222
A two-car Met-Camm DMU set in NSE livery (L222, presumably 51438 + 54382) is seen working the 08:27 (SO) Kings Lynn-Cambridge on 19 October 1991. Robert Thomas.
15th May 1992
Set number: L222
Class 101 power-trailer set L222 sits in Sudbury station on May 15th, 1992. Closest is DMBS 51438, behind is driving trailer 54382. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
E50239 leads a twelve-car Met-Camm formation at Shildon 31 August 1975. These shuttles on the day of the 150th cavalcade ran to Darlington, and the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) lists this formation as 50239 + 59087 + 59094 + 51505 / 50295 + 56075 / 51438 + 59573 + 59086 + 51506 / 56083 + 51209. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 14th May 1988
101 54382 + 51438 with a 16XX Cambridge - Royston service awaits departure from Cambridge on Saturday 14th May 1988. Colin Brooks.
Date: unknown
Set number: 03
At Cornard is Cambridge set 03 (54382 + 51438), taken in the late '80s. David Underwood.
Date: 22nd April 1989
Set number: 03
A view of Colchester depot late in the afternoon of 22nd April 1989. On the left is Met Camm DMU 54382 + 51438 in which we had earlier travelled to Sudbury, and beyond is a class 312 EMU. On the right are two ex-steam loco tenders converted to snowploughs in the early 1960s ADE330968 and 330977 which lasted another decade or so before being cut up on site here as the last of their type to survive on the network. Murray Liston.
Date: 22nd April 1989
Set number: 03
Class 101 Colchester 22 April 1989. A Network SouthEast unit (the DMBS being 51438) on shed with steam age tenders (snow ploughs?) in the siding. A class 37 lurks within the shed and a class 312 unit is visible behind. Alistair Ness.
Date: 22nd April 1989
Class 101s Sudbury 22 April 1989. A pair of Met Cam twins from Marks Tey at the terminus. The DMBS closest is thought to be 51444, the one at the far end is 51438. Alistair Ness.
Date: 22nd April 1989
A pair of Met Camm DMUs are seen through the trees as they wait time at Sudbury on 22nd April 1989, these were (l-r) 54068 + 51444 and 54382 + 51438. Murray Liston.
Date: 22nd April 1989
Set number: 04
A pair of Met Camm DMUs (54068 + 51444 and 54382 + 51438) seen after arrival at Sudbury on 22nd April 1989. Murray Liston.
Date: 22nd April 1989
Set number: 03
A pair of Met Camm DMU sets have arrived at Sudbury from Colchester on 22nd April 1989. On the left is set 03 (51438 + 54382) and one vehicle from set 04 is in view - 51444. Murray Liston.
Date: 5th May 1990
Set number: L222
Class 101 set L222 (presumably 54382 + 51438) with a 12XX Kings Lynn - Cambridge service arrives at Ely (13XX) Saturday 5th May 1990. Colin Brooks.