Vehicle 51441 / 55942
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
| 07/04/59 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| May-60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 31/07/60 | 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) | |
| 2w/e 09/05/82 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| p/e 15/05/83 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 06/07/86 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) | |
| 27/07/86 | Reinstated | CA (Cambridge) | - to parcels sector |
| 14/12/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 18/01/87 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| circa Dec-88 | Sector Change to | CA (Cambridge) RPXN | |
| 30/03/89 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) RPXN | |
| p/e 17/06/89 | Reinstated | CA (Cambridge) RPXN | |
| 19/07/89 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) RPXX |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
51441 - original number
55942 - from Mar-87 (parcels conversion) - number allocated 3/87 but never carried
Modifications
Feb-74 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 07/11/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51441 | 59535 | 59536 | 51511 | As delivered to 53B - 7th April 1959 | |||||
| 51441 | 59535 | 59576 | 51511 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 31/07/60 | |||||
| 51441 | 59527 | 51511 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59527 | 59575 | 51511 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 51441 | 59062 | 51509 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59062 | 51509 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59062 | 51509 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2 | ||||||
| 51441 | 56386 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3 | |||||||
| 51441 | 56403 | Noted 16/11/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service | |||||||
| 51441 | 56093 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||||
| 84 | 51441 | 54093 | Noted 18/05/83 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 84 | 51441 | 54093 | Noted circa 03/19844 | ||||||
| 51441 | 54384 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||||
| 51441 | 54384 | Noted 08/06/85 - at Norwich2 | |||||||
| 51441 | 54384 | Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 | |||||||
| 51441 | 54384 | Noted circa 03/19864 | |||||||
| 51441 | 54384 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 | |||||||
| 51430 | 51441 | Parcels set 19th August 1986 | |||||||
| 51293 | 51441 | Noted 18/10/1986 - at Liverpool Street - parcels set5 | |||||||
| 51430 | 51441 | Noted 05/02/88 - at Norwich2 | |||||||
| 51430 | 51441 | Noted 15/08/88 - parcels6 | |||||||
| 51430 | 51441 | Noted 10th June 1989 - Part of 4-car set (with TDB977124 + TDB977126) towing a GUV |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips
Images:
14th April 1980
DMBS E51441 leads a four-car Class 101 DMU formation round the back of Newcastle station on 14/04/1980. Graeme Phillips Collection.
April 1981
E51441 at South Shields in April '81. Ian Francis.
April 1981
E51441 at South Shields in April 1981. Ian Francis.
9th April 1987
Class 101 parcels set 51441 + 51430 (DMBS+DMBS) with 4H04 1610 Liverpool St - Cambridge at Liverpool St (1600) Thursday 9th April 1987. Colin Brooks.
9th May 1987
An Express Parcels Class 101 DMU (E51441 closest) is seen at the North end of Platform 8 at York on the 9th of May 1987. The KDH Archive.
circa June 1987
Class 101 Metro Cammell Express Parcels DMU 51441 + 51430 (DMBS + DMBS) stabled at Cambridge June or July 1987. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
27th January 1988
E51441 is led by E51430 out of Chelmsford on 27/1/88. Malcolm Clements.
2nd August 1988
Class 101 E51441 + E51430 at Ely, 02.08.88. Nicholas Youngman.
16th February 1989
At Northampton on 16th February 1989, Cambridge allocated parcels Class 101 DMU 51441 and 51430 wait their next working. AndrewHA.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 11th June 1980
E56082 in Hartlepool station on Wednesday 11 June 1980. The DMBS is recorded as E51441 but that was not believed to be painted into blue/grey until November of that year. David Russon.
Date: 16th November 1980
E56403 + E51441 on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Thornaby on 16/11/1980, diverted via the goods lines due to engineering work. John Carter.
Date: 31st January 1981
E51274, E50209, E51441 and E50210 form a nice DMU line-up at Newcastle on January 31, 1981. John Carter.
Date: 20th March 1987
Class 101 Met Camm DMU 51430 + 51441 in Express Parcels service stabled next to Spillers at Cambridge 22-3-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: 27th January 1988
Express parcels vehicles E51430 and E51441 at Chelmsford on 27/1/88. Malcolm Clements.
Date: January 1989
A Class 101 Express parcels DMU in St Pancras in January 1989. E51430 is closest, its partner is presumably E51441. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 10th June 1989
A Cravens route learner with Met-Camm parcels unit and a GUV! TDB977126 + TDB977124 with E51441 + E51430 on 3E26, the 17:57 Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds at New Mills South Junction, 10-6-89. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 8th August 1989
Condemned vehicles at Cambridge on 8/9/89. From left to right; the three 101 vehicles - thought to be 51439, 51441 + 51430, Class 105 53369 + 53367; the Cravens in the middle is 977123, and Class 100 975637. Mike Cooper.