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Vehicle 51443

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)
3w/e 05/04/69	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 08/06/74	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 02/05/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/09/77	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
18/01/87	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
Jun-87	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common)
4w/e 03/12/88	Sector Change to	OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
p/e 30/03/91	Transferred to	RG (Reading) NWRX
24/01/92	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NXXZ
18/02/92	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading) NTCZ

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 19/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51443	59539	59540	51513	As delivered to 51A - 23rd April 1959
	51443	59539	59540	51513	Transfer to 52J - 3w/e 05/04/69
	51443	59539	59540	51513	Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds¹
	51443	56373			Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle¹
	51443	56052			Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle²
	51443	59535	51508		Transfer to BG - w/e 08/06/74
	51443	59224	50585		Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster³
	51443	59229	50578		Noted 08/01/75 - at Stainforth & Hatfield⁴
	51443	59065	50163		Noted 14/01/76 - at Brough¹
	51443	59540	50150		Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull¹
	50218	59535	51443		Noted 08/04/1976 - on 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield with 51432 & 51502³
	51443	56368			Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster⁴
	51443	51508			Transfer to NL - 3w/e 02/05/76
	51443	56199			Noted 20/11/76 - at York¹
	51443	56368			Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds¹
	51443	51502			Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds¹
	51443	56368			Noted 24/02/77 - on Cambridge depot⁴
	51443	56057			Noted 17/07/78
	51443	56073			Noted 30/08/1979 - At Hitchin Sidings⁵
	51443	56057			Noted 12/07/80 - at Norwich⁴
	51443	56057			Noted 25/07/81 - at Norwich⁴
	51443	56372			Noted circa 07/1983⁶
	51443	54372			Noted 19/06/84 - at Norwich⁴
	51443	54372			Noted 04/08/84 - at Leicester
	51443	54372			Noted circa 03/1985⁶
	51443	54372			Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
	51443	54372			Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
20	51443	54372			Formed at CA circa Jun-86
20	51443	54372			Noted circa 08/1986⁶
20	51443	54372			Noted 13/12/1986⁶
L202	51443	54372			Listed at OO - Aug-87
	53155	51443	54280		Noted 12/09/1987⁶
L205	51443	53155			Formed at OO circa 10/87 - Two DMBSs
L205	51443	53155			Listed at - Oct-87
L205	51443	54385			Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54385 replaced 53155 (to spare)
L205	51443	53155			Noted 16th April 1988
L205	51443	53155			Noted 16/04/1988⁶
L205	51443	54385			Listed at OO - 15/05/89
L205	51443	54385			Noted circa 12/1990⁶
L205	51443	54385			Listed at OO - 21/01/91

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

Images:

9th June 1978

DMBS E51443 in Refurbished Livery at the rear of a Class 101 DMU leaving Cambridge on 09/06/1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.

1979

A refurbished Class 101 dmu (51443 closest) on the last day of the Huntingdon service at Hertford North in 1979. John Law.

9th June 1986

Set number: 20

Class 101 set 20 on a 12XX Sudbury - St Botolphs head off the Clacton Avoider as it awaits to leave Colchester (at 13:30) on 9 June 1986. 51443 is closest, presumably with 54372. Colin Brooks.

26th January 1988

Set number: 410

At Slough on 26/1/88, W51443 is part of hybrid set 410. Malcolm Clements.

8th July 1988

Set number: L205

Class 101 DMU set L205 with 51443 closest in Henley-on-Thames station with a Reading service on 8 July 1988. David Bellamy.

summer 1989

Set number: L205

Set L205 (presumably 51443 + 54385) heads towards Banbury through the closed Aynho station in Summer 1989. Murray Liston.

summer 1989

Set number: L205

Met Camm set L205 (51443 + 54385) rolls past Banbury North box to enter the station having run round to form a southbound service for Oxford, taken in the summer of 1989. Murray Liston.

19th June 1990

Set number: L205

Class 101 DMU set L205 (51443 + 54385) at Reading on 16 September 1990. Sparegang.

22nd May 1991

Set number: L205

Met-Camm DMU set L205 (51443 + 54385) at Marlow after terminating with the 12:29 from Maidenhead on May 22, 1991. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa January 1978

Two DMU twins in London Kings Cross, Class 101 E56372 + 51443 and Class 105 56421 + 51295. The slide process date was January 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 17th July 1978

A Class 101 formed of E56057 + E51443 are seen on the up slow line of the East Coast Main Line near Sandy heading to Hitchin on 17/07/1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 30th April 1980

In refurbished white with blue stripe livery, a Metro-Cammell two-car Class 101 DMU formed of cars E56073 & E51443 was stood in the bay at Cambridge on April 30th 1980. Both cars would be withdrawn from service in 1992. Martyn Hilbert.

Date: 4th August 1984

A Class 101 2-car set formed of 54372 + 51443 sit in Leicester station on the 4th August 1984. The orange curtains are prominent in the first class section on the DTC. Chris Lings.

Date: 18th February 1989

Set number: L205

Class 101 set L205 (presumably 54385 + 51443) on the 0845 Slough - Windsor awaits departure at Slough on Saturday 18th February 1989. Colin Brooks.

Date: summer 1989

Set number: L205

Met Camm set L205 (51443 + 54385) had arrived at Banbury in Summer 1989 and was about to run round north of the station to form a service back to Oxford. Murray Liston.

Date: 17th December 1990

Set number: L128

Class 121 DMBS 55028 with Class 101 54385 and 51443 arriving at Iver station with an unidentified up working on 17 December 1990. Dave Warby.

Date: 4th May 1993

Set number: L210

53083, 51220, 54371, 51443 & 51445 sit with 20199 at M.C. Metals, Springburn 4-5-93. Kevin Dowd.

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