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Vehicle 51495

Class 101

BR Diagram 621

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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

13/02/59 New to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 21/03/59 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
w/e 08/05/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 03/07/77 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
w/e 04/09/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 20/05/79 Transferred to RG (Reading)
Aug-79 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/03/86 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
29/09/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
08/03/87 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
25/01/88 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
Mar-90 Withdrawn

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51425 51495 As delivered to 51A - 13th February 1959
51425 51495 Transfer to 56G - 3w/e 21/03/59
51425 51495 Noted 05/08/66 - at Wakefield Kirkgate1
51425 51495 Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City1
51425 51495 Noted 07/10/67 - at Bradford Exchange1
51431 51495 Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City2
51425 51495 Noted 02/05/70 - at Huddersfield1
51427 51495 Noted 01/09/72 - at Huddersfield1
51425 51495 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
51427 51495 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield3
51427 51495 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York4
51427 51495 Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds1
51427 51495 Noted 27/02/76 - at Huddersfield1
51427 51495 Noted 10/04/76 - at Huddersfield1
51495 Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle2
51427 51495 Transfer to GF - w/e 08/05/77
51427 59104 51495 Transfer to DN - 2w/e 03/07/77
51495 Noted 07/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, likely a loose vehicle2
51495 59096 51510 Transfer to BR - Aug-79
51495 59096 51510 Noted 11/12/79 - on 21:38 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street5
B822 51495 59096 51510 Noted 01/02/1980 - Bristol Temple Meads6
B822 51495 59096 51510 Noted 08/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central6
B822 51495 59096 51510 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B822 51495 59096 51510 Noted 18/12/1980 - At Cardiff Central at 13276
C822 51510 59096 51495 Noted circa 09/19827
C822 51495 59096 51510 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C822 51510 59096 51495 Noted 21/03/1983 - Crewe7
C822 51510 59096 51495 Noted circa 09/19837
C822 51510 59096 51495 Noted circa 10/19847
C822 51495 59096 51510 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C822 51510 59096 51495 Noted 17/01/19867
B822 51495 59096 51510 Transfer to BR - 26/03/86 - from CF, prefix change from C to B
B822 51495 59096 51510 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
C822 51495 59096 51510 Transfer to CF - 29/09/86 - from BR, prefix change from B to C
822 51495 59096 51510 Transfer to LE - 08/03/87 - from CF
S822 51495 59096 51510 Listed at LE - Aug-87
S822 51495 59096 51510 Listed at LE - Oct-87
51495 59096 51510 Transfer to NL - 25/01/88 - from LE
572 51495 59096 51510 Formed at NL w/e 07/02/88
451 51204 51495 Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51495 replaced 53159
53607 51495 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
51204 51495 Noted circa May-88
453 51204 51495 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
451 51204 51495 Formed at NL p/e 18/07/88
51445 51495 Noted 22/07/88 - on 18:19 Chesterfield - Sheffield
453 51445 51495 Listed at NL - Feb-89
51445 51495 Noted 06/02/89 - on 17:08 York - Doncaster via Selby8

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Yeovil Pen Mill

9th August 1980

Set number: B822

Class 101 dmu set B822 (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) at Yeovil Pen Mill on 9/8/80. 31231 waits to leave with a Bristol Temple Meads - Weymouth service. Stephen Burdett.

Class 101 DMU at Bedminster

circa April 1981

Set number: B822

Class 101 trailer brake second set B822 (51495 and presumably 59096 + 51510) seen at Bedminster circa April 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Fishguard Harbour

31st January 1987

Set number: C822

W51495 + W59096 + W51510 form set C822 when seen at Fishguard Harbour on January 31, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Cheltenham

25th March 1987

Set number: S822

Class 101 DMU set S822 (W51495, W59096, W51510) stabled at Cheltenham on March 25, 1987. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley

27th February 1988

Set number: S822

Class 101 51495, set number S822 (presumably with 59096 + 51510), is seen at Tyseley on 27.02.1988, it was based at Swansea at the time. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

18th September 1990

Class 101 DMS 51495 at Snailwell on 18th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: B822

A Met-Camm departs as another arrives. Taken at Ledbury from the box, circa late 1970. Incoming is trailer brake set B822, presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510. K F Tomes Duckwailk.

DMU

Date: 26th March 1977

An interesting formation at Spalding with a Doncaster service on 26 March 1977. Leading is Class 110 DMBC E51816 paired with Class 101 DMSL E51495, then Class 101 DMBS E51434, and possibly a Cravens twin on the rear. Phil Bevan.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: B822

B822 is seen as a DMC / TBS / DMC formation (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) at Bristol Temple Meads in 1979. Robert Tarling.

DMU

Date: 9th August 1980

Set number: B822

Class 101 set B822 (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) on a Weymouth- Bristol TM train at Yeovil Pen Mill on 9/8/80. Stephen Burdett.

DMU

Date: 29th August 1981

Set number: B822

A nine-car formation at Maiden Newton on August, 29, 1981, Met-Camm B822 (W51510 appears to be leading, presumably with 59096 + 51495) with two suburban sets, L404 on the rear. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: August 1983

Set number: C822

Met-Camm Class 101 set C822 (which is presumably formed 51495 + 59096 + 51510) arrives into Filton station in August 1983. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 31st January 1987

Set number: C822

Class 101 DMU set C822 (51510 + 59096 + 51495) at Fishguard Harbour on January 31, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th May 1988

A Class 108 /101 hybrid (53607 + 51495) at Sheffield on 4/5/88. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 13th August 1988

A Class 101 DMU (51445 + 51495) at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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