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Vehicle 51497


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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

26/02/59 New to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 31/10/59 Transferred to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
13/05/84 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
02/11/86 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/01/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51427 51497 As delivered to 51A - 26th February 1959
51427 51497 Transfer to 56G - Oct-59
51427 51497 Noted 05/08/66 - at Bradford Exchange1
51427 51497 Noted 27/07/68 - at Leeds City1
51427 51497 Noted 02/05/70 - at Sheffield1
51427 51497 Noted 02/01/71
51442 51497 Noted 31/08/72 - in Leeds City1
51430 51497 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
51430 51497 Noted 08/09/73 - at York2
51430 51497 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield3
51430 51497 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot2
51430 51497 Noted 10/04/76 - at Huddersfield1
51430 51497 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1
51430 51497 Noted 17/07/76 - at Huddersfield1
51430 51497 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1
51430 51497 Noted 31/01/80 - at Leeds City
51430 51497 Noted 17/03/82 - on 16:02 to Huddersfield at Clayton West
51430 51497 Noted circa 04/19824
51440 51497 Noted circa 10/19834
51440 51497 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
51440 51497 Noted 19th August 1986
51440 51497 Noted 28/09/19864

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Huddersfield depot

6th September 1966

E51497 is the closest vehicle in a long Met-Camm formation in 55G shed (Huddersfield) shed on September 6, 1966. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

1st November 1975

A two-car Class 101 DMU on a Huddersfield service in Leeds station on a rainy 1 November 1975. DMCL E51497 is closest, its partner is presumably E51430, the pair were allocated to Hammerton Street depot. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Skelmanthorpe

17th March 1982

A view from E51497 of the only intermediate station on the now closed Clayton West branch - Skelmanthorpe. The yard was still open for coal traffic at the time, March 17, 1982. John Carter.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 17th March 1982

E51430 + E51497 with the 16:02 to Huddersfield at Clayton West on March 17, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 31st May 1985

E54004 and E53045 waiting departure from Sheffield with the 1308 to Retford 31st May 1985. They are in the special livery to celebrate 10 years of the South Yorkshire PTE, the only train to carry this livery. Note the removed Sheffield Midland lamp light covers, and Met-Camm E51497 on the right. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 8th October 1986

37078 is at the front of 51440, 51497, 53200 & 54075 at Thornaby, 8th October 1986. Jerry Glover.