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Vehicle 51498

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

05/03/59	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67	Depot code change	55F
May-73	Depot code change	HS
13/05/84	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
24/11/87	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
p/e 28/01/89	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NSBX
14/05/90	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NWXX
14/12/92	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NWRX
17/12/93	Transferred to	LO (Longsight) RCLG
Apr-00	Withdrawn

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 11/02/1983 released in blue/grey livery

51498 was involved in the following incident:

06/01/67 - Huddersfield

Collision involving Class 101 / buffers

Info from p95 March 1967 Railway Observer

NE51498 was damaged when it over-ran buffers at Huddersfield.

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51428	59104	51498	Noted circa 03/1959 - Noted as "on trials".¹
	51428	51498		As delivered to 56G - 5th March 1959
	51428	51498		Noted 20/12/66 - at Huddersfield²
	51428	51498		Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City²
	51428	51498		Noted 02/05/70 - at Huddersfield²
	51428	51498		Noted 04/06/71 - at Leeds City²
	51429	51498		Noted 02/10/1971 - at Sheffield³
	51425	51498		Noted 31/08/72 - at Huddersfield²
	51433	51498		Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds ⁴
	51433	51498		Noted 17/04/1975 - at Penistone⁴
	51429	51498		Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds²
	51433	51498		Noted 17/07/76 - at Huddersfield²
	51433	51498		Noted 31/12/76 - at Huddersfield²
	51433	51498		Noted 20/11/78 - at Mirfield
	51433	51498		Noted 29/06/80 - at Preston⁵
	51433	51498		Noted 16/01/82 - on Clayton West service
	51828	59697	51498	Noted circa 10/1982¹
	51828	59697	51498	Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.20 Leeds to Man Vic via Huddersfield¹
	51434	51498		Noted circa 10/1983¹
	51432	51498		Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	51432	51498		Noted 17/07/86 - at York⁶
	51432	51498		Noted 05/10/1986¹
	51432	51498		Noted 01/12/1986¹
	51432	51498		Noted 11/12/1986¹
	51432	51498		Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds⁷
	51432	51498		Noted 04/07/87 - at Sleaford
835	51432	59526	51498	Noted circa 02/1988¹
L835	51432	59530	51498	Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59530 added
L835	51432	59530	51498	Noted circa 03/1989¹
L835	51432	59530	51498	Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L835	51432	59530	51498	Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L835	51432	59530	51498	Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool
L835	51432	59530	51498	Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L835	51432	59530	51498	Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX
L835	51432	51498		Noted 6th August 1993
L835	51432	51498		Noted 17th September 1993
L835	51432	51498		Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX
L835	51432	51498		Transfer to LO - 17/12/93 - from RG
L835	51432	51498		Noted circa 06/1994¹
L835	51432	51498		Noted 23/07/1994 - Holyhead to Llandudno Junction train at Llanfair PG

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

Images:

Unknown date

E51498 + E51428 in Chesterfield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

20th November 1978

E51498 and E51433 enter Mirfield on 20/11/78. Malcolm Clements.

28th July 1984

51498 and partner sits at Doncaster beside a Cravens set and the "Plant invader" railtour on July 28, 1984. Colin Brooks.

circa 1987

Set number: L835

Met-Camm set L835 in London Bridge station in 1986. 51498 is presumably closest. John Law.

4th July 1987

Cars E51498 + E51432 are seen awaiting departure from Sleaford with a service to Doncaster, 4/7/87. Graeme Phillips Collection.

15th February 1988

Set number: 835

Class 101 DMU set 835 (presumably 51498 + 59526 + 51432) at Acton with the 10:03 Paddington - Maidenhead on 15 February 1988. The centre car is the only one of the three to have an orange cantrail stripe which is emphasising its lack of a full length rainstrip. There is another Met-Camm to the right with a suburban centre car, in the distance between the two is a Class 119 DMBC and two Met-Camm sidings. Stuart Mackay Collection.

20th May 1988

Set number: L835

Class 101 Metro-Cammell diesel units had not, I think, been allocated to Reading until a batch was acquired to replaced Gloucester RC&W class 119 sets which had in turn replaced Southern DEMUs (the Tadpole units) at the beginning of the 1980s (although ex-Hastings DEMUs would also work on the Tonbridge - Redhill service). Here L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) is seen at Tonbridge on May 20, 1988. Jeremy Chapter.

1st June 1988

Set number: L835

Class 101 set L835 - 51498 + 59530 + 51432 - at Salfords (near Gatwick) on 1 June 1988. Keith Miller.

February 1989

Set number: L835

Class 101 DMU set L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) arrives into Betchworth station in February 1989. John Law.

August 1989

Set number: L835

A few hours spent watching a variety of DMU types by the North Downs in August 1989. Class 101 Metro Cammell set L835 (W51498 + W59530 + W51432) head west with a Reading bound service, seen near Betchworth. The power cars were Leeds / Bradford based most of their lives until late 1987, while the centre car spent most of its life around Tyneside then quite a few years in Scotland before migrating south. Murray Liston.

24th April 1990

Set number: L835

L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) at Reading on 24 April 1990. Stuart Parkinson.

7th May 1993

Set number: L835

Despite the number of trains on the GWR from Paddington to Didcot in 1993 it was quite unusual to take a passing shot of two sets in the right place unless the one on the relief line was standing at a signal. On 7 May 1993 class 101 set L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) was working a Paddington to Oxford or Banbury train as it was passed by a down HST at full line speed in Moreton Cutting. Peter Tandy.

28th May 1993

Set number: L835

L835 (presumably 51498 + 51432) at Reading on the 28th May 1993. Mike Cooper.

28th May 1993

Set number: L835

L835 at (presumably 51498 + 51432) Reading on the 28th May 1993. Mike Cooper.

29th June 1993

Set number: L835

L835 51498 + 51432 arrive at Reading West on the 17:20 Reading to Basingstoke, 29-6-93. Kevin Dowd.

24th August 1996

Set number: L835

L835 (51498 + 51432) at Llandudno Jct on 24-8-96 with a service for Llandudno. Stuart Mackay Collection.

8th October 1998

Set number: L835

L835 (51498 & 51432) at Crewe on 8th October 1998. Ian Buck.

10th January 1999

Set number: L835

Class 101 51498, set number L835, with 51432 is seen at Chester on 10.01.1999. Although painted in Regional Railways livery this set was not 'facelifted', and had been repainted to replace the previous Network South East livery. Andy Cole.

3rd August 1999

Set number: L835

Class 101 DMU 101-835 (51498 + 51432) at Llandudno Junction with the 09-35 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog, 3-8-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

8th April 2000

Set number: L835

Class 101 Met-Camm DMU set L835 (51498 + 51432) seen in Manchester Piccadilly with a Sheffield service on 8/4/00. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

A Met-Camm power-twin at the south end of Preston station seen from the now removed East Lancashire platforms, date unknown. The DMBS is E51428 - allocated to Hammerton Street - its partner is probably E51498. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: unknown

E51428 + E51498 depart from Chesterfield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: 20th November 1978

Mirfield station on the 20th November 1978, with 51433 and 51498 awaiting departure, probably heading for Wakefield Westgate. Malcolm Clements.

Date: 10th April 1986

A Class 101 power twin formed of 51432 + 51498 with a Sheffield service in Huddersfield station on 10 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1988

Set number: L835

Seen calling at Oxford in 1988 is Metro Cammell Class 101 3-car unit L835, 51432 closest presumably with 59530 + 51498. Bob Belcher.

Date: August 1989

Set number: L835

A few hours spent watching a variety of DMU types by the North Downs in August 1989. Class 101 Metro Cammell set L835 (W51432 + W59530 + W51498) head west with a Reading bound service, seen near Betchworth. The power cars were Leeds / Bradford based most of their lives until late 1987, while the centre car spent most of its life around Tyneside then quite a few years in Scotland before migrating south. Murray Liston.

Date: 23rd June 1994

Set number: L835

Met-Cam class 101 dmu L835 (51432 & 51498) at Buxton - 23/06/1994. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Date: 4th August 1995

Set number: L835

L835 51432 + 51498 on the 17:16 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly departing Grindleford, 4-8-95. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 8th August 1995

Set number: L835

L835 (51432 & 51498) at Sheffield on 8th August 1995. Ian Buck.

Date: 1996

Set number: L835

L835 (51432 & 51498) forms a Manchester to Sheffield service at Edale in 1996. Stuart Pearce.

Date: 4th June 1997

Set number: L835

51432 (L835 with 51498) stands at Blaneau Ffestiniog, 4/6/97. Chris Moxon.

Date: 4th June 1997

Set number: L835

51432 (L835 with 51498) on the right passes 53322 (L840) on the left at Bangor. They were working 14:48 Holyhead-Llandudno and 14:57 Llandudno Jcn-Holyhead respectively, 4/6/97. Chris Moxon.

Date: 8th October 1998

Set number: L835

At Crewe is L835 (51432 & 51498) on 8th October 1998. Ian Buck.

Date: 9th October 1998

Set number: L835

Class 101 set L835 (51432 + 51498) at Crewe with 1D76, a Crewe - Chester service, on Friday 9 October 1998. Note the unusual position of the vehicle number on the bodyside. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 16th June 1999

Set number: L835

Class 101 set L835 (51432 + 51498) in Bamford station with a Sheffield - Manchester service on 16 June 1999. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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