Vehicle 51502

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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

10/04/59	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67	Depot code change	55F
May-71	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
May-73	Transferred to	HS (Hammerton Street)
13/05/84	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)	- Hammerton Street closed
18/01/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
15/03/87	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 19/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51432	51502							As delivered to 56G - 10th April 1959
	51432	51502							Noted 13/08/1963 - York area1
	51814	59697	51502						Noted 04/09/67 - at Bradford Exchange2
	51432	51502							Noted 27/07/68 - at Leeds City2
	51432	51502							Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds1
	51432	51502							Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	51432	51502							Noted 23/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	51432	51502							Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.3
	51432	51502							Noted 28/04/73 - at Neville Hill open day2
	51432	51502							Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster4
	51432	51502							Noted 02/09/73 - in Sheffield Midland4
	51432	51502							Noted 10/09/73 - in Sheffield Midland4
	51432	51502							Noted 03/01/75 - on Holbeck depot4
	51432	51502							Noted 01/12/75 - at York2
	51432	51502							Noted 08/04/1976 - on 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield with 50218, 59535 & 514325
	51432	51502							Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds2
	51432	51502							Noted Sep-76 - at Huddersfield2
	51443	51502							Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds2
	51432	51502							Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot4
	51432	51502							Noted 02/06/78 - on Huddersfield-Sheffield service,
	51432	51502							Noted 11/11/1978 - Sheffield Midland6
	51432	51502							Noted 27/08/1979 - on 16:18 Cleethorpes to Doncaster5
	51428	51502							Noted 29/12/80 - at Clayton West
	51425	51502							Noted circa 10/19823
	51430	51502							Noted circa 02/19833
	51430	51502							Noted 08/07/83 - on 18:01 Sheffield - Huddersfield
	51434	51502							Noted 31/03/1984 - on Hammerton Street depot6
	51434	51502							Listed at NL - 01/01/85
	51430	51502							Formation change - NL - circa Sep-85
	51433	51502							Noted 19th August 1986
	51433	51502							Noted 10/10/1986 - at Heaton3

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Martin Lumley

Images:

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2nd June 1978

E51432 + E51502 are seen at Penistone with a Huddersfield-Sheffield service, 02/06/1978. Though still in BR blue livery, the headcode box has been plated over. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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circa 1980

E51502 seen in Doncaster Works. Undated, but probably mid-1980 when it was in for refurbishment. Paul Redmond.

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29th November 1980

Mixed livery set 51502 / 51428 await departure from a snow covered Clayton West on the 29th November 1980. Chris Lings.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 29th November 1980

On a snowy 29th December 1980 51428 / 51502 are seen at Clayton West. Chris Lings.

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Date: 29th November 1980

51428 / 51502 sit in Clayton West on 29/11/80. Chris Lings.