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Vehicle 51503

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

23/04/59 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) - Hammerton Street closed
10/05/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
30/01/88 Transferred to RG (Reading)
14/05/90 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWXX
14/12/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWRX
13/01/94 Transferred to NC (Norwich) RDNC
4w/e 20/07/96 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters)
4w/e 20/07/96 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 26/02/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51433 51503 As delivered to 51A - 23rd April 1959
51433 51503 Transfer to 56G - Oct-59
51433 51503 Noted 27/05/70 - at Skipton1
51434 51503 Noted 31/08/72 - at Huddersfield1
51434 51503 Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1
51434 51503 Noted 28/04/1975 - 0425 York-Scarborough 51550-59570-51558 + 51434-51503
51434 51503 Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1
51433 51503 Noted 17/01/1976 - on 17:10 Huddersfield to Sheffield2
51823 59694 51503 Noted 17/07/77 - on Cambridge depot3
51823 59694 51503 Noted 24/03/77 - at Cambridge3
51434 51503 Noted 01/08/1981 - Noted at Clayton West4
51432 51503 Noted circa 10/19824
51433 51503 Noted circa 01/19834
51425 51503 Noted circa 10/19834
51425 51503 Noted circa 03/19844
51425 51503 Noted 19/05/84 - at Keighley with a Skipton service
51425 51503 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
51434 51503 Formation change - NL - circa Sep-85
51434 51503 Noted circa 10/19854
51434 51503 Noted 03/11/19864
51434 51503 Noted 12/03/1987 - 1709 York-Huddersfield
51434 51503 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Wakefield Kirkgate5
L836 51434 59540 51503 Formed at RG 2w/e 13/03/88
L836 51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L836 51434 59540 51503 Noted circa 06/19894
L836 51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L836 51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool
L836 51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L836 51434 59540 51503 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX
L836 51434 59306 51503 Noted 05/05/93 - at Reading
L836 51434 51503 Noted 17th September 1993
L836 51434 51503 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX
L836 51434 51503 Transfer to NC - 13/01/94 - from RG
L836 51434 51503 Noted 22/01/94 - at Norwich3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Sheffield

29th August 1974

DMC 51503 is on the rear of this 101 set departing Sheffield on 29/08/1974. Robert Chilton.

Class 101 DMU at Keighley

19th May 1984

E51503 + E51425 are seen at Keighley with a Skipton service on the 19th May 1984. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Victoria

27th February 1986

A 2 coach class 101, with MetroTrain branding on 51503 leading, passing Manchester Exchange platform on 27 February 1986. I wasn't able to take the conventional angle with the unit approaching the camera as a class 45 hauling a long freight was in the process of going eastwards and about to pass Victoria station. Peter Tandy.

Class 101 DMU at Wigan Wallgate

27th February 1986

A Class 101 DMU in Wigan Wallgate station on 27 February 1986. The closest vehicle is noted as 51503 which was allocated to Neville Hill and it displays Southport on the distination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

1st September 1987

Class 101 DMS 51503 is seen at Leeds complete with MetroTrain branding on 01.09.1987. This was later preserved at the Mid Norfolk Railway. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Tonbridge

13th September 1988

Set number: L836

Three-car Class 101 DMU set L836 (51503 and presumably 59540 + 51434) at Tonbridge on 13 September 1988. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Edenbridge

June 1989

Set number: L836

Class 101 DMU set L836 (presumably (51503 + 59540 + 51434) in Edenbridge station in June 1989. Reigate is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Nottingham

1994

Set number: L836

Met-Cam Class 101 set L836 (51503 + presumably 51434) at Nottingham Midland in 1994. Driver Dennis Buckingham awaits the signal in '4 middle'. David Page.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 24th September 1991

Set number: L836

Class 101 DMU set L836 runs ecs (51434 + 59540 + 51503) through Reading station on 24 September 1991. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 5th May 1993

Set number: L836

51434 + 59306 + 51503 at Reading, 5/5/93. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 1994

Set number: L836

Class 101 L836 (presumably 51434 + 51503) beside a 158 at Norwich in 1994. John Law.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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