Vehicle 51506
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
| 20/02/59 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| Jul-60 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 2w/e 25/07/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 10/05/92 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) RCLO | |
| Jan-01 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |
Modifications
Apr-74 - AWS fitted
Nov-85 - Radio Electronic Token Block fitted
Nov-85 - Headlamp fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 08/10/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by CF Booth, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51436 | 59525 | 59526 | 51506 | As delivered to 53B - 20th February 1959 | |||||
| 51436 | 59525 | 59526 | 51506 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 51436 | 59575 | 59526 | 51506 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Jul-60 | |||||
| 51438 | 59573 | 51506 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | ||||||
| N414 | 51506 | 59046 | 59573 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, other power car unrecorded, set number on solebar of 515062 | |||||
| 51438 | 59573 | 51506 | Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 3 | ||||||
| N414 | 51506 | 59046 | 59576 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 51506, fourth vehicle not recorded2 | |||||
| 51438 | 59573 | 59046 | 51506 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||
| 51506 | 59089 | 59055 | 51508 | Noted Jan-77 | |||||
| 51508 | 59107 | 59055 | 51506 | Noted circa 07/19834 | |||||
| 53164 | 51506 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59084 | 51506 | Noted 27/04/85 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 104 | 51508 | 59084 | 51506 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | |||||
| 104 | 51508 | 59084 | 51506 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | |||||
| 104 | 51508 | 59055 | 51506 | Noted 12/04/19864 | |||||
| 104 | 51508 | 59055 | 51506 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 104 | 51506 | 59085 | 53330 | Noted 13/12/19864 | |||||
| 104 | 51506 | 59085 | 53150 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | |||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59085 | 51506 | Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich5 | |||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59085 | 51506 | Noted 20/06/19874 | |||||
| 100 | 51506 | 59095 | 53181 | Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59095 replaced 59079 | |||||
| 100 | 51506 | 59095 | 53181 | Noted circa 03/19884 | |||||
| 101 | 53168 | 59055 | 51506 | Noted circa 09/19884 | |||||
| 101 | 51506 | 59055 | 53266 | Listed at NC - Feb-90 | |||||
| 51506 | 59055 | 53266 | Noted 07/11/90 - on 10:50 Ipswich - Lowestoft6 | ||||||
| 101 | 51506 | 59055 | 53266 | Listed at NC - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 101 | 51506 | 59055 | 53321 | Listed at NC - Jul-91 | |||||
| 101 | 51506 | 59055 | 51508 | Noted circa 08/19914 | |||||
| 101 | 51506 | 59055 | 53321 | Listed at NC - Aug-91 | |||||
| 101 | 51506 | 59055 | 51508 | Listed at NC - Dec-91 | |||||
| 101681 | 51228 | 51506 | Listed at LO - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| 101681 | 51228 | 51506 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| 101681 | 51228 | 51506 | Listed at LO - November 1992 | ||||||
| 101681 | 51228 | 51506 | Listed at LO - 10/12/92 | ||||||
| 51228 | 51506 | Noted 17/05/93 - on 16:55 Southport - Chester6 | |||||||
| 51228 | 51506 | Noted 12/06/93 - on 2C43 16:48 Manchester Victoria - Barrow and 2N46 19:45 Barrow - Blackpool6 | |||||||
| 51228 | 51506 | Noted 21/06/937 | |||||||
| 101681 | 51228 | 51506 | Listed at LO - November 1993 | ||||||
| 51228 | 51506 | Noted 18/12/93 - on 23:00 Blackpool - Manchester Airport6 | |||||||
| 51228 | 51506 | Noted 23/12/93 - on 11:50 Chester - Southport6 | |||||||
| 51228 | 51506 | Noted 09/05/94 - on 2R79 14:22 Sheffield - Doncaster and 2H65 15:24 Doncaster - Manchester Piccadilly6 | |||||||
| 101681 | 51228 | 51506 | Noted 7th May 2000 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: David Bellamy
7: Graeme Phillips
Images:
early 1980s
Class 101 DMCL E51506 is seen stabled in one of the east end bay platforms at Leeds in the early 1980s. 51506 was based at Neville Hill between July 1976 and May 1984. Tony Walmsley.
1st May 1988
Set number: 100
E51506 leads 2H20 16.15 Ipswich to Peterborough arriving at Ely on the Back Platform Line, 1st May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
6th June 1989
Set number: 101
Class 101 set 101 at Felixstowe on a rainy June 6, 1989, 51506 closest. John Carter.
1990
Set number: 101
Class 101 sets 101 (51506 closest) and 102 in Lowestoft in 1990. Image by Tony Martens. John Law Collection.
5th May 1990
Set number: 101
Class 101 set 101 (51506 and presumably 59055 + 53266) on 12XX Norwich - Birmingham awaits reversal at Ely (14XX) Saturday 5th May 1990. Colin Brooks.
28th August 1992
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) at Manchester Piccadilly on 28/8/92, having arrived with the 11:26 from Rose Hill. Gazza Prescott.
26th September 1992
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) departs from Llandudno, probably on a service to Blaenau Ffestiniog, on 26 September 1992. The 31s (413 + 442) are on the 1640 to Liverpool Limes Street. Andrew Bond.
27th September 1992
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) outside Chester depot on 27 September 1992. David Bellamy.
21st June 1993
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) arriving at Manchester Piccadilly on 21/6/93. This image was published in Metro Enterprises 'DMU Datafile - 1994 Edition', page 25. Graeme Phillips.
1st September 1993
Set number: 101681
Stood on what was once part of the four-track LMS/GWR joint line from Chester to Birkenhead, Regional Railways Class 101, 101681 (51506 + 51228) was forming the onward service from Hooton to Chester on September 1st 1993. Just visible in the adjacent platform is the EMU that has arrived from Liverpool Central. The third rail was extended to Hooton from Liverpool in 1985, and electric services worked through to Chester from 4th October 1993 just after a month when this image was recorded. Martyn Hilbert.
9th May 1994
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) approaching Platform 1 at Meadowhall Interchange on its way to Sheffield on 9 May 1994. David Bellamy.
16th July 1994
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) at Llandudno Junction on Saturday 16/07/1994. Nigel Walls.
16th July 1994
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) at Llandudno Junction on 16 July 1994. David Bellamy.
28th February 1995
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 & 51228) at Stockport on 28th February 1995. Ian Buck.
17th April 1996
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) at Glossop on 17-04-96. Stuart Mackay Collection.
29th August 1996
Set number: 101681
In the sidings at New Mills Central on 29th August 1996 101681 (51506 & 51228). Ian Buck.
May 1997
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) on a Sheffield - Manchester stopper at Hope, May 1997. Robert28194.
22nd June 1997
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 + 51228) at Sheffield with a Manchester service on 22/6/97. Stuart Mackay Collection.
29th August 1998
Set number: 101681
Leaving New Mills for the sidings is 101681 (51506 & 51228) on 29th August 1998. Ian Buck.
17th October 1999
Set number: 101681
Class 101s stabled at Chester on 17 October 1999, the closest being 101681 (51506 + 51228). Robert Thomas.
12th November 1999
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 & 51228) at Bredbury on 12th November 1999. Ian Buck.
12th April 2000
Set number: 101681
101681 (51506 & 51228) at Stockport on 12th April 2000. Ian Buck.
February 2001
Set number: 101681
An almost perfect line up of class 101s at Longsight depot in February 2001 only spoilt by the class 156. From left to right: unknown; 101676 (51205); 156 469; 101691 (51253); and 101681 (51506). Ian Buck.
February 2001
Set number: 101681
Berthed at Longsight in February 2001 car 51506 of set 101681. Ian Buck.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
E50239 leads a twelve-car Met-Camm formation at Shildon 31 August 1975. These shuttles on the day of the 150th cavalcade ran to Darlington, and the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) lists this formation as 50239 + 59087 + 59094 + 51505 / 50295 + 56075 / 51438 + 59573 + 59086 + 51506 / 56083 + 51209. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th August 1992
Set number: 101681
Departing from Romiley on the 14:18 Manchester Piccadilly - Rose Hill is set 101681 (51228 + 51506) on 28/8/92. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 19th September 1993
Set number: 101681
A pair of Longsight allocated Class 101's 101681 (51228 & 51506) & 101690 (51435 & 53177), had just left the WCML at nearby Farington Junction and were running along the 'Back Line' at Ward Street Lostock Hall, heading for the East Lancashire route at Lostock Hall Junction with the Sunday Only 08.35 Manchester Piccadilly to Carlisle 'Dalesrail' service on September 19th 1993. I think the Dalesrail only ran along here for this one season. They subsequently went on to Preston and reversed. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 15th January 1994
Set number: 101681
The 14:07 from Manchester Victoria arrives at Rochdale, formed of 101681 (51228 + 51506) on 15/1/94. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 30th July 1994
Set number: 101681
A 2-car Class 101 unit 101681 (51228 + 51506) at Llandudno Junction on a Llandudno-Holyhead working on 30 July 1994. Lewis Bevan.
Date: unknown
101681 (51506 + 51228) in Manchester Victoria on 26 May 1994. David Bellamy.
Date: 2nd August 1995
Set number: 101681
101681 (51228 + 51506) on the 14:38 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Buxworth Cutting, 2-8-95. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 5th August 1995
Set number: 101681
Metro-Cammell Class 101 DMUs 101681 (51228 + 51506) in Regional Railways livery and 101685 (53160 + 59539 + 53164) in BR Green pass Llanfairfechan on the North Wales Coast on 5 August 1995 with the 1212 Manchester Victoria -Holyhead Saturdays only train. Fuji Velvia scan. Chris Morrison.
Date: 25th August 1995
Set number: 101681
101681 (51228 & 51506) berthed at Chester on 25th August 1995. Ian Buck.
Date: 30th May 1996
Set number: 101679
Regional Railways Class 101's 101679 (51533 + 51224) & 101681 (51506 + 51228) were arriving at Buxton at the completion of their 25 mile journey with the 17.23 departure from Manchester Piccadilly on May 30th 1996. On the left is one of the sandite DMU vehicles. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 12th November 1999
Set number: 101681
101681 (51228 & 51506) at Bredbury on 12th November 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: 8th April 2000
Set number: 101681
Met-Camm set 101681 (51228 + 51506) at Romiley on 8 April 2000. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 12th April 2000
Set number: 101681
At Manchester Piccadilly on 12th April 2000 101681 (51228 + 51506). Ian Buck.
Date: February 2001
Set number: 101681
At Romiley in February 2001 101681 (51228 & 51506). Ian Buck.