Vehicle 56051 / 54051
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30260
Diagram: 630
Allocations
| 25/04/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Oct-61 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 4w/e 23/04/66 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| w/e 09/10/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| w/e 30/10/77 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 15/01/78 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| w/e 21/05/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56051 - original number
54051 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 28/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50199 | 56051 | As delivered to 51A - 25th April 1957 | |||||||
| 50199 | 56051 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Oct-61 | |||||||
| N151 | 50166 | 56051 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, set number on solebar of both vehicles1 | ||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted 11/1974 - at Darlington 2 | |||||||
| N151 | 50166 | 56051 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York, set number on both vehicles1 | ||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Transfer to NL - w/e 09/10/77 | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Transfer to BG - w/e 30/10/77 | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted circa 11/19773 | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted 25/03/78 - at Keighley | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted 03/03/82 - at Burley-in-Wharfedale | |||||||
| 50166 | 56051 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted circa 11/19833 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted 24/04/19843 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted circa 01/19863 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted 10/02/86 - on 16:38 Doncaster - Sheffield4 | |||||||
| 53166 | 54051 | Noted 06/10/19863 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
Images:
Unknown date
E56051 is at the head of a refurbished Met-Camm set heading away from Leeds at Saltaire on the Leeds to Skipton line. The famous Salt's Mill is just out of sight on the left. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
3rd March 1982
E56051 + E50166 with the 16:25 Leeds - Ilkley service departing Burley-in-Wharfedale on the now electrified Ilkley branch, March 3rd, 1982. John Carter.
1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. Closest is DTSL 54051, the DMBS (furthest) is E53166. Jonathan Hazan.
1st January 1987
E54051 and E53166 sit in Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
1st January 1987
E54051 and E53166 at Ilkley on a rainy New Years Day 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. Closest is DTSL 54051, the DMBS (furthest) is E53166. Jonathan Hazan.
1st January 1987
Met-Camm E54051 at Ilkley on 1 January 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in the half unused Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. The DMBS closest is E53166, the DTCL behind is E54051. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 1st January 1987
A two-car Met-Camm set in the half unused Ilkley station on New Years Day 1987. The DMBS closest is E53166, the DTCL behind is E54051. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 1st January 1987
A two-car Class 101 formed DMBS E53166 and DTSL 54051 takes up a tiny part of the vast Ilkley station when seen on New Years Day 1987. The empty trackbeds on the right once carried trains to Bolton Abbey and Skipton. Jonathan Hazan.