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Vehicle 51204


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: 30467
Diagram: 523

Allocations

31/07/58 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 03/01/59 Transferred to 50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
21/04/63 Transferred to 55F (Manningham)
05/03/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill) - Manningham closed
25/08/68 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 23/11/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 19/11/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
15/03/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
10/06/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
04/10/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
06/12/88 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PSYX

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 28/03/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51204 56362 As delivered to 56G - 31st July 1958
51204 56362 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
51204 56362 Transfer to 55F - 21/04/63
51204 59082 50264 Noted 04/09/67 - at Bradford Exchange1
51204 56365 Transfer to 32A - 25/08/68 - from 55H
51204 56201 Noted 30/05/70 - at Peterborough1
51204 56313 Noted 21/12/70 - at March1
51204 56315 Noted 04/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51204 56315 Noted 12/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
73 51204 56122 Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51204 56383 Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge2
73 51204 56383 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford2
73 51204 56383 Noted 27/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
73 51204 56383 Noted 02/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
73 51204 56362 Noted 16/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51204 56362 Noted 15/06/74 - at Peterborough1
73 51204 56362 Noted 29/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
73 51204 56362 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
51204 56129 Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1
51204 56402 Noted 10/04/76 - at Brough1
51204 56402 Noted 22/05/76 - at Brough1
51204 56402 Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster1
51204 56380 Noted 25/09/82 - on a Newcastle - Hexham service
51204 56409 Noted circa 02/19833
51204 54397 Noted circa 02/19863
51204 53235 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds4
51204 53235 Noted circa 07/19873
451 51204 51495 Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51495 replaced 53159
51204 51838 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
51204 51495 Noted circa May-88
453 51204 51495 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
451 51204 51495 Formed at NL p/e 18/07/88
51204 51519 Noted 27/07/88 - on 17:55 Sheffield - Chesterfield
51204 51519 Noted 28/07/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
51204 51519 Noted 22/08/88 - at Brightside

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Scotswood Bridge

25th September 1982

E51204 + E56380 at Scotswood Bridge with a Hexham service on September 25, 1982. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Relly Mill, Co. Durham

30th July 1983

A Class 101 heading northbound at Relly Mill, Co. Durham on 30/07/1983, led by DMBS E51204. Graeme Phillips Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th September 1982

Met-Camm DMU E56380 + E51204 at Blaydon Junction on September 25, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 25th September 1982

Passing the signalbox at Scotswood on September 25, 1982, is Met-Camm DMU E56380 + E51204. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 2nd October 1982

Met-Camm DMU E56380 + E51204 crosses Scotswood Bridge on October 2, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 20th August 1988

Set number: C808

A Class 101 DMU (formed 51519 + 51204) at Brightside on August 22, 1988. Allocated to Neville Hill it still carries a previous set number from its time at Cardiff. Walter Burt.