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Vehicle 51209

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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

29/08/58 New to 53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58 Transferred to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) - (53C closed)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
2w/e 12/01/63 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
11/05/86 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
05/04/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
10/05/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
02/07/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
30/10/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Notes

21/08/77 - 51248/50 listed as transferred ScR to GF, 50209/91 would be sent instead.

Modifications

03/11/79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 31/10/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51209 56367 As delivered to 53C - 29th August 1958
51209 56367 Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63
51209 56218 Noted 04/09/71 - at Hull1
51209 56070 Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2
N120 51209 56083 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 560833
51209 56083 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3
51209 56388 Noted circa 03/19794
51209 56083 Noted 28/12/79 - at Thornaby
51209 56461 Noted 15/02/81 - on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle service diverted via Eaglescliffe and Stockton goods line
51209 56089 Noted circa 10/19824
51209 54083 Noted 29/09/19864
84 51209 54083 Noted 10/04/87 - at Norwich3
84 51209 54083 Noted 20/06/19874
84 51209 54083 Noted 07/07/87 - on 16.23 Cambridge to Doncaster
84 51209 54083 Noted 15/07/87 - on a Norwich - Sheringham service with 54405 and 51207
84 51209 54083 Listed at NC - Dec-87
84 51209 54080 Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54080 replaced 54083
T217 51209 54358 Formed at TS p/e 17/06/88
N654 51209 51532 Formed at NH p/e 18/07/88
N653 51209 51520 Formed at NH circa Jul-88

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Thornaby

28th December 1979

51209 and 56083 at Thornaby on the 28th December 1979. Jerry Glover.

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

19th April 1980

A Class 101 DMU at Newcastle, 19/04/1980. DMBS E51209 is nearest the camera, the furthest car seems to be still in plain blue livery. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Stockton

15th February 1981

E51209 + E56461 on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle service diverted via Eaglescliffe and Stockton goods line, on Stockton, February 15, 1981. During the rationalisation at Stockton services were diverted over the goods lines and around the back of the station John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Hexham

November 1982

A Class 101 2-car DMU, led by E51209, is seen departing from Hexham in November 1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Black Bank

7th July 1987

Set number: 84

Norwich set 84 class 101 E51209 + E54083 with the 16.23 Cambridge to Doncaster at Black Bank. 07/07/87. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Cromer

15th July 1987

Set number: 84

51209, 54083, 54405 and 51207 with bridge 399 behind which carries A140 Cromer to Norwich road. 15th July 1987. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Hereford depot

19th May 1988

Set number: 84

A 2 car Class 101 sits in the depot at Hereford. DMBS 51209 is closest recently transferred to Tyseley, and still carries the Tyne & Wear PTE symbol from its time at Heaton some years before, and its Norwich set number. Photo taken sometime between 18th & 21st May 1988. Paul James.

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley

4th June 1988

Set number: 84

Class 101 DMBS 51209, is seen inside the factory at Tyseley on 04.06.1988. It had recently been transferred from Norwich, it still displays the Norwich set number 84 in the middle window, behind as a board with it's Tyseley set number 217. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: March 1976

NER Haltwhistle Station on the Newcastle - Carlisle line, and junction with the branch to Alston (soon to close), 03/76. Metro-Camm Class 101 2-car dmu Nos.E56083 and E51209 gets the road for Alston, a month before closure of the branch. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: March 1976

A Class 101 DMU formed of E56083 + E51209 waits to depart Haltwhistle station with an Alston service in March 1976. Hugh Llewelyn.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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