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Vehicle 51433 / 977391


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: 30500
Diagram: 523

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
18/01/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
15/02/87 To departmental stock RG (Reading)
by 05/11/88 Transferred to RTC (Derby RTC)
by 08/11/93 Transferred to ZA

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51433 - original number
977391 - from Feb-87 (departmental stock)

Department Use as DB977391

Ultrasonic Test Train From 2/87 to 8/08.

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 18/12/1980 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
51433 51498 Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 2
51433 51498 Noted 17/04/1975 - at Penistone2
51433 51503 Noted 17/01/1976 - on 17:10 Huddersfield to Sheffield2
51433 51500 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
51433 51498 Noted 17/07/76 - at Huddersfield1
51433 51498 Noted 31/12/76 - at Huddersfield1
51433 51498 Noted 20/11/78 - at Mirfield
51433 51498 Noted 29/06/80 - at Preston3
51433 51498 Noted 16/01/82 - on Clayton West service
51433 51503 Noted circa 01/19834
51433 51499 Noted circa 10/19834
51433 51499 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
51433 51499 Noted 12/12/85
51433 51502 Noted 19th August 1986
51433 51502 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Heaton4
51433 54392 Noted 22/11/19864
977391 999602 977392 Noted 2nd September 1990
977391 999602 977392 Noted 14/03/93 - at Norwich5

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Mirfield

20th November 1978

Mirfield station on the 20th November 1978, with 51433 and 51498 awaiting departure, probably heading for Wakefield Westgate. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Penistone

31st July 1980

Class 101 DMBS E51433 leads a formation calling at Penistone with the 13:04 Huddersfield - Sheffield, 31/7/80. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at York

2nd February 1990

DB977391 (formerly 51433) and DB999602 from the ultrasonic test train are seen in York station on 2 February 1990. Image by Janet Cottrell. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

31st August 1990

Met-Camm Ultrasonic test vehicle DB977391 at Chester on August 31, 1990. Colin Brooks.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

29th September 1990

Met-Camm Ultrasonic Test Train vehicle DB977391 stands on display at the West Anglia Gala Day at Cambridge on 29 September 1990. Brian Creasey.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

1st September 1991

DB977391 (formerly 51433) and DB999602 from the ultrasonic test train are seen at Cambridge on September 1 1991 in the company of 53333 from set L830. Alex Drennan.

Class 101 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

8th August 1992

Ultrasonic Test Train unit DB977391 + DB999602 + DB977392 in Bristol Temple Meads on 8 August 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Didcot North Junction

24th August 1992

The Ultrasonic Test Train 977391 / 999602 / 977392 seen at Didcot North Junction on 24 August 1992. Brian Daniels.

Class 101 DMU at Buxton

22nd April 1993

The Ultrasonic test train visits Buxton, made up of Class 101 Metro-Cammell driving cars, the centre car is a carriage from a SR EMU. DB977391 (51433), DB999602 (62483), DB977392 (53167). 22nd April 1993. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Cark &amp; Cartmel

2nd June 1994

Deep in former Furness Railway territory, the Ultrasonic Test Train passes southbound through Cark & Cartmel on June 2nd 1994. The nearest car is DB977391 a former Class 101 DMU vehicle ex 51433, with another Class 101 driving car at the rear, ex 53167. The coach in the middle was 62483, a former 4-REP Southern Region Waterloo-Bournemouth EMU Driving Car that had been converted to a test coach. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Kings Lynn

1999

977391 at Downham Market circa 1999. Nicholas Youngman.

Other at Edinburgh Waverley

2nd December 2000

Stabled at Waverley station on 2/12/00 is the ultrasonic test unit, in its fairly short-lived Serco livery. 977391 is nearest to the camera. Leonard Rogers.

Class 101 DMU at Woking

2002

The Ultrasonic test train 977391 + 999602 + 977392 at Woking in 2002. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Woking

2002

The Class 101 Ultrasonic test train 977391 + 977392 (with former SR EMU vehicle 999602 in the centre) at Woking in 2002 beside a Railtrack MPV. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Barassie

23rd April 2003

A Network Rail measurement train (977391 + 999602 + 977392 - rebuilt from a class 101 d.m.u.) passes Barassie station on 23-04-2003. Gordon Thomson.

Class 101 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

circa 2004

Set number: 901001

901001 (977391 + 999602 + 977392) at Stratford-upon-Avon circa 2004. I remember that the train standing alongside the test unit, 166201, should have been in platform 3 and its presence in P2 really mucked up the chances of a decent shot. I almost gave up the post-scanning processing because of the intensity of the lights needed for the train's video cameras but after about 45 minutes work in Photoshop CS2 arrived at this image. Peter Tandy.

Class 101 DMU at Stafford

7th June 2005

Set number: 901001

Departmental Ultrasonic test train, Class 901, no. 901001, formerly class 101 and 421. Vehicles 977391 (51433) + 999602 ultrasonic test coach (formerly 421 vehicle 62483) + 977392 (53167) at Stafford 7th June 2005. David Slack.

Class 101 DMU at Hatton

17th September 2005

Set number: 901001

Class 101 was still active on the main line in 2005 in the form of 901001 (977391 + 999602 + 977392) being used as a test unit for Network Rail. This picture comes from 17 September 2005 as the train operated a 4Z08 from Derby through Hatton. Peter Tandy.

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster

8th March 2007

Set number: 901001

977391 at Doncaster on March 8, 2007. Nigel Walls.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th November 1978

E51498 and E51433 enter Mirfield on 20/11/78. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: unknown

53246 was renumbered 977393 and in 1987 sent to Cardiff Cathays as a third vehicle to convert to an Ultrasonic Test vehicle alongside 51433 / 53167 (977391/2 with an ex-SR EMU car in-between). In the event it was not used, and languished at Cathays until its closure in 1990 when it moved to Radyr, where it is seen here in circa 1993. It is covered in large stickers proclaimed as being stripped of asbestos by Vic Berrys. It was cut up at MC Metals in Glasgow in June '93. Chris Adams.

DMU

Date: 1990

DB977392, DB999602 & DB977391 at Chester in the summer of 1990. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: March 1990

The Ultrasonic Test train 977392 / 999602 / 977391 in York station in March 1990. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1990

Class 101 Ultasonic Test Train formed of DB977392 + DB999602 + DB977391 stabled at Chester (1600) Friday 31st August 1990. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 2nd September 1990

DB977392 + DB999602 + DB977391 stabled at Chester 2-9-90. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 28th September 1990

Departmental Class 101 DMU DB977392 + DB999602 + DB977391 approaching Mill Road Cambridge, 28-9-90-ish. They were probably going to be displayed at the gala the next day. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 22nd November 1990

Departmental DMU DB977392, DB999602 and DB977391 stabled at Bristol Temple Meads on 22 November 1990. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 22nd April 1993

The Ultrasonic test train visits Buxton, made up of class 101 Metro-Cammell driving cars, the centre car is a carriage from a SR EMU. DB977392 (53167), DB999602 (62483), DB977391 (51433). 22nd April 1993. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 19th October 1999

Serco Test Train arriving at Birmingham New Street, formed 977392 (Ex 53167) 975091(Ex 34616) and 977391 (Ex 51433). 19 October 1999. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 2nd December 2000

Seen stabled at Waverley station on 2/12/00 is the ultrasonic test unit in its fairly short-lived Serco livery. Nearest to camera is 977392, with 999602 and 977391 behind. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 12th September 2001

Ultrasonic test train, Plymouth 12/9/01. Formed of DB977392 (53167) + DB999602(62483 ex 3015) + DB977391 (51433). Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 2003

A Network Rail measurement train (977392 + 999602 + 977391 - rebuilt from a class 101 d.m.u.) passes Barassie station on 23-04-2003. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: 17th June 2006

Set number: 901001

Network Rail's class 101 DMMU 901001 (977391 + 999602 + 977392) was booked to run to the south-west from Derby on 17 June 2006. It ran nearly one hour early and is seen here at Stoke Prior having just descended the Lickey Incline. It's good that it is still possible to still see a "proper" DMU, albeit in a colour scheme previously alien to the class. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 21st September 2006

Set number: 901001

The Class 101 ultrasonic test train 977391 / 999602 / 977392 at Peterborough on September 21, 2006. Alex Drennan.

DMU

Date: 9th November 2006

Set number: 901001

977392 + 999602 + 977391 at Leicester on November 9, 2006. John Law.