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Vehicle 51495

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

13/02/59	New to	51A (Darlington)
3w/e 21/03/59	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67	Depot code change	55F
May-73	Depot code change	HS
w/e 08/05/77	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 03/07/77	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
w/e 04/09/77	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 20/05/79	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
Aug-79	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/03/86	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
29/09/86	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
08/03/87	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore)
25/01/88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
Mar-90	Withdrawn

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51425	51495		As delivered to 51A - 13th February 1959
	51425	51495		Transfer to 56G - 3w/e 21/03/59
	51425	51495		Noted 05/08/66 - at Wakefield Kirkgate¹
	51425	51495		Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City¹
	51425	51495		Noted 07/10/67 - at Bradford Exchange¹
	51431	51495		Noted 31/12/69 - in Leeds City²
	51425	51495		Noted 02/05/70 - at Huddersfield¹
	51427	51495		Noted 01/09/72 - at Huddersfield¹
	51425	51495		Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds¹
	51427	51495		Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield³
	51427	51495		Noted 27/08/1974 - at York⁴
	51427	51495		Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds¹
	51427	51495		Noted 27/02/76 - at Huddersfield¹
	51427	51495		Noted 10/04/76 - at Huddersfield¹
	51495			Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle²
	51427	51495		Transfer to GF - w/e 08/05/77
	51427	59104	51495	Transfer to DN - 2w/e 03/07/77
	51495			Noted 07/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, likely a loose vehicle²
	51495	59096	51510	Transfer to BR - Aug-79
	51495	59096	51510	Noted 11/12/79 - on 21:38 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street⁵
B822	51495	59096	51510	Noted 01/02/1980 - Bristol Temple Meads⁶
B822	51495	59096	51510	Noted 08/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central⁶
B822	51495	59096	51510	Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B822	51495	59096	51510	Noted 18/12/1980 - At Cardiff Central at 1327⁶
C822	51510	59096	51495	Noted circa 09/1982⁷
C822	51495	59096	51510	Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C822	51510	59096	51495	Noted 21/03/1983 - Crewe⁷
C822	51510	59096	51495	Noted circa 09/1983⁷
C822	51510	59096	51495	Noted circa 10/1984⁷
C822	51495	59096	51510	Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C822	51510	59096	51495	Noted 17/01/1986⁷
B822	51495	59096	51510	Transfer to BR - 26/03/86 - from CF, prefix change from C to B
B822	51495	59096	51510	Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
C822	51495	59096	51510	Transfer to CF - 29/09/86 - from BR, prefix change from B to C
822	51495	59096	51510	Transfer to LE - 08/03/87 - from CF
S822	51495	59096	51510	Listed at LE - Aug-87
S822	51495	59096	51510	Listed at LE - Oct-87
	51495	59096	51510	Transfer to NL - 25/01/88 - from LE
572	51495	59096	51510	Formed at NL w/e 07/02/88
451	51204	51495		Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51495 replaced 53159
	53607	51495		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
	51445	51495		Noted 22/07/88 - on 18:19 Chesterfield - Sheffield
453	51445	51495		Listed at NL - Feb-89
	51445	51495		Noted 06/02/89 - on 17:08 York - Doncaster via Selby⁸

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Phil Shatford
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Graeme Phillips

Images:

circa April 1981

Set number: B822

Class 101 trailer brake second set B822 (51495 and presumably 59096 + 51510) seen at Bedminster circa April 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

31st January 1987

Set number: C822

W51495 + W59096 + W51510 form set C822 when seen at Fishguard Harbour on January 31, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

25th March 1987

Set number: S822

Class 101 DMU set S822 (W51495, W59096, W51510) stabled at Cheltenham on March 25, 1987. John Carter.

27th February 1988

Set number: S822

Class 101 51495, set number S822 (presumably with 59096 + 51510), is seen at Tyseley on 27.02.1988, it was based at Swansea at the time. Andy Cole.

18th September 1990

Class 101 DMS 51495 at Snailwell on 18th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: B822

A Met-Camm departs as another arrives. Taken at Ledbury from the box, circa late 1970. Incoming is trailer brake set B822, presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510. K F Tomes Duckwailk.

Date: 26th March 1977

An interesting formation at Spalding with a Doncaster service on 26 March 1977. Leading is Class 110 DMBC E51816 paired with Class 101 DMSL E51495, then Class 101 DMBS E51434, and possibly a Cravens twin on the rear. Phil Bevan.

Date: 1979

Set number: B822

B822 is seen as a DMC / TBS / DMC formation (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) at Bristol Temple Meads in 1979. Robert Tarling.

Date: 9th August 1980

Set number: B822

Class 101 dmu set B822 (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) at Yeovil Pen Mill on 9/8/80. 31231 waits to leave with a Bristol Temple Meads - Weymouth service. Stephen Burdett.

Date: 9th August 1980

Set number: B822

Class 101 set B822 (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) on a Weymouth- Bristol TM train at Yeovil Pen Mill on 9/8/80. Stephen Burdett.

Date: 29th August 1981

Set number: B822

A nine-car formation at Maiden Newton on August, 29, 1981, Met-Camm B822 (W51510 appears to be leading, presumably with 59096 + 51495) with two suburban sets, L404 on the rear. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: August 1983

Set number: C822

Met-Camm Class 101 set C822 (which is presumably formed 51495 + 59096 + 51510) arrives into Filton station in August 1983. Michael Mensing.

Date: 31st January 1987

Set number: C822

Class 101 DMU set C822 (51510 + 59096 + 51495) at Fishguard Harbour on January 31, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 4th May 1988

A Class 108 /101 hybrid (53607 + 51495) at Sheffield on 4/5/88. Walter Burt.

Date: 13th August 1988

A Class 101 DMU (51445 + 51495) at Leeds on August 13, 1988. Walter Burt.

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