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Vehicle 51498


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

05/03/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-73Depot code changeHS
13/05/84 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
24/11/87 Transferred to RG (Reading)
p/e 28/01/89 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NSBX
14/05/90 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWXX
14/12/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWRX
17/12/93 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLG
Apr-00 Withdrawn

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 11/02/1983 released in blue/grey livery

51498 was involved in the following incident:


06/01/67 - Huddersfield

Collision involving Class 101 / buffers

Info from p95 March 1967 Railway Observer

NE51498 was damaged when it over-ran buffers at Huddersfield.


Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51428 59104 51498 Noted circa 03/1959 - Noted as "on trials".1
51428 51498 As delivered to 56G - 5th March 1959
51428 51498 Noted 20/12/66 - at Huddersfield2
51428 51498 Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City2
51428 51498 Noted 02/05/70 - at Huddersfield2
51428 51498 Noted 04/06/71 - at Leeds City2
51429 51498 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Sheffield3
51425 51498 Noted 31/08/72 - at Huddersfield2
51433 51498 Noted 11/1974 - at Leeds 4
51433 51498 Noted 17/04/1975 - at Penistone4
51429 51498 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds2
51433 51498 Noted 17/07/76 - at Huddersfield2
51433 51498 Noted 31/12/76 - at Huddersfield2
51433 51498 Noted 20/11/78 - at Mirfield
51433 51498 Noted 29/06/80 - at Preston5
51433 51498 Noted 16/01/82 - on Clayton West service
51828 59697 51498 Noted circa 10/19821
51828 59697 51498 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.20 Leeds to Man Vic via Huddersfield1
51434 51498 Noted circa 10/19831
51432 51498 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
51432 51498 Noted 17/07/86 - at York6
51432 51498 Noted 05/10/19861
51432 51498 Noted 01/12/19861
51432 51498 Noted 11/12/19861
51432 51498 Noted 24/04/1987 - at Leeds7
51432 51498 Noted 04/07/87 - at Sleaford
835 51432 59526 51498 Noted circa 02/19881
L835 51432 59530 51498 Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59530 added
L835 51432 59530 51498 Noted circa 03/19891
L835 51432 59530 51498 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L835 51432 59530 51498 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L835 51432 59530 51498 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool
L835 51432 59530 51498 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L835 51432 59530 51498 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX
L835 51432 51498 Noted 6th August 1993
L835 51432 51498 Noted 17th September 1993
L835 51432 51498 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX
L835 51432 51498 Transfer to LO - 17/12/93 - from RG
L835 51432 51498 Noted circa 06/19941
L835 51432 51498 Noted 23/07/1994 - Holyhead to Llandudno Junction train at Llanfair PG

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Gerald Brown
7: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Chesterfield

Unknown date

E51498 + E51428 in Chesterfield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Mirfield

20th November 1978

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

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster

28th July 1984

51498 and partner sits at Doncaster beside a Cravens set and the "Plant invader" railtour on July 28, 1984. Colin Brooks.

Class 101 DMU at London Bridge

circa 1987

Set number: L835

Met-Camm set L835 in London Bridge station in 1986. 51498 is presumably closest. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Sleaford

4th July 1987

Cars E51498 + E51432 are seen awaiting departure from Sleaford with a service to Doncaster, 4/7/87. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Acton

15th February 1988

Set number: 835

Class 101 DMU set 835 (presumably 51498 + 59526 + 51432) at Acton with the 10:03 Paddington - Maidenhead on 15 February 1988. The centre car is the only one of the three to have an orange cantrail stripe which is emphasising its lack of a full length rainstrip. There is another Met-Camm to the right with a suburban centre car, in the distance between the two is a Class 119 DMBC and two Met-Camm sidings. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Tonbridge

20th May 1988

Set number: L835

Class 101 Metro-Cammell diesel units had not, I think, been allocated to Reading until a batch was acquired to replaced Gloucester RC&W class 119 sets which had in turn replaced Southern DEMUs (the Tadpole units) at the beginning of the 1980s (although ex-Hastings DEMUs would also work on the Tonbridge - Redhill service). Here L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) is seen at Tonbridge on May 20, 1988. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 101 DMU at Salfords

1st June 1988

Set number: L835

Class 101 set L835 - 51498 + 59530 + 51432 - at Salfords (near Gatwick) on 1 June 1988. Keith Miller.

Class 101 DMU at Betchworth

February 1989

Set number: L835

Class 101 DMU set L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) arrives into Betchworth station in February 1989. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at near Betchworth

August 1989

Set number: L835

A few hours spent watching a variety of DMU types by the North Downs in August 1989. Class 101 Metro Cammell set L835 (W51498 + W59530 + W51432) head west with a Reading bound service, seen near Betchworth. The power cars were Leeds / Bradford based most of their lives until late 1987, while the centre car spent most of its life around Tyneside then quite a few years in Scotland before migrating south. Murray Liston.

Class 101 DMU at Moreton

7th May 1993

Set number: L835

Despite the number of trains on the GWR from Paddington to Didcot in 1993 it was quite unusual to take a passing shot of two sets in the right place unless the one on the relief line was standing at a signal. On 7 May 1993 class 101 set L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) was working a Paddington to Oxford or Banbury train as it was passed by a down HST at full line speed in Moreton Cutting. Peter Tandy.

Class 101 DMU at Reading

28th May 1993

Set number: L835

L835 (presumably 51498 + 51432) at Reading on the 28th May 1993. Mike Cooper.

Class 101 DMU at Reading

28th May 1993

Set number: L835

L835 at (presumably 51498 + 51432) Reading on the 28th May 1993. Mike Cooper.

Class 101 DMU at Reading West

29th June 1993

Set number: L835

L835 51498 + 51432 arrive at Reading West on the 17:20 Reading to Basingstoke, 29-6-93. Kevin Dowd.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno Junction

24th August 1996

Set number: L835

L835 (51498 + 51432) at Llandudno Jct on 24-8-96 with a service for Llandudno. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Crewe

8th October 1998

Set number: L835

L835 (51498 & 51432) at Crewe on 8th October 1998. Ian Buck.

Class 101 DMU at Chester

10th January 1999

Set number: L835

Class 101 51498, set number L835, with 51432 is seen at Chester on 10.01.1999. Although painted in Regional Railways livery this set was not 'facelifted', and had been repainted to replace the previous Network South East livery. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno Junction

3rd August 1999

Set number: L835

Class 101 DMU 101-835 (51498 + 51432) at Llandudno Junction with the 09-35 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog, 3-8-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

8th April 2000

Set number: L835

Class 101 Met-Camm DMU set L835 (51498 + 51432) seen in Manchester Piccadilly with a Sheffield service on 8/4/00. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

A Met-Camm power-twin at the south end of Preston station seen from the now removed East Lancashire platforms, date unknown. The DMBS is E51428 - allocated to Hammerton Street - its partner is probably E51498. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

E51428 + E51498 depart from Chesterfield station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 20th November 1978

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

DMU

Date: 10th April 1986

A Class 101 power twin formed of 51432 + 51498 with a Sheffield service in Huddersfield station on 10 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1988

Set number: L835

Seen calling at Oxford in 1988 is Metro Cammell Class 101 3-car unit L835, 51432 closest presumably with 59530 + 51498. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: August 1989

Set number: L835

A few hours spent watching a variety of DMU types by the North Downs in August 1989. Class 101 Metro Cammell set L835 (W51432 + W59530 + W51498) head west with a Reading bound service, seen near Betchworth. The power cars were Leeds / Bradford based most of their lives until late 1987, while the centre car spent most of its life around Tyneside then quite a few years in Scotland before migrating south. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 23rd June 1994

Set number: L835

Met-Cam class 101 dmu L835 (51432 & 51498) at Buxton - 23/06/1994. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1995

Set number: L835

L835 51432 + 51498 on the 17:16 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly departing Grindleford, 4-8-95. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 8th August 1995

Set number: L835

L835 (51432 & 51498) at Sheffield on 8th August 1995. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 1996

Set number: L835

L835 (51432 & 51498) forms a Manchester to Sheffield service at Edale in 1996. Stuart Pearce.

DMU

Date: 4th June 1997

Set number: L835

51432 (L835 with 51498) stands at Blaneau Ffestiniog, 4/6/97. Chris Moxon.

DMU

Date: 4th June 1997

Set number: L835

51432 (L835 with 51498) on the right passes 53322 (L840) on the left at Bangor. They were working 14:48 Holyhead-Llandudno and 14:57 Llandudno Jcn-Holyhead respectively, 4/6/97. Chris Moxon.

DMU

Date: 8th October 1998

Set number: L835

At Crewe is L835 (51432 & 51498) on 8th October 1998. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 9th October 1998

Set number: L835

Class 101 set L835 (51432 + 51498) at Crewe with 1D76, a Crewe - Chester service, on Friday 9 October 1998. Note the unusual position of the vehicle number on the bodyside. Stuart Mackay Collection.