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Vehicle 51111

Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30444
Diagram: 536

Allocations

w/e 09/11/57	New to	64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58	Transferred to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
3w/e 31/10/65	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 02/07/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 02/03/68	Transferred to	67C (Ayr)
26/05/68	On loan to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 06/07/68	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by TW Ward, Briton Ferry arrived 12/08/74 cut circa late 1974

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51111	56303	As delivered to 64A - November 1957
	51111	56303	Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 31/10/65
	51111	56303	Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51111	56316	Noted 21/12/70 - at Peterborough¹
	51111	56369	Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich¹
64	51111	56307	Noted circa 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds²
64	51111	56307	Noted 28/06/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
64	51111	56133	Noted circa mid-1973 - at Bury St Edmunds²

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

15th August 1973

Set number: 64

Class 100 set 64 with 51111 leading at Norwich, 15-8-73. Tim Stubbs.

circa 1974

Class 100 DMBS E51111 at Norwich. Undated, with the vehicle stripped of all underframe equipment this is likely some time after withdrawal which was September 1973. It would be scrapped at TW Ward, Briton Ferry, arriving there in August 1974. The seats seem to still have their original coverings. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

A 6-car formation seen at Norwich, from left to right is 56307, 51111, 51115, 56100, 51282 (105), 56300. Circa early/mid-1970s. Tim Stubbs.

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