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Vehicle 51127


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 15/03/58 New to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 31/10/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket) - 64H closed
22/10/72 Withdrawn from 64B (Haymarket)
13/01/73 Reinstated 64B (Haymarket) - due to DMU shortage
May-73Depot code changeHA
Jun-74 Stored S.
w/e 10/08/74 Reinstated HA (Haymarket)
w/e 05/10/74 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
w/e 17/05/75 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
w/e 19/10/80 Transferred to LO (Longsight)
Jan-81 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
12/12/82 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) - Moved to LO when?

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51127 56319 As delivered to 64A - March 1958
51127 56319 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 07/05/66
51127 56306 Noted 11/09/71 - on Leith Central depot1
51127 56319 Noted 26/08/1972 - Branch Line Society Forth Man Railtour. An unidentified 2 car 101 was also part of the train
51110 59689 51127 Noted 04/09/73 - at Stirling2
51127 59686 51802 Noted 07/08/1974 - at Haymarket3
70 51127 Listed at NR - 19/07/75 - plus unknown trailer
70 51127 56144 Noted 10/10/75 - at Cambridge2
70 51127 56142 Noted 02/07/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2
70 51127 56316 Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot2
70 51127 56133 Noted 06/04/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2
70 51127 56133 Noted 03/08/78 - at Norwich2
70 51127 56133 Listed at NR - Autumn 1978
70 51127 56133 Noted 05/01/79 - at Norwich2
51127 56414 Noted 06/08/79 - at Norwich, returned to NR ex-works by 312402
51127 56453 Transfer to LO - w/e 19/10/80
51127 56453 Transfer to NH - Jan-81
51127 56453 Noted circa 04/19824
NH349 51127 56453 Noted circa 10/19824
51127 56453 Noted 13/10/1982 - Worked 07.15 Manchester Victoria to Blackpool with 51585-59587-51581.4

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

Images:

Class 100 DMU at Norwich Thorpe

mid to late 1970s

Set number: 70

A two-car Gloucester Class 100 DMU at Norwich Thorpe, with DMBS E51127 nearest the camera. It was transferred to Norwich from Scotland in May 1975 and moved to Longsight in October 1980. At the side is a Class 104, these began to be allocated to Norwich in October 1975, dating the image between October 1975 and October 1980. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Class 100 DMU at Sudbury

9th April 1977

Class 100 DMBS 51127 is working with a Cravens DTC when seen at Sudbury on the 9th April '77. David Underwood.

Class 100 DMU at March

August 1980

Set number: 70

Norwich Class 100/105 hybrid set 70 (51127 / 56134) in March station in August 1980. Ian Charles.

Class 100 DMU at St Annes

26th August 1982

Class 100/105 hybrid M51127 + M56453 at St Annes on 26 August 1982. David Mant.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th March 1958

Newly delivered GRC&W twin set Sc56319 + Sc51127 passing Craigentinny on 15 March 1958. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Class 105 DTSL E56453 in Manchester Victoria, date unknown, Southport on the destination blind. It is paired with a Class 100 DMBS - probably 51127 which it worked with circa 1980-1982. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 5th March 1980

Set number: 63

Wednesday would usually be my day off from work around the time this photograph was taken, so quite often I would buy an Anglia Day Ranger ticket and do a circular tour from March or King's Lynn. This was the case on 5/3/80 when this was the scene alongside Ipswich station at 11.25 that morning. Set 63 with Felixstowe on the blinds comprised E56432 with power car E51268 at the rear. The most interesting aspect of this shot though, are the two dmu cars in the background. Set 70 has obviously had some incident befall it, as Gloucester RCW Class 100 power car E51127 has been separated from its partner Cravens Class 105 trailer E56134. Some of the Gloucester RCW units had charmed lives and E51127 had already survived being withdrawn in 1972 and stored in 1974 on its native Scottish Region, before being sent down to Norwich in May 1975. It lasted here until October 1980 when it was dispatched to the LMR ending up at Tyseley and finally Newton Heath from where it was retired in Dec. 82. Gerard Fletcher.