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Vehicle 51203

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30467
Diagram: 523

Allocations

24/01/59 New to 26A (Newton Heath)
w/e 31/01/59 Transferred to 24E (Blackpool Central)
4w/e 28/02/59 Transferred to 26A (Newton Heath)
Jun-59 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
Aug-59 Transferred to 14E (Bedford)
Oct-59 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
4w/e 03/06/61 Transferred to 24F (Fleetwood)
5w/e 06/10/62 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 29/12/62 Transferred to 15C (Leicester Midland)
Sep-63Depot code change15A
w/e 02/01/64 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
w/e 30/01/65 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 05/11/66 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
30/03/86 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
12/04/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
21/10/89 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PZQX

Modifications

Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 22/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51203 56361 As delivered to 26A - 24th January 1959
51203 56361 Transfer to 5D - Oct-59
51203 56360 Noted 19/04/1963 - Leicester1
51203 56361 Noted 11/04/67 - at Crewe2
51203 56361 Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury3
51203 56341 Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury3
51203 56341 Noted 08/09/73 - in Manchester Victoria3
CR253 51203 56341 Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester, 56341 displayed CR2333
51203 56354 Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester4
51203 56354 Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury3
51203 56502 Noted 12/08/19775
51203 56502 Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth3
51203 56333 Noted 19/02/1978 - Chester6
51203 56333 Noted 09/07/1978 - Red Bank Carriage Sidings6
51203 56333 Noted 25/08/1978 - Manchester Piccadilly6
51203 56333 Noted 19/08/1979 - Birkenhead Mollington Street6
51203 56333 Noted 23/09/1979 - Chester6
51203 56333 Noted circa 08/19805
51203 56333 Noted 08/09/1981 - on Chester depot6
51203 56333 Noted 28/09/1981 - at Shrewsbury6
51203 56339 Noted 28/07/1982 - in Swindon Works6
51203 56339 Noted circa 09/19825
51203 54339 Noted circa 04/19835
51203 54339 Noted 23/04/85 - stabled at Machynlleth
51203 54339 Noted circa 03/19865
51203 54339 Transfer to NC - 30/03/86 - from CH
85 51203 54339 Formation change - NC - circa Apr-86
51203 54339 Noted 12/04/19865
85 51203 54339 Noted 17/04/86 - at Norwich3
85 51203 54339 Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
85 51203 54339 Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich3
85 51203 54339 Noted circa 08/19865
85 51203 54339 Listed at NC - Apr-87
51203 54406 Noted circa 08/19875
51203 53166 Noted circa 11/19875
51203 53188 Noted circa 04/19885
51203 53188 Noted 5th April 1988
51203 53235 Noted 25/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51516 Noted 03/10/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service7
51203 51516 Noted 10/10/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51516 Noted 12/10/88 - on 07:00 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51515 Noted 21/10/88 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51516 Noted 28/10/88 - on 12:28 Carlisle - Newcastle service7
51203 51516 Noted 12/11/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51516 Noted 06/01/89 - on 11:30 Sunderland - Hexham service with 54240 + 539637
51203 53182 Noted 25/02/89 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51515 Noted 18/03/89 - on 15:00 Newcastle - Durham service7
51203 51515 Noted 18/03/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Durham service7
51203 51515 Noted 25/03/1989 - at Carlisle Citadel6
51203 51515 Noted 29/03/89 - on 07:31 Nunthorpe - Newcastle service7
51203 51515 Noted 01/04/89 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51515 Noted 03/04/89 - on 17:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service7
51203 51515 Noted 07/04/89 - on 08:15 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51515 Noted 10/04/89 - on 15:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service7
51203 51515 Noted 12/04/89 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service7
51203 51515 Noted 29/04/89 - on 15:30 Sunderland - Newcastle service7
51203 51515 Noted 20/05/89 - on 16:00 Newcastle - Hexham service7
51203 51515 Noted 20/05/89 - on 15:05 Hexham - Newcastle7
51203 51515 Noted 27/05/89 - on 17:24 Newcastle - Hexham service7
51203 51515 Noted 27/05/89 - on 13:37 Carlisle - Newcastle service7
51203 51515 Noted 29/05/89 - on 15:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service7
51203 51515 Noted 29/05/89 - on 13:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51515 Noted 29/05/89 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51515 Noted 30/05/89 - on 12:15 Newcastle - Alnmouth7
51203 51515 Noted 30/05/89 - on 10:20 Berwick-upon-Tweed - Newcastle7
51203 51515 Noted 01/06/89 - on 15:04 Gateshead Metro Centre - Sunderland service7
51203 51515 Noted 03/06/89 - on 13:56 Hexham - Sunderland service7
51203 53257 Noted 12/06/89 - on 17:45 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 53257 Noted 12/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle7
51203 53257 Noted 13/06/89 - on 15:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service7
51203 53257 Noted 14/06/89 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service7
51203 51516 Noted 04/11/89 - on 17:55 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 51467 + 53257 / 54370 + 51217 hauled by 47 462, believed to be football extra.7

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Lumley
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Swindon Works

9th October 1984

Class 101 DMBS 51203 on jacks in Swindon Works on the 9th October 1984. Dennis Taylor.

Class 101 DMU at Darlington

13th November 1988

Set number: 85

51203 + 51516 at Darlington on November 13, 1988. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Gateshead MetroCentre

circa 1989

Set number: 85

A two-car Met-Camm DMU in Gateshead Metro Centre station circa 1989. Closest is 51203 still carrying a Norwich set number - it moved from there to Heaton in April 1987. Hexham is on the destination blind. Robert Forsythe.

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle Central

26th March 1989

Class 101 51203 is seen at Newcastle Central on 26.03.1989 in the company of newer dmus 142022 and 143018. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1985

Class 101 Metro-Cammell 2-car DMU 54339 and presumably 51203 (DTCL + DMBS) in Platform 4 at Helsby July 1985. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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