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Vehicle 51238

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: 30467
Diagram: 523

Allocations

w/e 14/06/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
17/08/69	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
07/09/69	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
w/e 15/08/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
21/12/76	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)

Notes

12th June 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.

51238 was involved in the following incident:

See image on flickr.

11/11/76 - Melton Lane Signal Box

Collision involving Class 101 / Brake van

51238 + 56073 collided with a brake van that was left on the Up Slow line at Melton Lane Signal Box while working the 10:15 Hull - Goole service. The signalman had not realised that the brake van and a number of wagons had been left on the Up Slow as part of a shunt and he accepted the passenger train in error.

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

51238	56396	Noted 12th June 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
51238	56396	As delivered to 62B - June 1958
51238	56394	Noted 09/11/69 - at Doncaster¹
51238	56385	Noted 29/08/70 - at Selby¹
51238	56387	Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough²
51238	56387	Noted 27/08/1974 - at York²
51238	56118	Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough¹
51238	56118	Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough¹
51238	56118	Noted 22/11/75 - at Hull¹
51238	56384	Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough¹
51238	56384	Noted 07/02/76 - at Brough¹
51238	56384	Noted 23/02/76 - at Selby¹
51238	56073	Noted 26/10/76 - at York¹

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork

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