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Vehicle 51441 / 55942


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: 30500
Diagram: 523

Allocations

07/04/59 New to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Jan-60Depot code change50C
May-60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 31/07/60 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
2w/e 09/05/82 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
p/e 15/05/83 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
13/05/84 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
06/07/86 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)
27/07/86 Reinstated CA (Cambridge) - to parcels sector
14/12/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
18/01/87 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
circa Dec-88 Sector Change to CA (Cambridge) RPXN
30/03/89 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) RPXN
p/e 17/06/89 Reinstated CA (Cambridge) RPXN
19/07/89 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) RPXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51441 - original number
55942 - from Mar-87 (parcels conversion) - number allocated 3/87 but never carried

Modifications

Feb-74 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 07/11/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51441 59535 59536 51511 As delivered to 53B - 7th April 1959
51441 59535 59576 51511 Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 31/07/60
51441 59527 51511 Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1
51441 59527 59575 51511 Noted 27/05/70 - at Leeds1
51441 59062 51509 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2
51441 59062 51509 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2
51441 59062 51509 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2
51441 56386 Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 3
51441 56403 Noted 16/11/80 - on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service
51441 56093 Noted circa 10/19824
84 51441 54093 Noted 18/05/83 - at Norwich2
84 51441 54093 Noted circa 03/19844
51441 54384 Noted circa 04/19854
51441 54384 Noted 08/06/85 - at Norwich2
51441 54384 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51441 54384 Noted circa 03/19864
51441 54384 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
51430 51441 Parcels set 19th August 1986
51293 51441 Noted 18/10/1986 - at Liverpool Street - parcels set5
51430 51441 Noted 05/02/88 - at Norwich2
51430 51441 Noted 15/08/88 - parcels6
51430 51441 Noted 10th June 1989 - Part of 4-car set (with TDB977124 + TDB977126) towing a GUV

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle station

14th April 1980

DMBS E51441 leads a four-car Class 101 DMU formation round the back of Newcastle station on 14/04/1980. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at South Shields

April 1981

E51441 at South Shields in April '81. Ian Francis.

Class 101 DMU at South Shields

April 1981

E51441 at South Shields in April 1981. Ian Francis.

Class 101 DMU at London Liverpool Street

9th April 1987

Class 101 parcels set 51441 + 51430 (DMBS+DMBS) with 4H04 1610 Liverpool St - Cambridge at Liverpool St (1600) Thursday 9th April 1987. Colin Brooks.

Class 101 DMU at York

9th May 1987

An Express Parcels Class 101 DMU (E51441 closest) is seen at the North end of Platform 8 at York on the 9th of May 1987. The KDH Archive.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

circa June 1987

Class 101 Metro Cammell Express Parcels DMU 51441 + 51430 (DMBS + DMBS) stabled at Cambridge June or July 1987. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Chelmsford

27th January 1988

E51441 is led by E51430 out of Chelmsford on 27/1/88. Malcolm Clements.

Class 101 DMU at Ely

2nd August 1988

Class 101 E51441 + E51430 at Ely, 02.08.88. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Northampton

16th February 1989

At Northampton on 16th February 1989, Cambridge allocated parcels Class 101 DMU 51441 and 51430 wait their next working. AndrewHA.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st August 1975

An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 16th November 1980

E56403 + E51441 on a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at Thornaby on 16/11/1980, diverted via the goods lines due to engineering work. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 31st January 1981

E51274, E50209, E51441 and E50210 form a nice DMU line-up at Newcastle on January 31, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 20th March 1987

Class 101 Met Camm DMU 51430 + 51441 in Express Parcels service stabled next to Spillers at Cambridge 22-3-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 27th January 1988

Express parcels vehicles E51430 and E51441 at Chelmsford on 27/1/88. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: January 1989

A Class 101 Express parcels DMU in St Pancras in January 1989. E51430 is closest, its partner is presumably E51441. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1989

A Cravens route learner with Met-Camm parcels unit and a GUV! TDB977126 + TDB977124 with E51441 + E51430 on 3E26, the 17:57 Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds at New Mills South Junction, 10-6-89. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 8th August 1989

Condemned vehicles at Cambridge on 8/9/89. From left to right; the three 101 vehicles - thought to be 51439, 51441 + 51430, Class 105 53369 + 53367; the Cravens in the middle is 977123, and Class 100 975637. Mike Cooper.