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Vehicle 51502


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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

10/04/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
May-71 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
May-73 Transferred to HS (Hammerton Street)
13/05/84 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) - Hammerton Street closed
18/01/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
15/03/87 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 19/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51432 51502 As delivered to 56G - 10th April 1959
51814 59697 51502 Noted 04/09/67 - at Bradford Exchange1
51432 51502 Noted 27/07/68 - at Leeds City1
51432 51502 Noted 28/04/73 - at Neville Hill open day1
51432 51502 Noted 09/06/73 - at Doncaster2
51432 51502 Noted 02/09/73 - in Sheffield Midland2
51432 51502 Noted 10/09/73 - in Sheffield Midland2
51432 51502 Noted 03/01/75 - on Holbeck depot2
51432 51502 Noted 01/12/75 - at York1
51432 51502 Noted 08/04/1976 - on 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield with 50218, 59535 & 514323
51432 51502 Noted 10/04/76 - at Leeds1
51432 51502 Noted Sep-76 - at Huddersfield1
51443 51502 Noted 05/01/77 - at Leeds1
51432 51502 Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot2
51432 51502 Noted 02/06/78 - on Huddersfield-Sheffield service,
51432 51502 Noted 27/08/1979 - on 16:18 Cleethorpes to Doncaster3
51428 51502 Noted 29/12/80 - at Clayton West
51425 51502 Noted circa 10/19824
51430 51502 Noted circa 02/19834
51430 51502 Noted 08/07/83 - on 18:01 Sheffield - Huddersfield
51434 51502 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
51430 51502 Formation change - NL - circa Sep-85
51433 51502 Noted 19th August 1986
51433 51502 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Heaton4

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Penistone

2nd June 1978

E51432 + E51502 are seen at Penistone with a Huddersfield-Sheffield service, 02/06/1978. Though still in BR blue livery, the headcode box has been plated over. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster

circa 1980

E51502 seen in Doncaster Works. Undated, but probably mid-1980 when it was in for refurbishment. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Clayton West

29th November 1980

Mixed livery set 51502 / 51428 await departure from a snow covered Clayton West on the 29th November 1980. Chris Lings.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th November 1980

On a snowy 29th December 1980 51428 / 51502 are seen at Clayton West. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 29th November 1980

51428 / 51502 sit in Clayton West on 29/11/80. Chris Lings.