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Vehicle 51507


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

05/03/59 New to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
4w/e 28/11/59 Transferred to 50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 04/06/60 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
31/08/75 Withdrawn from GF (South Gosforth) - Collision damage

Modifications

May-74 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51437 59527 59528 51507 As delivered to 53B - 5th March 1959
51437 59527 59528 51507 Transfer to 50A - 4w/e 28/11/59
51437 59527 59528 51507 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
51437 59527 59578 51507 Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/06/60
51437 59574 59526 51507 Noted 08/09/66 - at York1
51437 59526 59573 51507 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
50181 59096 59572 51507 Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
50181 59572 59096 51507 Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley

8th November 1981

Met-Camm 51507 looking in a sorry state at Tyseley on 8/11/81. It had been withdrawn in 1975. Chris Lings.