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Vehicle 51808


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: 30588
Diagram: 621

Allocations

11/12/59 New to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket) - Leith closed
May-73Depot code changeHA
2w/e 30/11/74 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
2w/e 15/01/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
4w/e 30/04/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/06/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
2w/e 11/11/78 Transferred to RG (Reading)
5w/e 26/05/79 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
10/12/86 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
28/08/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/05/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
19/06/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
07/12/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
p/e 25/02/89 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
21/04/90 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) PTSX
10/06/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
23/06/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Modifications

circa Jul-82 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 28/04/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51801 59692 51808 As delivered to 64H - 11th December 1959
51801 59565 51808 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
51470 59563 51808 Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51796 59688 51808 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51800 59688 51808 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
51801 59692 51808 Transfer to HN - 2w/e 30/11/74
51801 59692 51808 Noted 01/09/1975 - at Glasgow Central2
175 51801 59692 51808 Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 518013
235 51249 59539 51808 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
L810 51799 59539 51808 Noted 26/02/1979 - seen at Swindon Works. 5
B810 51799 59539 51808 Noted 04/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central5
B810 51799 59539 51808 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
C810 51799 59539 51808 Noted circa 06/19824
C810 51799 59539 51808 Noted circa 08/19824
C806 51799 51808 New set number at CF - circa Sep-82 - from C810
C806 51799 51808 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C806 51799 51808 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C806 51799 51808 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C806 51799 51808 Noted 05/06/19864
S806 51799 51808 Transfer to LE - 10/12/86 - prefix change from C to S
S806 51799 51808 Noted circa 07/19874
S806 51799 51808 Noted 04/07/1987 - at Crewe6
S806 51799 51808 Listed at LE - Aug-87
51799 51808 Transfer to CF - 20/08/87 - from LE
C853 51799 59694 51808 Formed at CF Sep-87
C853 51799 59694 51808 Listed at CF - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted
C853 51799 59694 51808 Noted 18/09/88 - on 13.20 to Manchester Victoria - Southport
C853 51799 59694 51808 Noted circa 11/1988 - operating from Newton Heath4
51799 59694 51808 Transfer to NL - p/e 25/02/89
51465 51808 Noted 06/02/89 - on 12:14 Leeds - Sheffield7
460 51465 51808 Listed at NL - Feb-89
51463 59250 51808 Noted 21/08/89 - on 13:02 Leeds - Carlisle7
51184 51808 Noted 19/11/1989 - BLS Worth Valley Wanderer Railtour 51184-51808+53949-54056
T038 53838 51808 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T038 53838 51808 Noted circa 05/19914
T038 53865 51808 Noted 30/05/91 - at Nuneaton3
T038 53838 51808 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T038 53865 51808 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T038 53838 51808 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T038 53838 51808 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T038 53838 51808 Listed at TS - November 1992
53838 51808 Noted 14/11/92 - on 13:47 Doncaster - Peterborough via Lincoln8
T038 53838 51808 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T038 53838 51808 Noted 04/01/93 - on 10:18 Nottingham - Crewe

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Robert Chilton
7: Graeme Phillips
8: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Weymouth

July 1979

Set number: B810

Class 101 DMU set B810 (51808 and presumably 59539 + 51799) arrives into Weymouth in July 1979. Paul Braybrook.

Class 101 DMU at Newport

late 1979

Set number: B810

Metro-Cammell DMU set B810 departs from Newport in late 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Shrewsbury

Unknown date

Set number: C806

Class 101 set C806 (presumably 51808 + 51799) seen at Shrewsbury. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Whitland

5th November 1983

Set number: C806

Met-Camm DMU set C806 (with an oversize 6) - presumably 51808 + 51799 - is seen at Whitland with the 10:07 to Pembroke Dock on 5 November 1983. Robert Thomas.

Class 101 DMU at Shrewsbury

15th September 1985

Set number: C806

Set C806 (W51808 + W51799) is seen stabled at Shrewsbury on September 15th, 1985. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Dorrington

4th July 1987

Set number: S806

Class 101 power twin S806 (51808 + 51799) passing Dorrington with a Central Wales service from Shrewsbury to Swansea, 04 July 1987. Mike Dean.

Class 101 DMU at Southport

16th July 1988

Set number: C853

Class 101/110 hybrid C853 (51808 + 59694 + 51799) in the sidings at Southport on July 16, 1988. Colin Brooks.

Class 101 DMU at Kirkham North Junction

3rd September 1988

A three-car Class 101/110 Hybrid DMU formed of Class 101 Driving Cars M51808 & M51799 with a former Calder Valley Class 110 Centre Trailer Car, M59694, had just passed through Kirkham North Junction with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on September 3rd 1988. This was the period when due to ongoing problems with the Class 142 fleet, various combinations of surviving First Generation DMU's were cobbled together to keep services running. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Southport

18th September 1988

Set number: C853

A Class 101/110 hybrid three-car DMU, formed of Class 101 cars 51808 & 51799 with a former 'Calder Valley' BRCW Class 110 centre trailer, 59694, was making a smoky departure from Southport with the 13.20 to Manchester Victoria on September 18th 1988. The unit had been recently transferred from Cardiff Canton (C853) to Newton Heath depot to provide cover for the then ailing Class 142 Pacer fleet. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

26th September 1990

Set number: T038

On your marks... Two different DMU sets with 3 classes of vehicle at Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 September 1990. Class 101/116 hybrid set T038 (51808 + 53838) is in platform 1 forming the 15.26 departure to Birmingham Moor Street while class 114 T025 (53005 + 54039) was on a Leamington Spa service, from memory the 16.12 from Stratford. This picture was taken after the signalling arrangements had been changed to allow arrivals and departures from any of the 3 platforms. This removed the need for shunting every arrival from platform 1 to either 2 or 3 with a new upper quadrant starting signal being provided for trains leaving platform 2, the taller signal on the right being redesignated as the starter for platform 1. Peter Tandy.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno Junction

3rd June 1991

Set number: T038

Class 101/116 hybrid set T038 (presumably 51808 and 53838) at Llandudno Junction on the 3rd June 1991. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Leamington Spa

4th July 1991

Set number: T038

This train, class 101/116 hybrid set T038 formed of 51808 + 53838, was photographed on 4 July 1991 as it left the down bay platform at Leamington Spa with a local service to Stratford-upon-Avon. It was common at this time for a locomotive to be stabled here for weekend engineering work. Peter Tandy.

Class 101 DMU at Boston

27th July 1991

Set number: T038

In the twilight of their years two hybrid class 101/116 DMU formation formed of vehicles 51808 + 53838 and 53853 + 51511 is seen running into Boston with the 10.17 Skegness to Nottingham stopping service on 27/07/91. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 101 DMU at Hereford

22nd February 1992

Set number: T038

Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set T038 (51808 + 53838) at Hereford with the 12:10 to Birmingham New Street on 22 February 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Tamworth

18th April 1992

Set number: T038

51808 at Tamworth 18/04/92. The 116 DMBS it is working with is presumably 53838, the two forming set T038. David Bellamy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1980

Set number: B810

Class 101 DMU set B810 (51799 and presumably 59539 + 51808) at Newport with he 11.22(SO)Bristol Temple Meads-Cardiff Central on 23 August 1980. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 14th February 1981

Set number: B810

Class 101 set B810 (presumably 51799 + 59539 + 51808) passing Stapleton Road station with the 3.30pm Bristol Temple Meads - Cardiff Central service on 14 February 1981. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C806

Set C806 (presumably 51799 + 51808) makes its departure from Shrewsbury leaving a Tysleley Class 116 behind. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C806

Met-Camm set C806 (presumably 51799 + 51808) awaits its departure from Shrewsbury. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 30th June 1986

Set number: C806

A class 101 DMU (C806 presumably 51799 + 51808) at Llanwrtyd Wells on 30th June 1986. This train had broken down and was awaiting rescue. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 30th June 1986

Set number: C806

A class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU (C806 presumably 51799 + 51808) waits at Llandovery, for another service coming from Shrewsbury to cross, I think. The driver passes the time of day chatting to a woman on the platform. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 15th August 1987

Class 101 DMU set S806 (51799 + 51808) with the 09.35 ex-Shrewsbury at Crewe on 15 August 1987. Dave Warby Collection.

DMU

Date: 1st December 1987

Set number: C853

Catching the last rays of winter sunshine hybrid Class 101 DMU set C853 formed 51799+59694+51808 with a 'Calder Valley' class 110 centre coach is seen waiting custom at Newport (Gwent) with train 2B28 the 14.48 Chepstow to Cardiff Central on 01/12/87. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1990

Set number: T038

Class 116/101 hybrid set T038 (presumably 53838 + 51808) is seen at Weston Rhyn on 12 October 1990. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 1991

Set number: T038

Class 116/101 hybrid set T038 (presumably 53838 + 51808) is seen in a very snowy Stafford station in 1991. Mel Holley.

DMU

Date: 13th June 1992

Set number: T014

55034 working with T038 (presumably 51808 + 53838) at Hereford, providing extra capacity on the 15:30 ex-Birmingham New St., 13/6/92. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 4th January 1993

Set number: T038

In need of a wash, T038 (53838 + 51808) leaves Derby working the 10:18 Nottingham - Crewe, 4/1/93. Gazza Prescott.