Vehicle 51117
Class 100
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30444
Diagram: 536
Allocations
| 3w/e 21/12/57 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 02/01/60 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 05/03/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 02/07/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 02/09/67 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - 64H closed |
| 22/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64B (Haymarket) | |
| 02/12/72 | Reinstated | 64B (Haymarket) | - due to DMU shortage |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| Jun-74 | Stored S. | ||
| w/e 10/08/74 | Reinstated | HA (Haymarket) | |
| w/e 05/10/74 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 24/05/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 28/06/75 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Aug-78 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| Jun-84 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) | - had been out use for several years and cut in late 1983 |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51117 | 56309 | Noted 17th December 1957 - en route from GRCW to Edinburgh | |||||||
| 51117 | 56309 | As delivered to 64A - 3w/e 21/12/57 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56309 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 16/01/60 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56309 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 12/03/60 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56309 | Transfer to 67A - 4w/e 07/05/66 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56097 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56309 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 50345 | 51117 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket depot3 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56411 | Transfer to NH - w/e 28/06/75 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56411 | Noted 27/07/1975 - 1L80 Pendleton-Llandudno4 | |||||||
| 51117 | 52061 | Noted 27/02/76 - in Manchester Victoria1 | |||||||
| 50443 | 59158 | 51117 | Noted 28/04/1976 - at Bolton2 | ||||||
| 51117 | 59374 | 52061 | Noted 13/06/19764 | ||||||
| 51117 | 50803 | Noted 18/09/76 - on 17:00 Blackpool South – Kirkham, 19:00 Kirkham – Blackpool South and 19:30 Blackpool South - Squires Gate5 | |||||||
| 51117 | 56267 | Transfer to LO - Aug-78 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Chris Moxon
5: Phil Shatford
Images:
June 1973
51117 on the back of a set (also containing a Met-Camm vehicle) heading out of Edinburgh Waverley in June 1973. The vehicle kept the small yellow panel until the end of the year. Alan Rintoul.
24th February 1979
Class 100 DMBS M51117 paired with a Class 108 on Allerton depot, 24 February 1979. Brian Daniels.
March 1979
M51117 at Allerton MPD in March 1979. Karel 1999.
9th June 1979
Partnered with a Class 108 vehicle, Gloucester Class 100 Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51117 was bringing up the rear of a lengthy rake of empty DMU cars stood in platform 5 at Crewe on June 9th 1979. The DMUs went ECS to the carriage shed at Crewe South located alongside the WCML. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th August 1972
The Branch Line Society 'Forth Man' railtour at Limpetness on 26/8/72. Six Bells Junctions notes vehicles as GRCW set 56319 + 51117 and a two-car Met-Camm, and that the tour stopped here as a work to rule MOD staff prevented access to Rosyth Dockyard. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 27th July 1975
Ex Scottish twin 56411 & 51117 on the rear of a 1L80 Pendleton-Llandudno service at Helsby, 27/7/75. Anthony Griffiths.