Vehicle 51447
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
| 15/05/59 | New to | 62A (Thornton Junction) | |
| 4w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 4w/e 30/04/77 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/09/77 | Withdrawn |
Notes
14/09/78 - A Glasgow Works visit found 56291, 56297 and 56299, all withdrawn, distributed around the yard. Also 50745, W in 1976, 51447, W in 9/77, and 51803, which was recorded as being a “wreck”, and stored 51784.
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 15/05/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery51447 was involved in the following incident:
4th September 1977 - Cowlairs Carriage Sidings, ScR
Fire involving Class 101
Info from Railway Observer p353 October 1977
Class 101 DMBS 51447 was badly damaged in a fire at Cowlairs Carriage Sidings.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Glasgow Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | As delivered to 62A - 15th May 1959 | ||||||
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Polmadie1 | ||||||
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 104 | 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 173 | 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | |||||
| 51447 | 59787 | 52016 | Noted 25/08/75 - on Corkerhill depot3 | ||||||
| 172 | 51447 | 59544 | 51516 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 515163 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
30th May 1959
Captioned as the first 3-car set to reach Dundee West, SC51447 (and presumably 59545 and 51517) is seen there on the 30th May 1959. The set was newly delivered that month to 62A (Thornton Junction). It would later become a Class 102. George Bett.
2nd April 1978
Set number: 189
Refurbished Class 101 DMBS SC51447 is seen burnt out in the yard at BREL Glasgow Works on the 2nd April 1978. Refurbished and restored to traffic during July 1977 SC51447 was unfortunately destroyed by fire in Cowlairs Carriage Sidings, Glasgow on the 4th September of that year. Withdrawn the same month, she was eventually cut up at Glasgow Works 2 years later during September 1979. Bob Woolnough.
2nd September 1979
Set number: 189
The burnt out shell of SC51447, the result of a catching fire in Cowlairs Carriage Sidings, seen in St Rollox Works on 2 September 1979. Brian Daniels.