Vehicle 51453
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
| 20/06/59 | New to | 62A (Thornton Junction) | |
| w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| w/e 01/08/59 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 3w/e 24/07/76 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Oct-87 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) |
Notes
3rd July 1984 - Seen with Trans-Clyde logo near cab on secondman's side
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 10/07/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | As delivered to 62A - 20th June 1959 | ||||||
| 110 | 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 141 | 51453 | 59792 | 52021 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot3 | |||||
| 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Noted 30/03/1977 - Edinburgh Waverley4 | ||||||
| 185 | 51453 | 59690 | 51807 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51518 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 327 | 51453 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 29th July 1986 | |||||
| 327 | 51453 | 59555 | 51537 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 327 | 51453 | 59563 | 51526 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59563 | 51802 | Noted circa 12/19865 | |||||
| 51453 | 59563 | 51802 | Noted 26th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59563 | 51802 | Noted 28th February 1987 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59563 | 51802 | Noted 28/03/19875 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59563 | 51802 | Noted 02/05/19875 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59552 | 51807 | Noted 08/08/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
24th August 1974
Set number: 141
The Branch Line Society Clydesider railtour on 24 August 1974 at Old Kilpatrick. The DMU was a 101/107/107 hybrid and SC51453 is closest. Roger Geach Collection.
22nd July 1979
Set number: 185
Class 101 DMBS SC51453 on Eastfield depot on 22 July 1979. This had been the first Scottish DMBS to have been refurbished, released from Glasgow Works in July 1976 in the white/blue stripe livery. Three years later it now in blue/grey although its partners are in the white/blue stripe livery. Noted the taped over set number (185). Brian Daniels.
25th August 1979
The BLS 'Clydeside Wanderer' railtour at Old Kilpatrick on 25 August 1979. Closest is believed to be Sc51453. Alistair Ness.
25th August 1979
The BLS 'Clydeside Wanderer' railtour on 25 August 1979 outside Greenock (Union Street) Tunnel. The train did not enter the tunnel, the Clyde Port Authority ownership boundary was immediately at the Greenock end of the tunnel and BR wasn’t willing to stop and change ends to reverse the train inside the tunnel. Alistair Ness.
25th August 1979
The Branch Line Society Clydeside Wanderer railtour sitting under the M8 at General Terminus in Glasgow on 25 August 1979. Formed of a three-car Class 101 DMU, SC51453 is thought to be closest. Roger Geach Collection.
Unknown date
Set number: 101327
SC51453 leads Met-Camm DMU set 101327 into Edinburgh Waverley - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
24th March 1986
Set number: 327
Class 101 DMU set 327 (presumably 51453 + 59552 + 51807) at Livingston North with an Edinburgh - Bathgate service on March 24, 1986, the first day of the service. Hamish Stevenson.
April 1986
Set number: 327
A collection of DMUs at Dundee in April 1986, closest is a DMBS labelled set 327 presumably 51453. Curly42.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th April 1985
Set number: 101327
101327 (presumably 51807 + 59552 + 51453) heads through Princes Street Gardens on it's way to Fife, April 27th, 1985. Bruce Galloway.
Date: 13th February 1986
Set number: 327
Class 101 DMU set 327 (51537 + 59555 and presumably 51453) in Glasgow Queen Street with Falkirk Grahamston on the destination blind on 13 February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 24th March 1986
Set number: 327
Class 101 DMU set 327 (presumably 51807 + 59552 + 51453) at Livingston North with an Edinburgh - Bathgate service on March 24, 1986, the first day of the service. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 27th January 1991
Out of use vehicles at Thornton in Fife on January 27, 1991. Closest is 59794, which wouldn't be officially withdrawn until the end of the year. It had been transferred on paper to Neville Hill but never moved there. At the far end of the line are 53187, 53179, 51453, 59113, 53424, TDB977223 and 59073. Hamish Stevenson.