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Vehicle 50260 / 53260


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: 30267
Diagram: 621

Allocations

14/06/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
Oct-59 On loan to 41A (Darnall)
4w/e 28/11/59 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 02/03/63 On loan to 40A (Lincoln)
07/04/63 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
May-73 Transferred to NO (Norwich)
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
3w/e 04/01/76 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
17/04/78 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
2w/e 11/11/78 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
p/e 28/11/81 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
circa Aug-82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
21/04/90 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
p/e 13/10/90 Sector Change to LA (Laira) PXXZ
27/11/90 Withdrawn from LA (Laira) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50260 - original number
53260 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 15/10/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50250 50260 As delivered to 51A - 14th June 1957
50250 59065 50260 Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan ER
50260 59075 50265 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER
50260 59075 50265 Transfer to 51A - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER
50218 59540 50260 Noted 30/08/71 - at Grosmont1
50218 59540 50260 Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough1
50218 59540 50260 Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2
87 50218 59540 50260 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford3
50218 59540 50260 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
50218 59540 50260 Noted 14/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street4
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50218 59526 50260 Noted circa 03/1974 - at Birmingham Nw Street4
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 02/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 29/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
88 50260 59097 50268 Noted 22/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3
87 50185 59526 50260 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50218 59526 50260 Noted 08/09/75 - at Lincoln1
87 50218 59526 50260 Noted 28/10/75 - at March3
50218 59526 50260 Transfer to BG - Dec-75
50218 59531 50260 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1
50218 59531 50260 Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1
50218 59527 50260 Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
50260 59097 50750 Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 51236/563961
50222 59531 50260 Noted Sep-76 - at Sheffield with 50167/59048/507511
50230 59540 50260 Noted 12/03/1977 - at Doncaster 4
184 50192 59077 50260 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
51466 59048 50260 Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1
51251 59085 50260 Transfer to DE - 2w/e 11/11/78
315 51241 59042 50260 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101315 51241 59042 50260 Listed at AY - 13/06/82
101306 51228 59061 53260 Noted circa 11/19835
101306 51228 59086 53260 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101315 51241 59042 53260 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
51237 59688 53260 Noted 1st August 1985
101310 51234 59302 53260 Noted circa 02/19865
101315 51241 59042 53260 Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
53260 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 - Operating vehicle not on official list
53260 Noted 12/10/1986 - at Haymarket Depot5
101315 51241 59042 53260 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
51241 59302 53260 Noted 28/03/87 - on 12:24 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central via Shotts6
101315 51241 59302 53260 Noted 28/03/19875
101315 51241 59302 53260 Noted 04/04/19875
101315 51241 59042 53260 Noted 04/05/19875
101315 51241 59042 53260 Listed at HA - Jan-88
101315 51241 59042 53260 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
101315 51241 59042 53260 Noted circa 12/19895

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Lipson Sidings Laira

8th July 1990

Set number: 878

SC53260 (and SC51241) in Lipson Sidings Laira on the 8th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

20th March 1991

Mat-Camm 53260 seen at Snailwell on 20th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th May 1988

Set number: 101315

DMBS 51241 leads set 101315 into Burntisland station with the 13:52 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh service on May 30th, 1988, presumably with 59042 + 53260. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1988

Set number: 101315

Class 101 set 101 315 at Kilmarnock, 51241 leading. The other two vehicles should be 59042 & 53260. The John Walker building behind is now gone, it was the home of Johnnie Walker whisky. 11 September 1988. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 5th July 1989

An unusual view of the west end of Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the morning of 5/7/89. No trains were moving this day - it was the day of one of the weekly strikes staged by the NUR that summer. Almost every platform is filled with stabled stock. From left to right there are : an HST in plat.19, 52053 coupled to 59248 and 52059 (108 380) in plat.18, a Mk.2 DVT (9709) in plat.17, 53260 coupled to 59042 and 51241 (101 315) in plat.16, nothing visible in plat.15, 150 244 in plat.14, 53933 (coupled to 51566) in plat.13, 53164(cl.101) coupled to 59800(cl.107) and 53733, forming 120 535, in plat.12 and another HST in plat.11. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 14th July 1989

Set number: 101315

Set 101 315 (51241/59042/53260) leaves Dunfermline forming the 18.27 Edinburgh - Cardenden on 14/7/88. Nearest the camera is 51241. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 8th July 1990

Set number: 878

Lipson sidings in Laira on July 8, 1990. Behind 50 041 is set 878 (51241 + 53260) still with ScotRail branding, 50 021, 51234, 53163, 53642, 51219. Nicholas Youngman.