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Vehicle 51108


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

4w/e 26/10/57 New to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
2w/e 26/10/62 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 01/06/63 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 31/12/66 Transferred to 67C (Ayr)
4w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/06/67 On loan to 52J (South Gosforth)
2w/e 01/07/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
w/e 02/08/69 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
14/05/72 Withdrawn from 32A (Norwich)

Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51108 56300 As delivered to 64A - October 1957
51108 56300 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 10/11/62
51108 56300 Transfer to 67A - May-63
51108 56300 Transfer to 67C - 4w/e 31/12/66
51108 56301 Transfer to 66C - Feb-67
51108 56203 Transfer to 32A - w/e 02/08/69
51108 56116 Noted 04/1971 - at Birmingham New Street1
51108 56116 Noted 12/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51108 56121 Noted 01/09/71 - at Ipswich3
51108 56121 Noted 03/09/71 - at Lowestoft3

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers

Images:

Class 100 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

7th August 1958

Sc51108 leads a GRC&W twin set through Princes Street Gardens on August 7, 1958. Stuart Mackay Collection.