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Vehicle 51234


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: 30467
Diagram: 523

Allocations

w/e 31/05/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/11/72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
4w/e 30/04/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 22/07/78 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
circa Sep-82 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
11/05/85 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
21/04/90 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
14/06/91 Withdrawn from LA (Laira) PXXZ

Notes

29th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.

Modifications

Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 20/02/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51234 56392 Noted 29th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
51234 56392 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51234 56392 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
30 51234 56392 Listed at 66C - 1972
51234 56392 Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie1
51234 56392 Transfer to 62B - Oct-72
51234 59302 50746 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 2
51234 59302 51805 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51234 59558 50269 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 2
141 51234 59792 52021 Listed at HN - mid-May-78
240 51799 59069 51234 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
310 51234 59302 50163 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
51234 59060 50174 Noted 16th January 1982
101310 51234 59302 50163 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
51234 59302 50163 Transfer to AY - circa Sep-82
51234 59783 52020 Noted circa 12/19833
51234 59783 53505 Noted 11th January 1984
101310 51234 59806 53163 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
101310 51234 59302 53163 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
101310 51234 59302 53260 Noted circa 02/19863
101310 51234 59302 53163 Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
310 51234 59302 53163 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
310 51234 59060 53746 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101310 51234 59302 53746 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
51234 59048 53747 Noted circa 03/19873
101310 51234 59302 53163 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101310 51234 59302 53163 Noted circa 04/19873
101310 51234 59302 53163 Noted 02/05/19873
101310 51234 59302 53163 Noted 23/05/19873
101310 51234 59302 53163 Noted 08/08/19873
101310 51234 59302 53163 Listed at HA - Jan-88
101310 51234 59302 53163 Noted circa 05/19883
101310 51234 59302 53163 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
51234 59302 53163 Noted 12/09/894
101310 51234 59302 53163 Noted circa 12/19893
877 51234 53163 Noted circa 08/19903

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket depot

Unknown date

Set number: 101310

Class 101 DMBS SC51234 part of mixed livery DMU set 101310 on Haymarket depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Stirling

Unknown date

Set number: 101310

Class 101 DMBS set 101310 in platform 7 of Stirling station, date unknown. DMBS SC51234 is closest. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Ardrossan Harbour

30th July 1983

Set number: 101310

A 6-car formation at Ardrossan Harbour on 30 July 1983. The nearest set, 101 310, is a Class 101 / 107 hybrid. Chris Lings.

Class 101 DMU at Saughton

5th May 1986

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 51234 + 59302 + 53163) at Saughton with the 12:22 Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley service, 5th May 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Uphall

5th August 1986

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm DMU set 101310 (51234 + 59060 + 53746) departs from Uphall station with the 09:18 Edinburgh-Bathgate service on 5 August 1986. The centre car was a temporary replacement for the usual vehicle, note it has a shallower grey band. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

Unknown date

Set number: 101310

Set 101310 (presumably 51234 + 59302 + 53163) in Edinburgh Waverley. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

17th December 1989

Set number: 101310

A first generation DMU line-up in Edinburgh Waverley station on December 17, 1989. On the left is 51234 (101310), in the centre set 107738, and on the right 107736 with a Cardenden service. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Lipson Sidings Laira

8th July 1990

51234 at Lipson Sidings, Laira, on the 8th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster

27th October 1991

Partially boarded up Class 101 DMBS 51234, Doncaster West Yard, 27 October 1991. It had been withdrawn from Laira in June and would be cut by MC Metals at Springburn, David Bellamy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 28th March 1986

Set number: 101310

101 310 (53163 + 59302 + 51234) with 53268 + 59080 + 53242 at Bathgate with the 13:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh Waverley, 28th March 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: May 1986

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 53163 + 59302 + 51234) sits in Glasgow Queen Street station awaiting its next duty, May 1986. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1989

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 53163 + 59302 + 51234) approaches Kilmaurs station with the 11.59 Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central train on 22-03-1989. Gordon Thomson.

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.

DMU

Date: 25th August 1990

A Class 108 (52057) and Class 101 (51234) Hyrbrid DMU by the River Teign near Teignmouth on 25 August 1990. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1990

Set number: 877

The driver of set 877 on a Barnstaple to Exeter Central service hands over the single line token from Eggesford to the signalman at Crediton. The Laira based set comprises 51234 and 53163. 26th September 1990. Steve Montgomery.

DMU

Date: circa February 1991

Set number: 877

Laira Met-Camm DMU set 877 (53163 and presumably 51234) in Exeter Central with Barnstaple on the destination blind - possibly on a working from Exmouth. The slide process date was February 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.