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Vehicle 51239

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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 14/06/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-68 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
01/03/82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Jan-87 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
May-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also noted as 29/09/87

Notes

12th June 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.
29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51239 56397 Noted 5th June 1958
51239 56397 Noted 12th June 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
51239 56397 As delivered to 62B - June 1958
51239 56397 Noted 7th July 1958 - on Aberdeen - Ballater workings
51239 56397 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
51239 59557 50747 Noted 11/09/71 - on Hamilton depot then later in Edinburgh Waverley1
51239 56399 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51239 56401 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
51239 56391 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 2
77 51239 56391 Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot4
51239 56389 Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51239 56400 Noted 29/03/1977 - at Haymarket2
51239 50184 Noted 19/04/1979 - Edinburgh to Dundee service5
51239 59048 50747 Noted 08/09/1980 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
51239 59048 50747 Noted 17/10/1980 - in Thornton Junction CS5
51239 59048 50747 Noted 23/11/1980 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
313 51239 59047 50143 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
51239 59047 50143 Noted 27/06/1981 - at Glasgow Queen Street5
51239 59047 50143 Noted 14/09/81 - on 12.50 Arbroath – Edinburgh6
101313 51239 59047 50143 Listed at DE - 28/11/81
51239 59047 50143 Noted 10/04/1982 - on Haymarket depot5
51239 59047 50143 Noted 12/06/1982 - on Haymarket depot5
101313 51239 59047 50143 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
51239 59047 53143 Noted 25/08/1985 - at Haymarket Open Day 5
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - Summer 1986
101313 51239 59086 53172 Noted 3rd July 1986
313 51239 59086 53172 Listed at HA - August 1986
313 51239 59047 53143 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley7
313 51239 59047 53143 Noted 11/10/86
51239 59559 53693 Noted 4th December 1986
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
51239 59559 53245 Noted 24/03/19877
313 51239 59047 53143 Noted 27/04/19877

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Larbert

29th July 1983

Set number: 101313

Unit 101313 (51239 probably leading) arrives at Larbert - taken through the signals by the Box on 29/7/83. David Christie.

Class 101 DMU at Elderslie

8th July 1984

Set number: 313

One of three images taken at Elderslie on 8 July 1984 - it is unclear what the original order was (see comment!). In this view, two Class 101s - set 313 leading (51239 closest with its higher than normal vehicle number) and a Class 107 vehicle at the rear of the 2nd set - passes another six-car formation in the siding on their way from Glasgow to Ayrshire. This contained DMSL SC52026 from set 107432 working with two 101 vehicles, and a 104/107/107 combo thought to be 53565 + 59800 + 51992 - the latter two being the rest of 107432. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Dundee

May 1985

Set number: 313

101 313 at Dundee in May 1985, with DMBS 51239 closest. Some classmates also to be seen to the right at the (then still extant) carriage sidings on the former Caledonian Railway plot. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Dundee (Tay Bridge)

18th May 1985

Set number: 313

Class 101 set 313 at Dundee (Tay Bridge) station on 18/5/85, shortly after arrival from Edinburgh. Kenneth Leiper.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket depot

August 1986

Set number: 313

Metro Cammell and Swindon Cross Country DMUs in the sidings at Haymarket depot, August 1986, including set 313 (probably 51239) and 54337. Walter Burt.

Class 101 DMU at Stevenston

17th November 1986

Set number: 313

The 13:41 Largs - Glasgow at Stevenston on November 17, 1986. The formation (101/101/120) is probably 51239 59559 53693. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Aberdeen Ferryhill

circa summer 1987

Set number: 313

Withdrawn DMU vehicles on Aberdeen Ferryhill depot for component recovery after withdrawal circa summer 1987. Sc51239 (withdrawn from Haymarket May 1987) is closest as part of a three-car Class 101 followed by two Class 120 vehicles. Brian Ward.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th October 1986

53143 + 59047 + 51239 (set 313) is working the 12:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service when seen near Curriehill on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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