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Vehicle 51239

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 14/06/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-68	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
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May-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also noted as 29/09/87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07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.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
313	51239	59047	50143	Listed at DE - 01/02/81
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
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 Waverley⁵
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 24/03/1987⁵
313	51239	59047	53143	Noted 27/04/1987⁵

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

Images:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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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