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Vehicle 51454

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: 30500
Diagram: 523

Allocations

27/06/59	New to	62A (Thornton Junction)
w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-73	Depot code change	HN
4w/e 28/09/74	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 26/03/77	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 27/05/78	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Feb-81	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
31/01/88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
p/e 07/10/89	Sector Change to	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
08/12/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 26/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51454	59552	51524	As delivered to 62A - 27th June 1959
	51454	59552	51524	Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot¹
	51454	59552	51524	Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central¹
111	51454	59552	51524	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51454	59552	51524	Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51454	59552	51524	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central²
180	51454	59552	51524	Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket³
	51454	59552	51524	Transfer to ED - 4w/e 28/09/74
	51454	59564	51533	Noted 17/04/1975 - at Dundee⁴
	51454	59553	51463	Noted 25/08/75 - at Springburn³
	51454	59692	51804	Noted 03/04/1977 - at Glasgow Central ⁴
	51454	59692	51804	Transfer to AY - 4w/e 27/05/78
174	51454	59692	51804	Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
	51454	59692	51804	Noted 08/09/1979 - Glasgow Central to Ayr service.⁵
	51454	59553	51520	Noted 16/08/80 - with 51250 / 59557 / 51794 on Horwick Works Open day service
	51454	59553	51520	Noted 08/09/1980 - at Ayr⁵
328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at ED - 28/11/81
	51454	59687	51526	Noted 11/04/1982 - at Dundee⁵
101328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101328	51454	59562	51524	Noted 13/04/1983 - in Swindon Works⁵
101328	51454	59562	51524	Noted 26/04/1983 - at Birmingham New Street, borrowed for the day on local workings, before continuing home to Scotland after a Works visit⁵
328	51454	59562	51524	Noted circa 11/1983⁶
101328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at ED - 17/06/84
328	51454	59562	51529	Noted 07/07/1984 - Lea Valley Railway Club Balloch Basher Railtour
101328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at ED - 25/03/85
328	51454	59562	51524	Noted circa 10/1985⁶
	51454	59562	51805	Noted 24th May 1986
101328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101328	51454	59562	51805	Noted 3rd June 1986
328	51454	59562	51805	Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
328	51454	59687	51804	Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101328	51454	59687	51804	Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley⁶
101328	51454	59687	51804	Noted 11/10/1986 - working from Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverley⁶
101328	51454	59687	51534	Noted circa 03/1987⁶
101328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at ED - 23/03/87
328	51454	59562	51524	Noted circa 04/1987⁶
328	51454	59562	51524	Noted 04/05/1987⁶
101328	51454	59562	51524	Listed at ED - Jan-88
	51454	51524		Noted 25/07/88 - on 17:17 Chesterfield - Sheffield
	51454	51524		Noted 15/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
461	51454	51524		Listed at NL - Feb-89

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

Images:

26th April 1965

A Met-Camm twin DMU in Murthly station on 26 April 1965. Likely on a Blair Atholl - Perth service, the DMBS seems to be SC51454, its partner is in Rail Blue livery. Stuart Mackay Collection.

27th June 1981

Set number: 174

Class 101 DMSL SC51454 on Eastfield depot with SC55015 behind, 27 June 1981. Rob Paterson.

7th April 1983

A GG Trans-Clyde branded Class 101 seen in Gloucester Sidings on 7 April 1983. Eastfield allocated SC51454, SC59562 and presumably SC51524 were likely en-route back to the Scottish Region after overhaul at Swindon. Stuart Mackay Collection.

15th October 1983

Set number: 328

Metropolitan Cammell DMU sets 101 328 + 101 364 at Craigendoran Junction with 1Z44 from Motherwell to Crianlarich on 15/10/83. 51454 presumably leads. Spannerman37025.

19th May 1984

Set number: 328

SC51454 at the end of set 328 in Glasgow Queen Street station on the 19th May 1984. Chris Lings.

7th July 1984

Set number: 328

SC51454 leading the Balloch Basher railtour at Dumbarton 7 July 1984. Organised by the Lea Valley Railway Club, the DMU part of the tour started at Motherwell and ended at Paisley Gilmour Street, connecting with a separately bookable electric hauled section from / to Euston. Stuart Mackay Collection.

26th August 1984

Set number: 328

A Branch Line Society railtour in Milngavie station on Sunday 26 August 1984. It used Class 101 set 328, presumably 51454 + 59562 + 51524. Stuart Mackay Collection.

12th March 1987

Set number: 328

Class 101 DMBS SC51454 sits in Edinburgh Waverley at 08:47 on March 12, 1987. Walter Burt.

8th July 1987

Set number: 328

Looking north from Dalmeny station as a south bound 3 car Metro-Cammell dmu comes off the Forth Bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth in Scotland, the bridge links Queensferry and Inverkeithing. 8th July 1987. SC51454 presumably leads. Andrew J Crowther.

14th June 1988

Set number: 328

Class 101 DMU set 328, with 51454 closest, in Lancaster station on Tuesday 14 June 1988. David Russon.

16th August 1988

Set number: 328

51454 with 51524 departing Leeds for Sheffield on 16 /Aug/1988. The pair had recently been transferred from Scotland where they were part of a three-car set and, without the centre trailer, saw out their days based at Neville Hill. 51454 still bears it's ScR set number 328 although the vehicle number prefix has been changed to 'E', somewhat surprising as late as 1988. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: May 1979

A refurbished Class 101 DMU passing Ayr MPD with the 09:10 Ayr - Carlisle service one day in May 1979. The power cars were recorded as SC51529 and SC51454. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 16th August 1980

A ScR 6-car formation, SC51250 + SC59557 + SC51794 / SC51520 + SC59553 + SC51454 at Lancaster Castle on a Horwich Works Open day connection, 16/8/80. Robert Frise.

Date: 9th August 1988

Set number: 29

My maternal grandparents lived in Barton on Humber and we spent many weeks in the summer holidays staying in the town where we could wander freely in complete safety, but it was the 1950s!!! A day trip to Cleethorpes by train was eagerly anticipated and until the late 50s was steam hauled from New Holland Pier, we having arrived from Barton on the shuttle! Hence on a trip down memory lane with my mother in 1988 New Holland was visited and this was all that was left! On the right were the lines to the pier where the paddle steamer to Hull was boarded but Barrow Road Crossing signal box survived. 51524 and 51454 arrive at New Holland Town with the 11.00 Barton on Humber to Cleethorpes on the 9th August 1988. Whilst DMUs could never replace steam, for us boy trainspotters they had one advantage in that you could sit behind the driver and see all trains on the route! Dave Gommersall.

Date: 15th August 1988

Set number: 29

A Sheffield-Leeds DMU approaches Barnsley station on 15th August 1988. The era of the DMUs was fast drawing to a close at this time, the Class 101 was formed of E51524 + E51454. Andrew Walker.

Date: 22nd March 1989

Metro Cammell DMUs at Retford Low Level on 22/3/89. On the left is 78713, on the right is 51454 (carrying set number 328). John Carter.

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