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Vehicle 51458

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: 30500
Diagram: 523

Allocations

18/07/59 New to Leith Central
4w/e 26/09/59 On loan to 61A (Kittybrewster)
4w/e 16/01/60 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 09/04/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
5w/e 12/05/79 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
01/11/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
16/12/88 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill) PWYX
p/e 07/10/89 Sector Change to NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
23/10/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 04/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51458 59556 51528 As delivered to Leith Central - 18th July 1959
51458 59556 51528 Transfer to 61A - 4w/e 26/09/59 - on loan
51458 59556 51528 Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 16/01/60
51458 59556 50746 Noted 06/04/72 - at Eastfield (passing depot?)1
51458 56407 Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51458 59304 51539 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51458 59304 51538 Noted 09/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street1
51458 59061 50746 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
53 51458 56128 Noted 19/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3
195 51458 59687 51806 Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3
51458 59687 51806 Noted 29/10/77 - on 1810 North Berwick-Edinburgh
195 51458 59687 51806 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
51458 59687 51806 Noted 09/09/1979 - Glasgow Queen Street5
51458 59568 51535 Noted 03/05/1980 - at Stirling5
51458 59568 51535 Noted 08/09/1980 - on Eastfield depot5
51458 59568 51535 Noted 18/10/1980 - on Haymarket depot5
51458 59568 51535 Noted 22/11/1980 - at Glasgow Queen Street5
332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
186 51458 59558 51526 Noted circa 03/19814
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 28/11/81
51458 59541 51805 Noted 10/04/1982 - at Glasgow Queen Street5
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
51458 59692 51538 Noted 07/04/1984 - at Glasgow Queen Street 5
101332 51458 59692 51538 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
332 51458 59692 51539 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
51458 59692 51539 Noted 11/10/19864
101332 51458 59692 51539 Noted circa 12/19864
101332 51458 59692 51539 Noted 17/01/19874
51236 59692 51458 Noted 26th February 1987
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101332 51458 59692 51236 Noted circa 04/19874
101332 51458 59692 51236 Noted 02/05/19874
101332 51458 59687 51527 Noted 22/05/19874
51458 51804 Noted circa 11/19874
51458 53240 Noted 29/05/88 - at Stanhope
51458 53188 Noted 25/06/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51458 53188 Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51458 51522 Noted 26/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51458 51515 Noted 12/09/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51458 51515 Noted 14/09/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51458 51515 Noted 24/10/886
51458 51522 Noted circa 04/19894
NL462 51458 51522 Listed at NL - 05/09/89

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Gleneagles

1st June 1978

Set number: 195

Refurbished Class 101 set 195 (51458 and presumably 59687 + 51806) passing through Gleneagles station on its way to Perth on 1 June 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Arbroath

16th July 1984

Set number: 101332

Met-Camm 101 332 (DMBS 51458 closest) beside Arbroath Box on 16/7/84. David Christie.

Class 101 DMU at Stanhope

29th May 1988

Set number: 101332

101 332 (51458 + 53240) at Stanhope on May 29, 1988, the first summer of the Sunday extension of the Bishop Auckland service to Stanhope. Also the only summer when first generation DMUs were used. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Stanhope

29th May 1988

Set number: 101332

E51458 + E53240 at Stanhope on May 29, 1988. On summer Sundays from 1988-92 a number of Saltburn to Bishop Auckland trains were extended to Stanhope over the normally freight only route to Eastgate in Weardale. At Stanhope a Weardale Motor Services bus met the train and went to Alston where there was time for a ride on the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway. The trains stopped when the line lost it's last freight trains, the cement traffic from Eastgate. The station has been completely rebuilt as part of the Weardale Railway. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Sunderland

13th September 1988

Set number: 101332

This two-car Class 101 DMU, carrying an old set number 101 332, presumably contains vehicles 51458 + 51515 when seen in Sunderland station on Tuesday 13 September 1988. David Russon.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th May 1988

E53240 + E51458 at Stanhope on May 29, 1988, the first summer that these Sunday trains up to Stanhope. A connecting Weardale bus allowed further travel up the dale as far as Alston. It was only in the first year that first generation DMUs were used. Stanhope station is happily restored as a heritage station on the Weardale Railway. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 12th June 1988

A Met-Cam Class 101 'power twin' 2 car set, comprising 53240 + 51458, traverses the 'Holmes Chord' south of Rotherham Central station, heading for Sheffield. 12th June 1988. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1989

Set number: S803

Set S803 awaits departure from Scarborough on 09-07-1989. I recorded cars 51522 (closest) + 51458, 53211 + 59246 + 51840 (a 101/108/110 hybrid with two vans) making up the train. A fitter has head under the rear of the second vehicle. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1989

Cleaners stand waiting for this five-car set to stop at Scarborough on 09-07-1989. The front three cars form a hybrid 110/108/101 set (51840 + 59246 + 53211) with 101 set 51458 + 51522 on the rear. Already in the platform is 51184. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1990

E78971, 78719, 59144, 51458, 51812 and 51520 are seen outside Vic Berrys on May 11, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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