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Vehicle 50187 / 53187


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: 30256
Diagram: 620

Allocations

06/03/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 05/03/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Jun-70 On loan to 60A (Inverness)
Sep-70 Ex-loan back to 66C (Hamilton)
Feb-72 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Feb-72 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
2w/e 30/11/74 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
4w/e 27/11/76 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 24/06/78 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
02/08/81 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
p/e 02/12/89 Sector Change to HA (Haymarket) PXXZ
08/12/89 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) PXXZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50187 - original number
53187 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 05/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50186 59067 59080 50187 As delivered to 51A - 6th March 1957
50186 59067 59080 50187 Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER
50186 59080 50187 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
50186 59080 50187 Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central1
50186 59080 50187 Transfer to 60A - Jun-70 - on loan
50186 59080 50187 Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness2
50186 59080 50187 Transfer to 66C - Sep-70 - ex-loan
101 50186 59080 50187 Listed at 66C - 1972
50186 59080 50187 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Glasgow central3
50186 59080 50187 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central4
170 50186 59080 50187 Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot2
50186 59080 50187 Transfer to HA - 2w/e 30/11/74
173 51461 59565 50187 Noted 03/09/77 - at Hamilton2
179 51461 59565 50187 Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
51461 59565 50187 Transfer to DE - 4w/e 24/06/78
198 51461 59565 50187 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
362 50186 59073 50187 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101362 50186 59073 50187 Transfer to HA - 02/08/81
101362 50187 59073 50186 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101301 53254 59048 53187 Noted 30/11/1983 - at Edinburgh5
101362 53186 59073 53187 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
51231 59688 53187 Noted 26/02/86 - on 14:05 Stirling - Edinburgh6
101362 53186 59073 53187 Listed at HA - Summer 1986
311 51235 59067 53187 Listed at Haymarket - Aug-86
101305 51227 59688 53187 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
51232 59688 53187 Noted 08/11/19865
101308 51232 59688 53187 Noted circa 03/19875
101362 53186 59073 53187 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101362 53186 59073 53187 Noted circa 05/19875
101362 53186 59073 53187 Listed at HA - Jan-88
101362 53186 59073 53187 Listed at HA - circa Aug-88

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at North Berwick

10th August 1981

Set number: 101362

Sc50187 with the 19:00 to Edinburgh at North Berwick on 10-08-1981. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at North Berwick

18th August 1981

Set number: 101362

A Metro-Cammell class 101 unit at North Berwick - 18th August 1981. The closest vehicle is probably 53187. Stuart Pearce.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

4th June 1984

Set number: 101311

Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 SC53187 seen in Edinburgh Waverley station on 04-06-84. Vincent Haworth.

Class 101 DMU at Kinghorn

August 1987

Set number: 101362

Class 101 DMU set 101 362 (53187 and presumably 59073 + 53186) entering Kinghorn station in August 1987. Alistair Ness.

Class 101 DMU at Kinghorn

August 1987

Set number: 101362

Kinghorn Met Camm. The livery has changed, but Class 101 DMUs had plied the Edinburgh to Dundee route for the best part of 30 years before this shot was taken at Kinghorn in August 1987. 101362 (53187 and presumably 59073 + 53186) is about to pass through the station with an Edinburgh to Dundee semi fast, next stop Kirkcaldy. Murray Liston.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

1988

Set number: 101362

101362 (led by 53187, presumably with 59073 + 53186) departs from Edinburgh Waverley in 1988. S Saunders.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa July 1970

There were no details with this negative other than being Huntly station. It's taken out of a Swindon Cross set, of which the power car nearer the rear is still in green livery. Attached to the back is a Met-Camm TBSL set, the far power car in blue, the closest seems to be green, the centre car is hard to tell. Inverness only had one TBSL Met-Camm, 50186 + 59080 + 50187 on loan from Hamilton between June and September 1970. Note the two BRUTES and at least four trolleys lined up on the left platform, a sign that a lot of mail/parcels was carried - the reason for the Class 120 DMBF conversions. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: March 1974

A Class 101 unit departs from Glasgow Central (possibly to Lanark) alongside Class 303 unit no 042 on a Cathcart Circle service in March 1974. The leading DMC is probably 50186 or 50187 and the centre car is probably 59080. John McIntyre.

DMU

Date: 28th July 1987

Set number: 101362

Set 101 362 (53186/59073/53187), forming the 12.17 Edinburgh - North Berwick, passes the site of the future Musselburgh station at Mucklets Road bridge on 28/7/87. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 27th January 1991

Out of use vehicles at Thornton in Fife on January 27, 1991. Closest is 59794, which wouldn't be officially withdrawn until the end of the year. It had been transferred on paper to Neville Hill but never moved there. At the far end of the line are 53187, 53179, 51453, 59113, 53424, TDB977223 and 59073. Hamish Stevenson.