Vehicle 51240
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) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
12th June 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.
6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated circa 12/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51240 | 56398 | As delivered to 62B - June 1958 | |||||||
| 51240 | 56398 | Noted 12th June 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs | |||||||
| 51240 | 59553 | 51526 | Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 78 | 51240 | 56410 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot2 | ||||||
| 51240 | 59067 | 51539 | Noted 29/07/76 - on 17.05 Dunblane – Edinburgh3 | ||||||
| 51235 | 59567 | 51240 | Noted 28/03/1977 - 07:23 Markinch to Edinburgh, part of 9 car train.4 | ||||||
| 220 | 51240 | 59066 | 50185 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Noted circa 03/19815 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59303 | 53186 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 314 | 51240 | 59042 | 53269 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 314 | 51240 | 59042 | 53239 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 305 | 51227 | 59303 | 51240 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 53724 | 59303 | 51240 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Central5 | ||||||
| 525 | 51240 | 59303 | 53724 | Noted 22/11/86 | |||||
| 51240 | 59303 | 53146 | Noted circa 12/19865 | ||||||
| 51240 | 59303 | 53146 | Noted 19th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51240 | 59047 | 53146 | Noted 25/03/19875 | ||||||
| 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted circa 05/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1965
Sc51240 is at the front of two two-car Met-Camm sets passing through Princes Street Gardens in 1965. Walter Burt.
circa 1986
Set number: 314
The corner of 51240 in set 314 seems to have sustained some damage when seen at Haymarket. Circa 1986. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th July 1981
Set number: 101314
Three early-build Class 101 DMUs in Edinburgh Waverley on 14 July 1981. 101302 (presumably 50197) and 101314 (presumably 50138 + 59067 + 51240) flank 101360 (presumably 50160) which has plates over the positions of the top and lower centre marker lamps. Rob Edwards.
Date: 22nd November 1986
Set number: 525
ScotRail hybrid d.m.u. (53724 (120) on the rear + 59303 (101) + 51240 (101)) departs Ayr with the 11.00 Ayr to Girvan train, 22-11-1986. A classic smoky DMU departure, not long before Class 156 Sprinters took over. Gordon Thomson.