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Vehicle 51241

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
p/e 28/11/81	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
circa Aug-82	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
21/04/90	Transferred to	LA (Laira) PLAX
27/11/90	Withdrawn from	LA (Laira) PXXZ

Notes

12th June 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.

Modifications

Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 15/10/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51241	56399		Noted 12th June 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
	51241	56399		As delivered to 62B - June 1958
	51241	56410		Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51241	56397		Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley²
	51241	56390		Noted 12/04/1975 - On 13:22 Dundee to Edinburgh with 51796, 56391 and 55013¹
315	51241	59042	50260	Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101315	51241	59042	50260	Listed at AY - 13/06/82
101315	51241	59047	53194	Noted circa 11/1983³
101315	51241			Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101315	51241	59042	53260	Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101315	51241	59042	53260	Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
315	51241	59047	53176	5th June 1986
315	51241	59047	53176	Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
101315	51241	59045	53239	Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket station³
	51241	59681	53652	Noted 17/01/1987³
101315	51241	59042	53260	Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101315	51241	59302	53260	Noted 28/03/1987³
	51241	59302	53260	Noted 28/03/87 - on 12:24 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central via Shotts⁴
101315	51241	59302	53260	Noted 04/04/1987³
101315	51241	59042	53260	Noted 04/05/1987³
101315	51241	59042	53260	Listed at HA - Jan-88
101315	51241	59042	53260	Listed at HA - circa August 1988
101315	51241	59042	53260	Noted circa 12/1989³

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann

Images:

24th August 1980

Set number: 225

At Forfar on 24 August 1980 is the Branch Line Society "Forfar Railtour" which ran from Perth using three-car class 101 dmu set 225 (believed to be 51241 + 59549 + 50264). Jeremy Chapter.

24th August 1980

Set number: 225

The BLS Forfar railtour at Coupar Angus on 24 August 1980. The vehicles are believed to be 51241 + 59549 + 50264. Alistair Ness.

24th August 1980

Set number: 225

The BLS Forfar railtour at Coupar Angus on 24 August 1980. The vehicles are believed to be 51241 + 59549 + 50264. Alistair Ness.

24th August 1980

Set number: 225

The BLS Forfar railtour at Dewars Siding, Perth, on 24 August 1980. The vehicles are believed to be 51241 + 59549 + 50264 and are standing on the former line to Crieff. Alistair Ness.

7th September 1985

Twilight at Stirling on the 7th of September 1986. Class 26 26011 is about to tow miscreant Class 101 DMU SC51241 and I guess its partners back to Haymarket for attention. The KDH Archive.

31st March 1988

Set number: 101315

51241 at Wallyford on 31/03/88 with 2Y09 the 10:04 North Berwick - Haymarket. Roddy MacPhee.

30th May 1988

Set number: 101315

DMBS 51241 leads set 101315 into Burntisland station with the 13:52 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh service on May 30th, 1988, presumably with 59042 + 53260. Hamish Stevenson.

11th September 1988

Set number: 101315

Class 101 set 101 315 at Kilmarnock, 51241 leading. The other two vehicles should be 59042 & 53260. The John Walker building behind is now gone, it was the home of Johnnie Walker whisky. 11 September 1988. Andrew McConnell.

14th July 1989

Set number: 101315

Set 101 315 (51241/59042/53260) leaves Dunfermline forming the 18.27 Edinburgh - Cardenden on 14/7/88. Nearest the camera is 51241. Leonard Rogers.

8th July 1990

Set number: 878

Lipson sidings in Laira on July 8, 1990. Behind 50 041 is set 878 (51241 + 53260) still with ScotRail branding, 50 021, 51234, 53163, 53642, 51219. Nicholas Youngman.

8th July 1990

Set number: 878

SC51241 in Lipson Sidings Laira, July 8, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 24th August 1980

On 24 August 1980, The Branch Line Society "Forfar Railtour" ran from Perth to Forfar using this three-car class 101 dmu set, believed to be 50264 + 59549 + 51241. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 24th August 1980

On 24 August 1980, The Branch Line Society "Forfar Railtour" ran from Perth to Forfar. I think the numbers of the Metro-Cammell class 101 used were 51241 + 59549 + 50264 as these were the only numbers I recorded at Perth. Having arrived early, I think the unit then did a photo-run out of the station and back in. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 24th August 1980

On 24 August 1980, The Branch Line Society "Forfar Railtour" ran from Perth to Forfar. On arrival at Forfar the train ran to the buffers for photographers then returned to the platform. The tour, formed of a Metro-Cammell triple set, is seen here at Forfar. The vehicles are believed to be 50264 + 59549 + 51241. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 5th July 1989

An unusual view of the west end of Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the morning of 5/7/89. No trains were moving this day - it was the day of one of the weekly strikes staged by the NUR that summer. Almost every platform is filled with stabled stock. From left to right there are : an HST in plat.19, 52053 coupled to 59248 and 52059 (108 380) in plat.18, a Mk.2 DVT (9709) in plat.17, 53260 coupled to 59042 and 51241 (101 315) in plat.16, nothing visible in plat.15, 150 244 in plat.14, 53933 (coupled to 51566) in plat.13, 53164(cl.101) coupled to 59800(cl.107) and 53733, forming 120 535, in plat.12 and another HST in plat.11. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 8th July 1990

Set number: 878

SC53260 (and SC51241) in Lipson Sidings Laira on the 8th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 2nd March 1991

53157, 53223, 53638, Sc51241, 51219, W59567 Mayer Parrys, Snailwell 2-3-91. Kevin Dowd.

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