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Vehicle 51246

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 12/07/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
17/08/69	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
07/09/69	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
w/e 15/08/76	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/09/77	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 09/10/77	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
13/05/84	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)	- Darlington closed
11/05/86	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
28/09/86	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
18/10/87	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
28/09/92	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket) RAHA
19/04/94	Transferred to	HT (Heaton) RBBR
4w/e 24/06/95	Withdrawn

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/08/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51246	56404		As delivered to 62B - July 1958
	51246	56387		Noted 18/08/69 - at Brough, newly transferred from Scotland¹
	51246	56129		Noted 02/01/71
	51246	56126		Noted 12/08/1971 - at York²
	51246	56394		Noted 27/06/74 - at Lancaster¹
	51246	56393		Noted 30/08/1974 - at York³
	51246	56402		Noted 07/10/75 - at Brough¹
	51246	56402		Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough¹
	51246	56402		Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull¹
	51246	56402		Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds¹
	51246	56402		Noted 18/08/76 - on 1055 Sheffield-Retford
	51246	56071		Transfer to DN - w/e 09/10/77
	51246	56378		Noted circa 02/1983⁴
	51246	53162		Noted 04/02/1984 - Hertfordshire Railtours Norseman Relief 53171-59085-53265 + 51246-53162 + 51219-53188
	51246	54072		Noted circa 02/1986⁴
	51246	53182		Noted circa 10/1986⁴
	51246	54370		Noted 22/11/1986⁴
P825	51246	59118		Formed at LA circa 10/87
spare	51246			Listed at LA - Nov-87
P871	51246	59118	53639	Noted circa 11/1987⁴
P825	51246	53165		Formed at LA w/e 07/02/88 - renumbered from P863
P825	53165	59118	51246	Noted 04/04/1988⁴
	51246	59809	53171	Noted 23rd July 1988
P825	51246	59118	53165	Listed at LA - 08/08/88
P825	51246	59118	53165	Noted 25/09/1988 - Branch Line Society The Ark Royal Railtour
P825	51246	59118	53165	Listed at LA - 15/05/89
825	51246	59118	53165	Listed at LA - 21/01/91
P829	51246	59382	51500	Listed at LA - Jul-91
P829	51246	59382	51500	Listed at LA - Aug-91
P829	51246	59382	51500	Listed at LA - Dec-91
P829	51246	59118	53305	Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P829	51246	59387	53305	Listed at LA - 24/09/92
P829	51246	53305		Listed at HA - November 1992
101829	51246	53305		Listed at HA - 10/12/92
101829	51246	59536	53305	Listed at HA - November 1993

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

13th September 1976

A two-car Met-Camm set at Keighley on 13 September 1976. DMBS 51246 closest, paired with 56402. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Bradford Forster Square

13th September 1976

A Class 101 Met-Camm two-car set formed of E51246 + E56402 in Bradford Forster Square station on 13 September 1976. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU with E51246 closest (Darlington on destination blind) at Thornaby, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

26th April 1989

Set number: P825

Class 101 P825 (presumed to be 51246 + 59118 + 53165) departs Paignton with the 12.00 to Newton Abbot on 26-04-1989. A typical smokey d.m.u. departure for the short journey to Newton Abbot, on the Great Western main line between Exeter and Plymouth. The site of the not long demolished signal box is to the left. Gordon Thomson.

28th April 1989

Set number: P825

Class 101 P825 with the 14.45 to Exmouth at Exeter Central on 28-04-1989. The set is presumed to be formed of 51246 + 59118 + 53165. Gordon Thomson.

28th May 1990

Set number: 825

Early morning on the Exe Estuary, as a three-car Class 101 DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second 51246 leading, was departing from Starcross with the 07.42 Exeter St Davids to Paignton service on May 28th 1990. This service called at all stations, and waited in the Down Loop at Dawlish Warren station from 07.59 to 08.04 to enable the 22.30 Glasgow Central to Plymouth service (complete with its sleeping cars) to pass by at 08.02. Martyn Hilbert.

2nd July 1990

Set number: 825

51246 + 59539 + 53165 at Exeter St Davids, July 2 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

28th September 1990

Class 101 DMBS 51246 stabled next to 50 015, Laira depot, 28 September 1990. Keith Miller.

May 1991

Set number: 829

DMU set 829 with a Metro Cammell class 101 vehicle closest (presumably 51246) seen at Exmouth in May 1991 Bob Belcher.

30th May 1991

With the East Devon town of Exmouth visible across the blue waters of the Exe Estuary, a well-filled Class 101 Driving Motor Brake Second, 51246 was stood at Starcross whilst working the 16.45 Exmouth to Paignton service on May 30th 1991. Martyn Hilbert.

26th August 1991

Set number: 829

Class 101 Laira set number 829 (51246 + 59382 + 51500) is seen arriving at Paignton as part of a 3 car set. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 4th February 1984

The Hertfordshire Railtours "The Norseman" relief tour at Bedale on 4 February 1984. Taken from 53171 looking back along cars 59085 + 53265 and 51246 + 53162 and 53188 + 51219. Rob Paterson.

Date: 4th February 1984

The Hertfordshire Railtours "The Norseman" relief tour at Redmire on 4 February 1984. Taken from 59085 with 53265 and 51246 + 53162 and 53188 + 51219 in view. Rob Paterson.

Date: 21st November 1987

Set number: P871

Class 108/101 set No. P871 (Nos. 53639, 59118 and 51246) stands at Exeter St. Davids working a Barnstaple to Exmouth service on 21 April 1987. Brian Creasey.

Date: 26th April 1989

Set number: P825

Class 101 P825 (presumed to be 53165 + 59118 + 51246) at Paignton with the 12.00 to Newton Abbot on 26-04-1989. A typical smokey d.m.u. departure for the short journey to Newton Abbot, on the Great Western main line between Exeter and Plymouth. Gordon Thomson.

Date: 12th May 1989

Set number: P825

Class 101 DMU set P825 (presumably 53165 + 59118 + 51246) at Aller with the 9:45 Paignton - Plymouth service on 12 May 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 874

53315 leads set 874 (53315/59115/53330) as it departs from Waverley station as the 16.34 to Glenrothes with Thornton on 12/7/93. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53308/59125/53331 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 829

On 12/7/93, set 829 (53305/59118/51246) is seen stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station. 53305 is nearest to the camera. Behind 829 and fairly much out of sight is set 991 (53308/59125/53331). Later they will form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 991

53331 is seen at the rear of a six-car rake of 101's stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station on 12/7/93. The train comprises sets 991 (53331/59125/53308) and 829 (51246/59118/53305) and will later form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Notice that 53331 still bears its yellow stripe over the first class saloon from its NSE days, even though ScotRail would have declassifed the saloon. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 27th July 1993

Set number: 991

The 17.05 Fife "Outer Circle" train (Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy) leaves Waverley station on 27/7/93. It is formed of set 991 (53331/59125/53308), transferred to Haymarket five months previously from Reading, where it had been set L838 with Network South East. Its stay at Haymarket would not last much longer - it was transferred to Longsight the following month and put into departmental use there another month after that. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53315/59115/53330 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 10th October 1993

A view of the DMU sidings at Haymarket on 10/10/93. Two classes of each of first generation (117 and 101) and second generation (158 and 150) units are visible. The class 117 is 117 301 and the second generation units are 158 741 and 150 255. The class 101 in NSE livery is 51226, which at this time was officially withdrawn but would be reinstated the following month. That on the right in blue/grey is probably 51246. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 10th June 1994

Set number: LO907

977811 + 977812 + 53305 + 51246 in York station on June 10, 1994. The cab windows of the Class 108 has what may read as "Regional Road Learning Saloon". Hamish Stevenson.

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