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Vehicle 51250

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: 30467
Diagram: 523

Allocations

w/e 26/07/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-68 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 31/08/68 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Aug-72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket)
May-73Depot code changeHA
4w/e 03/09/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
4w/e 31/05/80 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
May-87 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
27/09/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
Oct-87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/11/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Notes

21/08/77 - 51248/50 listed as transferred ScR to GF, 50209/91 would be sent instead.

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 24/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51250 56408 As delivered to 62B - July 1958
51250 56408 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
51250 56408 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/08/68
33 51250 56408 Listed at 66C - 1972
51250 56408 Transfer to 64B - Aug-72
51250 59687 51795 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51250 56690 51799 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket2
51250 56476 Noted 11/09/1975 - at Edinburgh 3
51250 56456 Noted 29/11/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
51250 56386 Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51250 56386 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51250 56386 50264 Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket2
234 51250 59067 50147 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
51250 59557 51794 Noted 16/08/80 - with 51520 / 59553 / 51454 on Horwick Works Open day service
322 51250 59069 50159 Listed at AY - 01/02/81
51250 59567 51537 Noted circa 07/19815
101322 51250 59069 50159 Listed at AY - 13/06/82
101322 51250 59567 53159 Noted circa 11/19835
101322 51250 59567 53159 Noted 11/02/84 - on 10:17 Glasgow Central - Barrhead
101322 51250 59567 53159 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
101322 51250 59069 53159 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
51250 59069 53159 Noted 09/12/85 - on 1940 Perth-Edinburgh hauled by 27003 after failing.
101322 51250 59069 53159 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
101322 51250 59069 51269 Noted 3rd July 1986
322 51250 59069 51269 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
51250 59069 51269 Noted 14th August 1986
51250 59069 51269 Noted 6th September 1986
51250 59069 53380 Noted 26th September 1986
101322 51250 59571 53143 Noted 20/03/19875
101322 51250 59069 53159 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
51250 59069 53159 Transfer to HA - Mar-87
51250 59069 53159 Noted circa 04/19875
51250 59069 53159 Noted 24/05/19875
51250 59069 53159 Transfer to NL - 27/09/87 - from HA
51250 59069 53159 Noted 01/10/87 - at Newcastle
51250 53178 Noted 25/06/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51250 53178 Noted 27/06/88 - on 18:40 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51250 53220 Noted 15/07/88 - on 18:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51250 53169 Noted 23/07/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Kirkcaldy

20th March 1975

Set number: 201

Sc51250 at Kirkcaldy. Phil Bidwell.

Class 101 DMU at Inverkeithing

23rd July 1979

Set number: 234

Class 101 DMU set 234 in Inverkeithing station with an Edinburgh bound service on 23 July 1979. Closest is DMBS Sc51250, the centre car is a former buffet car. Brian Daniels.

Class 101 DMU at Dundee depot

27th October 1979

Class 101 DMBS SC51250 sits on the turntable in Dundee depot on 27 October 1979. The four-lamp vehicle the the right has set number 238. Brian Daniels.

Class 101 DMU at Lancaster Castle

16th August 1980

A ScR 6-car formation, SC51250 + SC59557 + SC51794 / SC51520 + SC59553 + SC51454 at Lancaster Castle on a Horwich Works Open day connection, 16/8/80. Robert Frise.

Class 101 DMU at Carlisle

25th August 1980

A Class 101 at Carlisle on 25/08/1980. DMBS SC51250 is nearest, the TS 59557 is still in refurbished livery. The furthest car is Class 120 DMS 51794. This Scotland-based unit will have been working local services via Dumfries. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Kilkerran

Unknown date

Set number: 101322

Three Class 101 set 101322 approaches Kilkerran on its way to Glasgow. Date unknown, 51250 is presumably leading. Stuart Rankin.

Class 101 DMU at Ardrossan Harbour

May 1985

Set number: 101322

Ardrossan Harbour, May 1985, in the immediate pre-electrification period. 101322 (with 51250 presumably closest) appears to be stabled near the site of where the new Harbour station is now located. Scanned from a slide given to me by a former railwayman. Gordon Thomson Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Girvan

30th August 1986

Set number: 101322

The driver of Class 101 DMBS Sc51250 changes ends at Girvan. The high speed run down from Ayr has blown the windie wipers clean off the screens. Girvan. August 1986. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Girvan

30th August 1986

Set number: 101322

Class 101 DMBS Sc51250 is about to be boarded by an enthusiastic DMU fan (who will be known to many here as "Big John" from the Swindon DPS) during one of the fondly remembered "Strathclyde Family Transcard DMU Spectaculars". Girvan. August 1986. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Ayr

30th August 1986

Set number: 101322

SC51250 is on the rear of this formation at Ayr en-route from Girvan to Glasgow Central, August 1986. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Whitby

23rd May 1988

Set number: 101322

Met-Camm set 101322 (51250 + 53178) at Whitby on May 23, 1988. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Saltburn

29th May 1988

Set number: 101322

Class 101 DMBS 51250, set number 101 322 had recently been transferred from Scotland, is seen at Saltburn on 29.05.1988. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

4th July 1989

Class 101 DMBS 51250 awaiting disposal at Snailwell on 4 July 1989. All of its career was spent allocated to the ScR apart from its last twelve months which was at Heaton. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th July 1986

Class 105 DMBS 51269 at the head of a Glasgow Central - Largs service at Paisley Gilmour Street on 14/7/86. It had been transferred from Norwich a few weeks before, the NC set number 51 has been partially peeled from the left cab window. The vehicle is in plain blue livery, the vehicles behind (59069 and 51250) are in blue/grey as evidenced by the open doors. Dennis Taylor.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

The inner end of a Class 101 DMBS. Taken at Dundee circa 1987, the vehicle is unknown but possibly 51250, the centre car on the right is 59571. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

The mid-section of a Class 101 DMBS (possibly 51250) showing the AEC engine, taken at Dundee circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 1st October 1987

Set number: 101322

Recently transferred from Scotland, set 101322 consisting of SC53159 + SC59069 + SC51250 at Newcastle on 1/10/87, receiving attention from fitters. Unusually, the leading vehicle retains the top marker light above the destination blind - these were usually removed upon refurbishment in late 1970s / early 1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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