Vehicle 51462
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: 30500
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 15/08/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| w/e 31/10/59 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 02/10/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 28/03/70 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| 4w/e 05/05/79 | Transferred to | WR | - unallocated while in works |
| 2w/e 22/09/79 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 01/02/87 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| 20/09/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 30/09/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | LO (Longsight) PXXZ | |
| 21/03/91 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) PXXZ |
Notes
16/05/82 - set B812 transferred BR to CF, all three vehicles list as moving but it is believed 59530 remained at BR, the power cars becoming power twin C805.
16/05/88 - 51462 transferred CF->TS then cancelled
Modifications
circa Jul-82 - Headlamp fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 01/10/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | As delivered to Leith Central - 15th August 1959 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Transfer to 67C - w/e 31/10/59 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 02/10/69 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 28/03/70 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59563 | 51531 | Noted 14/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 190 | 51462 | 59561 | 51532 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street2 | |||||
| 51462 | 59552 | 50264 | Noted 19/09/75 - on 1510 Glasgow QS-Stirling | ||||||
| 51224 | 59566 | 51462 | Noted 29/06/77 - on 1538 Dunblane-Glasgow QS | ||||||
| 51224 | 59566 | 51462 | Noted 01/07/77 - on 0905 Stirling-Edinburgh | ||||||
| 183 | 51462 | 56390 | 51532 | Noted 13/08/77 - on Haymarket depot2 | |||||
| 183 | 51462 | 59566 | 51538 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 51462 | 59048 | 50254 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59561 | 51535 | Noted 18/01/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Noted 29/01/1980 - At Swindon Station4 | |||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Noted 10/05/1980 - BLS South Devon Railtour C596+B812 | |||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Noted 09/04/81 | |||||
| C805 | 51462 | 51530 | Formation change - circa Aug-82 | ||||||
| C805 | 51462 | 51530 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | ||||||
| C805 | 51462 | 51530 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | ||||||
| C805 | 51462 | 51530 | Noted circa 01/19863 | ||||||
| C805 | 51462 | 51530 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| C805 | 51462 | 51530 | Noted 05/06/19863 | ||||||
| C805 | 51462 | 51530 | Noted circa 01/19873 | ||||||
| S805 | 51462 | 51530 | Transfer to LE - 01/02/87 - prefix change from C to S | ||||||
| S805 | 51462 | 51530 | Listed at LE - Aug-87 | ||||||
| 51462 | 51530 | Transfer to CF - 20/09/87 - from LE | |||||||
| C851 | 51462 | 59382 | 51530 | Listed at CF - Oct-87 - Headlight fitted | |||||
| 51462 | 59382 | 51530 | Noted 12/12/87 - on 10:04 Hereford - Oxford via Worcester and Moreton in Marsh with 51416 / 59385 / 515135 | ||||||
| C986 | 51462 | 59709 | 51511 | Formed at CF circa Jun-88 | |||||
| 986 | 51462 | 59709 | 51511 | Noted 30/06/88 | |||||
| C987 | 51462 | 51511 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 | ||||||
| CH643 | 51462 | 51511 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
| CH643 | 51462 | 53185 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Martin Baumann
Images:
1st May 1979
Freshly transferred from Eastfield to the Western Region, SC51462 is seen at Oxford on 1 May 1979. Brian Daniels.
9th April 1981
Set number: B812
Class 101 set B812 consisting of W51462 + W59530 + W51530 at Bristol Temple Meads on 09/04/1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.
17th April 1981
Set number: B812
Met-Cam class 101, set B812 (W51462 closest, presumably with W59530 + W51530) standing in the station at Worcester Shrub Hill. 17th April 1981. Paul James.
31st May 1981
Set number: B812
Class 101 DMU set B812 (51462 and presumably 59530 + 51530) seen at Gloucester possibly with a Cheltenham-Cardiff Central service on 31 May 1981. Robert Thomas.
22nd August 1981
Set number: B812
Class 101 set B812 (presumably 51462 + 59530 + 51530) passes Limpley Stoke on the 22nd April 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
14th July 1983
Set number: C805
C805 (51462 and 51530) at Builth Rd on the 14th July 1983 on a Swansea- Shrewsbury working. Mac Winfield.
20th June 1986
Set number: C805
Class 101 DMU set C805 (presumably 51462 + 51530) at Tenby with the 18:40 Pembroke Dock to Swansea service on 20 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
31st October 1987
Set number: C851
Class 101 DMU set No. C851 (51462 + 59382 + 51530) arrives at Newport working the 11:55 Cardiff Central to Chepstow service on 31 October 1987. Brian Creasey.
5th April 1988
Set number: C851
51462 at the rear of Cardiff Class 101 set with 59382 and 51530 approaches Westbury on 5th April 1988. The train is the 14.58 Weymouth to Cardiff service. Steve Montgomery.
1989
Set number: C987
Late in 1989 set C987 (led by 51462, presumably with 51511) is seen at Fernhill. Michael Mensing.
1989
Set number: C987
C987, led by a Met-Camm DMBS, presumably 51462, also has a Class 108 DMBS and possibly a Class 110 centre car (presumably 59709) when seen at Castle Carry in the spring of 1989. Michael Mensing.
11th March 1989
Set number: C987
The Parcels platforms at Cardiff General - and unidentified Class 08, Class 127 DMPV set (appears to be set 919, presumably 55969 + 55979), and Class 101 set C987 with 51462 leading, and what appears to be a Class 110 centre car, presumably 59709, 11-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Unknown date
Set number: C987
Llandrindod Wells station in the late 1980s, and Class 108 set S952 (probably 52045 closest) passes Class 101 set C987 (51462 closest). David Rowe.
17th April 1991
Set number: CH645
Class 101 W51462 at Snailwell on 17th April 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th May 1961
A three-car Met-Camm DMU forms the 2.40pm service to Kirkcaldy seen awaiting departure from Glasgow Queen Street station on 27 May 1961. Closest is SC51462 allocated to Dundee at the time. Note the 'D2 Wed' sign in the left cab window. Michael noted on the print that the train was 'light green'. Michael Mensing.
Date: 10th May 1980
Set number: B812
An unusual sight at Tiverton Junction on the section of the West of England mainline was a class 101 dmu (set B812, presumably 51462 + 59530 + 51530) with a SO Bristol Temple Meads to Paignton service on 10/5/1980. The set had been used for part of the BLS 'South Devon' railtour that day. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 12th May 1983
Class 101 DMU 51462 + 51530 and Class 120 DMU 53673 in Chester station on 12-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 14th July 1983
Set number: C805
C805 (51530 and 51462) departing from Builth Rd on the 14th July 1983 on a Swansea - Shrewsbury working. Mac Winfield.
Date: 1st March 1986
Set number: C805
The view looking towards Kidderminster at Stourbridge Junction station on a dull day in March isn't one of the finest in the West Midlands. On 1 March 1986 the unusual sight of Cardiff's class 101 C805 (presumably 51530 and 51462) coupled to a class 105 made taking this shot worthwhile. The train was a Kidderminster to Birmingham New Street service long before these went to the rebuilt Snow Hill station. Peter Tandy.
Date: April 1987
Set number: C805
C805 (presumably 51530 and 51462) enters Llandrindod Wells in April 1987, where it passed C823 (59082 + 51511 visible) sitting on the platform. Mike Cooper.
Date: April 1987
Set number: C805
C823 (presumably 51505 visible) and C805 (presumably 51530 and 51462) sit side by side in Llandrindod Wells in April 1987. Mike Cooper.
Date: April 1987
Set number: C823
C823 (51511 + 59082 and presumably 51505) passing C805 (presumably 51462 and 51530) at Llandrindod Wells on a wet day in April 1987. Note the temporary headlamp. Mike Cooper.
Date: 15th August 1987
Set number: S805
Swansea set S805 (presumably 51530 and 51462) seen at Sutton Bridge Junction working the 10:42 Shrewsbury - Swansea on the 15th August 1987. Both vehicles have the majority of the roof vents removed. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 30th June 1988
Set number: 986
Set 986 (51511 + 59709 + 51462) sits in Weymouth station with the 16:05 to Westbury on the 30th June 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 10th May 1990
Set number: CH643
CH643 SC53185 + W51462, CH642 51426, CH277 M54246 + M53982 (L-R), on Chester depot, 10-5-90. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 17th April 1991
Set number: CH643
Class 101s 53185 and W51462 behind at Snailwell on 17th April 1991. Nicholas Youngman.