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Vehicle 51466


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

09/09/59 New to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 65A (Eastfield) - Leith Central closed
May-73Depot code changeED
24/10/87 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 04/09/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

51466 was involved in the following incident:


Damaged 51466

28/08/83 - Eastfield

Collision involving Class 101 / Road vehicle

Info from Spannerman37025

The 20.58 Falkirk Grahamston to Glasgow Queen St service collided with a van that was allowed to roll away and drop 40 feet into the cutting near Eastfield shed. DMBS 51466 was leading. For an image of the van see this flickr image.


Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51466 59564 51536 As delivered to Leith Central - 9th September 1959
51466 59566 51536 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
51466 59564 51536 Noted 06/04/72 - at Dundee1
51455 59561 51466 Noted 04/09/73 - at Springburn2
188 51523 56409 51466 Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street2
51466 59568 50186 Noted 06/11/1976 - at Perth3
50291 59557 51466 Noted 06/11/1976 - at Stirling3
51466 59568 50186 Noted 03/09/77 - at Haymarket2
186 51466 59568 50186 Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set
51466 59048 50260 Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1
51466 59568 50186 Noted 18/01/79 - on Eastfield depot1
338 51466 59568 51535 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
51466 59568 51535 Noted 6th February 19824
101338 51466 59568 51535 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101338 51466 59545 51529 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101338 51466 59568 51535 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101338 51466 59568 51535 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101338 51466 59689 51802 Noted 1st July 1986
338 51466 59689 51802 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
51466 59689 51802 Noted 26th September 1986
101338 51466 59541 53179 Noted circa 12/19865
101338 51466 59541 53179 Noted 17/01/19875
51466 59690 53179 Noted 25th February 1987
101338 51466 59568 51535 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101338 51466 59690 53179 Noted 25/03/19875
101338 51466 59690 53179 Noted 07/04/19875
51466 59568 51535 Noted 27/04/19875
101338 51466 59568 51535 Noted 04/05/19875
101338 51466 59568 51535 Noted 08/08/19875

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Stuart Mackay
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

1st September 1981

Set number: 101338

An ex-works 101 338 (presumably 51466 + 59568 + 51535) is seen in Princes Street Gardens with a local service about to enter The Mound tunnel on the 1st September 1981. Andy Hoare.

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield depot

29th August 1983

Set number: 101338

DMBS Sc 51466 of set 101 338 at Eastfield Depot on 29/8/83, the day after colliding with a van that was allowed to roll away and drop 40 feet into the cutting near Eastfield shed where it was hit by the 20.58 Falkirk Grahamston to Glasgow Queen St service driven by Peter 'Diesel Pete' McQuade who promptly protected the opposite line preventing further disaster. Spannerman37025.

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield depot

October 1983

Set number: 101338

The damaged front has been cut away in preparation for repairs to start on Sc 51466 at Eastfield Depot, this really was a job for the Workshops but in an effort to manage costs and see what a depot could do Eastfield undertook the repair themselves, it took several months but a very good job was done and the staff were rightly proud of this. October 1983. Spannerman37025.

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield depot

10th October 1983

Set number: 101338

Damaged DMBS Sc51466 under repair at Easfield Depot on 10/10/83. Spannerman37025.

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield depot

10th October 1983

Set number: 101338

Damaged DMBS Sc51466 under repair at Easfield Depot on 10/10/83. Spannerman37025.

Class 101 DMU at Wester Hailes

11th May 1987

Set number: 101338

101338 (Sc51466 + Sc59568 + Sc51535) heads out of Wester Hailes station in Edinburgh, which opened that day - 11th May 1987, with the 17:48 Edinburgh - West Calder. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th August 1987

Set number: 101338

101338 (presumably 51535 + 59568 + 51466) in Glasgow Queen Street Low Level with the outward leg of the BLS 'The Firth of Lorne' tour to Oban. 107440 was on the other end. Stuart Mackay Collection.