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Vehicle 51527

Class 101

BR Diagram 621

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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

11/07/59 New to Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
2w/e 15/01/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 27/05/78 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Feb-81 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
01/11/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
Sep-88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath) - also noted as 20/01/89 from HT

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 25/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51457 59555 51527 As delivered to Leith Central - 11th July 1959
50748 59074 51527 Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
50749 59074 51527 Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley2
50749 59112 51527 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh1
51242 59556 51527 Noted 06/09/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3
51469 59556 51527 Noted 06/11/1976 - at Edinburgh 1
51470 59553 51527 Transfer to HN - 2w/e 15/01/77
51470 59553 51527 Transfer to AY - 4w/e 27/05/78
175 51470 59553 51527 Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101326 51451 59558 51527 Noted circa 11/19834
101326 51451 59558 51527 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101337 51465 59690 51527 Noted circa 10/19854
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101343 51795 59686 51527 Noted 3rd June 1986
343 51795 59686 51527 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101343 51795 59686 51527 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
101366 51527 59215 51807 Noted 17/01/19874
51527 59215 51807 Noted 25th February 1987
101332 51458 59687 51527 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101366 51527 59215 51807 Noted 28/03/19874
101366 51527 59215 51807 Noted 25/04/19874
101332 51458 59687 51527 Noted 22/05/19874
53251 59471 51527 Noted circa 11/19874
53214 51527 Noted 28/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5
51232 51527 Noted 10/08/88 - on 17:15 Darlington - Saltburn service5
51243 51527 Noted 10/09/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51243 51527 Noted 11/09/1988 - BR Special Darlington-Stanhope and return 51527-51243 + 51467-53182

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Springburn

27th June 1981

Set number: 101339

101339 in Springburn station after arriving with the 17:35 from Cumbernauld. The vehicles were recorded as 51527 + 59562 + 51467. There is an old set number 180 in the left cab window. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Stirling

Unknown date

Set number: 339

Class 101 DMU set 339 in Stirling station with SC51527 closest, date unknown. It also has a homemade set number (182) in the left cab window. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Camperdown Junction

16th July 1984

Set number: 101326

Metro-Cammell DMU 101326 (presumably with 51527 closest) passes the oddly shaped Camperdown Junction box leaving Dundee on 16/7/84. David Christie.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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