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Vehicle 51530


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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

25/07/59 New to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
4w/e 16/01/60 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
2w/e 09/04/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
4w/e 27/05/78 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
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)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to LA (Laira)
11/01/93 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
22/03/93 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
05/04/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/05/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

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.

Modifications

circa Jul-82 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 08/10/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51460 59558 51530 As delivered to Leith Central - 25th July 1959
51460 59558 51530 Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 16/01/60
51231 59304 51530 Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51228 59304 51530 Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51459 59567 51530 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2
51231 59558 51530 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 3
50748 59112 51530 Noted 27/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51459 59691 51530 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51800 59544 51530 Transfer to ED - 4w/e 27/05/78
178 51800 59544 51530 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
B812 51462 59530 51530 Noted 29/01/1980 - At Swindon Station5
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 01/19866
C805 51462 51530 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C805 51462 51530 Noted 05/06/19866
C805 51462 51530 Noted circa 01/19876
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 / 515137
P862 51179 51530 Formed at LA circa May-88
P860 51181 51530 Formed at LA p/e 16/08/88
P860 51181 51530 Listed at LA - 15/05/89
P860 51181 51530 Noted circa 08/19906
P860 51181 51530 Noted 15/08/90 - at St Austell
P870 53200 51530 Noted 23/02/91 - at Exeter St. Davids
P870 53200 51530 Listed at LA - Dec-91
P870 53200 51530 Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P870 53200 51530 Listed at LA - 24/09/92
P870 53200 51530 Noted circa 11/19926
T062 53200 51530 Listed at TS - 10/12/92 - vehicles allocated to LA until 11/01/93
870 53200 51530 Noted circa 02/1993 - operating from Tyseley Depot6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Builth Road

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.

Class 101 DMU at Shrewsbury

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.

Class 101 DMU at Cardiff Canton

26th December 1987

Set number: C851

C851 W51530 leading at Cardiff Canton on 26/12/87. The Class 108 centre car should be 59382. Mac Winfield.

Class 101 DMU at Bradford Junction

1988

Transaction in progress. At Bradford Junction we see signalman Chris accepting the single line token from the driver of this Class 101 diesel multiple unit, which has arrived from the direction of Melksham with an unrecorded service sometime in 1988. Tom Harper.

Class 101 DMU at Starcross

31st May 1989

Set number: 860

A Plymouth Laira allocated Class 101 formed of cars 51530 & 51181 was departing from Starcross with the 16.45 Exmouth to Paignton service on May 31st 1989. The unit was one of several first generation sets drafted into the West Country following the transfer of the Class 142 'Skipper' fleet to the North the previous year. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Exeter St Davids

24th May 1991

Set number: 870

Exeter St David's on 24th May 1991. On the right is set P870, 51530 closest. On the left 37 010 is hauling a failed Class 108 on 2B83, the 1746 ex-Barnstaple which terminated there. John Simmonds.

Class 101 DMU at Plymouth

10th August 1992

Set number: 870

Class 101 51530, set number 870, is seen at Plymouth about to work to Gunnislake on 10.08.1992 . Note the declassified First Class section. Andy Cole.

Class 101 DMU at Newquay

15th October 1992

Set number: 870

51530 + 53200 at Newquay on 15/10/92 with the 13:25 to Par. Sparegang.

Class 101 DMU at Washwood Heath

22nd February 1993

Set number: 870

51530 + 53200 are seen passing Washwood Heath with a working to Birmingham New Street on 22.02.1993. They had not long been transferred up from Laira, and still carried its LA set number (870). Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 1988

Set number: P860

51181 with 51530 as Plymouth Laira's set P860 at Exeter St. Davids sometime in 1988. Robert Chilton Collection.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1989

Set number: 105

DMUs 55012 (partially seen on left), 55005, 55009 and 51530 stabled at Laira depot on 1 July 1989. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 15th August 1990

Set number: P860

Met-Camm DMU set P860 (W51181 + W51530) at St Austell on August 15, 1990. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 23rd February 1991

Set number: P870

2-car class 101 set P870 formed with DMCL 51530 and DMBS 53200 (nearest) at Exeter St. Davids on 23/Feb/1991, while an HST calls at the platform in the background. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1991

Set number: P870

Class 101 set P870 (presumably 53200 + 51530) at Chippenham on 31 August 1991. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1991

W53200 + W51530 arrive at Laira TMD on an early afternoon open day shuttle from Plymouth, 15-9-91. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 24th April 1992

Set number: P870

Class 101 DMU set P870 (presumably 53200 + 51530) can be seen in Barnstaple Junction on 24 April 1992, a station that has shrunk considerably since its heyday. Alan Grange.

DMU

Date: 24th April 1992

Set number: P870

Class 101 DMU set P870 (presumably 53200 + 51530) in Barnstaple Junction station on 24 April 1992. Alan Grange.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1992

Set number: P870

Class 101 DMBS 53200, set number P870 (with presumably 51530), is seen at Gunnislake at the end of the branch line on 10.08.1992. This was allocated to Laira at the time. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 15th October 1992

Set number: P870

53200 + 51530 at Newquay on 15/10/92 with the 11:30 to Par. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 15th October 1992

Set number: P870

Class 101 DMU set P870 (53200 + 51530) at Par on 15 October 1992. Sparegang.