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Vehicle 51806


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: 30588
Diagram: 621

Allocations

30/11/59 New to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket) - Leith closed
May-73Depot code changeHA
w/e 26/10/74 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
5w/e 12/05/79 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Feb-81 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
27/11/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Jan-84 Stored U. AY (Ayr) - AY fire victim
circa Feb-84 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 04/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

51806 was involved in the following incident:


Distorted DMU at Ayr depot

02/01/84 - Ayr depot

Fire involving Class 101 / Class 107

A fire at the depot, thought to be caused by vandalism, destroyed several DMU vehicles. More Details.


Disposal

Scrapped by WC McLuskey, on location at Ayr depot

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51799 59690 51806 As delivered to 64H - 30th November 1959
51799 59568 51806 Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Queen Street1
51799 59690 51806 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51799 59691 51806 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
51796 59691 51806 Noted 04/09/73 - in Falkirk Grahamstone4
51799 59690 51806 Transfer to DE - w/e 26/10/74
51806 59074 51807 Noted 15/04/1975 - at Perth on service to Edinburgh 2
51798 59688 51806 Noted 07/10/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
195 51458 59687 51806 Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket4
51458 59687 51806 Noted 29/10/77 - on 1810 North Berwick-Edinburgh
195 51458 59687 51806 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
342 59553 51806 Listed at HA - 01/02/81
202 51474 59088 51806 Noted circa 03/19815
51474 59088 51806 Noted 15/03/81 - on Haymarket depot1
101366 50748 59215 51806 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101366 51806 59215 52012 Noted 19th September 1983
101335 51470 59789 51806 Noted circa 12/19835

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at North Berwick

16th September 1981

Set number: 312

Carrying set number 312 in a cab window, Sc51806 is seen in North Berwick station after arriving with a service from Edinburgh Waverley. David Scott.

Class 101 DMU at Falkirk Grahamston

27th February 1982

51806 is on the rear of this set as it heads out of Falkirk Grahamston on the 12.14pm Glasgow - Edinburgh, 27th February 1982. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th October 1979

Set number: 187

Class 101 DMU set 187 departs from Stirling with a Dunblane service on 27 October 1979. SC51467 leads, the DMCL is noted as SC51806. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1981

A general view of the DMU sidings at the east end of Haymarket depot on the afternoon of Sunday 15.3.81. Notice the mixture of classes (122, 101 and 105) present. From the left and from front to rear, the following are visible : 55000/59074/50160, 51476/59072/..., 51473, 51806/59088/51474. Also to notice is how, from around late 1978 onwards, once the decision had been made to ditch plain blue on multiple units with any sort of life expectancy, St Rollox just went ahead and painted everything in blue/grey, including classes 104 and 105. On the Eastern and Midland these tended to remain in plain blue on the whole because of their short life expectancy. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: circa late 1981

Haymarket based Class 101 DMCL vehicles Sc50268 and Sc51806 seen on shed circa late 1981. Andrew McConnell.