Vehicle 50174 / 53174
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: 30256
Diagram: 620
Allocations
| 04/02/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 05/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 4w/e 22/07/78 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Apr-80 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 18/05/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Jan-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) | - also listed as 29/09/87 from Ayr |
Notes
27th October 1982 - Seen still carrying lamp above destination blind
18th January 1983 - Seen with 4 marker lights on cab end
27/07/87 - 51189 + 51782/8/94 + 53172/4/698 + 59285/682 moved Aberdeen Ferryhill to Snailwell hauled by 26007 Millerhill to Newcastle then 37051 to Whitemoor.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50174 - original number
53174 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 01/07/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50174 | 59061 | 59074 | 50175 | As delivered to 51A - 4th February 1957 | |||||
| 50174 | 59061 | 59074 | 50175 | Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER | |||||
| 50174 | 59074 | 50175 | Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 30/04/66 | ||||||
| 50174 | 59556 | 50291 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 50174 | 59302 | 51251 | Noted 06/04/72 - at Dundee1 | ||||||
| 51469 | 59558 | 50174 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 50174 | 59112 | 50749 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Edinburgh 3 | ||||||
| 50145 | 59074 | 50174 | Noted 13/08/77 - at Leuchars4 | ||||||
| 50145 | 59075 | 50174 | Noted 20/08/77 - on 09.15 Edinburgh – Dundee5 | ||||||
| 51235 | 59060 | 50174 | Transfer to HA - 4w/e 22/07/78 | ||||||
| 51235 | 59060 | 50174 | Transfer to DE - Apr-80 | ||||||
| 311 | 51235 | 59060 | 50174 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 50241 | 59073 | 50174 | Noted 15/03/81 - on Haymarket depot1 | ||||||
| 51234 | 59060 | 50174 | Noted 16th January 1982 | ||||||
| 101311 | 51235 | 59060 | 50174 | Transfer to HA - 18/05/82 | |||||
| 101311 | 51235 | 59060 | 50174 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51244 | 59045 | 50174 | Noted 19/07/1983 - in Edinburgh Waverley6 | ||||||
| 101311 | 51235 | 59060 | 53174 | Noted circa 03/19847 | |||||
| 101317 | 51243 | 59060 | 53174 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101311 | 51235 | 59060 | 53174 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101311 | 51235 | 59060 | 53174 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59304 | 53174 | Noted 29th July 1986 | |||||
| 306 | 51228 | 59304 | 53174 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59304 | 53174 | Noted 9th August 1986 | |||||
| 362 | 53174 | 59073 | 53197 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 53174 | 59073 | 53197 | Noted 28th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53174 | 59073 | 53197 | Noted 16th October 1986 | ||||||
| 51235 | 59066 | 53174 | Noted circa 11/19867 | ||||||
| 101311 | 51235 | 59066 | 53174 | Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 59060/6 exchanged between 101308/311 | |||||
| 51235 | 59066 | 53174 | Noted 17/01/19877 | ||||||
| 51235 | 59066 | 53174 | Noted 28th February 1987 | ||||||
| 311 | 51235 | 59066 | 53174 | Noted circa 03/19877 | |||||
| 101355 | 51174 | 59104 | 53174 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
6: Stuart Mackay
7: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa early 1980s
Set number: 101311
Met-Camm DMU set 101311 stabled on Haymarket depot circa early 1980s. DMCL SC50174 is closest. Paul Redmond.
28th April 1984
Set number: 402
Met Cam Sc53174 heads set number 402 at North Berwick with a service for Edinburgh. Jonathan Watson.
6th September 1986
Set number: 306
Class 101 set 306 at Kilmarnock, the nearest vehicle (probably 53174) still with 4 marker lights. Note how the centre two have the lenses painted yellow. 6th September 1986. Andrew McConnell.
circa 1987
SC53174 heads a Met-Camm set out of Edinburgh Waverley - probably to North Berwick - circa 1987. S Saunders.
26th October 1987
Set number: 355
SC53174 at Snailwell on the 26th October 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th June 1986
Class 101 Nos 59304 and 53174 have just arrived with a train from Cowdenbeath as Class 43 No 43106 waits departure with 1S11 0705 Leeds to Aberdeen at Edinburgh, 9th June 1986. Keith Long.
Date: 7th August 1986
Set number: 101306
101306 (51228 + 59304 + 53174) call at Stevenston station with the 14:48 Largs - Glasgow Central service on 7 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.