Vehicle 50186 / 53186
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
| 06/03/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 02/01/65 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 4w/e 24/04/65 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 05/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Jun-70 | On loan to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| Sep-70 | Ex-loan back to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Feb-72 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| Feb-72 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 2w/e 30/11/74 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 4w/e 02/10/76 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 2w/e 30/06/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 02/08/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| p/e 02/12/89 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ | |
| 08/12/89 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ |
Notes
28th February 1987 - Seen still with four cab marker lights
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50186 - original number
53186 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 03/09/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50186 | 59067 | 59080 | 50187 | As delivered to 51A - 6th March 1957 | |||||
| 50186 | 59075 | 50193 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 02/01/65 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59075 | 50193 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 24/04/65 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59067 | 59080 | 50187 | Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER | |||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Transfer to 60A - Jun-70 - on loan | ||||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Inverness2 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Transfer to 66C - Sep-70 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 101 | 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Glasgow central3 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central4 | ||||||
| 170 | 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot2 | |||||
| 50186 | 59080 | 50187 | Transfer to HA - 2w/e 30/11/74 | ||||||
| 51483 | 56477 | 50186 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Perth3 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Haymarket2 | ||||||
| 186 | 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 51467 | 59562 | 50186 | Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 18/01/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 362 | 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101362 | 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Transfer to HA - 02/08/81 | |||||
| 101362 | 50187 | 59073 | 50186 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101311 | 51235 | 59042 | 53186 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59303 | 53186 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59303 | 53186 | Listed at HA - Aug-86 | |||||
| 101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53186 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53186 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 53292 | 59553 | 53186 | Noted 28th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 53175 | 59112 | 53186 | Noted 04/04/19875 | ||||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101362 | 51210 | 59073 | 53186 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - circa Aug-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
23rd July 1958
Two three-car Met-Camm sets form the 4.5pm Whitby (Town) - Middlesbrough service seen west of Ruswarp, near the River Esk, on July 23, 1958. The front set, led by motor composite E50186, appears to have two vehicles with brake vans. Michael Mensing.
circa 1984
Set number: 101314
Met-Camm set 101314 on Haymarket depot circa 1984. Closest is probably 53186. S Saunders.
8th February 1986
Set number: 101305
2K51, the 09:38 Kirkcaldy to Perth local formed of 101 305 approaches Lindores Loch in Fife on a snowy 8th February 1986. Bruce Galloway.
circa late 1986
Set number: 101303
Met-Camm set 101303 seen in Edinburgh Waverley. Date unknown, this is probably 53186 taken in late 1986. Andrew McConnell.
28th July 1987
Set number: 101362
Set 101 362 (53186/59073/53187), forming the 12.17 Edinburgh - North Berwick, passes the site of the future Musselburgh station at Mucklets Road bridge on 28/7/87. Leonard Rogers.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa July 1970
There were no details with this negative other than being Huntly station. It's taken out of a Swindon Cross set, of which the power car nearer the rear is still in green livery. Attached to the back is a Met-Camm TBSL set, the far power car in blue, the closest seems to be green, the centre car is hard to tell. Inverness only had one TBSL Met-Camm, 50186 + 59080 + 50187 on loan from Hamilton between June and September 1970. Note the two BRUTES and at least four trolleys lined up on the left platform, a sign that a lot of mail/parcels was carried - the reason for the Class 120 DMBF conversions. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: March 1974
A Class 101 unit departs from Glasgow Central (possibly to Lanark) alongside Class 303 unit no 042 on a Cathcart Circle service in March 1974. The leading DMC is probably 50186 or 50187 and the centre car is probably 59080. John McIntyre.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 101362
Class 101 DMU set 101 362 (53187 and presumably 59073 + 53186) entering Kinghorn station in August 1987. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 101362
Kinghorn Met Camm. The livery has changed, but Class 101 DMUs had plied the Edinburgh to Dundee route for the best part of 30 years before this shot was taken at Kinghorn in August 1987. 101362 (53187 and presumably 59073 + 53186) is about to pass through the station with an Edinburgh to Dundee semi fast, next stop Kirkcaldy. Murray Liston.
Date: 1988
Set number: 101362
101362 (led by 53187, presumably with 59073 + 53186) departs from Edinburgh Waverley in 1988. S Saunders.