Vehicle 50187 / 53187
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) | |
| 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 27/11/76 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 24/06/78 | 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| 08/12/89 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50187 - original number
53187 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 05/02/1977 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 | 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 | ||||||
| 173 | 51461 | 59565 | 50187 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Hamilton2 | |||||
| 179 | 51461 | 59565 | 50187 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - refurbished set | |||||
| 51461 | 59565 | 50187 | Transfer to DE - 4w/e 24/06/78 | ||||||
| 198 | 51461 | 59565 | 50187 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 101301 | 53254 | 59048 | 53187 | Noted 30/11/1983 - at Edinburgh5 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51231 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 26/02/86 - on 14:05 Stirling - Edinburgh6 | ||||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 311 | 51235 | 59067 | 53187 | Listed at Haymarket - Aug-86 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 51232 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 08/11/19865 | ||||||
| 101308 | 51232 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted circa 03/19875 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 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
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
10th August 1981
Set number: 101362
Sc50187 with the 19:00 to Edinburgh at North Berwick on 10-08-1981. John Carter.
18th August 1981
Set number: 101362
A Metro-Cammell class 101 unit at North Berwick - 18th August 1981. The closest vehicle is probably 50187. Stuart Pearce.
4th June 1984
Set number: 101311
Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 SC53187 seen in Edinburgh Waverley station on 04-06-84. Vincent Haworth.
August 1987
Set number: 101362
Class 101 DMU set 101 362 (53187 and presumably 59073 + 53186) entering Kinghorn station in August 1987. Alistair Ness.
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.
1988
Set number: 101362
101362 (led by 53187, presumably with 59073 + 53186) departs from Edinburgh Waverley in 1988. S Saunders.
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: 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.
Date: 27th January 1991
Out of use vehicles at Thornton in Fife on January 27, 1991. Closest is 59794, which wouldn't be officially withdrawn until the end of the year. It had been transferred on paper to Neville Hill but never moved there. At the far end of the line are 53187, 53179, 51453, 59113, 53424, TDB977223 and 59073. Hamish Stevenson.