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Vehicle 51112

Class 100

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30444
Diagram: 536

Allocations

w/e 16/11/57	New to	64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58	Transferred to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
2w/e 09/04/60	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
w/e 04/06/60	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 31/10/65	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72	Transferred to	64B (Haymarket)	- 64H closed
May-73	Depot code change	HA
Jun-74	Stored S.
w/e 10/08/74	Reinstated	HA (Haymarket)
4w/e 28/09/74	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
w/e 24/05/75	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
w/e 07/06/75	Transferred to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
3w/e 27/09/75	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
13/09/81	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51112	56304		As delivered to 64A - November 1957
	51112	56304		Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 09/04/60
	51112	56304		Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 04/06/60
	51112	56304		Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 31/10/65
	51112	56054		Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51112	56102		Noted 27/05/70 - at Edinburgh¹
	51112	56308		Noted 03/08/1972²
	50342	51112		Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket³
	51112	59686	51803	Noted 19/09/73 - at Leuchars¹
	51112	56406		Noted 07/08/1974 - at Haymarket²
TS417	51112	56267		Noted circa Oct-75
	51112	56267	50812	Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot⁴
TS521	51112	59336	51146	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS521	51112	59336	51146	Noted circa 01/1981⁵

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

Images:

August 1978

Set number: TS529

Class 100 M51112 is standing in for a Class 116 DMBS in set TS529 when seen at Small Heath in August 1978. Michael Mensing.

26th May 1980

Set number: TS521

Tyseley DMU set TS521 in Stratford-upon-Avon station on Monday 26 May 1980. It comprises a Class 100 DMBS, thought to be 51112, and two Class 116 vehicles, David Russon.

12th May 1984

Class 100 DMBS M51112 at Whitemoor Yard, March, on 12 May 1984, awaiting movement to Snailwell for disposal. It had been withdrawn from Tyseley in September 1981. In front is another Class 100 DMBS, behind a Met-Camm vehicle. Phil Bevan.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1968

A Met-Camm DTC (with 3" numbers) and a Class 101 DMBS (51112) at Dunfermline Upper in 1968 after arriving with a service from Alloa. Walter Burt.

Date: summer 1975

Set number: EP579

A Class 120 DMU with a Class 100 DMBS standing in for its DMBC, taken at Nuneaton Midland Junction circa summer 1975. The set number appears to be EP579. Derby Etches Park had two of these Gloucesters from Tyseley From June to September 1975 - 51112 and 51119. See also images 28251 + 28546 for views from the other end. Phillip Malin.

Date: circa summer 1975

The unusual sight of a Class 100 GRC&W DMBS standing in for a Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 power car. From June to September 1975 Derby Etches Park had two of these Gloucesters from Tyseley - 51112 and 51119 and this is thought to be the latter. Seen at Syston South Junction. Phillip Malin.

Date: summer 1975

This seems to be a Class 100 vehicle with two Class 120 vehicles, seen at Hinckley circa summer 1975. From June to September 1975 Derby Etches Park had two of these Gloucesters from Tyseley - 51112 and 51119. Phillip Malin.

Date: 26th May 1980

Set number: TS539

Class 116 set TS539 (presumably 51133 + 59443 + 50119) arrives into Stratford-upon-Avon station on Monday 26 May 1980. It it in the process of changing platforms having arrived into platform 1, which is why the marker lamps are red. On the left is Class 100 DMBS 51112. David Russon.

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