Vehicle 51227
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: 30467
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 3w/e 17/05/58 | New to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 29/08/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 31/01/70 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 4w/e 01/03/75 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 4w/e 22/07/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/80 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Jan-81 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Jul-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 07/09/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Oct-87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 26/05/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 08/09/89 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) PZQX |
Notes
May 1988 - Still fitted with AEC engines
12th July 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Newton Heath depot
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 30/06/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51227 | 56385 | As delivered to 62B - May 1958 | |||||||
| 51227 | 56385 | Noted 6th June 1958 | |||||||
| 51227 | 56385 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59 | |||||||
| 51227 | 56385 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 51227 | 59567 | 50159 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51227 | 56382 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51227 | 59541 | 51529 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 305 | 51227 | 59045 | 50264 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51227 | 59688 | 50189 | Noted circa 03/19814 | ||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 50264 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 50264 | Transfer to HA - 07/09/82 | ||||||
| 305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Noted 04/06/83 | |||||
| 51227 | 59061 | 53264 | Noted circa 05/19844 | ||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59047 | 53163 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59303 | 53186 | Listed at HA - Aug-86 | |||||
| 305 | 51227 | 59303 | 51240 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19864 | |||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 53239 | Noted 17/01/19874 | ||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Noted circa 04/19874 | ||||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Noted 26th November 1987 | ||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 53264 | Noted May 1988 | ||||||
| N655 | 51227 | 53264 | Formed at NH p/e 17/06/88 | ||||||
| N655 | 51227 | 53264 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 53264 | Noted circa 11/19884 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1963
Met-Camm DMBS Sc51227 paired with a GRC&W DTCL in East Kilbride station in the summer of 1963. John Horne Collection.
Unknown date
Set number: 101305
Met-Camm DMU set 101305 arrives into Stirling station with a service for Dunblane led by DMBS SC51227, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
17th September 1984
Set number: 101305
Two Class 101 DMUs at Stirling, 101 302 and 101 305 (51227 closest), on 17-9-84. Spannerman37025.
17th September 1984
Set number: 101305
47617 and a Class 101 DMU (101 305 with 51227 closest) at Stirling on 17-9-84. Spannerman37025.
May 1985
Set number: 101305
101 305 waits in the bay platform of Dundee Station before returning to Edinburgh. 51227 closest, May 1985. Andrew McConnell.
March 1988
Set number: 101305
Dunfermline DMU departure. On a dull day in March 1988, Haymarket's set 305 (51227 + 59045 + 53264) is seen departing Dunfermline Lower with a train for Cowdenbeath. Less than 2 months later the centre car was withdrawn and the power cars reallocated to Newton Heath. Murray Liston.
24th April 1988
Set number: 101305
101305 (51227 and presumably 53264) at Manchester Victoria on 14 April 1988. The DMBS seems to have suffered some damage to the centre of the bodyside. David Mant.
28th July 1988
Set number: 101305
High Summer at Manchester Victoria. SC51227 (and presumably 53264) leads a mixture of DMU classes through the rain-sodden station on 28th July 1988. 47356 lurks in the far distance having arrived on a service from Blackburn. Syd Young.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th May 1987
Set number: 101302
Waverley station at 16.14 on 9/5/87 sees the 16.15 to Dundee, on the left, preparing to depart. Alongside is another rake just arrived e.c.s., probably from Haymarket depot. This will form the 16.42 to Cowdenbeath. The leading car on the left is 53290 (forming set 101 302 along with 59303 and 53197) - this set is coupled to 51227/59045/53264 (set 101 305). The leading car on the right is 53747 (forming set 101 317 along with 59048 and 51243) - this set is coupled to 51456/59555/51520 (set 101 330). Leonard Rogers.
Date: 13th August 1987
Set number: 101305
101305 (53264 + 59045 + 51227) in Edinburgh Waverley with a Cowdenbeath service on August 13, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: March 1988
Set number: 101305
On a dull day in March 1988, Haymarket's set 305 (51227 + 59045 + 53264) rasps away up the hill from Dunfermline Lower with a train for Cowdenbeath. Less than 2 months later the centre car of this set was withdrawn and the power cars reallocated to Newton Heath. Half a mile in the distance is the former Touch junctions where a chord once allowed trains to access the direct Dunfermline to Alloa line, the last remaining section from Oakley to Townhill had been lifted in 1986 following the closure of Comrie Colliery. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd July 1988
Set number: 101305
Still wearing it's ScotRail branding, former Haymarket allocated Metro-Cammell class 101 dmu 101305 (53264, 51227) is in the North facing bay, platform 3a at Stockport with the Stalybridge shuttle, 23rd July 1988. In May 1989 this service changed to becoming a Parliamentary or Ghost train, that runs once a week (January 2016) on a Friday at 09.22 from Stockport in one direction only. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 8th June 1990
Set number: N672
Withdrawn M53511 (N672) at Newton Heath on the 8th June 1990. In the background is Class 101 51227 and fire damaged Class 104 53487. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 8th June 1990
Set number: N680
Withdrawn M53464 (N680) is one of several Class 104 vehicles at Newton Heath on the 8th June 1990, along with Met-Camm 51227. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 15th September 1990
Golden light at Newton Heath Depot at dawn as the sun illuminated first generation DMU cars stabled on September 15th 1990. In the foreground are withdrawn Class 104s, M53421 & M53464, with out-of-service M53493 & M53444 on a parallel siding, the units being separated by a 20 Ton Brake Van. In the left background is a split 2-Car Class 101, the bodyside damage suggests the DMBS is 51227. Also present were two Class 116 Suburban DMU cars, 53839 & 53842. Martyn Hilbert.