Vehicle 51231
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
| w/e 24/05/58 | New to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 21/11/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 02/10/69 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| Feb-72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 06/05/90 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| 11/06/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 18/08/92 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | |
| 30/10/92 | Transferred to | CK (Corkerhill) RACK | |
| Dec-00 | Withdrawn from | CK (Corkerhill) |
Notes
15th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.
Modifications
circa Oct-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 28/10/1983 released in blue/grey liverySome sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51231 | 56389 | Noted 15th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | As delivered to 62B - May 1958 | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | Noted 11th August 1958 | |||||||
| 51231 | 56391 | Transfer to Leith Central - 4w/e 04/07/59 | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 21/11/59 | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 02/10/69 | |||||||
| 51231 | 59304 | 51530 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 50264 | 59067 | 51231 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59558 | 51530 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 2 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59558 | 50269 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot3 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot3 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 13/08/77 - on Dundee depot3 | ||||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 50189 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 50189 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59542 | 55000 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 - 55000 numbered set 400 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51231 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 26/02/86 - on 14:05 Stirling - Edinburgh5 | ||||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 18th June 1986 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59042 | 53239 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59042 | 53141 | Noted circa 11/19864 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53141 | Noted 07/04/19874 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 07/05/19874 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 5th September 1989 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 03/19904 | |||||
| 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 14th April 1990 | ||||||
| 876 | 51231 | 53189 | Noted circa 08/19904 | ||||||
| 876 | 51231 | 53189 | Noted circa 12/19904 | ||||||
| P876 | 51231 | 53189 | Listed at LA - Jul-91 | ||||||
| P876 | 51231 | 53189 | Listed at LA - Aug-91 | ||||||
| P876 | 51231 | 53189 | Listed at LA - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 101686 | 51231 | 51500 | Listed at HA - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| 101686 | 51231 | 51500 | Listed at CK - November 1992 | ||||||
| 101686 | 51231 | 51500 | Listed at CK - 10/12/92 - Strathclyde livery | ||||||
| 101686 | 51231 | 51500 | Listed at CK - November 1993 | ||||||
| 51231 | 51500 | Noted 20/06/94 - on 20:01 Paisley Canal - Glasgow Central6 | |||||||
| 101686 | 51231 | 51500 | Noted circa 03/19954 | ||||||
| 101686 | 51231 | 51500 | Noted circa 03/19964 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: David Bellamy
Images:
16th September 1981
Set number: 101307
Met-Camm DMU set 101307 with 51231 nearest the camera at Cowdenbeath on 16th September 1981. David Scott.
6th October 1984
Set number: 307
A six-car Class 101 formation (sets 307 and 365) in Livingston South with the 09:30 Livingston Link - Edinburgh service on October 6, 1984. Headboard 'Livingston Link'. The closest vehicle is presumably 51231, note the lower level of grey band on the centre car behind. Hamish Stevenson.
1988
Set number: 101307
SC51231 (recently repainted) as part of 101307 on Haymarket depot in 1988. S Saunders.
July 1988
Set number: 101307
An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.
8th September 1988
Set number: 101307
Racing down the gradient from the Forth Bridge having just passed the end of Runway 31 at Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Haymarket TMD based 3 car Class 101 101307 is heading for Edinburgh Waverley Station on the 8th September 1988. DMBS SC51231 is leading, followed by TCL SC59688 with DMCL SC53189 bringing up the rear. Bob Woolnough.
1989
Set number: 101307
101307 (presumably 51231 + 59688 + 53189) passes though Princes St Gardens on its way to Stirling in 1989. Andrew McConnell.
1993
Set number: 101686
101686 (51231 + 51500) in Glasgow Central station in 1993. John Law.
1993
Set number: 101686
101686 (51231 + 51500) in Paisley Canal station in 1993. John Law.
24th February 1994
Set number: 101686
101686 (51231 + 51500) arrives into Whifflet station on February 24, 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.
28th June 1997
Set number: 101686
101686 (51231 + 51500) in the bay platform at Barrhead having arrived on the 15:37 from Glasgow Central, 28/6/97. Stuart Mackay.
16th July 1997
Set number: 101686
101686 (51231 + 51500) at Motherwell station on 16/7/97. The Cumbernauld services arrived and departed from this platform. Stuart Mackay.
11th March 2000
Set number: 101686
101686 (51231 + 51500) departs Glasgow Central with a train for Whifflet on 11-03-2000. Gordon Thomson.
12th January 2007
The stripped out interior of Class 101 DMBS 51231 on 12/1/07, taken at Derby RTC. This is taken on the middle saloon looking to the rear of the vehicle. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
Set number: 101686
The vehicle number on the number one (drivers) side of 51231 with the paint colour well faded. Taken at the Derby RTC on 12/1/2007, the vehicle had been withdrawn from Corkerhill in December 2000. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
The stripped out interior of withdrawn Class 101 DMBS 51231 on 12/1/07, while at Derby RTC. This is taken on the middle saloon looking to the front of the vehicle. The long tubular section is heater ducting which ran along the length of the passenger saloon at floor level where the wall meets the floor. It is still fitted on the right hand side. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
The brake van of withdrawn Class 101 DMBS 51231 on 12/1/07, taken at Derby RTC. The door on the floor was once the sliding door to the gangway. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
This is a section of the rear sliding door from Class 101 DMBS 51231, between the van and gangway, it was lying on the van floor when photographed at Derby RTC on 12/1/07. Included here to show the original door colour that can be seen where the alloy handle was. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
The guards van of withdrawn Class 101 DMBS 51231 on 12/1/07, taken at Derby RTC. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
Set number: 101686
Withdrawn Class 101 DMBS 51231 at Derby RTC on 12/1/07. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
The stripped out interior of Class 101 DMBS 51231 on 12/1/07, taken at Derby RTC. This is taken on the front saloon looking to the rear of the vehicle. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
Set number: 101686
The right hand side of the cab of Class 101 DMBS 51231, taken at Derby RTC on 12/1/07. It had been withdrawn over six years prior. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
Set number: 101686
The well stripped drivers desk of Class 101 DMBS 51231, taken at Derby RTC on 12/1/2007. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2007
Set number: 101686
The stripped remains of Class 101 DMBS 51231 at Derby RTC on 12/1/2007. Stuart Mackay.
12th January 2009
Set number: 101686
Withdrawn 51231 Derby RTC on January 12, 2009. Nigel Walls.
12th January 2009
The well stripped van of withdrawn Met-Camm DMBS 51231, Derby RTC, January 12, 2009. Nigel Walls.
6th June 2009
Set number: 101686
51231 awaits its fate at CF Booths scrapyard in Rotherham on the 6th June 2009. Andrew J Crowther.
27th June 2009
Set number: 101686
Class 101 51231 seen at C.F.Booth scrapyard, Rotherham on 27th June 2009 Nicholas Youngman.
27th June 2009
Set number: 101686
Class 101 51231 at C.F. Booth scrapyard, Rotherham on 27th June 2009. Nicholas Youngman.
27th June 2009
Set number: 101686
Class 101 51231 at C.F. Booth scrapyard, Rotherham on 27th June 2009. Nicholas Youngman.
19th June 2021
Set number: 101686
Flame cut number panel 51231 as cut out by Jason Rogers lives on (in Cardiff) long after the vehicle ended its days at CF Booths (6/June/2009) Gary Young.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa June 1986
Set number: 101307
101307 led by DMC Sc53141 passes through Princes Street Gardens - ca June 1986. The DMBS would presumably be Sc51231. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 1987
Set number: 532
Swindon Cross-Country 53699 and Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 51231) at Edinburgh Waverley in 1987. S Saunders.
Date: 1992
Set number: 876
Met-Camm set 876 (presumably 53189 + 51231) at Barnstaple in 1992. John Law.
Date: 12th April 1994
Set number: 101686
The 12:31 Paisley Canal - Glasgow Central service arrives into Dumbreck station on April 12, 1994, formed of 101686 (51500 + 51231). Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 28th June 1997
Set number: 101686
101686 (51500 + 51231) at Glasgow Central, 28/6/97. It would depart on the 15:37 to Barrhead. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 14th July 1997
Set number: 101684
101684 (51509 + 51187) and 101686 (51231 + 51500) arrive from Glasgow into Kilmarnock station on July 14, 1997. They will form the 07:32 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central service. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 14th July 1997
Set number: 101686
101686 (51500 + 51231) and 101684 (51187 + 51509) sit in Kilmarnock station on July 14, 1997 with the 07:32 to Glasgow Central. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 14th July 1997
Set number: 101686
101686 (51500 + 51231) and 101684 (51187 + 51509) leave Kilmarnock with the 07:32 Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central service on July 14, 1997. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 16th July 1997
Set number: 101686
101686 (51500 + 51231) sits in the siding at Cumbernauld on 16th July 1997. This was part of the normal routine of changing platforms after arriving on a service from Motherwell, it will then use the crossover to come into the platform I took this from. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 16th July 1997
Set number: 101686
At Cumbernauld, 101686 (51500 + 51231) is seen leaving the station to run into the siding on the far left, where the driver changed ends before coming back into the station on the opposite platform for the return service to Motherwell. 16th July 1997. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 16th July 1997
Set number: 101686
101686 (51500 + 51231) is seen waiting to depart from Motherwell with a Cumbernauld service on the 16th July 1997. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 13th September 1999
Set number: 101686
101686 (51500 + 51231) leaving Glasgow Central for Whifflet on September 13, 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: 11th March 2000
Set number: 101686
101686 (51231 + 51500) departs Glasgow Central with a train for Whifflet on 11-03-2000. Gordon Thomson.