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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-59Depot code change64H
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-73Depot code changeDE
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Dec-00 Withdrawn from CK (Corkerhill)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 livery

Some 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:

Class 101 DMU at Cowdenbeath

16th September 1981

Set number: 101307

Met-Camm DMU set 101307 with 51231 nearest the camera at Cowdenbeath on 16th September 1981. David Scott.

Class 101 DMU at Livingston South

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.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket depot

1988

Set number: 101307

SC51231 (recently repainted) as part of 101307 on Haymarket depot in 1988. S Saunders.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

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.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Airport, Scotland

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.

Class 101 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

1989

Set number: 101307

101307 (presumably 51231 + 59688 + 53189) passes though Princes St Gardens on its way to Stirling in 1989. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Central

1993

Set number: 101686

101686 (51231 + 51500) in Glasgow Central station in 1993. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Paisley Canal

1993

Set number: 101686

101686 (51231 + 51500) in Paisley Canal station in 1993. John Law.

Class 101 DMU at Whifflet

24th February 1994

Set number: 101686

101686 (51231 + 51500) arrives into Whifflet station on February 24, 1994. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Barrhead

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.

Class 101 DMU at Motherwell

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.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Central

11th March 2000

Set number: 101686

101686 (51231 + 51500) departs Glasgow Central with a train for Whifflet on 11-03-2000. Gordon Thomson.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

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.

Class 101 DMU at Derby RTC

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.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

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.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

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.

Detail of a Class 101 DMU

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.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

12th January 2007

The guards van of withdrawn Class 101 DMBS 51231 on 12/1/07, taken at Derby RTC. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Derby RTC

12th January 2007

Set number: 101686

Withdrawn Class 101 DMBS 51231 at Derby RTC on 12/1/07. Stuart Mackay.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

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.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

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.

Inside a Class 101 DMU

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.

Class 101 DMU at Derby RTC

12th January 2007

Set number: 101686

The stripped remains of Class 101 DMBS 51231 at Derby RTC on 12/1/2007. Stuart Mackay.

Class 101 DMU at Derby RTC

12th January 2009

Set number: 101686

Withdrawn 51231 Derby RTC on January 12, 2009. Nigel Walls.

Class 101 DMU at Derby RTC

12th January 2009

The well stripped van of withdrawn Met-Camm DMBS 51231, Derby RTC, January 12, 2009. Nigel Walls.

Class 101 DMU at CF Booths

6th June 2009

Set number: 101686

51231 awaits its fate at CF Booths scrapyard in Rotherham on the 6th June 2009. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Rotherham

27th June 2009

Set number: 101686

Class 101 51231 seen at C.F.Booth scrapyard, Rotherham on 27th June 2009 Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Rotherham

27th June 2009

Set number: 101686

Class 101 51231 at C.F. Booth scrapyard, Rotherham on 27th June 2009. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Rotherham

27th June 2009

Set number: 101686

Class 101 51231 at C.F. Booth scrapyard, Rotherham on 27th June 2009. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Cardiff

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: 532

Swindon Cross-Country 53699 and Met-Camm 101307 (presumably 51231) at Edinburgh Waverley in 1987. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 1992

Set number: 876

Met-Camm set 876 (presumably 53189 + 51231) at Barnstaple in 1992. John Law.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 11th March 2000

Set number: 101686

101686 (51231 + 51500) departs Glasgow Central with a train for Whifflet on 11-03-2000. Gordon Thomson.