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Vehicle 51232

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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 29/08/59 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)
09/01/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
13/09/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Notes

15th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 02/11/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51232 56390 Noted 15th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
51232 56390 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51232 56390 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
51232 56390 Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 02/10/69
51232 56390 Noted 27/05/70 - at Edinburgh1
51232 56388 Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
71 51232 56388 Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot2
50292 59304 51232 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51232 59688 51540 Noted 06/05/76 - on 0804 Perth-Edinburgh
51232 59557 50746 Noted 07/07/77 - on 1615 Edinburgh-Dundee with 51245 + 59444 + 50290
51232 59067 50158 Noted 18/08/77 - on 19.23 Edinburgh – Cowdenbeath3
228 51232 59559 50242 Noted circa 08/19784
308 51232 59066 50141 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
51232 59066 50141 Noted 16th January 1982
101308 51232 59066 50141 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101308 51232 59553 53747 Noted circa 11/19834
101308 51232 59304 53194 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101308 51232 59066 53141 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101308 51232 59066 53141 Listed at HA - Summer 1986
101308 51232 59071 53138 Noted 05/07/86
308 51232 59071 53138 Listed at HA - August 1986
51232 59688 53187 Noted 08/11/19864
101308 51232 59060 53141 Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 59060/6 exchanged between 101308/311
101308 51232 59688 53187 Noted circa 03/19874
101308 51232 59060 53141 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
51232 59060 53189 Noted circa 04/19874
101308 51232 59060 53141 Noted 04/05/19874
51232 59060 53141 Transfer to HT - 09/01/88 - from HA
51232 53261 Noted 16/07/88 - on 14:30 Sunderland - Hexham service5
51232 53261 Noted 27/07/88 - on 14:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51232 53261 Noted 27/07/88 - on 09:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service5
51232 51527 Noted 10/08/88 - on 17:15 Darlington - Saltburn service5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Shillford

1966

A Met-Camm DMU seen at what is thought to be around the village of Shillford (or Shilford) between Barrhead and Dunlop in 1966. The DMBS Sc51232 (original lining, the DTCL is in the revised style) was allocated to Hamilton at this time and is displaying Kilmarnock on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

25th August 1978

Set number: 228

SC51232 on the rear of a set checked at signals in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh on 25/08/78. The set number is covered over under the drivers window but it still carries the old style number in the opposite cab window. The unpainted windows on the DMS means it was probably recently transferred to the ScR. Steve Jones.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

Unknown date

Set number: 101308

Class 101 DMU set 101308 with DMBS SC51232 closest on a Dunblane service in Edinburgh Waverley, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Dundee

circa 1985

Set number: 101308

Class 101 DMU set 101308 in Dundee station circa mid-1980s. DMBS SC51232 is closest. Mike Bunker.

Class 101 DMU at Stirling

26th June 1986

Set number: 101308

Class 101 DMUs (including 101308, 51232 closest) on the early morning of June 26, 1986 at Stirling Station, with the castle on the hill to the left. David Christie.

Class 101 DMU at North Berwick

5th July 1986

Set number: 101308

101 308 (51232 + 59071 + 53138) awaits departure from North Berwick with the 11:04 Cowdenbeath service on the 5th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Whitby

16th February 1988

Set number: 101308

101308 at Whitby on February 16, 1988, the cars are noted as 51232 + 51522). The shortage of DMUs caused by the problematic 143s lead to first generation DMUs being drafted in from other areas, such as this Scotrail 101. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Gateshead

15th April 1988

Set number: 101308

Class 101 2-car DMU 101-308 DMBS SC51232 leading Gateshead with Carlisle-Newcastle service 15-4-88. SC51232 had been a Scottish car all it's life until moving to the Eastern Region in 1988. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

12th August 1989

Class 101 DMBS 51232 at Snailwell on 12 August 1989. It had spent almost all it's career in Scotland, its final months were on the Eastern Region. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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