Vehicle 51233

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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)
3w/e 27/06/59	Transferred to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
w/e 03/06/61	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)
07/09/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
May-87	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

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

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 08/04/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51233	56391							Noted 15th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
	51233	56391							As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51233	56391							Transfer to Leith Central - 3w/e 27/06/59
	51233	56391							Transfer to 66C - w/e 03/06/61
	51233	56391							Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 02/10/69
	51233	56386							Noted 03/08/19721
	51233	56386							Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2
	51233	59067	51807						Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3
	51233	59567	51460						Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot4
	51233	59069	50175						Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket4
	51233	59061	50241						Noted 06/05/1979 - Thornton Junction5
	51233	59061	50241						Noted 11/09/1979 - Fife area5
	51233	59061	50748						Noted 08/09/1980 - on Haymarket depot5
309	51233	59566	50172						Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101309	51233	59566	50172						Noted 6th May 1981
101309	51233	59566	50172						Listed at DE - 28/11/81
	51233	59566	50172						Noted 30th December 19816
	51233	59566	50172						Noted 11/04/1982 - in Thornton Junction CS5
	51233	59566	50172						Noted 12/06/1982 - on Eastfield depot5
101309	51233	59566	50172						Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101309	51233	59566	53197						Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101309	51233	59566	53172						Listed at HA - 25/03/85
	51233	59046	53144						Noted 25/08/1985 - in Thornton Junction CS 5
101309	51233	59060	53144						Noted circa 02/19867
101309	51233	59566	53172						Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
309	51233	59060	53746						Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
309	51233	59302	53163						Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101309	51233	59566	53172						Noted circa 12/19867
	51174	59789	51233						Noted 17/01/19877
101309	51233	59566	53748						Listed at AY - 23/03/87
	51233	59789	53749						Noted 24/03/19877
	51224	59789	51233						Noted circa 04/19877

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Stuart Mackay
7: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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circa late 1982

Set number: 101309

DMU set 101309 (presumably 51233 closest) arrives into East Kilbride station circa late 1982. The rear vehicle was labeled as set 101366. John Horne.

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29th June 1985

Set number: 101309

101 309 working the 09.38 Kirkcaldy - Perth on June 29th 1985. Seen taking the Perth line at Ladybank, presumably with 51233 at the front. Mike MacDonald.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 29th March 1986

Set number: 309

On 29th March 1986 a well loaded 2K08 09.36 Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh service passes Saughton Junction in western Edinburgh in the form of Met-Camm 3 car unit 101 309. The vehicles are presumably 51193 + 59060 + 51233 - two DMBS vehicles, the closest is a stand in for the regular DMSL. The E&G line leading off to the left has, of course, now been electrified and the tram line runs to the left of the scene. Bruce Galloway.

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Date: 21st November 1987

Set number: 104451

Class 104 SC53473 at Snailwell on 21 November 1987.The cab just seen on the left is that of 51233. Nicholas Youngman.