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Vehicle 51234

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 31/05/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/11/72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
4w/e 30/04/77	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 22/07/78	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
01/03/82	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
circa Sep-82	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
11/05/85	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
21/04/90	Transferred to	LA (Laira) PLAX
14/06/91	Withdrawn from	LA (Laira) PXXZ

Notes

29th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.

Modifications

Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 20/02/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51234	56392		Noted 29th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
	51234	56392		As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51234	56392		Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
30	51234	56392		Listed at 66C - 1972
	51234	56392		Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie¹
	51234	56392		Transfer to 62B - Oct-72
	51234	59302	50746	Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh ²
	51234	59302	51805	Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51234	59558	50269	Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley ²
141	51234	59792	52021	Listed at HN - mid-May-78
240	51799	59069	51234	Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley³
	51234	59048	50747	Noted 07/04/80 - on Larbert (09.03) – Edinburgh (09.47) service⁴
310	51234	59302	50163	Listed at DE - 01/02/81
	51234	59060	50174	Noted 16th January 1982
101310	51234	59302	50163	Listed at ED - 13/06/82
	51234	59302	50163	Transfer to AY - circa Sep-82
	51234	59783	52020	Noted circa 12/1983³
	51234	59783	53505	Noted 11th January 1984
101310	51234	59806	53163	Listed at AY - 17/06/84
101310	51234	59302	53163	Listed at AY - 25/03/85
101310	51234	59302	53260	Noted circa 02/1986³
101310	51234	59302	53163	Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
310	51234	59302	53163	Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
310	51234	59060	53746	Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101310	51234	59302	53746	Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley³
	51234	59048	53747	Noted circa 03/1987³
101310	51234	59302	53163	Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101310	51234	59302	53163	Noted circa 04/1987³
101310	51234	59302	53163	Noted 02/05/1987³
101310	51234	59302	53163	Noted 23/05/1987³
101310	51234	59302	53163	Noted 08/08/1987³
101310	51234	59302	53163	Listed at HA - Jan-88
101310	51234	59302	53163	Noted circa 05/1988³
101310	51234	59302	53163	Listed at HA - circa August 1988
	51234	59302	53163	Noted 12/09/89⁵
101310	51234	59302	53163	Noted circa 12/1989³
877	51234	53163		Noted circa 08/1990³

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

Images:

Unknown date

Set number: 101310

Class 101 DMBS SC51234 part of mixed livery DMU set 101310 on Haymarket depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Unknown date

Set number: 101310

Class 101 DMBS set 101310 in platform 7 of Stirling station, date unknown. DMBS SC51234 is closest. Paul Redmond.

30th July 1983

Set number: 101310

A 6-car formation at Ardrossan Harbour on 30 July 1983. The nearest set, 101 310, is a Class 101 / 107 hybrid. Chris Lings.

5th May 1986

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 51234 + 59302 + 53163) at Saughton with the 12:22 Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley service, 5th May 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

5th August 1986

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm DMU set 101310 (51234 + 59060 + 53746) departs from Uphall station with the 09:18 Edinburgh-Bathgate service on 5 August 1986. The centre car was a temporary replacement for the usual vehicle, note it has a shallower grey band. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Unknown date

Set number: 101310

Set 101310 (presumably 51234 + 59302 + 53163) in Edinburgh Waverley. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

17th December 1989

Set number: 101310

A first generation DMU line-up in Edinburgh Waverley station on December 17, 1989. On the left is 51234 (101310), in the centre set 107738, and on the right 107736 with a Cardenden service. Hamish Stevenson.

8th July 1990

51234 at Lipson Sidings, Laira, on the 8th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.

27th October 1991

Partially boarded up Class 101 DMBS 51234, Doncaster West Yard, 27 October 1991. It had been withdrawn from Laira in June and would be cut by MC Metals at Springburn, David Bellamy.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 28th March 1986

Set number: 101310

101 310 (53163 + 59302 + 51234) with 53268 + 59080 + 53242 at Bathgate with the 13:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh Waverley, 28th March 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: May 1986

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 53163 + 59302 + 51234) sits in Glasgow Queen Street station awaiting its next duty, May 1986. Gordon Thomson.

Date: 22nd March 1989

Set number: 101310

Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 53163 + 59302 + 51234) approaches Kilmaurs station with the 11.59 Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central train on 22-03-1989. Gordon Thomson.

Date: 8th July 1990

Set number: 878

Lipson sidings in Laira on July 8, 1990. Behind 50 041 is set 878 (51241 + 53260) still with ScotRail branding, 50 021, 51234, 53163, 53642, 51219. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 25th August 1990

A Class 108 (52057) and Class 101 (51234) Hyrbrid DMU by the River Teign near Teignmouth on 25 August 1990. Keith Miller.

Date: 26th September 1990

Set number: 877

The driver of set 877 on a Barnstaple to Exeter Central service hands over the single line token from Eggesford to the signalman at Crediton. The Laira based set comprises 51234 and 53163. 26th September 1990. Steve Montgomery.

Date: circa February 1991

Set number: 877

Laira Met-Camm DMU set 877 (53163 and presumably 51234) in Exeter Central with Barnstaple on the destination blind - possibly on a working from Exmouth. The slide process date was February 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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