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
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14/06/91 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) PXXZ |
29th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
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 | |||||
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 12/09/894 | ||||||
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: Graeme Phillips
Class 101 DMBS SC51234 part of mixed livery DMU set 101310 on Haymarket depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Class 101 DMBS set 101310 in platform 7 of Stirling station, date unknown. DMBS SC51234 is closest. Paul Redmond.
A 6-car formation at Ardrossan Harbour on 30 July 1983. The nearest set, 101 310, is a Class 101 / 107 hybrid. Chris Lings.
Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 51234 + 59302 + 53163) at Saughton with the 12:22 Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley service, 5th May 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
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.
Set 101310 (presumably 51234 + 59302 + 53163) in Edinburgh Waverley. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
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.
51234 at Lipson Sidings, Laira, on the 8th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
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.
101 310 (53163 + 59302 + 51234) with 53268 + 59080 + 53242 at Bathgate with the 13:03 Bathgate - Edinburgh Waverley, 28th March 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Met-Camm set 101310 (presumably 53163 + 59302 + 51234) sits in Glasgow Queen Street station awaiting its next duty, May 1986. Gordon Thomson.
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.
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.
A Class 108 (52057) and Class 101 (51234) Hyrbrid DMU by the River Teign near Teignmouth on 25 August 1990. Keith Miller.
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.
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.