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Vehicle 51235


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)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
Feb-72 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
4w/e 22/07/78 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Apr-80 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
18/05/82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Jan-87 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Mar-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also noted as 29/09/87

Notes

29th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.
26/06/58 - SC51235 + SC56393 were on display at Inverurie Works open day
07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 01/07/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51235 56393 Noted 29th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
51235 56393 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51235 56393 Noted 26th June 1958 - on exhibition at Inverurie Works open day
51235 56393 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
51235 56393 Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
51235 56411 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
51235 56404 Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51235 59556 50175 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley 2
51235 59686 55015 Noted 31/03/75
51235 59567 51240 Noted 28/03/1977 - 07:23 Markinch to Edinburgh, part of 9 car train.2
51235 59060 50174 Transfer to HA - 4w/e 22/07/78
202 51235 59060 51475 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
51235 59090 50245 Noted 29/08/1979 - 0n 13:22 Dundee to Edinburgh2
51235 59060 50174 Transfer to DE - Apr-80
311 51235 59060 50174 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101311 51235 59060 50174 Transfer to HA - 18/05/82
101311 51235 59060 50174 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101311 51235 59060 53174 Noted circa 03/19843
101311 51235 59042 53186 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101311 51235 59060 53174 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101311 51235 59060 53174 Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
101311 51193 59566 51235 Noted 3rd July 1986
311 51235 59067 53187 Listed at Haymarket - Aug-86
51235 59066 53174 Noted circa 11/19863
101311 51235 59066 53174 Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 59060/6 exchanged between 101308/311
51235 59066 53174 Noted 17/01/19873
51235 59066 53174 Noted 28th February 1987
311 51235 59066 53174 Noted circa 03/19873

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Ladybank

28th July 1980

Set number: 236

2G68, the 14.20 Dundee to Edinburgh, waits to leave Ladybank on 28th July 1980 formed of a Metro Cammell class 101 unit with SC51235 at the front. Set number 202 (in a newer style) has been scratched out and an older style 236 added, probably due to it's transfer from HA to DE that May. Bruce Galloway.

Class 101 DMU at West Calder

18th July 1983

Set number: 101311

Metro-Cammell D/M-U 101.311 arriving at West Calder Station on 18/7/83. The DMBS is presumably 51235. David Christie.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

19th October 1985

Set number: 311

A class 101 DMU (set 311, presumably 51235 closest) at Glasgow Queen Street on 19th October 1985. Jonathan Hazan.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1958

A two-car Met-Camm set with Sc56393 on the rear at Dundee in 1958. Dundee (West) is on the destination blind, and it is presumably paired with 51235. George Bett.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: 311

Class 101 set 311 - with two brake vans, one should be regular DMBS 51235 - is seen in Princes Street Gardens in 1986, and another Met-Camm set is seen in the distance. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1998

Set number: 101690

101690 (51235 + 53177) arrives into Whifflet station with a Cumbernauld - Motherwell service on 2 July 1998. Stuart Mackay.