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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-73	Depot code change	DE
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Mar-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also noted as 29/09/87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07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.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:

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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