Vehicle 51237

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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 31/05/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 05/12/64	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-68	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
w/e 07/10/78	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
12/04/81	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
01/03/82	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
3w/e 17/02/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
11/05/86	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Mar-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also noted as 29/09/87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.
07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.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 08/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51237	56395							Noted 29th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs
	51237	56395							As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51237	56395							Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
	51237	56395							Noted 14/09/63 - on SO 12.05pm Yoker - Coatbridge
	51237	56395							Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 05/12/64
	51237	56395							Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51237	56400							Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
	51237	56392							Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
	51237	56392							Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
	51237	56386							Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 1
	51237	56386							Noted 07/08/1974 - at Dundee1
	51237	56386							Noted 27/08/74 - at Arbroath3
	51237	59687	51802						Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
	51237	59688	51540						Noted 06/11/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 1
220	51237	59548	50747						Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3
312	51237	59088	50175						Listed at HA - 01/02/81
101312	51237	59088	50175						Transfer to DE - 12/04/81 - from HA
101312	51237	59088	50175						Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101312	51237	59542	53138						Noted 03/09/83 - on Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch
101312	51237	59088	53175						Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101312	51237	59088	53175						Listed at HA - 25/03/85
	51237	59688	53260						Noted 1st August 1985
101312	51237	59088	53175						Transfer to AY - 3w/e 17/02/86 - from HA
	51237	59088	53175						Transfer to HA - 11/05/86 - from AY
101312	51237	59088	53175						Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
312	51237	59112	53143						Listed at HA - August 1986
	51237	59112	53143						Noted 26th September 1986
	51237	59088	53175						Noted 23rd October 1986
312	51237	59088	53175						Noted circa 11/19865
	51237	59088	53159						Noted circa 01/19875

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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circa May 1958

A Met-Camm image (negative DZ200ish) of two two-car sets destined for Scotland seen in Sutton Park station. Sc51237 is closest, delivered to 62B (Dundee) in late May 1958. Whiskers on the cab front were not yet standard, although earlier deliveries from Met-Camm to the LMR (such as 50338) had them from new. Metropolitan Cammell.

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circa May 1958

A Met-Camm image (negative DZ201ish) showing two two-car sets destined for the Scottish Region in Sutton Park station. Although the vehicle number cannot be read the closest vehicle is probably Sc51237, delivered to Dundee in late May 1958. Metropolitan Cammell.

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July 1958

Sc51237 (presumably with 56395) at the front of four two-car Met-Camm sets in Dundee Tay Bridge station forming a holiday special in July 1958. George Bett.

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Unknown date

Set number: 312

Class 101 DMU set 312 in Edinburgh Waverley station, date unknown. SC51237 is closest, the centre car has a Haymarket logo on the bodyside. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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3rd September 1983

Set number: 101312

101 312 (51237 + 59542 + 53138) seen at Keith Junction with an un-named Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch, 3rd September 1983. Mike Cooper Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 14th September 1963

Sc56395 + Sc51237 at Scotstoun East on 14/9/63 working the SO 12.05pm Yoker - Coatbridge. Hamish Stevenson.

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Date: 3rd September 1983

Set number: 101312

101 312 (53138 + 59542 + 51237) seen in Dufftown with an un-named Grampian Railtours train in the days before it became a preserved line. 3rd September 1983. Norman Smart.