Vehicle 51242
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 28/06/58 | New to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| May-71 | 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 04/06/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| p/e 28/11/81 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-88 | Withdrawn |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 05/11/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51242 | 56400 | As delivered to 62B - June 1958 | |||||||
| 51242 | 56409 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1 | |||||||
| 51242 | 56409 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh2 | |||||||
| 51242 | 56401 | Transfer to 66C - May-71 | |||||||
| 31 | 51242 | 56401 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | ||||||
| 51242 | 56401 | Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 04/11/72 | |||||||
| 51242 | 56390 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 3 | |||||||
| 64 | 51242 | 56390 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline2 | ||||||
| 51242 | 59305 | 51529 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51242 | 59556 | 51527 | Noted 06/09/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 223 | 51242 | 59557 | 50746 | Noted 13/08/77 - at Perth2 | |||||
| 316 | 51242 | 59071 | 50147 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59071 | 50147 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59067 | 53172 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59071 | 50147 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59071 | 53147 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59045 | 53141 | Noted 14th July 1986 | |||||
| 316 | 51242 | 59045 | 51198 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59071 | 53147 | Noted circa 12/19864 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59071 | 53147 | Noted 05/12/19874 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
22nd June 1979
Set number: 236
A three-car Class 101 DMU in platform 4 of Dundee station with an Arbroath service on Friday 22 June 1979. Closest is DMBS SC51242 carrying set number 236. David Russon.
circa mid-1982
Set number: 101316
101 316 (51242 closest) departs from Newton-on-Ayr station for the short journey to Ayr where it will terminate, probably on a service from Glasgow Central. Circa mid-1982. John Horne.
29th June 1984
Set number: 101316
A three-car Class 101 DMU leaving Burntisland for Kirkcaldy on 29 June 1984. It appears to be set 101316, so the DMBS closest with the Scotrail branding is presumably 51242. Stuart Mackay Collection.
4th November 1985
Set number: 101316
3-car class 101 DMU set no. 101 316 (51242+59071+53147) sits in the single platform at North Berwick waiting to form train 2Y13 the 17.04 to Edinburgh Waverley on 04/11/85. Adrian Nicholls.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th July 1958
Sc56400 (presumably with 51242) at Dundee on July 14th, 1958, thought to be on a crew training run. George Bett.
Date: 18th April 1981
Set number: 101319
Three Class 101 DMUs on Dundee depot, 18 April 1981. On the turntable is SC51245, SC51242 is to the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 3rd July 1985
Set number: 316
ScotRail Met-Camm Class 101 DMU set 316 cars 53147 + 59071 + 51242 at Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, on 3 July 1985. Neil Smith.