Vehicle 51244
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) | |
| 4w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 5w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 05/10/81 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ | |
| 07/12/90 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ |
Modifications
Jul-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 15/08/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51244 | 56402 | As delivered to 62B - June 1958 | |||||||
| 51244 | 56402 | Transfer to Leith Central - 4w/e 04/07/59 | |||||||
| 51244 | 56402 | Transfer to 62B - 2w/e 09/04/60 | |||||||
| 51244 | 56383 | Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 51244 | 56401 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1 | |||||||
| 51244 | 56404 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 51244 | 56404 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51244 | 56404 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | |||||||
| 51244 | 59691 | 51539 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 4 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59061 | 51529 | Noted 08/04/1977 - 13:48 Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh4 | ||||||
| 50143 | 59302 | 51244 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Special train from Edinburgh to Rosyth for dockyard open day 51801-51518 + 51534-59564-51460 + 50143-59302-51244 | ||||||
| 233 | 51244 | 59302 | 50143 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 318 | 51244 | 59061 | 50176 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59061 | 50176 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51244 | 59045 | 50174 | Noted 19/07/1983 - in Edinburgh Waverley6 | ||||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59045 | 53176 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59061 | 53176 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59048 | 53746 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59061 | 53176 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 318 | 51244 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||||
| 51244 | 59060 | 51198 | Noted 17/01/19875 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59060 | 53197 | Noted circa 03/19875 | ||||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59061 | 53176 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59061 | 53176 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59061 | 53176 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51244 | 59061 | 53176 | Noted 16/08/89 - on 13:03 Edinburgh - Dunbar7 | ||||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59061 | 53176 | Noted circa 12/19895 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Stuart Mackay
7: Graeme Phillips
Images:
5th April 1983
Set number: 101318
Met-Camm set 101318 seen heading south at Jamestown, between Inverkeithing and North Queensferry, on 5 April 1983. Stuart Mackay.
28th August 1987
Set number: 101364
DMU set 101 364 in Bathgate station while waiting to form the 15.09 to Edinburgh Waverley on August 28, 1987. This was one of the most successful reopenings on British Rail's ScotRail network which rejoined the passenger network on the 24th March 1986. The DMBS closest is not one of the regular vehicles in 101364, it is a trailer brake set that normally has two DMSs. It could be 51244 - see the comment. Adrian Nicholls.
17th August 1989
Set number: 101318
101 318 on the 17:27 Edinburgh - Perth (via Dunfermline) arrives at Ladybank (at 18:44) on Thursday 17th August 1989. Closest is probably 51244. Colin Brooks.
12th September 1989
Set number: 101318
Class 101 DMU set 101318 (51244 + 59061 + 53176) arrives into Glasgow Central station on 12 September 1989. Brian Creasey.
28th April 1990
Set number: 101318
101318 and 156511 in Glasgow Central on 28-04-1990, 1st & 2nd generations side by side. Gordon Thomson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd July 1985
Set number: 101318
ScotRail Met-Camm Class 101 DMU st 101318, cars 53176 + 59061 + 51244, in Edinburgh Waverly station on the 15.13 service to Cowdenbeath, or possible ECS, on 3 July 1985. Neil Smith.
Date: 28th March 1990
Set number: 101318
101 318 (53176 + 59061 + 51244) arrives into Haymarket station working the 18:23 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central on the 28th March 1990. Hamish Stevenson.