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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)
3w/e 27/06/59	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07/12/90	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket) PXXZ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 livery

Disposal

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 - 3w/e 27/06/59
	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
	51244	59577	55000	Noted 09/09/1979 - Fife area⁶
	51244	59578	50239	Noted 04/05/1980 - at Dundee⁶
	51244	59578	50158	Noted 04/08/80 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh⁷
	51244	59578	50158	Noted 06/08/80 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh ⁷
	51244	59578	50239	Noted 08/09/1980 - at Edinburgh Waverley⁶
	51244	59578	50239	Noted 29/09/80 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh⁷
	51244	59067	50243	Noted 29/09/80 - on 2T46 17.33 Dundee – Glasgow QS⁷
318	51244	59061	50176	Listed at DE - 01/02/81
	51244	59061	50176	Noted 27/06/1981 - at Glasgow Queen Street⁶
101318	51244	59061	50176	Listed at AY - 28/11/81
	51244	59686	51536	Noted 12/06/1982 - at Glasgow Central⁶
101318	51244	59061	50176	Listed at AY - 13/06/82
	51244	59045	50174	Noted 19/07/1983 - in Edinburgh Waverley⁸
101318	51244	59045	53176	Listed at HA - 17/06/84
	51244	59045	53176	Noted 01/09/1984 - at Edinburgh Waverley ⁶
101318	51244	59061	53176	Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101318	51244	59048	53746	Noted circa 10/1985⁵
	51244	59048	53746	Noted 09/12/1985 - at Glasgow Queen Street ⁶
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 - Dunbar⁹
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: Martin Lumley
7: Phil Shatford
8: Stuart Mackay
9: Graeme Phillips

Images:

4th November 1967

A Met-Camm / GRC&W combo arriving into Edinburgh Waverley on 4 November 1967. The DMBS looks like is could be 51244. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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.

Class 101 DMU at near Bow of Fife level crossing

circa 1987

Set number: 101318

With the Hill of Tarvit in the background, 101318 (presumably 51244 + 59061 + 53176) is seen near Bow of Fife level crossing, between Ladybank and Springfield, circa mid-1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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: 5th August 1977

Set number: 191

A Class 101 DMU formation at Croy with a Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh via Falkirk Grahamston service on 5 August 1977. A DMBS, thought to be 51244, is attached to a pair without a van, probably a DTCL and DMCL. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 24th February 1979

Set number: 225

Class 101 DMU set 225 (50145 + 59109 + 51244) departs from Dundee with the 11:20 for Edinburgh on 24 February 1979. The DMCL has bars on the passengers door from it's time at South Gosforth, and would be withdrawn a few months after this image in July 1979. Derek Hoskins.

Date: 3rd July 1985

Set number: 101318

ScotRail Met-Camm Class 101 DMU st 101318, cars 53176 + 59061 + 51244, in Edinburgh Waverley 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.

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