Vehicle 51245
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) | |
| 5w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-68 | 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) | |
| 27/11/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 30/09/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 07/07/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 01/03/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 25/03/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Notes
19th April 1989 - Seen with black cab window surround
Modifications
3w/e 20/05/88 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 09/05/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51245 | 56403 | As delivered to 62B - June 1958 | |||||||
| 51245 | 56404 | Transfer to 66C - 5w/e 04/02/67 | |||||||
| 51245 | 59303 | 51540 | Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51245 | 56407 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51245 | 56407 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||||
| 51245 | 59686 | 50747 | Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51245 | 59686 | 50747 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 4 | ||||||
| 51245 | 59305 | 51805 | Noted 29/03/1977 - at Haymarket 4 | ||||||
| 51245 | 59444 | 50290 | Noted 07/07/77 - on 1615 Edinburgh-Dundee with 50746 + 59557 + 51232 | ||||||
| 319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Noted circa 03/19815 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 52028 | Noted 29/08/1982 - BLS Lanarkshire & Lothian Wanderer Railtour | |||||
| 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Transfer to HA - 27/11/82 | ||||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59090 | 53141 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - August 1986 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley, in Bathgate branded livery5 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59061 | 53163 | Noted circa 12/19865 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 02/05/19875 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 19th April 1989 | ||||||
| CH641 | 51245 | 53269 | Listed at CH - 14/10/89 | ||||||
| CH641 | 51245 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19895 | ||||||
| 51245 | 53269 | Noted 11/01/90 - at Penyffordd6 | |||||||
| CH641 | 51245 | 53160 | Noted circa 07/19905 | ||||||
| T075 | 51245 | 53160 | Noted circa 12/19905 | ||||||
| 51245 | 53160 | Listed at LO - Jul-91 | |||||||
| LO604 | 51245 | 53160 | Listed at LO - Aug-91 | ||||||
| LO604 | 51245 | 53160 | Listed at LO - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 51245 | 53243 | Noted 01/06/92 - on 12:00 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Bangor and 2D77 13:31 Bangor - Llandudno7 | |||||||
| LO604 | 51245 | 53243 | Listed at LO - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| 51245 | 53243 | Noted 04/07/92 - on 17:15 Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly and 19:34 Rose Hill Manchester Piccadilly7 | |||||||
| LO604 | 51245 | 53243 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| LO245 | 51245 | 54208 | Listed at LO - November 1992 | ||||||
| LO245 | 51245 | 54208 | Listed at LO - 10/12/92 | ||||||
| 51245 | 54208 | Noted 13/01/93 - on 19:08 Manchester Piccadilly - Chinley7 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Aaron Calder
7: David Bellamy
Images:
17th May 1959
Sc51245 leads two two-car Met-Camms on the 3pm Dundee - Perth leaving Dundee on May 17th, 1959. George Bett.
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.
28th August 1982
Set number: 101319
The Branch Line Society Lanarkshire and Lothian Wanderer railtour at Grangemouth on 28 August 1982. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 6Bells: 51245 + 59525 + 52028, the latter being a Class 107. Stuart Mackay Collection.
14th June 1983
Set number: 319
A Met-Camm DMU (ScR set 319) in Duffield station on June 14, 1983. The DMBS is presumably 51245 and may have just been overhauled at Derby C&W Works. Steve Davies Collection.
14th June 1983
Set number: 319
A Met-Camm DMU (ScR set 319) in Duffield station on June 14, 1983. The set may be working a service train as a test run after overhaul before returning to Scotland. The power cars should be 51245 + 50269. Steve Davies Collection.
August 1987
Set number: 101319
A Class 101 (101319, presumably 51245 closest) and an E&G Push-Pull set Princes Street Gardens August 1987. Alistair Ness.
1988
Set number: 101319
51245 (101319) departs from Edinburgh Waverley leaving a trail of smoke in 1988. S Saunders.
1988
Set number: 101319
Met-Camm DMU set 101319 (presumably 51245 + 59525 + 53269) seen in Dunblane station with an Edinburgh service circa spring 1988. A Class 107 is in the distance. Brian Ward.
July 1988
Set number: 101319
DMU leaving Dalmeny. One day in July 1988, Met Camm triple set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) leaves Dalmeny behind en route for Edinburgh with a service from Cowdenbeath. Murray Liston.
10th June 1989
Set number: 101319
With Sc51245 carrying a "Bathgate Link" logo, 101319 heads out of Glasgow Central on June 10th, 1989. The other two vehicles are Sc59525 and Sc53269. Nicholas Youngman.
12th September 1989
Set number: 101319
Class 101 DMU set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) passes through Princes Street Gardens on its way to Edinburgh Waverley on 12 September 1989. Brian Creasey.
28th August 1990
Set number: CH641
CH641 seen at Chester on 28/8/90 consisted of 51245 paired with 53160 still in Strathclyde livery (later part of Daisy). Mac Winfield.
29th May 1991
Set number: T075
Class 101 DMU set number T075 passing Plumley West signalbox with a Chester bound train. The second car is in Strathclyde PTE livery, the vehicles are presumably 51245 + 53160. Jonathan Watson.
4th July 1991
Set number: T075
Failed set T075 is hauled out of Bettws Y Coed by 47214 'Distillers MG' working a Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno train on 04-07-1991. The DMBS closest is 51245, the Strathclyde liveried DMS should be 53160. Gordon Thomson.
17th March 1992
Set number: LO604
Class 101 DMU set LO604 (51245 + 53160) in Platform 5 of Doncaster station on 17 March 1992 with a local service to Sheffield. David Bellamy.
11th May 1993
Set number: LO604
Metro-Cammell products new & old side-by-side in the carriage shed at Llandudno Junction on May 11th 1993. With a 27 year age difference, The two-car Class 101 with car 51245 nearest the camera, had been built in 1958, and in 1993 formed as part of Longsight set LO604. The 151 was a pair of units (151 001/002) constructed by Met-Cam at Washwood Heath as prototypes for a proposed new generation of DMU's in 1985. In the event, the order went to BREL for the Class 150/2 Sprinter fleet and the 151's remained as 'what-might-have-been'. Metro-Cammell later gained a 'consolation prize' order to build the 114 x 2-car Class 156 fleet between 1987 & 1989. The 151's were eventually renumbered to 151 003/004 and various schemes were put forward to re-use them, but following a period of outdoor storage at Crewe South, they were scrapped in 2004. Martyn Hilbert.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th August 1982
Set number: 107425
The BLS 'Lanarkshire and Lothian Wanderer railtour (noted on the Six Bells Junction website as 52028 + 59525 + 51245) seen on the Crombie branch, Saturday 28/08/82. Mike McDonald.
Date: 30th April 1986
Set number: 101319
Bathgate Link branded Class 101 set 101 319 at Haymarket station on 30/4/86 with DMS 53269 closest, presumably with 59525 + 51245. Roddy MacPhee.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 101319
Aberdour Flowers. As they had done for the previous 30 years, a Met Camm triple set 101319 (53269 and presumably 59525 + 51245) picks up passengers from the flower be-decked station at Aberdour with an Edinburgh bound working in August 1987. Murray Liston.
Date: 1988
A Met-Camm set passes Haymarket in 1988. The DMBS carries the Bathgate Link logo, meaning the vehicles may be 53269, 59525 and 51245. S Saunders.
Date: 10th June 1989
Set number: 101319
Set 101319 (53269 + 59525 + 51245) heads out of Glasgow Central on 10th June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 4th August 1990
Set number: CH641
Class 101 DMU set CH641 (53160 and presumably 51245) seen at Wigan on 4 August 1990. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: 28th August 1990
Set number: CH641
CH641 (53160 + 51245) seen departing from Chester station on 28/8/90. Mac Winfield.
Date: 1991
Set number: T075
As Tyseley's set T075, a livery mismatch with 51245 is 53160, later to be refurbished and formed with 53164 as 101685, a.k.a. 'Daisy' and subsequently preserved. The DMBS should be 51245. Robert Chilton Collection.
Date: 30th September 1991
Set number: LO604
Set LO604 approaching Cuddington on the 12.43 Chester to Manchester Piccadilly on 30/9/91. Presumably 53160 (front) and 51245 (rear) David Miller.
Date: spring 1992
Set number: LO604
Class 101 unit LO604 (cars 53160, still carrying Strathclyde PTE livery, and 51245) calls at Conwy in the spring of 1992. Bob Belcher.