railcar.co.uk
upload
close

Sign In

Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 51244 | 51245 | 51246 ->

Vehicle 51245

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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-73Depot code changeDE
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25/03/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX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 livery

Disposal

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
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:

Class 101 DMU at Dundee

17th May 1959

Sc51245 leads two two-car Met-Camms on the 3pm Dundee - Perth leaving Dundee on May 17th, 1959. George Bett.

Class 101 DMU at Dundee depot

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.

Class 101 DMU at Duffield

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.

Class 101 DMU at Duffield

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.

Class 101 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

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.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

1988

Set number: 101319

51245 (101319) departs from Edinburgh Waverley leaving a trail of smoke in 1988. S Saunders.

Class 101 DMU at Dunblane

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.

Class 101 DMU at Dalmeny

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.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Central

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.

Class 101 DMU at Princes Street Gardens

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.

Class 101 DMU at Chester station

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.

Class 101 DMU at Plumley West SB

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.

Class 101 DMU at Bettws Y Coed

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.

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster

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.

Class 101 DMU at Llandudno Junction depot

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1990

Set number: CH641

CH641 (53160 + 51245) seen departing from Chester station on 28/8/90. Mac Winfield.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

                                                                                                                                                                             


➤