Vehicle 51249
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 12/07/58 | New to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| p/e 28/11/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Jun-85 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 15/10/90 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
Notes
16th October 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
Modifications
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 10/09/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51249 | 56407 | As delivered to 62B - July 1958 | |||||||
| 68 | 51249 | 56399 | Noted 07/10/67 - on Railway Society of Scotland Edinburgh Area railtour | ||||||
| 51249 | 56399 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Aberdeen1 | |||||||
| 51249 | 56391 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51249 | 59303 | 50745 | Noted 05/08/19742 | ||||||
| 51249 | 56400 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||||
| 51249 | 56400 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||||
| 51249 | 56399 | Noted 31/03/1976 - at Edinburgh2 | |||||||
| 235 | 51249 | 59066 | 51801 | Noted 13/08/77 - at Perth1 | |||||
| 235 | 51249 | 59066 | 51805 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Haymarket1 | |||||
| 51249 | 56093 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at Newcastle 2 | |||||||
| 235 | 51249 | 59539 | 51808 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
| 321 | 51249 | 59542 | 50146 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51249 | 59688 | 50189 | Noted 07/05/81 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh5 | ||||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 50146 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59048 | 53138 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Transfer to AY - Jun-85 - from HA | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - August 1986 | |||||
| 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 16th October 1986 | ||||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53491 | Noted circa 12/19864 | |||||
| 51249 | 59042 | 53491 | Noted 4th December 1986 | ||||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51249 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted 25/03/19874 | ||||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59566 | 53146 | Noted circa 04/19874 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 05/19874 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 30/11/87 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 12/19894 | |||||
| 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 06/01/906 | ||||||
| 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 01/08/906 | ||||||
| T078 | 51249 | 53146 | Noted circa 12/19904 | ||||||
| T078 | 51249 | 53146 | Noted circa 05/19914 | ||||||
| T078 | 51249 | 53146 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||||
| T078 | 51249 | 53146 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Graeme Phillips
Images:
15th July 1964
Set number: 62
Two two-car Met-Camm sets above Boddin Point, on the approach to Montrose, working the 4.15pm Perth - Montrose service on July 15, 1964. DMBS Sc51249 leads, at was based at Dundee and carries set number 62 in one of the cab windows. Michael Mensing.
3rd May 1969
SC51249 leads this 2-car Met Camm set at Wormit with a Dundee - Newport-on-Tay East working. Taken on the 3rd May 1969, the last day of workings on the line. Note the small (3") numbers on the DMBS, the DTC is in the small yellow panel blue livery. Hamish Stevenson.
circa 1982
Set number: 321
Met-Camm set 321 (51249 closest) at North Berwick circa 1982. Curly42.
1986
Set number: 101321
Hybrid set 101321 at Paisley Gilmour Street circa late 1986. The DMBS is 51249, if the centre car is the regular then it should be 59542, the blue DMS on the rear is Class 104 53491. Ian Docwra.
28th August 1986
Set number: 101321
Sthrathclyde-liveried set 101321 (51249 closest, presumably with 59542 + 53146) at Johnstone with the 13:00 Glasgow - Ayr service on August 28th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
30th November 1987
Set number: 101321
Away from its usual area are cars SC51249 SC59542 SC53146 (101 321) in Strathclyde PTE livery. Although Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, received some varied DMUs in Autumn 1987, these cars were never allocated there, so it was probably en route for works attention. Indeed, I photographed this unit at Glasgow in 1990. Graeme Phillips Collection.
6th June 1989
Set number: 101321
47210, 156 449 and SC51249 in Glasgow Queen Street station on 06.06.89. Nicholas Youngman.
5th February 1990
Set number: 101321
51249 at the front of set 101321 (presumably with 59542 + 53146) waiting to depart from Glasgow Queen Street with the 16:03 to Arbroath on the 5th February 1990. Mike Cooper.
26th December 1990
Set number: T078
Class 101 51249, set number T078 (presumably with 53146), is seen stabled outside the factory at Tyseley on 26.12.1990. This had been transferred down from Scotland, and was not one of the refurbished examples. These did make a strange sight working in the West Midlands in their Strathclyde PTE livery. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th July 1985
Set number: 101321
37403 on trip Working 6T85 at Sighthill East Jcn after collecting and propelling 101 321 (presumably 53146 + 59542 + 51249) from Glasgow Works (St Rollox) on 9/7/85. Spannerman37025.
Date: 11th March 1986
Set number: 101321
101321 (presumably 53146 + 59542 + 51249) departs from Edinburgh Waverley 11 March 1986. Notice how the set number is also carried on the end of the centre car. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th June 1986
Set number: 101321
Ayr TMD allocated Class 101 set number 101321 formed of Class 101 DMCL 53146 nearest camera, TCL 59542 and DMBS 51249 all in Strathclyde PTE orange / black livery have just arrived in Platform 11 at Glasgow Central Station on the 4th June 1986 and have stopped next to a former LMR based Class 120 3 car set set in Platform 10 operating an Ayrshire service for the coast. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 7th August 1986
Set number: 101321
101321 (53146 + 59542 + 51249) form the 20:02 to East Kilbride in Glasgow Central on 7 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 15th September 1986
Set number: 120528
A scene at Ayr station on 15/9/86, with a class 120 "scratch set", formed of 53722/59682/53742, waiting to work the 13.40 to Kilmarnock. Alongside is unit 101 321 (51249/59542/53146). Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa late 1986
Class 104 DMS 53491 on the rear of two Class 101 vehicles departing from Paisley Gilmour Street circa late 1986. The DMBS at the far end is 51249 (set 101321) and so the centre car presumably 59542. Ian Docwra.
Date: 1st June 1987
Set number: 101320
53746, 59046 and 51249 arriving at Edinburgh Waverley with the 1206 from Cowdenbeath 1st June 1987. Keith Long.
Date: unknown
Set number: T078
On 14 April 1991 former Strathclyde class 101, now Tyseley set T078 with 53146 + 51249 were calling at Nottingham station while working an eastbound train. The destination blind is blank so I have no idea of the destination but either Lincoln or Skegness are possibilities. Most of the waiting passengers were clearly waiting for a later train as none seem to be moving towards the DMU. Peter Tandy.
Date: 1st August 1990
Set number: 101321
Set 101 321 seen in Glasgow Central on the 1st August 1990. It was formed of 53146, 59542 and 51249. Graeme Phillips.
Date: 21st February 1991
Set number: T078
53146 + 51249 (T078) are seen at Rose Hill with the 14:23 to Piccadilly, 21-2-91. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 29th May 1991
Set number: T078
Class 101 set T078 (presumably 53146 + 51249) seen in Llandudno Junction on the 29th May 1991. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1st July 1991
Set number: T078
One of the more colourful units to arrive at Stratford-upon-Avon was this ex-Strathclyde class 101 (T078, 53146 + 51249). I saw it on the morning of 1 July 1991 but was unable to get out of the office during the day to record it on film. However, it stuck to diagram and is pictured here leaving the Warwickshire terminus in the company of Class 117 T310 still in corporate blue and grey. The Tyseley unit unit number appears to been applied in a rather amateurish fashion, as does the paint covering the front-end damage - the colour there is more akin to the bodyside shade rather than the normal yellow. Still, I suppose that this were the final months of DMMU workings in the area, so it probably wasn't worth spending too much on the cosmetic appearance of local trains. Peter Tandy.
Date: 1st July 1991
Set number: T310
The class 101 unit (T078, 51249 + 53146) fitted nicely between various posts at the end of Stratford-upon-Avon's platform 2 on 1 July 1991. It was working with T310 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415). The scene has changed a lot since this photograph was taken in that the gasholders have been demolished, the semaphore signals have been replaced with electric lights (twice) and a white paling fence has been erected to deter trespassers from getting onto the line. Peter Tandy.
Date: 26th July 1991
Set number: T078
Tyseley Class 101 power twin set T078 (53146 + 51249) approaches Hereford on 26 July 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: September 1991
Set number: T078
Class 101 set T078 (presumably 53146 + 51249) is seen at Blythe Bridge in September 1991. Simon Barnes.