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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-73Depot code changeDE
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09/03/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PTSX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 livery

Disposal

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
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 06/01/905
51249 59542 53146 Noted 01/08/905
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: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Montrose

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.

Class 101 DMU at Wormit

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.

Class 101 DMU at North Berwick

circa 1982

Set number: 321

Met-Camm set 321 (51249 closest) at North Berwick circa 1982. Curly42.

Class 101 DMU at Paisley Gilmour Street

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.

Class 101 DMU at Johnstone

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.

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

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.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

6th June 1989

Set number: 101321

47210, 156 449 and SC51249 in Glasgow Queen Street station on 06.06.89. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

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.

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: September 1991

Set number: T078

Class 101 set T078 (presumably 53146 + 51249) is seen at Blythe Bridge in September 1991. Simon Barnes.