Vehicle 51448
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: 30500
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 29/05/59 | New to | 62A (Thornton Junction) | |
| 4w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 4w/e 27/11/76 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 5w/e 12/05/79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Sep-84 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) | - fire damage |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 13/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery51448 was involved in the following incident:
circa early Aug-84 - Polmont
Fire involving Class 101
Info from John McGrevey
51448 caught fire (photos suggest it was an engine fire) while running in set 101325 (the other power car being 51529) in the Polmont area. It was put into a siding at Polmont Junction where the fire brigade attended, the vehicle having most of the windows broken. It would be withdrawn soon after.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | As delivered to 62A - 29th May 1959 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 15/08/70 - passing Motherwell depot1 | ||||||
| 105 | 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie1 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 179 | 51448 | 51110 | 56463 | Noted 31/03/75 | |||||
| 51448 | 59783 | 52012 | Noted 25/08/75 - on Corkerhill depot2 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59548 | 51519 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59548 | 51519 | Noted 05/04/1976 - at Glasgow Central 4 | ||||||
| 194 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 06/02/78 - on 0620 Dundee-Edinburgh with 51799 + 59074 + 50746 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 01/07/78 - at Inverness on a special for the Bournemouth and District Rail Travel Association1 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 325 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 16th January 1982 | ||||||
| 101325 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101325 | 51448 | 59687 | 51516 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
26th July 1980
Eastfield allocated Class 101 DMBS SC51448 on Haymarket Depot on 26 July 1980. Note how thin its tyres are compared with the vehicle behind. Rob Paterson.
26th July 1980
Set number: 184
With a taped over set number Class 101 DMBS SC51448 is seen on Haymarket Depot on 26 July 1980. Rob Paterson.
22nd July 1981
Set number: 101325
On a rainy Summer day, Class 101 three-car DMU 101325 with Driving Motor Brake Second SC51448 at the rear, had arrived at the terminus at North Berwick with a service from Edinburgh Waverley on July 22nd 1981. Although having been rationalised to a single platform, the station still retained its British Railways 1950's Scottish Region light blue enamel signage. The North Berwick branch was eventually electrified in 1991. Martyn Hilbert.
16th June 1984
Set number: 101325
101325 (51448 closest) on the staff train at Rosyth Dockyard, to the right is 107444 (52005 closest) on the Tay-Forth Venturer railtour, 16/6/84. Chris Lings.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
SC51528 leads a refurbished Class 101 DMU into Edinburgh Waverley on 17 June 1978. Its partners are presumably 59558 + 51448. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
"The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour at Rosyth Dockyard (formed 52005 + 59804 + 52031), SC51448 on the left is part of a Met-Camm set on open day shuttle duties. 16/6/84. Hamish Stevenson.