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Vehicle 51454


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

27/06/59 New to 62A (Thornton Junction)
w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
4w/e 28/09/74 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 26/03/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 27/05/78 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Feb-81 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
31/01/88 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
p/e 07/10/89 Sector Change to NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
08/12/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 26/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51454 59552 51524 As delivered to 62A - 27th June 1959
51454 59552 51524 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
51454 59552 51524 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
111 51454 59552 51524 Listed at 66C - 1972
51454 59552 51524 Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51454 59552 51524 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
180 51454 59552 51524 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
51454 59552 51524 Transfer to ED - 4w/e 28/09/74
51454 59564 51533 Noted 17/04/1975 - at Dundee4
51454 59553 51463 Noted 25/08/75 - at Springburn3
51454 59692 51804 Noted 03/04/1977 - at Glasgow Central 4
51454 59692 51804 Transfer to AY - 4w/e 27/05/78
174 51454 59692 51804 Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
51454 59553 51520 Noted 16/08/80 - with 51250 / 59557 / 51794 on Horwick Works Open day service
328 51454 59562 51524 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101328 51454 59562 51524 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
328 51454 59562 51524 Noted circa 11/19835
101328 51454 59562 51524 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
51454 59562 51529 Noted 07/07/1984 - Lea Valley Railway Club Balloch Basher Railtour
101328 51454 59562 51524 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
328 51454 59562 51524 Noted circa 10/19855
51454 59562 51805 Noted 24th May 1986
101328 51454 59562 51524 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101328 51454 59562 51805 Noted 3rd June 1986
328 51454 59562 51805 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
328 51454 59687 51804 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101328 51454 59687 51804 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
101328 51454 59687 51804 Noted 11/10/1986 - working from Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverley5
101328 51454 59687 51534 Noted circa 03/19875
101328 51454 59562 51524 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
328 51454 59562 51524 Noted circa 04/19875
328 51454 59562 51524 Noted 04/05/19875
101328 51454 59562 51524 Listed at ED - Jan-88
51454 51524 Noted 25/07/88 - on 17:17 Chesterfield - Sheffield
51454 51524 Noted 15/08/88 - on 22:30 Sheffield-Retford
461 51454 51524 Listed at NL - Feb-89

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield Depot

27th June 1981

Set number: 174

Class 101 DMSL SC51454 on Eastfield depot with SC55015 behind, 27 June 1981. Rob Paterson.

Class 101 DMU at Gloucester

7th April 1983

A GG Trans-Clyde branded Class 101 seen in Gloucester Sidings on 7 April 1983. Eastfield allocated SC51454, SC59562 and presumably SC51524 were likely en-route back to the Scottish Region after overhaul at Swindon. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Craigendoran

15th October 1983

Set number: 328

Metropolitan Cammell DMU sets 101 328 + 101 364 at Craigendoran Junction with 1Z44 from Motherwell to Crianlarich on 15/10/83. 51454 presumably leads. Spannerman37025.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

19th May 1984

Set number: 328

SC51454 at the end of set 328 in Glasgow Queen Street station on the 19th May 1984. Chris Lings.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

12th March 1987

Set number: 328

Class 101 DMBS SC51454 sits in Edinburgh Waverley at 08:47 on March 12, 1987. Walter Burt.

Class 101 DMU at Dalmeny

8th July 1987

Set number: 328

Looking north from Dalmeny station as a south bound 3 car Metro-Cammell dmu comes off the Forth Bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth in Scotland, the bridge links Queensferry and Inverkeithing. 8th July 1987. SC51454 presumably leads. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds

16th August 1988

Set number: 328

51454 with 51524 departing Leeds for Sheffield on 16 /Aug/1988. The pair had recently been transferred from Scotland where they were part of a three-car set and, without the centre trailer, saw out their days based at Neville Hill. 51454 still bears it's ScR set number 328 although the vehicle number prefix has been changed to 'E', somewhat surprising as late as 1988. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th August 1980

A ScR 6-car formation, SC51250 + SC59557 + SC51794 / SC51520 + SC59553 + SC51454 at Lancaster Castle on a Horwich Works Open day connection, 16/8/80. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 15th August 1988

Set number: 29

A Sheffield-Leeds DMU approaches Barnsley station on 15th August 1988. The era of the DMUs was fast drawing to a close at this time, the Class 101 was formed of E51524 + E51454. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1989

Metro Cammell DMUs at Retford Low Level on 22/3/89. On the left is 78713, on the right is 51454 (carrying set number 328). John Carter.