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-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 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| 08/12/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |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 liveryDisposal
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:
27th June 1981
Set number: 174
Class 101 DMSL SC51454 on Eastfield depot with SC55015 behind, 27 June 1981. Rob Paterson.
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.
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.
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.
12th March 1987
Set number: 328
Class 101 DMBS SC51454 sits in Edinburgh Waverley at 08:47 on March 12, 1987. Walter Burt.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.