Vehicle 51458
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
| 18/07/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| 4w/e 26/09/59 | On loan to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 4w/e 16/01/60 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 5w/e 12/05/79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 01/11/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 16/12/88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PWYX | |
| p/e 07/10/89 | Sector Change to | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ | |
| 23/10/89 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 04/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51458 | 59556 | 51528 | As delivered to Leith Central - 18th July 1959 | ||||||
| 51458 | 59556 | 51528 | Transfer to 61A - 4w/e 26/09/59 - on loan | ||||||
| 51458 | 59556 | 51528 | Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 16/01/60 | ||||||
| 51458 | 59556 | 50746 | Noted 06/04/72 - at Eastfield (passing depot?)1 | ||||||
| 51458 | 56407 | Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 51458 | 59304 | 51539 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51458 | 59304 | 51538 | Noted 09/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 51458 | 59061 | 50746 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 53 | 51458 | 56128 | Noted 19/02/77 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 195 | 51458 | 59687 | 51806 | Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3 | |||||
| 51458 | 59687 | 51806 | Noted 29/10/77 - on 1810 North Berwick-Edinburgh | ||||||
| 195 | 51458 | 59687 | 51806 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
| 332 | 51458 | 59687 | 51527 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 186 | 51458 | 59558 | 51526 | Noted circa 03/19814 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59687 | 51527 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59692 | 51538 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59687 | 51527 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59687 | 51527 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 332 | 51458 | 59692 | 51539 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 51458 | 59692 | 51539 | Noted 11/10/19864 | ||||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59692 | 51539 | Noted circa 12/19864 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59692 | 51539 | Noted 17/01/19874 | |||||
| 51236 | 59692 | 51458 | Noted 26th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59687 | 51527 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59692 | 51236 | Noted circa 04/19874 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59692 | 51236 | Noted 02/05/19874 | |||||
| 101332 | 51458 | 59687 | 51527 | Noted 22/05/19874 | |||||
| 51458 | 51804 | Noted circa 11/19874 | |||||||
| 51458 | 53240 | Noted 29/05/88 - at Stanhope | |||||||
| 51458 | 53188 | Noted 25/06/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 51458 | 53188 | Noted 25/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 51458 | 51522 | Noted 26/08/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 51458 | 51515 | Noted 12/09/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 51458 | 51515 | Noted 14/09/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service5 | |||||||
| 51458 | 51515 | Noted 24/10/885 | |||||||
| 51458 | 51522 | Noted circa 04/19894 | |||||||
| NL462 | 51458 | 51522 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Graeme Phillips
Images:
16th July 1984
Set number: 101332
Met-Camm 101 332 (DMBS 51458 closest) beside Arbroath Box on 16/7/84. David Christie.
29th May 1988
Set number: 101332
101 332 (51458 + 53240) at Stanhope on May 29, 1988, the first summer of the Sunday extension of the Bishop Auckland service to Stanhope. Also the only summer when first generation DMUs were used. John Carter.
29th May 1988
Set number: 101332
E51458 + E53240 at Stanhope on May 29, 1988. On summer Sundays from 1988-92 a number of Saltburn to Bishop Auckland trains were extended to Stanhope over the normally freight only route to Eastgate in Weardale. At Stanhope a Weardale Motor Services bus met the train and went to Alston where there was time for a ride on the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway. The trains stopped when the line lost it's last freight trains, the cement traffic from Eastgate. The station has been completely rebuilt as part of the Weardale Railway. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th May 1988
E53240 + E51458 at Stanhope on May 29, 1988, the first summer that these Sunday trains up to Stanhope. A connecting Weardale bus allowed further travel up the dale as far as Alston. It was only in the first year that first generation DMUs were used. Stanhope station is happily restored as a heritage station on the Weardale Railway. John Carter.
Date: 12th June 1988
A Met-Cam Class 101 'power twin' 2 car set, comprising 53240 + 51458, traverses the 'Holmes Chord' south of Rotherham Central station, heading for Sheffield. 12th June 1988. John Crooks.
Date: 9th July 1989
Set number: S803
Set S803 awaits departure from Scarborough on 09-07-1989. I recorded cars 51522 (closest) + 51458, 53211 + 59246 + 51840 (a 101/108/110 hybrid with two vans) making up the train. A fitter has head under the rear of the second vehicle. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 9th July 1989
Cleaners stand waiting for this five-car set to stop at Scarborough on 09-07-1989. The front three cars form a hybrid 110/108/101 set (51840 + 59246 + 53211) with 101 set 51458 + 51522 on the rear. Already in the platform is 51184. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 11th May 1990
E78971, 78719, 59144, 51458, 51812 and 51520 are seen outside Vic Berrys on May 11, 1990. Nicholas Youngman.