Vehicle 51466
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
| 09/09/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | - Leith Central closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| 24/10/87 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 04/09/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery51466 was involved in the following incident:
28/08/83 - Eastfield
Collision involving Class 101 / Road vehicle
Info from Spannerman37025
The 20.58 Falkirk Grahamston to Glasgow Queen St service collided with a van that was allowed to roll away and drop 40 feet into the cutting near Eastfield shed. DMBS 51466 was leading. For an image of the van see this flickr image.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51466 | 59564 | 51536 | As delivered to Leith Central - 9th September 1959 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59566 | 51536 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59564 | 51536 | Noted 06/04/72 - at Dundee1 | ||||||
| 51455 | 59561 | 51466 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Springburn2 | ||||||
| 188 | 51523 | 56409 | 51466 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street2 | |||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Perth3 | ||||||
| 50291 | 59557 | 51466 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Stirling3 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Haymarket2 | ||||||
| 186 | 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 51466 | 59048 | 50260 | Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 18/01/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 6th February 19824 | ||||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59545 | 51529 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59689 | 51802 | Noted 1st July 1986 | |||||
| 338 | 51466 | 59689 | 51802 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 51466 | 59689 | 51802 | Noted 26th September 1986 | ||||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59541 | 53179 | Noted circa 12/19865 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59541 | 53179 | Noted 17/01/19875 | |||||
| 51466 | 59690 | 53179 | Noted 25th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59690 | 53179 | Noted 25/03/19875 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59690 | 53179 | Noted 07/04/19875 | |||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 27/04/19875 | ||||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 04/05/19875 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 08/08/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Stuart Mackay
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1st September 1981
Set number: 101338
An ex-works 101 338 (presumably 51466 + 59568 + 51535) is seen in Princes Street Gardens with a local service about to enter The Mound tunnel on the 1st September 1981. Andy Hoare.
29th August 1983
Set number: 101338
DMBS Sc 51466 of set 101 338 at Eastfield Depot on 29/8/83, the day after colliding with a van that was allowed to roll away and drop 40 feet into the cutting near Eastfield shed where it was hit by the 20.58 Falkirk Grahamston to Glasgow Queen St service driven by Peter 'Diesel Pete' McQuade who promptly protected the opposite line preventing further disaster. Spannerman37025.
October 1983
Set number: 101338
The damaged front has been cut away in preparation for repairs to start on Sc 51466 at Eastfield Depot, this really was a job for the Workshops but in an effort to manage costs and see what a depot could do Eastfield undertook the repair themselves, it took several months but a very good job was done and the staff were rightly proud of this. October 1983. Spannerman37025.
10th October 1983
Set number: 101338
Damaged DMBS Sc51466 under repair at Easfield Depot on 10/10/83. Spannerman37025.
10th October 1983
Set number: 101338
Damaged DMBS Sc51466 under repair at Easfield Depot on 10/10/83. Spannerman37025.
11th May 1987
Set number: 101338
101338 (Sc51466 + Sc59568 + Sc51535) heads out of Wester Hailes station in Edinburgh, which opened that day - 11th May 1987, with the 17:48 Edinburgh - West Calder. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th August 1987
Set number: 101338
101338 (presumably 51535 + 59568 + 51466) in Glasgow Queen Street Low Level with the outward leg of the BLS 'The Firth of Lorne' tour to Oban. 107440 was on the other end. Stuart Mackay Collection.