Vehicle 51470

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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

30/09/59	New to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
2w/e 12/12/64	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 31/12/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
Apr-72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
2w/e 15/01/77	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 27/05/78	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
circa Jun-84	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
Apr-88	Withdrawn from	ED (Eastfield)

Notes

25th August 1981 - Seen carrying unit no. 179

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 25/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51470	59568	51540						As delivered to Leith Central - 30/09/59
	51470	59568	51540						Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/12/64
	51470	59568	51540						Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 31/12/66
	51470	59563	51808						Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
	51470	59568	50745						Noted 03/08/19722
	51470	59067	50269						Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
	51470	59553	51527						Transfer to HN - 2w/e 15/01/77
	51470	59553	51527						Transfer to AY - 4w/e 27/05/78
175	51470	59553	51527						Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
399	51470	59680	51794						Listed at AY - 01/02/81
	51470	59069	51789						Noted 22nd September 1981
399	51470	59069	51789						Noted 12th October 1981
101335	51470	59567	51804						Noted circa mid-1982
101335	51470	59565	51804						Listed at AY - 13/06/82
101335	51470	59789	51806						Noted circa 12/19834
101335	51470	59565	53748						Listed at AY - 17/06/84
101335	51470	59565	51804						Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101335	51470	59565	51804						Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
335	51470	59568	51529						Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
335	51470	59568	53183						Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101335	51470	59568	51534						Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Queen Street4
101335	51470	59568	51534						Noted circa 01/19874
101335	51470	59568	51538						Noted 19/03/19874
101335	51470	59565	51804						Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101335	51470	59565	51804						Noted circa 04/19874

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

Images:

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late 1960s

A three-car Met-Camm DMU in Thornton Junction station, DMBS Sc51470 closest with yellow cab doors. Taken in the late 1960s, Wikipedia notes the station closed on 6 October 1969. Graham Clark.

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2nd May 1978

Set number: 175

Refurbished late in 1976, DMBS 51470 is stabled on Ayr MPD as part of a 3 car unit. In regular service conditions the white and blue livery, which denoted refurbished units at the time, was found difficult to keep clean so units concerned were repainted into blue and grey livery and the stylised GG 'Greater Glasgow' emblem did not last very long either. 51470 was withdrawn in April 1988 and scrapped by MC Metals in Glasgow during October 1989. Bob Woolnough.

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circa mid-1982

Set number: 101335

SC51470 from set 101335 is seen in Kyle Street Sidings at Ayr circa mid-1982. Another Class 101 can be seen behind the wall in the station. John Horne.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: circa 1981

A Class 120/101 hybrid set with a refurbished Met-Camm departs Fairlie High station en route to Largs circa 1981. It's an ex-Inverness DMS, of which two were at Ayr at the time. It is probably 51794 rather than '89, as it was noted working with 59680 + 51470 in February 1981. Andrew McConnell.

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Date: 6th June 1989

Set number: 340

SC51537 with SC51470, SC59556 and 26029 at Springburn Yard on June 6, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.