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Vehicle 51516

Class 101

BR Diagram 621

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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

11/05/59 New to 62A (Thornton Junction)
3w/e 27/06/59 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
4w/e 30/04/77 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 04/06/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
5w/e 06/08/77 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
20/04/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
21/09/89 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 02/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51446 59544 51516 As delivered to 62A - 11th May 1959
51446 59544 51516 Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 27/06/59 - from 62A
51446 59544 51516 Noted 27/05/70 - at Polmadie1
103 51446 59544 51516 Listed at 66C - 1972
51446 59544 51516 Noted 25/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
172 51447 59544 51516 Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 515163
51464 59556 51516 Noted 25/03/1978 - Glasgow Eastfield4
188 51464 59556 51516 Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set
188 51464 59556 51516 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
51464 59556 51516 Noted 19/11/1978 - Glasgow Eastfield4
188 51464 59556 51516 Noted 16/02/79 - on Eastfield depot1
51464 59556 51516 Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot1
339 51467 59690 51516 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
51466 59689 51516 Noted 18/04/1981 - on Eastfield depot4
51466 59689 51516 Noted 25/05/1981 - on Eastfield depot4
101339 51467 59690 51516 Listed at ED - 28/11/81
51467 59690 51516 Noted 18/04/1982 - in Doncaster Works4
51467 59072 51516 Noted 12/06/1982 - on Haymarket depot4
101339 51467 59690 51516 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
51467 59072 51516 Noted 30/10/1982 - on Eastfield depot4
51467 59072 51516 Noted 9th February 1983
101325 51448 59687 51516 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
51467 59687 51516 Noted 25/08/1985 - at Haymarket Open Day 4
101331 51457 59564 51516 Noted circa 02/19865
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101345 51797 59564 51516 Noted 3rd June 1986
345 51797 59564 51516 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101345 51797 59564 51516 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket Station5
101345 51797 59686 51516 Noted 17/01/19875
51468 59686 51516 Noted 28th February 1987
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101340 51468 59686 51516 Noted 28/03/19875
101339 51467 59564 51516 Noted 26/05/19875
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at ED - Jan-88
51229 51516 Noted 23/07/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51229 51516 Noted 29/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51229 51516 Noted 14/08/88 - on 08:45 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51229 51516 Noted 15/08/88 - on 07:31 Nunthorpe - Newcastle service6
51197 51516 Noted 24/09/88 - on 15:30 Newcastle - Morpeth service6
51203 51516 Noted 03/10/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51203 51516 Noted 10/10/88 - on 17:10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51203 51516 Noted 12/10/88 - on 07:00 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51203 51516 Noted 28/10/88 - on 12:28 Carlisle - Newcastle service6
51203 51516 Noted 12/11/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51217 51516 Noted 03/12/88 - on 14:32 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
51217 51516 Noted 22/12/88 - on 12:00 Hexham - Sunderland service6
51203 51516 Noted 06/01/89 - on 11:30 Sunderland - Hexham service with 54240 + 539636
51467 51516 Noted 14/01/89 - on 16:30 Sunderland - Hexham service6
51467 51516 Noted 14/01/89 - on 15:00 Hexham - Newcastle6
51467 51516 Noted 25/02/89 - on 17:04 Newcastle - Durham service6
51467 51516 Noted 25/02/89 - on 17:40 Durham - Newcastle6
51467 51516 Noted 11/03/89 - on 14:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51467 51516 Noted 11/03/89 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
51467 51516 Noted 11/03/89 - on 13:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51216 51516 Noted 23/03/89 - on 11:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
51467 51516 Noted 22/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
51467 51516 Noted 26/05/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
51467 51516 Noted 30/05/89 - on 10:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
51467 51516 Noted 31/05/89 - on 09:15 Newcastle - Sunderland - service6
51467 51516 Noted 03/06/89 - on 13:00 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
51467 51516 Noted 05/06/89 - on 19:12 Newcastle - Carlisle service6
51467 51516 Noted 05/06/89 - on 07:26 Seaham - Newcastle6
51467 51516 Noted 10/06/89 - on 15:05 Hexham - Newcastle6
51203 51516 Noted 04/11/89 - on 17:55 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service with 51467 + 53257 / 54370 + 51217 hauled by 47 462, believed to be football extra.6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield depot

24th July 1977

Set number: 189

Refurbished Class 101 DMU set 189 - 51516 + 59690 + 51447 - on Eastfield depot on 24 July 1977. The DMBS would be destroyed in a fire a few weeks later. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Eastfield TMD, Glasgow

5th March 1978

Set number: 188

On the 5th March 1978 Refurbished Class 101 DMCL SC51516 is inside Eastfield TMD, Glasgow, having it's underfloor equipment cleaned by a fitter with a steam lance to remove the oil and grease that build up with constant use. She would last for another 20 years in service before withdrawl in September 1989 and scrapping at Snailwell, Suffolk during September 1990. Bob Woolnough.

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

Unknown date

Set number: 101328

SC51516 on the end of a Met-Camm DMU (which seems to be set 101328) seen at Edinburgh Waverley, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Wester Hailes

11th May 1987

Set number: 101339

101339 (Sc51516 + Sc59564 + Sc51467) in Wester Hailes station in Edinburgh, which opened that day - 11th May 1987, with the 18:18 Waverley - Glasgow Central. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

25th September 1990

Class 101 DMS 51516 at Snailwell on 25th September 1990. It had been withdrawn from Heaton in September 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th May 1987

Set number: 101339

101339 (Sc51467 + Sc59564 + Sc51516) enters Wester Hailes station in Edinburgh, which opened that day - 11th May 1987, with the 18:18 Waverley - Glasgow Central. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 13th November 1988

Set number: 85

51203 + 51516 at Darlington on November 13, 1988. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 11th March 1989

Set number: 101339

51467 + 51516, then allocated to Heaton (HT) depot, seen at Eaglescliffe, Teesside on 11/03/1989. In March 1989, due to major engineering work between Stockton and Thornaby, Newcastle-Middlesbrough services were being diverted to and terminated at Eaglescliffe (with passengers for Middlesbrough having to catch a Darlington-Saltburn service, of which there were two per hour). This is probably the 13:30 from Newcastle, which would have arrived and terminated at Eaglescliffe at around 14:40. Graeme Phillips Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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