Vehicle 51526

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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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

11/07/59	New to	Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 02/04/60	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 12/12/64	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
Mar-72	Transferred to	65A (Eastfield)
May-73	Depot code change	ED
5w/e 06/08/77	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
Oct-79	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
20/12/87	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
03/11/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)
Jan-89	Reinstated	NL (Neville Hill)
23/10/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Notes

08/07/59 - 51456 noted on avoiding line at Newcastle en-route to Scottish Region, presumably with 59554 + 51526.

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 20/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51456	59554	51526						As delivered to Leith Central - 11th July 1959
	51456	59554	51526						Transfer to 62B - 2w/e 12/12/64
	51456	59554	51526						Noted 15/08/70 - at Glasgow Central1
113	51456	59554	51526						Listed at 66C - 1972
	51240	59553	51526						Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
	51228	59560	51526						Noted 15/04/1975 - at Stirling2
337	51465	59563	51526						Listed at ED - 01/02/81
186	51458	59558	51526						Noted circa 03/19813
	51467	59562	51526						Noted 30th December 19814
101337	51465	59563	51526						Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101343	51795	59686	51526						Noted circa 12/19833
101343	51795	59686	51526						Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101337	51465	59563	51526						Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101337	51465	59563	51526						Noted 5th June 1986
101337	51465	59563	51526						Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
337	51465	59563	51526						Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
327	51453	59563	51526						Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101331	51457	59689	51526						Noted circa 11/19863
101331	51457	59689	51526						Noted 17/01/19873
	51457	59689	51526						Noted 17/03/87 - on 12.06 Edinburgh - Dunblane5
101337	51465	59563	51526						Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101331	51457	59689	51526						Noted 25/03/19873
101331	51457	59689	51526						Noted 27/04/19873
101337	51465	59563	51526						Noted circa 05/19873
460	51465	51526							Formed at NL 2w/e 13/03/88
	51465	51526							Noted circa May-88
	51465	51526							Noted 31/08/88 - on 08:28 Chesterfield - Sheffield
012	51526	59246	52084						Listed at NL - Feb-89 - spare set
NL456	51191	51526							Listed at NL - 05/09/89 - "51526 now withdrawn"

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Stuart Mackay
5: Phil Shatford

Images:

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25th March 1978

Set number: 196

Car SC51526 is nearest the camera of this three-car unit in Refurbished livery in Edinburgh Waverley, 25/03/78. The other two vehicles are presumably 59563 + 51465. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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1979

Metro Cammell power cars Sc51532 & Sc51526 at Eastfield depot circa 1979. Andrew McConnell.

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Unknown date

Set number: 101329

Met-Camm DMU set 101329 with SC51526 closest stabled on Haymarket depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

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22nd July 1988

51526/51465 stabled at Leeds City station on 22/7/88. Leonard Rogers.

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28th March 1989

Seen at Eldroth, between Clapham and Giggleswick on the "Little North Western", is hybrid DMU with two Class 101 DMCs (51526 closest) with Class 108 TBS 59246 as a centre car on its way from Morecambe to Leeds on 28 March 1989. Photographed in tricky conditions with sun on the hills and murk in the valley. Peter Tandy.

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10th July 1990

51526 at Snailwell on 10th July 1990. 51456 is behind, the ground frame for Firmin Coates is in the foreground. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 12th March 1988

51465 + 51526 arrive into Worksop on May 12, 1988. John Carter.