Vehicle 51532
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
| 15/08/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| w/e 31/10/59 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 02/10/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 28/03/70 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| Apr-72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| 3w/e 29/04/78 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 07/10/78 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 08/05/88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 02/07/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| 11/08/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQX | |
| p/e 09/09/89 | Reinstated | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| 21/09/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 31/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | As delivered to Leith Central - 15th August 1959 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Transfer to 67C - w/e 31/10/59 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 02/10/69 | ||||||
| 51462 | 59560 | 51532 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 28/03/70 | ||||||
| 190 | 51462 | 59561 | 51532 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | |||||
| 50254 | 56291 | 51532 | Noted 30/03/1977 - 08:45 Springburn to Cumbernauld service2 | ||||||
| 183 | 51462 | 56390 | 51532 | Noted 13/08/77 - on Haymarket depot1 | |||||
| 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Transfer to HN - 3w/e 29/04/78 | ||||||
| 178 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - refurbished set | |||||
| 178 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot4 | ||||||
| 346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51798 | 59545 | 51532 | Noted 05/05/1981 - at Sirling2 | ||||||
| 346 | 51798 | 59545 | 51532 | Noted circa 07/19813 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted circa 11/19833 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101339 | 51467 | 59563 | 51532 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||
| 101339 | 51467 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 30/03/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours Highland Fling 2 51532-59554-51467 + 53873-59329-53825 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101339 | 51467 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 2nd June 1986 | |||||
| 339 | 51467 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 101339 | 51467 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 101339 | 51467 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted circa 11/19863 | |||||
| 101339 | 51467 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 17/01/19873 | |||||
| 51467 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 28th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 28/03/19873 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 04/04/19873 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted circa 05/1988 - transferred to Tyseley3 | |||||
| T205 | 51798 | 51532 | Formed at TS circa May-88 | ||||||
| N654 | 51209 | 51532 | Formed at NH p/e 18/07/88 | ||||||
| C991 | 53219 | 51532 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Leonard Rogers
Images:
June 1982
Set number: 101346
Cutting a dash for the coast. Eastfield allocated Met Camm DMU set 101346 (presumably 51532 + 59554 + 51798) emerges from the cutting on its journey from Drem to North Berwick in June 1982. Murray Liston.
June 1982
Set number: 101346
South from North Berwick. A Met Camm triple set 101346 (presumably 51532 + 59554 + 51798) rasps away up the hill out of North Berwick in June 1982, passing the 10mph sign for incoming trains to the branch terminus. Murray Liston.
2nd July 1983
Set number: 101346
Met Camm unit 101346 (presumably 51532 + 59554 + 51798) leaves Falkirk Grahamston with an afternoon local for Glasgow Queen street. A grand selection of 1980's motors are in the background. 2nd July 1983. Bruce Galloway.
1986
Set number: 101339
Sc51532 at the front of set 101 339. Taken at Falkirk Grahamston in 1986. Andrew McConnell.
1988
Set number: 101346
51532 leads set 101346 through Princes Street Gardens towards Edinburgh Waverley circa 1988. Andrew McConnell.
14th May 1988
Set number: 205
Tyseley set 205 51532 at Bedworth.Other car not known but 51798 is possible. 14.05.88 Nicholas Youngman Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1979
Metro Cammell power cars Sc51532 & Sc51526 at Eastfield depot circa 1979. Andrew McConnell.
Date: June 1982
Set number: 101346
Fences and Farmland. Eastfield Met Camm DMU 101346 (presumably 51798 + 59554 + 51532) is seen on the North Berwick branch near Drem in June 1982. Murray Liston.
Date: June 1982
Set number: 101346
North Berwick departure. Met Camm DMU 101346 (presumably 51798 + 59554 + 51532) departs from North Berwick in June 1982. The line into this station had been singled back in 1968 when the adjacent goods yard and engine shed were closed. Three years after this photo, the entire site was razed and given over to housing and a car park, with a new platform constructed where the DMU is seen here. Murray Liston.
Date: 30th March 1986
Set number: 116389
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Highland Fling II' was primarily a loco hauled long weekend land cruise tour from London to Scotland but on Easter Sunday 30/03/86 there was a DMU tour aimed at enthusiasts rather than the wine and dine passengers. It left Edinburgh Waverley at 09.00 formed of 2x3-car DMU sets 116 389 (53825+59329+53873) and 101 346 (51467+59554+51532). The 3hr 20min mini tour was billed as going to RNAD Crombie, Longannet Power Station and the Inverkeithing north curve avoiding line. The traversal of the power station branch was as far as the signal box as the MGR loop was deemed too tight to take passenger stock without a risk of buffer locking. The branch to Crombie didn't have a photo stop but only reached Charlestown Foundry Level Crossing which was a quarter mile short of the line end at Braeside Jcn where the MOD took over. The tour then did the curve at Inverkeithing before returning to Edinburgh at lunchtime for most participants to rejoin the main t Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 23rd July 1986
Set number: 101339
On the afternoon of the 23rd July 1986 a 3 car Class 101 unit sits in Glasgow Queen Street Station awaiting it’s next turn of duty. DMBS SC51467 leads the formation followed by TCL SC59554 with DMCL SC51532 bringing up the rear. It’s very quiet on the Platforms but with the clock above the leading cab showing just after 3pm I’m sure that won’t last very long. The rear 2 vehicles were scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester SC59554 in October 1988, and SC51532 in July 1990, while the leading car SC51467 met it’s end at Snailwell during September 1990. Bob Woolnough.