Vehicle 51537
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
| 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 | |
| w/e 31/07/76 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 28/01/78 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 5w/e 01/04/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 3w/e 29/04/78 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Apr-80 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Feb-81 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 07/09/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| May-88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 09/09/88 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 14/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51467 | 59565 | 51537 | As delivered to Leith Central - 9th September 1959 | ||||||
| 51467 | 59565 | 51537 | Noted 26/06/65 | ||||||
| 51467 | 59565 | 51537 | Noted 06/04/72 - at Eastfield (passing depot?)1 | ||||||
| 51456 | 59554 | 51537 | Noted 03/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street2 | ||||||
| 51467 | 59554 | 51537 | Noted 14/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 51464 | 59553 | 51537 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Stirling3 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot2 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 13/08/77 - on Dundee depot2 | ||||||
| 50209 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 19/08/77 - on 17.27 Edinburgh – North Berwick + 18.10 North Berwick – Edinburgh4 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51537 | Transfer to DE - 5w/e 01/04/78 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51537 | Transfer to AY - 3w/e 29/04/78 | ||||||
| 170 | 51796 | 59560 | 51537 | Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set | |||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51537 | Transfer to HA - Apr-80 | ||||||
| 340 | 51468 | 59692 | 51537 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51250 | 59567 | 51537 | Noted circa 07/19815 | ||||||
| 101340 | 51468 | 59692 | 51537 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51468 | 59692 | 51537 | Transfer to ED - 07/09/82 | ||||||
| 101329 | 51455 | 59690 | 51537 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||
| 101329 | 51455 | 59690 | 51537 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101340 | 51468 | 59692 | 51537 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 327 | 51453 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| 101340 | 51468 | 59692 | 51537 | Listed at ED - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101327 | 51453 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 29th July 1986 | |||||
| 327 | 51453 | 59555 | 51537 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 337 | 51465 | 59555 | 51537 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101337 | 51465 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 11/10/1986 - working from Kilwinning to Glasgow Central5 | |||||
| 101340 | 51468 | 59692 | 51537 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101337 | 51465 | 59555 | 51537 | Noted 28/03/19875 | |||||
| 101337 | 51465 | 59687 | 51537 | Noted circa 04/19875 | |||||
| 101366 | 51534 | 59215 | 51537 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 101340 | 51468 | 59692 | 51537 | Noted 18/05/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1979
Sc51537 heads this 3-car Met-Camm set through Princes Street Gardens towards Edinburgh Waverley in 1979. Malcolm Clements.
2nd August 1980
A mixed livery Class 101 set arrives into Dunfermline Lower station with an Edinburgh bound service on August 2, 1980. The GG Trans-Clyde markings suggest the vehicle closest is probably 51537, a recent transfer from Ayr to Haymarket. Walter Burt.
28th May 1981
A Class 101 at Ayr on 28/05/1981, with DMS(L) SC51537 nearest camera. Graeme Phillips Collection.
13th February 1986
Set number: 327
Class 101 DMU set 327 (51537 + 59555 and presumably 51453) in Glasgow Queen Street with Falkirk Grahamston on the destination blind on 13 February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Set number: 101340
101340 reaches it's destination of Glasgow Queen Street and a platform already containing another Met-Camm set. Undated, probably 51537 closest. Andrew McConnell.
Unknown date
Set number: 101340
101340 arrives at Haymarket station. Undated, probably 51537 closest. Andrew McConnell.
August 1986
Set number: 337
Metro Cammell 3 car DMU set 337 has just crossed Jamestown Viaduct to the south of Inverkeithing with a train to Edinburgh, August 1986. Leading is probably 51537. Walter Burt.
6th June 1989
Set number: 340
SC51537 with SC51470, SC59556 and 26029 at Springburn Yard on June 6, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.