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Vehicle 51795

Class 101

BR Diagram 523

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: 30587
Diagram: 523

Allocations

27/10/59 New to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket) - Leith depot closed
May-73Depot code changeHA
4w/e 28/09/74 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
4w/e 04/06/77 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 27/05/78 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
p/e 16/07/83 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
20/12/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
14/05/89 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX
21/09/89 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 19/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51795 59686 51802 As delivered to Leith Central - 27th October 1959
51795 59686 51802 Noted 06/04/72 - at Dundee1
51795 59686 51802 Noted 03/08/19722
51250 59687 51795 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
51795 59687 51804 Noted 03/09/73 - at Perth4
51795 59686 51802 Noted 27/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51795 59067 50158 Noted 28/03/1977 - 07:23 Markinch to Edinburgh, part of 9 car train.2
51795 59686 51529 Transfer to HN - 4w/e 04/06/77
51795 59686 51529 Transfer to AY - 4w/e 27/05/78
176 51795 59686 51529 Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
343 51795 59686 51529 Listed at AY - 01/02/81
101343 51795 59686 51529 Listed at AY - 13/06/82
51795 59686 51529 Transfer to ED - 16/07/83
101343 51795 59686 51526 Noted circa 12/19835
101343 51795 59686 51526 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101343 51795 59686 51529 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101343 51795 59686 51529 Noted circa 10/19855
101343 51795 59686 51529 Noted circa 02/19865
101343 51795 59686 51527 Noted 3rd June 1986
101343 51795 59686 51529 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
343 51795 59686 51527 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101343 51795 59686 51527 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
101343 51795 59072 51528 Noted circa 12/19865
101343 51795 59072 51528 Noted circa 03/19875
101343 51795 59686 51529 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101343 51795 59524 51529 Noted circa 04/19875
101343 51795 59072 51528 Noted 07/04/19875
462 51795 51529 Formed at NL 2w/e 13/03/88
51795 59686 51529 Listed at NL - early Apr-88
457 51795 51529 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
51795 51529 Noted 21/08/1988 - working from York to Redmire with 78712 + 78962
51795 51804 Noted 08/10/88 - at Newcastle on a charter to Chorley, Lancashire, with 54247 + 539646
457 51795 51529 Listed at NL - Feb-89
C996 51795 51529 Listed at CF - 15/05/89

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Central

circa 1981

Set number: 343

DMU set 343 with SC51795 leading departs from Glasgow Central for Largs circa 1981. Class 101 DMBS SC51795 leads, the centre car is a Met-Camm and the rear car a Class 107 DMSL. Paul Redmond.

Class 101 DMU at Ardrossan Harbour

28th May 1981

Set number: 176

Class 101 set 176 at Ardrossan Harbour on 28/05/1981, with DMBS SC51795 nearest the camera, awaiting departure with a service to Glasgow Central. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Prestwick

Unknown date

Set number: 343

Hybrid set 343 is at the rear of this formation leaving Prestwick. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Craiglockhart Junction

24th July 1986

Set number: 101343

A 6-car West Calder - Meadowbank Stadium special at Craiglockhart Junction on the 24th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Worksop

24th February 1989

Set number: 101343

51795 + 51529 at Worksop on 24 February 1989, still carrying a Scottish set number despite being allocated to Neville Hill for over a year. Image by Mark Harrington. John Carter Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Hellifield

18th March 1989

Set number: 101343

101 343 (presumably 51795 + 51529) in a wet looking Hellifield station on the 18th March 1989. John Reddyhoff.

Class 101 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

May 1989

Set number: 996

51795 + 51529 in Bristol Temple Meads in May 1989. Recently transferred to Cardiff, it's former set number has been taped over and an improvised number stuck in the cab window. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1987

Set number: 101343

This appears to be 51529 (presumably with 59686 + 51795) at the front of a six-car set departing Edinburgh Waverley with a Stirling service circa 1987. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: March 1989

Set number: 101343

A two-car Met-Camm DMU, set 101343 (presumably 51529 + 51795) seen at Ribblehead in March 1989. The vehicles had been transferred from Eastfield to Neville Hill in December 1985 but still carried their Scottish set number. They would move to Cardiff a few weeks after this photo with the start of the summer timetable, no doubt cascaded by more modern units. George Woods.

DMU

Date: May 1989

Set number: 996

51529 has an improvised set number stuck in a cab window - 996 when seen in May 1989. This was its set number when transferred to Cardiff Canton that month with partner 51795. Seen at Bristol Temple Meads in May 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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