Vehicle 51796
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: 30587
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 27/10/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| 4w/e 28/09/74 | 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) | |
| 18/04/81 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 21/05/81 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 05/10/81 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 09/05/83 | Stored U. | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 4w/e 05/01/84 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) |
Notes
15/06/82 - A fire occurred in Doncaster Works DMU area. 50440 took the brunt of the damage and was burnt out. 50139, 51796 and 56258 were also damaged.
3rd July 1985 - Seen condemned at Falkland Yard
6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 14/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51796 | 59687 | 51803 | As delivered to Leith Central - 27th October 1959 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59691 | 51803 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59687 | 51803 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59688 | 51808 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59691 | 51806 | Noted 04/09/73 - in Falkirk Grahamstone4 | ||||||
| 51796 | 56391 | Noted 12/04/1975 - On 13:22 Dundee to Edinburgh with 51241, 56390 and 550132 | |||||||
| 51796 | 56397 | Noted 06/09/76 - at Dundee4 | |||||||
| 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 | 59691 | 51529 | Noted 08/09/1979 - Glasgow Central to Ayr5 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51537 | Transfer to HA - Apr-80 | ||||||
| 51474 | 59047 | 51796 | Noted 06/08/80 - on 07.49 Edinburgh – Dunblane6 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59047 | 51480 | Noted 08/09/1980 - on Haymarket depot5 | ||||||
| 344 | 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Listed at HA - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101344 | 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Transfer to ED - 18/04/81 - from HA | |||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Noted 16/05/1981 - at Sirling2 | ||||||
| 101344 | 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Transfer to DE - 21/05/81 - from ED | |||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Transfer to ED - 05/10/81 | ||||||
| 101344 | 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Listed at ED - 28/11/81 | |||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Noted 16th January 1982 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Noted 10/04/1982 - on Haymarket depot5 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Noted 26/05/1982 - in Doncaster Works5 | ||||||
| 101344 | 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Phil Shatford
Images:
1982
Set number: 101344
A GG Trans-Clyde liveried Met-Camm set at Doncaster Works in 1982. It appears to be 101344 with 51796 closest, this vehicle was damaged by a fire in the Works on 15/6/82. John Law.
circa 1984
Set number: 101344
A withdrawn power car from 101344 on Ayr depot circa 1984. It is likely 51796, damaged in a fire at Doncaster Works in 1982, after which it returned to Scotland listed as stored at Eastfield in May 1983, withdrawn in January 1984, by July 1985 the condemned vehicle was in Falkland Yard - possibly after a stop at Ayr depot for component stripping? It was still in Falkland Yard in July 1987, disposal was at Snailwell in January 1988. John Horne.