Vehicle 51798
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
| 21/11/59 | New to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - Leith closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| 4w/e 28/09/74 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 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) | |
| p/e 17/06/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| Jun-88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 02/10/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| 11/08/89 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQX |
Notes
15th November 1986 - Seen with Leyland engines
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 25/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51798 | 59689 | 51805 | As delivered to 64H - 21st November 1959 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59689 | 51805 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59689 | 51805 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59689 | 51805 | Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59691 | 51804 | Noted 14/09/73 - at Stirling1 | ||||||
| 51798 | 56480 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 2 | |||||||
| 51798 | 59687 | 51803 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot3 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59688 | 51806 | Noted 07/10/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51798 | 56399 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 51798 | 59302 | 51539 | Noted 06/09/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59302 | 51539 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Haymarket2 | ||||||
| 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 Waverley4 | |||||
| 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 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 07/19814 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59690 | 51529 | Noted 12th June 1986 | |||||
| 346 | 51798 | 59552 | 51535 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59552 | 51535 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Queen Street4 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59552 | 51535 | Noted 18/10/86 - 27025 noted hauling 101346 on a Perth - Inverness and 1627 Inverness - Bishopsbrigg, both control reliefs. | |||||
| 51798 | 59552 | 51535 | Noted 26th February 1987 | ||||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 28/03/19874 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted 04/04/19874 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101346 | 51798 | 59554 | 51532 | Noted circa 05/1988 - transferred to Tyseley4 | |||||
| T205 | 51798 | 51532 | Formed at TS circa May-88 | ||||||
| T217 | 51798 | 54358 | Formed at TS p/e 18/07/88 | ||||||
| N614 | 51798 | 54075 | Noted circa 11/19884 | ||||||
| C990 | 51798 | 51523 | Listed at CF - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
13th August 1977
Set number: 238
Class 101s SC51798 Prestonpans 13 August 1977 with set number 238 in the left cab window. Alistair Ness.
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.
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.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 29th July 1988
Set number: T217
This picture was taken from the window of Stratford-upon-Avon East signalbox on 29 July 1988 and shows class 101 set T217 (54358 and presumably 51798) leaving Stratford station with the 08.12 to Leamington Spa on 29 July 1988. An old Norwich set number "85" is in the cab window as was an alternative version of the current one. Unit vehicle 51798 was shown at Tyseley only for a brief period in 1988 so it was probably a short-term loan to cover a temporary shortage of units in the West Midlands. Peter Tandy.