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Vehicle 51798

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

21/11/59 New to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket) - Leith closed
May-73Depot code changeHA
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11/08/89 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQX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 livery

Disposal

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
51798 59545 51532 Noted 14/09/81 - on 07.44 Glasgow QS - Stirling5
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
5: Phil Shatford

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Prestonpans

13th August 1977

Set number: 238

Class 101s SC51798 Prestonpans 13 August 1977 with set number 238 in the left cab window. Alistair Ness.

Class 101 DMU at near Drem

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.

Class 101 DMU at North Berwick

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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