Vehicle 51803
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: 30588
Diagram: 621
Allocations
| 27/10/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 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) | |
| 2w/e 30/06/79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 5w/e 08/03/80 | 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) | |
| circa Aug-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Jun-86 | Stored U. | ||
| Aug-86 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 07/07/91 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) PHAX | |
| 29/09/91 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 18/12/03 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |
Notes
14/09/78 - A Glasgow Works visit found 56291, 56297 and 56299, all withdrawn, distributed around the yard. Also 50745, W in 1976, 51447, W in 9/77, and 51803, which was recorded as being a “wreck”, and stored 51784.
2nd October 1984 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
2nd March 1987 - Seen with Leyland engines
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 18/08/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
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 | ||||||
| 51801 | 59686 | 51803 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51801 | 59686 | 51803 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 32 | 51248 | 59686 | 51803 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket4 | |||||
| 51112 | 59686 | 51803 | Noted 19/09/73 - at Leuchars1 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59687 | 51803 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot4 | ||||||
| 51469 | 59687 | 51803 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 2 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Noted 16th January 1982 | ||||||
| 101344 | 51796 | 59560 | 51803 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101340 | 51468 | 59560 | 51803 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted Aug-84 - SPTE liveried set used in the West Midlands August 1984, 51803 was labelled as set 101340 | |||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 2nd October 1984 - 51803 displayed 101430 | |||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 - 51803 displayed 101430 | |||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted circa 10/1985 - 51803 displayed 1014305 | |||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery, 51803 displayed 101430 | |||||
| 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 19th June 1986 | ||||||
| 107447 | 52008 | 59802 | 51803 | Formed at AY p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 52008 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 19th September 1986 | ||||||
| 107447 | 52008 | 59802 | 51803 | Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86 | |||||
| 52008 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 12/10/1986 - at Haymarket Depot5 | ||||||
| 52008 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 07/11/19865 | ||||||
| 107447 | 52008 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 16/11/86 | |||||
| 51174 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted circa 03/19875 | ||||||
| 51174 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 2nd March 1987 | ||||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 25/03/19875 | |||||
| 101430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 16/05/87 | |||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59802 | 51803 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
| 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted circa 05/19885 | ||||||
| 107430 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 12/09/896 | ||||||
| 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 8th March 1990 | ||||||
| 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Noted 2nd October 1990 | ||||||
| 107030 | 51990 | 59802 | 51803 | Listed at ED - 08/10/90 | |||||
| 107030 | 51990 | 51803 | Noted circa 02/19915 | ||||||
| spare | 51803 | Listed at ED - Jul-91 | |||||||
| spare | 51803 | Listed at HA - Aug-91 | |||||||
| 51205 | 51803 | Noted 06/11/91 - on 14:00 Doncaster - Manchester Piccadilly via Romiley7 | |||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Listed at LO - Dec-91 | ||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Listed at LO - 02/07/92 | ||||||
| 51205 | 51803 | Noted 22/08/92 - on 12:31 Helsby - Chester7 | |||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Listed at LO - 24/09/92 | ||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Listed at LO - November 1992 | ||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Listed at LO - 10/12/92 | ||||||
| 51205 | 51803 | Noted 21/07/93 - on 07:21 Manchester Piccadilly - Hazel Grove7 | |||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Noted 18th August 1993 | ||||||
| 51205 | 51803 | Noted 20/10/93 - on 19:52 Warrington - Manchester Piccadilly7 | |||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Listed at LO - November 1993 | ||||||
| 51205 | 51803 | Noted 29/01/94 - on 2J58 13:10 Bolton - Rochdale7 | |||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Noted circa 06/19945 | ||||||
| 101676 | 51205 | 51803 | Noted 9th May 2000 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
7: David Bellamy
Images:
22nd August 1984
Set number: 101340
Ex-works 51803 is at the head of 101340 at TS carriage sidings on 22/08/84. Jerry Glover.
24th August 1984
Set number: 101340
A Strathclyde liveried set in Duddeston station on 24 August 1984. The rear two Class 107 vehicles (presumably 59802 + 51990) carried set number 107430. The 101 - 51803 - carried 101340, probably in error as it would soon be altered to 101430. Alan Harrison.
28th September 1984
Set number: 101430
Strathclyde PTE Livered Class 101/107 hybrid DMU 101 430 (presumably 51803 + 59802 + 51990) passes Eastfield TMD on 28-9-84. Spannerman37025.
circa autumn 1984
Set number: 101430
SC51803 displays the set number 101 430 when seen at Glasgow Central - probably sometime in August or September 1984, shortly after the vehicle's transfer to Ayr. The Class 107 centre car should be 59802. Andrew McConnell.
23rd March 1986
Set number: 101430
Adrossan Town station on 23 March 1986 just before electrification of the route was expected to commence. At the head of the line of Class 101/107 units is Metro-Cammell hybrid unit 101430 (comprising 51803 + 59802 + 52008) in Strathclyde PTE livery. A full electrified service commenced from 19th January 1987. Gordon Edgar.
Unknown date
Set number: 101430
In this picture of 101430 arriving at Kilwinning the set contains only a 101 DMC (51803), the TS (presumably 59802) & DMBS are 107s. Date unknown (no earlier than mid-1986). Tom Clift.
24th September 1986
Set number: 101430
101430 has 51803 closest and two Class 107 vehicles (presumably 59802 + 52008), and is working with a Class 120 set on an Ayr service arriving into Barassie on September 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
16th November 1986
Set number: 101430
A hybrid 101/107 set 51803 + 59802 + 52008 seen at Portobello with the 12:38 Edinburgh - Dunbar shuttle on the 16th November 1986. The 101 end is labeled set 101430, the 107 end set 107447. Hamish Stevenson.
17th January 1987
Set number: 101430
51803 (101 430) with a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and the far car is 51243 (101 317). At West Kilbride on the last day of DMU services to Largs, 17th January 1987. Andrew McConnell.
17th January 1987
Set number: 101430
51803 (101430) in Strathclyde red sits beside a blue / grey Class 101 in Largs station on the last day of DMU services to Largs, 17th January 1987. Andrew McConnell.
16th May 1987
Set number: 101430
Set 430 (51803 + 59802 + 51990) was a 101 and two 107 vehicles, labeled 101430 at one end and 107430 at the other. Seen at Crossmyloof with the 18:15 Glasgow Central - Barrhead on the 16th May 1987. Hamish Stevenson.
mid-1988
Set number: 101430
Class 101/107 hybrid DMU set 101430 (presumably 51803 closest) departs eastwards from Drem station in mid-1988 probably on a North Berwick service. Brian Ward.
6th November 1991
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) waiting to leave Rotherham Central on its way to Sheffield on 6 November 1991. David Bellamy.
30th December 1991
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) spare at Manchester Piccadilly, 30/12/91. Gazza Prescott.
16th July 1992
Set number: 101676
Newly refurbished set 101676 formed DMCL 51803 and DMBS 51205. As I recall, at the time this was the first class 101 I had seen in the new Regional Railways livery. 16/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.
18th September 1992
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) at Romiley, working the 16:11 New Mills Central - Piccadilly. 18/9/92. Gazza Prescott.
11th December 1993
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) + 101683 (53269 + 51177) at Preston with a Ribble Valley Santa Special "The Clitheronian", 11/12/93. Kevin Dowd.
8th October 1994
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) Manchester Picadilly 8/10/94. Sparegang.
Unknown date
Set number: 101676
51803 (101676 with 51205) between duties at Manchester Piccadilly. 101660 stands alongside. Chris Moxon.
14th May 1996
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) on the 12:15 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly at Chinley East Junction, 14-5-96. Kevin Dowd.
13th December 1997
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) stabled in the bay at Llandudno Junction on 13 December 1997. Robert Thomas.
19th May 1999
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 + 51205) at Bangor in the siding behind the Holyhead platform on 19 May 1999. David Bellamy.
26th April 2000
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 & 51205) at Betws Y Coed on 26th April 2000. Ian Buck.
26th April 2000
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 and 51205 depart Betws Y Coed for Bleanau Ffestiniog on 26th April 2000. Ian Buck.
11th August 2000
Set number: 101676
101676 (51803 & 51205) arriving at Roman Bridge on 11th August 2000. Ian Buck.
30th January 2002
Set number: 101676
Waiting departure from Manchester Piccadilly is Set No 101676 (51803 + 51205) in Regional Railways livery with 2H66 the 1050 to Marple, stabled behind is Set No 101692 (53170 + 53253) in Strathclyde livery is stabled after arriving with the 0950 from Marple. Keith Long.
10th May 2002
Set number: 101676
51803 + 51205 with the 14:14 to Rose Hill at Manchester Piccadilly on May 10, 2002. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1984
Set number: 107430
A Strathclyde 107/101 hybrid between two suburban sets in Birmingham New Street in 1984. Nearest the camera is Class 116 M53857, followed by Class 107 vehicles SC51990 and SC59802 and Met-Camm Sc51803. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 22nd February 1986
Set number: 107430
In a spot of winter sunshine and the moon clearly visible, 107430 (51990 and presumably 59802 + 51803) pauses at Johnstone with an Ayr service on 22 February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th November 1986
Set number: 107447
Set 107447 is a 107/101 hybrid formed 52008 + 59802 + 51803 when seen at Portobello with the 12:38 Edinburgh - Dunbar shuttle on November 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 17th January 1987
Set number: 101317
101 317 at Largs on the Saturday of DMU services, 17th January 1987. Prior to full electrification to Largs, the new Class 318 service was terminated at Ardrossan with a shuttle DMU service onwards to Largs and Ardrossan Harbour. The last weekend of the DMU shuttle was operated by a somewhat raggedy collection of vehicles - the DMBS from 101 317 (51243) in blue/grey, a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and DMS 51803 from 101 430 (both in Strathclyde Red). Andrew McConnell.
Date: 17th January 1987
Set number: 101317
51243 (101 317) with a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and the far car is 51803 (101 430). At West Kilbride on the last day of DMU services to Largs, 17th January 1987. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 17th January 1987
Set number: 101317
51243 (labelled 101317), a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802), and at the rear 51803 labelled set 101430. At Fairlie (formerly Fairlie High) on the last day of DMU services to Ayr, 17th January 1987. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 17th January 1987
Set number: 101317
51243 (101 317) with a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and the far car is 51803 (101 430), at Largs on the last weekend of DMU services on the branch - 17th Jan 1987. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 28th March 1987
Set number: 107430
107430 51990-59802-51803 Glasgow Central 28.03.1987. This is a hybrid set being formed Classes 107-107-101. Martin Baumann.
Date: September 1988
Set number: 107430
107 430 (presumably 51990 + 59802 + 51803) at Newton-on-Ayr in September 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 13th May 1989
Set number: 107730
Hybrid 107730 (presumably 51990 + 59802 + 51803) leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 13/5/89. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 12th October 1990
Set number: 107030
107 030, a 107/101 hybrid (presumably 51990 + 59802 + 51803), departs from Edinburgh Waverley on 12 October 1990. Nigel Menzies.
Date: spring 1992
Set number: 101676
Metro Cammell class 101 101676 (vehicles 51205 and 51803) and seen at Chester in spring 1992. Bob Belcher.
Date: 16th July 1992
Set number: 101676
Newly refurbished set 101676 formed DMBS 51205 and DMCL 51803. As I recall, at the time this was the first class 101 I had seen in the new Regional Railways livery. 16/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.
Date: 22nd August 1992
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) at Chester on 22 August 1992, thought to be working Hooton services. David Bellamy.
Date: 18th September 1992
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) and LO275 (presumably 53980 + 54256) at Stockport, having arrived with the 12:44 from Heysham, 18/9/92. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 2nd July 1993
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) heads out of Romiley on the 16:52 Manchester Piccadilly - New Mills, 2/7/93. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 11th September 1993
Set number: 101690
101690 (51435 + 53177) + 101676 (51803 + 51205) + 101664 (51442 + 54061) at Llandudno, having arrived on the 07:45 from Chester, 11/9/93. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 19th November 1993
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 51803) at Cornbrook Junction with 2F47, the 09:10 Alderly Edge - Warrington Central, on 19/11/1993. Nigel Walls.
Date: 30th July 1994
Set number: 101676
A 2-car Class 101 Met-Camm unit 101676 (51205/51803) arriving at Llandudno Junction on 30 July 1994 on a Blaenau Ffestiniog-Llandudno service. Lewis Bevan.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101676
Class 101 DMU set 101676 (51205 + 51803) in Sheffield Midland station - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
Date: 22nd June 1995
Set number: 101676
In the bay platform at Sheffield on 22nd June 1995 101676 (51205 & 51803) waits to return on a Hope Valley train to Manchester. Ian Buck.
Date: 14th May 1996
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) on the 10:38 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Chinley East Junction, 14-5-96. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 20th May 1996
Set number: 101676
101 676 (51205 + 51803) at Crewe on 20.05.1996. Andy Cole.
Date: 12th April 1997
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) at Manchester Piccadilly on 12-4-97. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th February 1999
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) at Sheffield on a Hope Valley stopping service, February 4, 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) in Manchester Piccadilly. Undated. Ian Francis.
Date: 26th April 2000
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) on the Conwy Valley line at Betws Y Coed, April 26, 2000. Ian Buck.
Date: 26th April 2000
Set number: 101676
Set 101676 (51205 & 51803) at Llandudno on the Conwy Valley service 26th April 2000. Ian Buck.
Date: 26th April 2000
Set number: 101676
Car 51205 of set 101676 (with 51803) at Llandudno on the 26th April 2000. Ian Buck.
Date: 29th April 2000
Set number: 101676
My train to Bangor waiting to leave Holyhead - Longsight based 101676 (51205 + 51803), so across the Isle on a Class 101 Met-cammell unit. 29th April 2000. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 11th August 2000
Set number: 101676
Working on the Conwy Valley line set 101676 (51205 + 51803) arrives at Roman Bridge from Llandudno on 11/8/00. Ian Buck.
Date: 11th August 2000
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 & 51803) has just arrived at Roman Bridge on the way to Blaenau Ffestiniog on the 11th August 2000. Ian Buck.
Date: 14th November 2000
Set number: 101676
A Class 101 2-car dmu with set number 101676 (cars 51205/51803) await departures from Manchester Piccadilly with the 13.16 To Rose Hill Marple on 14 November 2000. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 26th February 2001
Set number: 101676
At the stops in Manchester Piccadilly on 26/2/01 is 101 676 (51205 + 51803). Steve Hodgson.
Date: 23rd October 2001
Set number: 101676
Class 101 51205, set number 101 676 with 51803, is seen at Manchester Piccadilly on 23.10.2001 having been refurbished and repainted into Regional Railways livery. Andy Cole.
Date: 18th April 2002
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) is seen crossing over lines at Marple to work the 15:35 return to Piccadilly, 18/4/02. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 10th May 2002
Set number: 101676
Class 101 set 101676 - 51205 + 51803 - with the 14:14 ex-Manchester Piccadilly at Rose Hill on 10-5-2002. John Carter.
Date: 10th May 2002
Set number: 101676
At Rose Hill on 10 May 2002 is Class 101 DMU set 101676 (51205 + 51803) after arriving with the 14:14 ex-Manchester Piccadilly. John Carter.
Date: 10th May 2002
Set number: 101676
Met-Camm DMU 101676 (51205 + 51803) at Rose Hill on May 10, 2002. John Carter.
Date: 22nd January 2003
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) at Romiley heading towards Manchester, 22/1/03. Mat Hawley.
Date: May 2003
Set number: 101676
Class 101 101676 (51205 + 51803) is seen in Manchester Piccadilly on May 2003. Set 101680 is on the left. Stuart Pearce.
Date: 7th August 2003
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) at Ashburys, 7th August 2003. Louise Thomson.
Date: 17th December 2003
Set number: 101676
101676 (51205 + 51803) seen at Romiley with the 16:22 Piccadilly - Rose Hill, 17/12/03. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
101676 as part of the class 101 farewell tour seen leaving Stockport Station on 21-12-03. The full consist was 51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164. Ian Cuthbertson.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
The Class 101 Farewell Tour departing from Manchester Piccadilly, 21/12/03. Taken from 51205, the rest of the vehicles were 51803, 53266, 51192, 53160 and 53164 (sets 676/693/685). Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 + 53160 / 51192 + 53266 / 51803 + 51205 in Buxton station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164 in Buxton with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164 in Preston station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101685
53164 + 53160 / 51192 + 53266 / 51803 + 51205 in Preston station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 21st December 2003
Set number: 101676
51205 + 51803 / 53266 + 51192 / 53160 + 53164 in Heysham station with the Class 101 Farewell Tour on 21/12/03. Stuart Mackay.