Vehicle 51806
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
| 30/11/59 | New to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - Leith closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| w/e 26/10/74 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 5w/e 12/05/79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Feb-81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 27/11/82 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Jan-84 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | - AY fire victim |
| circa Feb-84 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 04/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery51806 was involved in the following incident:
02/01/84 - Ayr depot
Fire involving Class 101 / Class 107
A fire at the depot, thought to be caused by vandalism, destroyed several DMU vehicles. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by WC McLuskey, on location at Ayr depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51799 | 59690 | 51806 | As delivered to 64H - 30th November 1959 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59568 | 51806 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59690 | 51806 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59691 | 51806 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59691 | 51806 | Noted 04/09/73 - in Falkirk Grahamstone4 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59690 | 51806 | Transfer to DE - w/e 26/10/74 | ||||||
| 51806 | 59074 | 51807 | Noted 15/04/1975 - at Perth on service to Edinburgh 2 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59688 | 51806 | Noted 07/10/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 195 | 51458 | 59687 | 51806 | Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket4 | |||||
| 51458 | 59687 | 51806 | Noted 29/10/77 - on 1810 North Berwick-Edinburgh | ||||||
| 195 | 51458 | 59687 | 51806 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 342 | 59553 | 51806 | Listed at HA - 01/02/81 | ||||||
| 202 | 51474 | 59088 | 51806 | Noted circa 03/19815 | |||||
| 51474 | 59088 | 51806 | Noted 15/03/81 - on Haymarket depot1 | ||||||
| 101366 | 50748 | 59215 | 51806 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101366 | 51806 | 59215 | 52012 | Noted 19th September 1983 | |||||
| 101335 | 51470 | 59789 | 51806 | Noted circa 12/19835 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
16th September 1981
Set number: 312
Carrying set number 312 in a cab window, Sc51806 is seen in North Berwick station after arriving with a service from Edinburgh Waverley. David Scott.
27th February 1982
51806 is on the rear of this set as it heads out of Falkirk Grahamston on the 12.14pm Glasgow - Edinburgh, 27th February 1982. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th October 1979
Set number: 187
Class 101 DMU set 187 departs from Stirling with a Dunblane service on 27 October 1979. SC51467 leads, the DMCL is noted as SC51806. Brian Daniels.
Date: 15th March 1981
A general view of the DMU sidings at the east end of Haymarket depot on the afternoon of Sunday 15.3.81. Notice the mixture of classes (122, 101 and 105) present. From the left and from front to rear, the following are visible : 55000/59074/50160, 51476/59072/..., 51473, 51806/59088/51474. Also to notice is how, from around late 1978 onwards, once the decision had been made to ditch plain blue on multiple units with any sort of life expectancy, St Rollox just went ahead and painted everything in blue/grey, including classes 104 and 105. On the Eastern and Midland these tended to remain in plain blue on the whole because of their short life expectancy. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa late 1981
Haymarket based Class 101 DMCL vehicles Sc50268 and Sc51806 seen on shed circa late 1981. Andrew McConnell.