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Vehicle 50175 / 53175


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: 30256
Diagram: 620

Allocations

04/02/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 05/03/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
w/e 07/10/78 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
12/04/81 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
3w/e 17/02/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
11/05/86 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
Mar-87 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
May-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also listed as 29/09/87 from Ayr

Notes

07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50175 - original number
53175 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 08/01/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50174 59061 59074 50175 As delivered to 51A - 4th February 1957
50174 59061 59074 50175 Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER
50174 59074 50175 Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 30/04/66
50292 59304 50175 Noted 11/09/71 - at Haymarket1
51235 59556 50175 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley 2
50175 59074 50747 Noted 07/08/19742
233 50175 59074 50747 Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot3
51469 59541 50175 Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51233 59069 50175 Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3
312 51237 59088 50175 Listed at HA - 01/02/81
101312 51237 59088 50175 Transfer to DE - 12/04/81 - from HA
101312 51237 59088 50175 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101312 51237 59088 53175 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101312 51237 59088 53175 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101312 51237 59088 53175 Transfer to AY - 3w/e 17/02/86 - from HA
51237 59088 53175 Transfer to HA - 11/05/86 - from AY
101312 51237 59088 53175 Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
302 53290 59088 53175 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
51237 59088 53175 Noted 23rd October 1986
312 51237 59088 53175 Noted circa 11/19864
101453 51174 59789 53175 Noted circa 12/19864
350 51182 59124 53175 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
53175 59112 53186 Noted 04/04/19874

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

circa 1984

Set number: 101312

Met-Camm DMU set 101312 in Edinburgh Waverley with a Cowdenbeath service. The DMSL at this time should be 53175. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th July 1986

Set number: 101302

Class 101 DMU set 101 302 (53290 + 59088 + 53175) after arrival in Edinburgh Waverley with the 18:38 from Dunbar on the 5th July, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1987

Set number: 350

51182, 59124, 53175 crossing the Forth Bridge with the 1433 Edinburgh Waverley to Kirkcaldy on 1st June 1987. Keith Long.