Vehicle 50175 / 53175

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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-73	Depot code change	DE
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May-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)	- also listed as 29/09/87 from Ayr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07/09/87 - Withdrawn vehicles 51235/7/9, 53143/75, 53648/59 and 53709/39 noted passing through Newcastle behind 47 210 on a Millerhill-March special.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
	51237	59088	50175						Noted 18/11/1978 - Haymarket4
	51237	59088	50175						Noted 15/04/1979 - Markinch4
	51248	59086	50175						Noted 07/04/1980 - at Glasgow Queen Street4
	51248	59086	50175						Noted 03/05/1980 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
	51248	59088	50175						Noted 31/05/1980 - on Haymarket depot4
	51248	59088	50175						Noted 30/08/1980 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
L585	50175	59434	51103						Noted 01/09/1980 - at Bristol Temple Meads4
	51248	59088	50175						Noted 18/10/1980 - on Haymarket depot4
	51248	59088	50175						Noted 23/11/1980 - on Haymarket depot4
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 DE - 28/11/81
	50185	59080	50175						Noted 11/04/1982 - in Thornton Junction CS4
101312	51237	59088	50175						Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101324	51253	59542	50175						Noted 27/04/1983 - at Glasgow Queen Street4
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 11/19865
101453	51174	59789	53175						Noted circa 12/19865
350	51182	59124	53175						Listed at HA - 23/03/87
	53175	59112	53186						Noted 04/04/19875

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

Images:

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3rd February 1981

Set number: 101312

Met-Camm DMU set 101312 (presumably 50175 + 59088 + 51237) in Perth station on 3 February 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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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:

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Date: 18th December 1981

Class 122 55007 working in a Class 101 set, the far power car is 50175, at Carnoustie on 18 December 1981. A Rail Blue Class 122 is in the distance. Derek Hoskins.

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Date: 18th December 1981

Set number: 178

Class 122 55007 working in a Class 101 set, the far power car is 50175, at Carnoustie on 18 December 1981. Derek Hoskins.

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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.

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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.