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Vehicle 50254 / 53254

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: 30266
Diagram: 523

Allocations

26/08/57	New to	51A (Darlington)
2w/e 08/04/61	On loan to	56G (Hammerton Street)
2w/e 11/11/61	Ex-loan back to	51A (Darlington)
3w/e 02/03/63	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
24/08/69	On loan to	66C (Hamilton)
07/09/69	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 02/10/69	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)	- Leith depot closed
Jan-73	Transferred to	65A (Eastfield)
May-73	Depot code change	ED
w/e 07/10/78	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
01/03/82	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
circa Aug-82	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
Jul-87	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50254 - original number
53254 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 17/03/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50254	50264		As delivered to 51A - 26th August 1957
	50254	50264		Transfer to 56G - 2w/e 08/04/61
	50254	50264		Transfer to 51A - 2w/e 11/11/61
	50254	50264		Transfer to 56G - 3w/e 02/03/63
	50254	50264		Noted 05/09/66 - at Leeds City¹
	50254	50168		Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City¹
	50254	59527	50264	Noted 07/09/68 - at York¹
	50254	50264		Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds¹
	50254	59568	50264	Transfer to 65A - Jan-73
	50254	59568	50264	Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street²
	50254	59560	50264	Noted 14/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street¹
	50254	59561	51463	Noted 17/04/1975 - at Dundee³
	50254	56291	51532	Noted 30/03/1977 - 08:45 Springburn to Cumbernauld service³
180	50254	59560	51253	Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket, white and blue set²
	50254	59560	51253	Noted 24/09/77 - on 1259 Dunblane-Edinburgh
180	50254	56390	50748	Listed at ED - mid-May-78
	51462	59048	50254	Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley⁴
199	50254	59303	50144	Noted 26/08/1979 - BLS Tayside Railtour
301	50254	59305	50144	Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101301	50254	59305	50144	Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101301	53254	59048	53187	Noted 30/11/1983 - at Edinburgh⁴
101301	53254	59305	53144	Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101301	53254	59305	53144	Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101301	53254	59305	53147	Noted circa 02/1986⁴
101301	53254	59305	53144	Listed at HA - Summer 1986
301	53254	59305	53147	Listed at HA - August 1986
101301	53254	59305	53147	Noted 4th August 1986
101301	53254	59053	53192	Noted 08/11/1986⁴
	51193	59566	53254	Noted 17/01/1987⁴
101301	53254	59305	53144	Listed at HA - 23/03/87

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

Images:

26th May 1973

A Class 101 runs through Aberdeen station with SRA/SLS branchline special on 26 May 1973. The power cars are 50254 (closest) and 50264. John McIntyre.

1st September 1973

A Class 101 DMU in Dalmally station with DMBS SC50254 in view, ready to depart for Oban. On the other side is 5361 with a southbound service. Peter James.

1st September 1973

Oban station on Saturday 1 September 1973. 5353 is on the right, the Class 101 DMU on the left is thought to contain power cars 50254 and 50264. Peter James.

26th August 1979

Set number: 199

On 26 August 1979 the Branch Line Society ran a tour from Dundee to Brechin. This line closed to passengers in 1952 and eventually to all traffic in 1981. In 1993 a small section of the line at the Brechin end opened as a preserved railway. I believe the formation of the train to have been 50254 + 59303 + 50144. Jeremy Chapter.

26th August 1979

Set number: 199

Class 101 (50254 + 59303 + 50144) at Brechin on 26 August 1979. The BLS ran the Tayside Railtour a last journey along the branch from Kinnaber Junction to Brechin which started from Dundee on a Sunday morning. Here we are at the buffers of what is now become Caledonian Railway Preservation Society's nicely restored station. Alistair Ness.

25th April 1983

Set number: 101301

27017 rolls into Haymarket platform 2 with 2L40, the 12.17 Edinburgh to Dundee, as Met-Camm 3 car unit 101301 (presumably 50254 + 59305 + 53144), forming 2G17 11.38 Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, waits to leave. 25th April 1983. Bruce Galloway.

4th September 1988

Set number: 101301

DMC 53254 from 101301 and a batch of suburban vehicles at Snailwell on 4th September 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th May 1973

A Class 101 is piped into Aberdeen Waterloo station with a SRA/SLS branchline special on 26 May 1973. Waterloo had ceased to be a passenger station over 100 years earlier but had continued as a freight depot. The power cars are 50264 and 50254. John McIntyre.

Date: 1st September 1973

A Class 101 DMU awaits 5361 to arrive into Dalmally station so that it can continue its journey to Oban on Saturday 1 September 1973. This is very likely to be SC50264, as SC50254 is at the opposite end. Peter James.

Date: July 1979

Set number: 199

Met-Camm set 199 arrives in the Fife station of Kinghorn in July 1979. 50144 leads, presumably with 59303 + 50254. Alan Rintoul.

Date: 26th August 1979

Set number: 199

The BLS ran the Tayside Railtour a last journey along the branch from Kinnaber Junction to Brechin which started from Dundee on a Sunday morning, 26 August 1979. Here the Class 101 DMU (50144 + 59303 + 50254) sits at the platform awaiting the return journey. The station is now part of the Caledonian Railway Preservation Society. Alistair Ness.

Date: 26th August 1979

Set number: 199

Met-Camm DMU 50144 + 59303 + 50254 at Brechin with the Branch Line Society 'Tayside Railtour' on August 26, 1979. Jeremy Chapter.

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