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| Jul-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |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 liveryDisposal
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.
13th July 1984
A Class 101 DMBS - possibly SC53254 - on Haymarket depot on 13 July 1984. Just seen on the left is 20221. Roger Geach.
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.
Date: 10th July 1981
Freshly painted SC55002 is seen working as part of a Class 101 set in Edinburgh Waverley on Friday 10 July 1981. Falkirk High is on the destination blind but it is unlikely to be terminating there, there is also a piece of wood or card in the destination box, perhaps to cover up a non-functioning blind? SC50254 is on the right. David Russon.