Vehicle 50260 / 53260
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: 30267
Diagram: 621
Allocations
| 14/06/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Oct-59 | On loan to | 41A (Darnall) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 02/03/63 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 07/04/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| May-73 | Transferred to | NO (Norwich) | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| 3w/e 04/01/76 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 17/04/78 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 2w/e 11/11/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| p/e 28/11/81 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 21/04/90 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | LA (Laira) PXXZ | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) PXXZ |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
50260 - original number
53260 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Dec-87 - Leyland engines fitted
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 15/10/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50250 | 50260 | As delivered to 51A - 14th June 1957 | |||||||
| 50250 | 59065 | 50260 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
| 50260 | 59075 | 50265 | Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
| 50260 | 59075 | 50265 | Transfer to 51A - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
| 50218 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 30/08/71 - at Grosmont1 | ||||||
| 50218 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough1 | ||||||
| 50218 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2 | ||||||
| 87 | 50218 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford3 | |||||
| 50218 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 50218 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 14/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 87 | 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted circa 03/1974 - at Birmingham Nw Street4 | ||||||
| 87 | 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 02/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 87 | 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 29/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 88 | 50260 | 59097 | 50268 | Noted 22/06/75 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 87 | 50185 | 59526 | 50260 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Lincoln1 | ||||||
| 87 | 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Noted 28/10/75 - at March3 | |||||
| 50218 | 59526 | 50260 | Transfer to BG - Dec-75 | ||||||
| 50218 | 59531 | 50260 | Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50218 | 59531 | 50260 | Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50218 | 59527 | 50260 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 50260 | 59097 | 50750 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 51236/563961 | ||||||
| 50222 | 59531 | 50260 | Noted Sep-76 - at Sheffield with 50167/59048/507511 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59540 | 50260 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Doncaster 4 | ||||||
| 184 | 50192 | 59077 | 50260 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 51466 | 59048 | 50260 | Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 51251 | 59085 | 50260 | Transfer to DE - 2w/e 11/11/78 | ||||||
| 315 | 51241 | 59042 | 50260 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 50260 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59061 | 53260 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59086 | 53260 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 53260 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51237 | 59688 | 53260 | Noted 1st August 1985 | ||||||
| 101310 | 51234 | 59302 | 53260 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 53260 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53260 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 - Operating vehicle not on official list | ||||||||
| 53260 | Noted 12/10/1986 - at Haymarket Depot5 | ||||||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 53260 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51241 | 59302 | 53260 | Noted 28/03/87 - on 12:24 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central via Shotts6 | ||||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59302 | 53260 | Noted 28/03/19875 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59302 | 53260 | Noted 04/04/19875 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 53260 | Noted 04/05/19875 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 53260 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 53260 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59042 | 53260 | Noted circa 12/19895 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
8th July 1990
Set number: 878
SC53260 (and SC51241) in Lipson Sidings Laira on the 8th July 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
20th March 1991
Mat-Camm 53260 seen at Snailwell on 20th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th May 1988
Set number: 101315
DMBS 51241 leads set 101315 into Burntisland station with the 13:52 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh service on May 30th, 1988, presumably with 59042 + 53260. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 11th September 1988
Set number: 101315
Class 101 set 101 315 at Kilmarnock, 51241 leading. The other two vehicles should be 59042 & 53260. The John Walker building behind is now gone, it was the home of Johnnie Walker whisky. 11 September 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 5th July 1989
An unusual view of the west end of Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the morning of 5/7/89. No trains were moving this day - it was the day of one of the weekly strikes staged by the NUR that summer. Almost every platform is filled with stabled stock. From left to right there are : an HST in plat.19, 52053 coupled to 59248 and 52059 (108 380) in plat.18, a Mk.2 DVT (9709) in plat.17, 53260 coupled to 59042 and 51241 (101 315) in plat.16, nothing visible in plat.15, 150 244 in plat.14, 53933 (coupled to 51566) in plat.13, 53164(cl.101) coupled to 59800(cl.107) and 53733, forming 120 535, in plat.12 and another HST in plat.11. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 14th July 1989
Set number: 101315
Set 101 315 (51241/59042/53260) leaves Dunfermline forming the 18.27 Edinburgh - Cardenden on 14/7/88. Nearest the camera is 51241. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 8th July 1990
Set number: 878
Lipson sidings in Laira on July 8, 1990. Behind 50 041 is set 878 (51241 + 53260) still with ScotRail branding, 50 021, 51234, 53163, 53642, 51219. Nicholas Youngman.