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: 30270
Diagram: 523
26/11/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
4w/e 12/10/63 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
4w/e 07/12/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
4w/e 04/01/64 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
Mar-64 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
w/e 21/03/64 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
2w/e 13/06/64 | Ex-loan back 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 | |
01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
Dec-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
9th July 1984 - Seen with 'Scotrail' on driver's side behind BR logo
25th August 1987 - Seen with 'ScotRail' lettering
50292 - original number
53292 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50292 | 59304 | 50747 | As delivered to 51A - 26th November 1957 | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 16C - 4w/e 12/10/63 - on loan NER to LMR | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/01/64 | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to LMR (Derby) - w/e 21/03/64 - on loan | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 51A - 2w/e 13/06/64 - ex-loan | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 30/04/66 | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50175 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Haymarket1 | ||||||
50292 | 56392 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 2 | |||||||
50292 | 59304 | 51232 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
50292 | 59304 | 50748 | Noted 06/09/76 - at Dundee3 | ||||||
50292 | 59557 | 50747 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Edinburgh Waverley 2 | ||||||
239 | 50292 | 59061 | 50239 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
50292 | 59304 | 50176 | Noted 24/07/79 - on 17:24 Edinburgh - Dundee5 | ||||||
303 | 50292 | 59053 | 50184 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
101303 | 50292 | 59577 | 50184 | Noted circa 03/19814 | |||||
101303 | 50292 | 59068 | 50184 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
101303 | 50292 | 59068 | 50184 | Noted circa 1983 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59542 | 53141 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59688 | 53184 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53184 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | ||||||
303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53192 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53186 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53186 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
53292 | 59553 | 53186 | Noted 28th February 1987 | ||||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 53172 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
53292 | 59553 | 53172 | Noted circa 04/19874 | ||||||
53292 | 59553 | 53197 | Noted 04/05/19874 | ||||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 51587 | Noted 17/05/19874 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 51587 | Formation change - Jul-87 | |||||
101303 | 53292 | 59553 | 51587 | Noted 25th August 1987 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
A mixed-livery Met-Camm set departs from Edinburgh Waverley in 1979. DMBS 50292 is on the rear (closest) and appears to be carrying set number 238. S Saunders.
Class 101 DMBS SC50292 on Dundee depot on 27 October 1979. Brian Daniels.
Met-Camm DMBS SC50292 leads DMU set 101303 past Townhill Junction (near Dunfermline) circa 1981. Paul Redmond.
A late evening service for Cowdenbeath formed of 101303 waits to leave Edinburgh Waverley. 5th October 1981. The DMBS is presumably 50292. Bruce Galloway.
101303 (with an all-blue centre car) in Paisley Gilmour Street station with a Glasgow Central - Largs service in 1982. The closest vehicle is probably 50292, transferred from Dundee to Eastfield in March that year, then onto Haymarket at the end of summer. John Law.
Met-Camm class 101 101303 (presumably 53292 at the front) trundles through the lovely surroundings of Edinburgh's Princes St Gardens with 2G45 12:00 Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh on a sunny 12th May 1984. Bruce Galloway.
Metropolitan Cammell unit 101303 (presumably 53292 closest) picks up at Inverkeithing while working an Edinburgh Waverley - Dundee service on 6 July 1984. John Grey Turner.
101303 heads away from Edinburgh Waverley through Princes Street Gardens circa 1986. The DMBS is presumably 53292. S Saunders.
Set 101 303 has a 120 as the leading vehicle (furthest) - probably 51587 with 53292 + 59553 - when seen at Dunblane. Undated but the 120 vehicle would make it 1987. Andrew McConnell.
Oval buffered Swindon Cross-Country 51587 leads hybrid set 303 (presumably with 59553 + 53292) through Princes Street Gardens away from the Scottish capital. S Saunders.