Vehicle 51460
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: 30500
Diagram: 523
Allocations
| 25/07/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 16/01/60 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 4w/e 27/11/76 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| w/e 03/12/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| Oct-79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 23/04/83 | Stored U. | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 4w/e 05/01/84 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 20/11/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery - Set 197: 51460-59564-51534.Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51460 | 59558 | 51530 | As delivered to Leith Central - 25th July 1959 | ||||||
| 51460 | 59558 | 51530 | Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 16/01/60 | ||||||
| 51460 | 59061 | 50749 | Noted 29/07/19721 | ||||||
| 231 | 51460 | 59541 | 50159 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||
| 231 | 51460 | 59541 | 50159 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline2 | |||||
| 51460 | 59303 | 51540 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51460 | 59555 | 50749 | Noted 05/04/1976 - at Edinburgh 1 | ||||||
| 51233 | 59567 | 51460 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot2 | ||||||
| 174 | 51456 | 56403 | 51460 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Springburn, set number 190 on 514602 | |||||
| 51460 | 59564 | 51534 | Transfer to DE - w/e 03/12/77 | ||||||
| 51460 | 59564 | 51534 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Special train from Edinburgh to Rosyth for dockyard open day 51801-51518 + 51534-59564-51460 + 50143-59302-51244 | ||||||
| 197 | 51460 | 59564 | 51534 | Noted circa 08/19784 | |||||
| 334 | 51460 | 59564 | 51534 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101334 | 51460 | 59564 | 51534 | Listed at ED - 28/11/81 | |||||
| 51460 | 59563 | 51534 | Noted 16th January 1982 | ||||||
| 101334 | 51460 | 59564 | 51534 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa late 1982
A Class 101 DMU (SC51460 closest) in the yard at East Kilbride circa late 1982. Thanks to John McGrevey for this information: This wasn’t an uncommon sight. Prior to the Hairmyres loop opening in 1990, the morning peak service had five trains into Glasgow in roughly a 45 minute period, so Corkerhill would send several units up there in the morning, and any that couldn’t go in the platform were put into the Yard and brought out as needed. Similarly, as trains arrived in the evening, some would go into the yard to keep the platform clear until things died down and the extras could go back to Corkerhill. The West ground frame (not in picture) was believed to be the most intensively used ground frame on ScR, if not the whole of BR, and was on double maintenance as any failure would cause chaos. Quite why this one has so many doors open and a ladder in use is a mystery! John Horne.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th May 1979
Set number: 197
Refurbished Class 101 DMU set 197 (presumably 51534 + 59564 + 51460) passes through Princes St Gardens on 26 May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.