Vehicle 51527

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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: 30501
Diagram: 621

Allocations

11/07/59	New to	Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/60	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
2w/e 15/01/77	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 27/05/78	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Feb-81	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
01/11/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
Sep-88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
Oct-88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)	- also noted as 20/01/89 from HT

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 25/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51457	59555	51527						As delivered to Leith Central - 11th July 1959
	50748	59074	51527						Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
	50749	59074	51527						Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley2
	50749	59112	51527						Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh1
	51242	59556	51527						Noted 06/09/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3
	51469	59556	51527						Noted 06/11/1976 - at Edinburgh 1
	51470	59553	51527						Transfer to HN - 2w/e 15/01/77
	51470	59553	51527						Transfer to AY - 4w/e 27/05/78
175	51470	59553	51527						Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
	51470	59553	51527						Noted 03/12/1978 - Corkerhill4
	51461	59560	51527						Noted 08/09/1979 - Glasgow Central to Ayr service4
	51787	59685	51789	59680	51794	51527			Noted 07/04/1980 - working Glasgow Central to Ayr and back 4
	51470	59686	51527						Noted 08/09/1980 - at Ayr4
332	51458	59687	51527						Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101332	51458	59687	51527						Listed at ED - 28/11/81
101332	51458	59687	51527						Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101326	51451	59558	51527						Noted circa 11/19835
101326	51451	59558	51527						Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101332	51458	59687	51527						Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101337	51465	59690	51527						Noted circa 10/19855
101332	51458	59687	51527						Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101343	51795	59686	51527						Noted 3rd June 1986
343	51795	59686	51527						Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101343	51795	59686	51527						Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
101366	51527	59215	51807						Noted 17/01/19875
	51527	59215	51807						Noted 25th February 1987
101332	51458	59687	51527						Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101366	51527	59215	51807						Noted 28/03/19875
101366	51527	59215	51807						Noted 25/04/19875
101332	51458	59687	51527						Noted 22/05/19875
	53251	59471	51527						Noted circa 11/19875
	53214	51527							Noted 28/06/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service6
	51232	51527							Noted 10/08/88 - on 17:15 Darlington - Saltburn service6
	51243	51527							Noted 10/09/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service6
	51243	51527							Noted 11/09/1988 - BR Special Darlington-Stanhope and return 51527-51243 + 51467-53182

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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27th June 1981

Set number: 101339

101339 in Springburn station after arriving with the 17:35 from Cumbernauld. The vehicles were recorded as 51527 + 59562 + 51467. There is an old set number 180 in the left cab window. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Unknown date

Set number: 339

Class 101 DMU set 339 in Stirling station with SC51527 closest, date unknown. It also has a homemade set number (182) in the left cab window. Paul Redmond.

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16th July 1984

Set number: 101326

Metro-Cammell DMU 101326 (presumably with 51527 closest) passes the oddly shaped Camperdown Junction box leaving Dundee on 16/7/84. David Christie.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 24th April 1984

Set number: 101360

Passing Class 101s on Cowlairs Incline on 24 April 1984. 101360, 53158 closest on the rear, heads upwards, away from Glasgow Queen Street, while 101326 rolls downhill, presumably with 51527 leading, towards the terminus. Stuart Mackay Collection.