Remember the last years of Class 101 operation in Scotland?

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Painted in its unique Strathclyde PTE blue livery, Class 101 DMU No. 101602 (made up of DMBS 53253 and DTSL 53170) splutters out of Glasgow Central station with a service to Whifflet. The date was September 9th, 1999 and the Met-Camm diesel multiple unit was transferred to the North West a few months later. Withdrawn in 2003, it keeps this paint job in preservation at the Midland Railway-Butterley.

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ScotRail/Strathclyde PTE Class 101 DMU formed of DMBS No. 51435 and DTSL No. 53177 (set No. 101690) arrives at Glasgow Central station, Scotland, on September 17th, 1999, with a service from Barrhead. The two-car Met-Camm carries both the classic SPTE angled ‘map’ logo and the more recent ’swoosh’ branding.