Vehicle 59065
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30257
Diagram: 623
Allocations
| 19/03/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Oct-59 | On loan to | 41A (Darnall) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 21/03/64 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| w/e 28/03/64 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 30/01/65 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 4w/e 24/04/65 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 18/06/66 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 11/10/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 3w/e 21/03/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 09/01/83 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 19/01/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 26/11/89 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 14/05/90 | Stored | LO (Longsight) PXXZ | |
| 11/06/90 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) PZQZ |
Notes
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 24/03/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50182 | 59065 | 59078 | 50183 | As delivered to 51A - 19th March 1957 | |||||
| 50156 | 59065 | 50162 | Noted May-57 | ||||||
| 50250 | 59065 | 50260 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 28/11/59 - ex-loan ER | ||||||
| 51220 | 59065 | 50184 | Transfer to 16C - w/e 21/03/64 - on loan | ||||||
| 51220 | 59065 | 50184 | Transfer to 51A - w/e 28/03/64 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 51220 | 59065 | 50178 | Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 30/01/65 | ||||||
| 51220 | 59065 | 50178 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 24/04/65 | ||||||
| 50195 | 59065 | 59073 | 50197 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 18/06/66 | |||||
| 50240 | 59065 | 59095 | 50245 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York1 | |||||
| 50240 | 59065 | 59095 | 50245 | Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough2 | |||||
| 50240 | 59065 | 59095 | 50266 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City3 | |||||
| 50240 | 59065 | 59095 | 50245 | Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 2 | |||||
| 50240 | 59065 | 59095 | 50245 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot4 | |||||
| 50240 | 59065 | 59095 | 50245 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Thornaby station4 | |||||
| 50222 | 59065 | 50160 | Noted 19/11/75 - at Brough3 | ||||||
| 51443 | 59065 | 50163 | Noted 14/01/76 - at Brough3 | ||||||
| 50193 | 59065 | 59084 | 50267 | Noted circa 01/19775 | |||||
| 50193 | 59065 | 59084 | 50267 | Noted 12/02/77 - at York3 | |||||
| 50193 | 59084 | 59065 | 50267 | Noted Oct-81 - at Doncaster | |||||
| 50267 | 59065 | 59084 | 50193 | Noted circa 10/19815 | |||||
| 51553 | 59065 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||
| 51553 | 59065 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||
| 53700 | 59065 | 53662 | Noted circa 12/19835 | ||||||
| 53707 | 59065 | 59571 | 53684 | Noted 11th August 1984 - 4-car set for Matlock weekday services | |||||
| 53715 | 59065 | 53684 | Noted 14/02/19855 | ||||||
| 53731 | 59065 | 53685 | Formation change - DY - circa Sep-85 | ||||||
| 51920 | 59065 | 52053 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 101348 | 53153 | 59065 | 53179 | Formation change - circa Jul-87 - 59065 replaced 59072 | |||||
| 533 | 53700 | 59065 | 53682 | Formation change - 2w/e 14/11/87 - 59065 replaced 59289 | |||||
| 535 | 53215 | 59065 | 53733 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
| 535 | 53215 | 59065 | 53733 | Listed at HA - circa Aug-88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 22/10/88 | |||||
| 535 | 53164 | 59065 | 53733 | Noted 3rd January 1989 | |||||
| LO348 | 51210 | 59065 | 53253 | Listed at LO - Dec-89 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th July 1984
M53684 is at the head of a 4-car set The others are presumably 59065 + 59571 + 53707, two 120 power cars and two Met-Camm center cars. Seen at Derby on 29/7/84. Ian Francis.
Date: 11th August 1984
Four-car Swindon Cross-Country set 53707 + 59065 + 59571 + 53684 approaches Grantham on Saturday 11th August 1984 with a 09XX Nottingham - Skegness (via Grantham) service. Colin Brooks.
Date: unknown
Set number: 533
Class 120/101 hybrid set 533 (probably 53682 + 59532 or 59065 + 53700) seen in Edinburgh Waverley. Late 1980s, exact date unknown. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 9th April 1988
A three-car hybrid unit (cl.101/101/120), formed of 53215(leading)/59065/53733, enters North Queensferry station on the 14.30 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh. The date is 9/4/88. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 20th April 1988
Set number: 120535
Set 120 535, on the right with 53733 leading 59065 and 53215, leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 9/4/88, forming the 15.10 to Dunblane. As it does so, it passes set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658), coupled to 120533 (53682/59532/53700) which is not visible. These latter two sets will form the 15.13 to Cowdenbeath. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa summer 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 (53733 and presumably 59065) in Edinburgh Waverley with a Glasgow Central service circa summer 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa summer 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 (53733 and presumably 59065) in Edinburgh Waverley with a Glasgow Central service circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.
Date: 22nd October 1988
E53164 + 59065 + 53733 stabled at Dundee on October 22nd, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 22nd October 1988
Set number: 535
In Dundee station on October 22, 1988, set 535 is on the left, formed E53164 + 59065 + 53733, with the 17:16 to Perth. On the right is the 17:15 to Montrose, formed of 107749 (presumably 52034 + 59807 + 52010). Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 22nd October 1988
Set number: 535
Set 535 comprises 53733 + 59065 + E53164 when seen stabled at Dundee on October 22, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.