Vehicle 59068
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
| 14/03/57 | 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) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 27/07/80 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| Jan-81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 27/05/81 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/07/83 | Stored S. | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 4w/e 05/01/84 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
26th April 1983 - Seen in blue livery
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50188 | 59068 | 59081 | 50189 | As delivered to 51A - 14th March 1957 | |||||
| 50259 | 59068 | 50269 | Transfer to 16C - 4w/e 12/10/63 - on loan from NER | ||||||
| 50178 | 59068 | 50221 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Darlington1 | ||||||
| 50221 | 59068 | 50178 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington1 | ||||||
| 50221 | 59068 | 50178 | Noted 08/09/73 - at Darlington2 | ||||||
| DN74 | 50220 | 59068 | 50178 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central, set numbers carried on solebars, 50178 had N3512 | |||||
| 50221 | 59068 | 50178 | Noted 06/09/75 - at Darlington1 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59113 | 59068 | 50223 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at Middlesbrough 3 | |||||
| 50171 | 59113 | 59068 | 50182 | Noted 09/09/1978 - BR Special Train from Darlington to Eastgate and return | |||||
| 378 | 51479 | 59068 | 51483 | Listed at HA - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101303 | 50292 | 59068 | 50184 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101303 | 50292 | 59068 | 50184 | Noted circa 1983 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
Images:
19th November 1981
With several windows missing, Class 101 TS 59068 is seen in Haymarket depot on 19/11/81. Hamish Stevenson.
1983
Blue Class 101 TS sits between two blue-grey vehicles in Dundee station with a charger attached. Taken in 1983. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th May 1969
A Darlington allocated four-car Met-Camm arrives into Prestonpans station on 10 May 1969. The cars are recorded as E50193 + 59068 + 59075 + 50263, the first is still in green but the others are in Rail Blue. A Gloucester twin can be seen departing in the distance. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 9th September 1978
On September 9, 1978, British Rail Eastern Region organised a return trip from Darlington to Eastgate, as far as one could reach on the Bishop Auckland to Wearhead line, and which had lost its passenger service in 1953. The trip was marketed as the "Rail Journey into Yesteryear". Part of this line is now operated as the Weardale Railway. The Metro-Cammell 4-car set was formed 50182 + 59068 + 59113 + 50171, and is seen at Eastgate. Jeremy Chapter.