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Vehicle 59096

Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30265
Diagram: 626

Allocations

15/10/57	New to	South Gosforth
3w/e 04/06/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 24/11/62	On loan to	17A (Derby Etches Park)
3w/e 29/12/62	Ex-loan back to	55H (Neville Hill)
4w/e 25/05/68	Transferred to	South Gosforth
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 20/05/79	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
Aug-79	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/03/86	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
29/09/86	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
08/03/87	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore)
25/01/88	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
25/03/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)
29/06/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQX

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50242	59090	59096	50243	As delivered to South Gosforth - 15th October 1957
	50242	59090	59096	50243	Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 11/06/60
	50242	59090	59096	50243	Transfer to 17A - 3w/e 24/11/62 - on loan
	50242	59090	59096	50243	Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 29/12/62 - ex-loan LMR
	50169	59096	59045	50141	Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds¹
	50181	59096	59572	51507	Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle²
	50181	59572	59096	51507	Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot³
	51495	59096	51510		Transfer to BR - Aug-79
	51495	59096	51510		Noted 11/12/79 - on 21:38 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street⁴
B822	51495	59096	51510		Noted 01/02/1980 - Bristol Temple Meads⁵
B822	51495	59096	51510		Noted 08/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central⁵
B822	51495	59096	51510		Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B822	51495	59096	51510		Noted 18/12/1980 - At Cardiff Central at 1327⁵
C822	51510	59096	51495		Noted circa 09/1982⁶
C822	51495	59096	51510		Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C822	51510	59096	51495		Noted 21/03/1983 - Crewe⁶
C822	51510	59096	51495		Noted circa 09/1983⁶
C822	51510	59096	51495		Noted circa 10/1984⁶
C822	51495	59096	51510		Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C822	51510	59096	51495		Noted 17/01/1986⁶
B822	51495	59096	51510		Transfer to BR - 26/03/86 - from CF, prefix change from C to B
B822	51495	59096	51510		Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
C822	51495	59096	51510		Transfer to CF - 29/09/86 - from BR, prefix change from B to C
822	51495	59096	51510		Transfer to LE - 08/03/87 - from CF
S822	51495	59096	51510		Listed at LE - Aug-87
S822	51495	59096	51510		Listed at LE - Oct-87
	51495	59096	51510		Transfer to NL - 25/01/88 - from LE
572	51495	59096	51510		Formed at NL w/e 07/02/88
spare	59096				Listed at NL - 2w/e 13/03/88
spare	59096				Listed at NL - early Apr-88
	51812	59096	51842		Noted 30/06/88 - on 21:30 Sheffield-Retford
	51812	59096	51842		Noted 01/07/88 - on 22:22 Lincoln-Sheffield
501	51809	59096	51843		Listed at NL - Feb-89
	51809	59096	51843		Noted 06/02/89⁷

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

10th September 1989

Met-Camm Class 101 trailer brake second awaiting disposal at Snailwell on September 10, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: B822

A Met-Camm departs as another arrives. Taken at Ledbury from the box, circa late 1970. Incoming is trailer brake set B822, presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510. K F Tomes Duckwailk.

Date: 1979

Set number: B822

B822 is seen as a DMC / TBS / DMC formation (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) at Bristol Temple Meads in 1979. Robert Tarling.

Date: 9th August 1980

Set number: B822

Class 101 dmu set B822 (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) at Yeovil Pen Mill on 9/8/80. 31231 waits to leave with a Bristol Temple Meads - Weymouth service. Stephen Burdett.

Date: 9th August 1980

Set number: B822

Class 101 set B822 (presumably 51495 + 59096 + 51510) on a Weymouth- Bristol TM train at Yeovil Pen Mill on 9/8/80. Stephen Burdett.

Date: circa April 1981

Set number: B822

Class 101 trailer brake second set B822 (51495 and presumably 59096 + 51510) seen at Bedminster circa April 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 29th August 1981

Set number: B822

A nine-car formation at Maiden Newton on August, 29, 1981, Met-Camm B822 (W51510 appears to be leading, presumably with 59096 + 51495) with two suburban sets, L404 on the rear. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: August 1983

Set number: C822

Met-Camm Class 101 set C822 (which is presumably formed 51495 + 59096 + 51510) arrives into Filton station in August 1983. Michael Mensing.

Date: 31st January 1987

Set number: C822

Class 101 DMU set C822 (51510 + 59096 + 51495) at Fishguard Harbour on January 31, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 31st January 1987

Set number: C822

W51495 + W59096 + W51510 form set C822 when seen at Fishguard Harbour on January 31, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 25th March 1987

Set number: S822

Class 101 DMU set S822 (W51495, W59096, W51510) stabled at Cheltenham on March 25, 1987. John Carter.

Date: 27th February 1988

Set number: S822

Class 101 51495, set number S822 (presumably with 59096 + 51510), is seen at Tyseley on 27.02.1988, it was based at Swansea at the time. Andy Cole.

Date: 16th August 1988

Three-car class 110 unit formed 51812, 59096 (class 101 centre trailer) and 51842 at Leeds on 16/Aug/1988. I had just travelled on this unit from Sheffield. Robert Chilton.

Date: 11th April 1989

A Class 110 BRCW "Calder Valley" with 51843 closest at Sheffield on 11/4/89. It has a Met-Camm TBS centre car, probably 59096. Sparegang.

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