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Vehicle 59542


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30502
Diagram: 624

Allocations

01/05/59 New to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 24/11/62 On loan to 17A (Derby Etches Park)
3w/e 29/12/62 Ex-loan back to 51A (Darlington)
w/e 04/07/70 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
Feb-72 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 13/05/79 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 16/09/79 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
p/e 28/11/81 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Jun-85 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
11/07/88 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
p/e 10/11/90 Sector Change to ED (Eastfield) PXXZ
27/11/90 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield) PXXZ

Notes

16th October 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 06/08/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51444 59541 59542 51514 As delivered to 51A - 1st May 1959
51444 59541 59542 51514 Transfer to 17A - 3w/e 24/11/62 - on loan
51444 59541 59542 51514 Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 29/12/62 - ex-loan LMR
50031 59542 50047 Listed at 40A - Dec-70
50003 59542 50018 Noted Aug-71 - at Grantham
50256 59542 50169 Noted 20/05/73
84 50256 59542 50169 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford1
50256 59542 50169 Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2
86 50230 59542 50172 Noted 26/01/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50230 59542 50172 Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2
86 50230 59542 50172 Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50230 59542 50172 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster3
82 50258 59542 50160 Noted 23/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
82 50258 59542 50160 Noted 23/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50230 59542 50258 Noted 31/05/1975 - at Leicester on service to Birmingham3
82 50258 59542 50160 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50258 59542 50160 Noted 23rd July 1975
50258 59542 50161 Noted 10/09/1975 - at Ely3
50258 59542 50161 Noted 13/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50222 59542 50750 Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough4
51225 59542 50268 Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough4
50230 59542 50235 Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster4
50201 59542 50150 Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime4
50154 59542 50172 Noted Mar-77 - at Hull4
51222 59542 59188 50168 Noted circa 03/19795
321 51249 59542 50146 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101321 51249 59542 50146 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101312 51237 59542 53138 Noted 03/09/83 - on Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch
101303 53292 59542 53141 Noted circa 11/19835
101307 51231 59542 55000 Listed at HA - 17/06/84 - 55000 numbered set 400
101321 51249 59542 53146 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101321 51249 59542 53146 Transfer to AY - Jun-85 - from HA
101321 51249 59542 53146 Noted circa 02/19865
101321 51249 59542 53146 Listed at AY - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
101321 51249 59542 53146 Noted 31st July 1986
101321 51249 59542 53146 Listed at AY - August 1986
51249 59542 53146 Noted 16th October 1986
101321 51249 59542 53491 Noted circa 12/19865
52010 59542 52020 Noted 17/01/19875
101321 51249 59542 53146 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
51999 59542 52035 Noted circa 04/19875
101321 51249 59542 53146 Noted circa 05/19875
101321 51249 59542 53146 Noted 30/11/87
101321 51249 59542 53146 Listed at AY - Jan-88
101321 51249 59542 53146 Noted circa 05/19885
101321 51249 59542 53146 Listed at ED - circa August 1988
101321 51249 59542 53146 Noted circa 12/19895
51249 59542 53146 Noted 06/01/906
51249 59542 53146 Noted 01/08/906

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

12th May 1991

Class 101 centre car 59542 at Snailwell on 12th May 1991. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: August 1971

A couple of slightly unusual Derby Heavyweight units at Grantham in August 1971. On the left E56019 carries an early version of the rail blue livery with just a yellow panel and the BR logo on the cab door. On the right the set of formed of two DMBSs with a Met-Camm centre car inbetween (E50018 + E59542 + E50003). Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: August 1971

A hybrid set at Grantham in August 1971 - E50018 + E59542 + E50003. The Met-Camm centre car was a Lincoln vehicle from June 1970 to February 1972. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 3rd September 1983

Set number: 101312

101 312 (51237 + 59542 + 53138) seen at Keith Junction with an un-named Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch, 3rd September 1983. Mike Cooper Collection.

DMU

Date: 3rd September 1983

Set number: 101312

101 312 (53138 + 59542 + 51237) seen in Dufftown with an un-named Grampian Railtours train in the days before it became a preserved line. 3rd September 1983. Norman Smart.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1985

Set number: 101321

37403 on trip Working 6T85 at Sighthill East Jcn after collecting and propelling 101 321 (presumably 53146 + 59542 + 51249) from Glasgow Works (St Rollox) on 9/7/85. Spannerman37025.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: 101321

Hybrid set 101321 at Paisley Gilmour Street circa late 1986. The DMBS is 51249, if the centre car is the regular then it should be 59542, the blue DMS on the rear is Class 104 53491. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 11th March 1986

Set number: 101321

101321 (presumably 53146 + 59542 + 51249) departs from Edinburgh Waverley 11 March 1986. Notice how the set number is also carried on the end of the centre car. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th June 1986

Set number: 101321

Ayr TMD allocated Class 101 set number 101321 formed of Class 101 DMCL 53146 nearest camera, TCL 59542 and DMBS 51249 all in Strathclyde PTE orange / black livery have just arrived in Platform 11 at Glasgow Central Station on the 4th June 1986 and have stopped next to a former LMR based Class 120 3 car set set in Platform 10 operating an Ayrshire service for the coast. Bob Woolnough.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1986

Set number: 101321

101321 (53146 + 59542 + 51249) form the 20:02 to East Kilbride in Glasgow Central on 7 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1986

Set number: 101321

Sthrathclyde-liveried set 101321 (51249 closest, presumably with 59542 + 53146) at Johnstone with the 13:00 Glasgow - Ayr service on August 28th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1986

Set number: 120528

A scene at Ayr station on 15/9/86, with a class 120 "scratch set", formed of 53722/59682/53742, waiting to work the 13.40 to Kilmarnock. Alongside is unit 101 321 (51249/59542/53146). Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: circa late 1986

Class 104 DMS 53491 on the rear of two Class 101 vehicles departing from Paisley Gilmour Street circa late 1986. The DMBS at the far end is 51249 (set 101321) and so the centre car presumably 59542. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 30th November 1987

Set number: 101321

Away from its usual area are cars SC51249 SC59542 SC53146 (101 321) in Strathclyde PTE livery. Although Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, received some varied DMUs in Autumn 1987, these cars were never allocated there, so it was probably en route for works attention. Indeed, I photographed this unit at Glasgow in 1990. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 5th February 1990

Set number: 101321

51249 at the front of set 101321 (presumably with 59542 + 53146) waiting to depart from Glasgow Queen Street with the 16:03 to Arbroath on the 5th February 1990. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 1st August 1990

Set number: 101321

Set 101 321 seen in Glasgow Central on the 1st August 1990. It was formed of 53146, 59542 and 51249. Graeme Phillips.