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Vehicle 59553

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

27/06/59	New to	62A (Thornton Junction)
w/e 04/07/59	Transferred to	Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
2w/e 12/05/62	Transferred to	61A (Kittybrewster)
4w/e 04/08/62	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
Mar-72	Transferred to	65A (Eastfield)
May-73	Depot code change	ED
2w/e 15/01/77	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 27/05/78	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Jan-81	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
Jun-82	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
05/06/82	Stored S.	AY (Ayr)
circa Sep-82	Stored S.	HA (Haymarket)
circa Oct-83	Reinstated	HA (Haymarket)
08/12/89	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket) PXXZ

Notes

01/10/89 - 59553 transferred HA->CH and 26/11/89 CH->LO, both moves were cancelled with the vehicle remaining at HA

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 25/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51455	59553	51525	As delivered to 62A - 27th June 1959
	51455	59553	51525	Transfer to 61A - 2w/e 12/05/62
	51455	59553	51525	Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 04/08/62
	51445	59553	51525	Noted 15/08/70 - at Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51455	59553	51525	Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley¹
112	51455	59553	51525	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51455	59553	51525	Noted 06/04/72 - at Eastfield (passing depot?)¹
	51240	59553	51526	Noted 29/06/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51465	59553	51534	Noted 15/04/1975 - at Stirling²
	51454	59553	51463	Noted 25/08/75 - at Springburn³
	51461	59553	51535	Noted 31/12/75 - at Eastfield¹
	51464	59553	51537	Noted 07/04/1976 - at Stirling²
	51470	59553	51527	Transfer to HN - 2w/e 15/01/77
	51470	59553	51527	Transfer to AY - 4w/e 27/05/78
175	51470	59553	51527	Listed at AY - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
	51454	59553	51520	Noted 16/08/80 - with 51250 / 59557 / 51794 on Horwick Works Open day service
342	59553	51806		Listed at HA - 01/02/81
342	51474	59553	50748	Noted 10/08/81 - in Edinburgh Waverley
spare	59553			Listed at AY - 13/06/82
101308	51232	59553	53747	Noted circa 11/1983⁴
101324	51253	59553	53269	Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101303	53292	59553	53184	Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101303	53292	59553		Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
303	53292	59553	53192	Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
101303	53292	59553	53186	Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101303	53292	59553	53186	Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley⁴
	53292	59553	53186	Noted 28th February 1987
101303	53292	59553	53172	Listed at HA - 23/03/87
	53292	59553	53172	Noted circa 04/1987⁴
	53292	59553	53197	Noted 04/05/1987⁴
101303	53292	59553	51587	Noted 17/05/1987⁴
101303	53292	59553	51587	Formation change - Jul-87
101303	53292	59553	51587	Noted 25th August 1987
101317	51243	59553	53164	Formation change - circa Mar-88
	53216	59553	53294	Noted 29th November 1988

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 16th August 1980

A ScR 6-car formation, SC51250 + SC59557 + SC51794 / SC51520 + SC59553 + SC51454 at Lancaster Castle on a Horwich Works Open day connection, 16/8/80. Robert Frise.

Date: 10th August 1981

Set number: 342

Sc51474 + 59553 + 50748 Edinburgh Waverley, August 10, 1981. John Carter.

Date: 1987

Set number: 303

Oval buffered Swindon Cross-Country 51587 leads hybrid set 303 (presumably with 59553 + 53292) through Princes Street Gardens away from the Scottish capital. S Saunders.

Date: circa 1987

Set number: 101303

Set 101 303 has a 120 as the leading vehicle (furthest) - probably 51587 with 53292 + 59553 - when seen at Dunblane. Undated but the 120 vehicle would make it 1987. Andrew McConnell.

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