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Vehicle 59558


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

25/07/59 New to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
4w/e 16/01/60 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
2w/e 09/04/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-73Depot code changeDE
5w/e 12/05/79 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Jan-80 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
Jan-81 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
2w/e 12/05/85 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
3w/e 21/12/86 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Notes

29th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 13/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51460 59558 51530 As delivered to Leith Central - 25th July 1959
51460 59558 51530 Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 16/01/60
50739 59558 50695 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street1
51252 59558 50746 Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley2
51469 59558 50174 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51231 59558 51530 Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 3
51231 59558 50269 Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot4
51800 59558 50269 Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley2
51234 59558 50269 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 3
194 51448 59558 51528 Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51448 59558 51528 Noted 06/02/78 - on 0620 Dundee-Edinburgh with 51799 + 59074 + 50746
51448 59558 51528 Noted 01/07/78 - at Inverness on a special for the Bournemouth and District Rail Travel Association2
51448 59558 51528 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
51448 59558 51528 Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot2
325 51448 59558 51528 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
186 51458 59558 51526 Noted circa 03/19815
51448 59558 51528 Noted 16th January 1982
101325 51448 59558 51528 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101326 51451 59558 51527 Noted circa 11/19835
101326 51451 59558 51527 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101325 59558 51528 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
104452 53461 59558 53577 Noted May 1985
104452 53461 59558 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
617 53706 59558 53185 Formed at AY circa Jun-86
53706 59558 53185 Noted 8th July 1986
617 53706 59558 53185 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
617 53706 59558 53744 Noted 8th August 1986
53706 59558 53744 Noted 9th August 1986
522 53744 59558 53693 Formation change - circa Sep-86 - 59558 replaced 59063
522 53706 59558 53744 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 - 2 brake vehicles
104452 53461 59558 51584 Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 51584 added
53744 59558 53664 Noted 4th October 1986
349 53744 59558 53664 Noted 11/10/86 - 522 brake end, 349 other
522 53744 59558 53664 Noted 11/10/86 - 522 brake end, 349 other
53744 59558 53664 Noted 16th October 1986

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

SC51528 leads a refurbished Class 101 DMU into Edinburgh Waverley on 17 June 1978. Its partners are presumably 59558 + 51448. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1986

Set number: 522

With two brake vehicles in the formation, set 522 (53744 + 59558 + 53706) leaves Haymarket with the 16:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service on August 23, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: circa September 1986

Set number: 522

Set 522 is formed of two Swindon 120 power cars (53744 and 53664) and a Metro-Cammell center car (possibly 59558), seen at Kingsknowe with a Glasgow Central to Edinburgh working circa September 1986. Alan Rintoul.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1986

The scene at Kilwinning station on the afternoon of 15/9/86 as the 16.19 to Glasgow (15.48 ex-Largs) departs. 53664 is at the rear of a set comprising 53744, 59558 and 53664. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1986

Set number: 522

Labeled set 522 at this end, set 349 at the other, 53744 + 59558 + 53664 are seen near Curriehill with the 11:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.