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Vehicle 59559


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

15/08/59 New to Leith Central
4w/e 24/10/59 Transferred to 67C (Ayr)
3w/e 02/04/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-68 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 02/10/69 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
Mar-72 Transferred to 65A (Eastfield)
May-73Depot code changeED
4w/e 02/07/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
Jan-80 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
Jan-84 Transferred to AY (Ayr) - cover for fire damaged vehicles
29/09/87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Notes

03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 27/12/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51461 59559 51531 As delivered to Leith Central - 15th August 1959
51461 59559 51531 Transfer to 67C - 4w/e 24/10/59
51461 59559 51531 Noted 27/02/60
116 51463 59559 51533 Listed at 66C - Sep-69
51461 59559 51531 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 02/10/69
51461 59559 51531 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
114 51461 59559 51531 Listed at 66C - 1972
51455 59559 51538 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Queen Street2
194 51467 59559 51538 Noted 03/09/73 - at Perth3
51456 59559 51538 Noted 14/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street1
192 51224 59559 51533 Noted 26/08/74 - on Eastfield depot (set number on 51224)3
228 51232 59559 50242 Noted circa 08/19784
329 51455 59559 51538 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101329 51455 59559 51518 Noted 07/03/82 - at Doncaster Works
101329 51455 59559 51538 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
104451 53473 59559 53525 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
104451 53473 59559 53525 Noted 27th June 1984
104451 53473 59559 53525 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
53461 59559 52013 Noted 30th July 1985
53841 59559 53892 Noted circa 02/19864
104451 53473 59559 53525 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
107425 51985 59559 53892 Noted 5th June 1986
514 53705 59559 53491 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
514 53705 59559 53491 Noted 4th August 1986
514 53705 59559 53491 Noted 9th August 1986
53705 59559 53491 Noted 25/09/86
107427 51987 59559 53491 Noted 11/10/86
51987 59559 53491 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Glasgow Central4
104451 53473 59559 53505 Formation change - circa Nov-86 - 53505 replaces 53525
51239 59559 53693 Noted 4th December 1986
51239 59559 53245 Noted 24/03/19874

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th March 1982

Set number: 101329

An ex-works 101329 at Doncaster Works on the 7th March 1982, consisting of 51455, 59559 and 51518. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 30th September 1984

Set number: 104451

53473 leads 104 451 into Falkirk Grahamston station with a Dunblane service on the 30th September 1984. The rear car is 53525, the centre car is probably 59559. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 30th September 1984

Set number: 104

53525 on the rear of a Dunblane service at Falkirk Grahamston on the 30th September 1984. The centre car is presumably 59559 and the other power car is 53473, labeled set 104 451. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: 514

Set 514 arrives into Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. It is presumably formed Class 120 53705, Class 101 59559 and Class 104 53491. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: 514

Set 514 at Largs in 1986, the hybrid formation contained 53705 (120), 59559 (101) and 53491 (104). Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: Summer 1986

Set number: 514

514 is seen in Glasgow Central, the set composed of the 120, a 101 centre car (59559) and 104 DMC (53491). Summer 1986. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1986

A hybrid DMU arrives into Glasgow Central station on 6 August 1986. Closest is Class 104 DMSL 53491, the Met-Camm centre car is presumably 59559 and at the far end is a Class 120 DMBS presumably 53705. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1986

Class 104 DMCL no 53491 in plain blue leads blue / grey class 101 (presumably 59559) and 53705 (class 120) in platform 1 of Ayr station on 30-08-1986. This is typical of the 'Frankenstein' dmu sets that were put together in the 1980's immediately prior to the start of electric services, four weeks after this picture was taken. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: 15th September 1986

Ayr depot on 15/9/86 with a very mixed set comprising 53491 (cl.104) nearest the camera, with 59559 (cl.101) and 53705 (cl.120) behind. This set was typical of those on the Ayr line at this time, with Ayr depot almost seeming as though they were lashing together anything that could turn a wheel so as to keep the service going until the advent of the electrics. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 3rd October 1986

Set number: 427

A Class 104/101/107 hybrid DMU thought to be set 427 (53491 + 59559 + 51987) seen at Lochside with the 16:50 Glasgow - Ardrossan service on October 3, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1986

Set 427 (53491 + 59559 + 51987) with the 10:35 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh at Curriehill on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 17th November 1986

Set number: 313

The 13:41 Largs - Glasgow at Stevenston on November 17, 1986. The formation (101/101/120) is probably 51239 59559 53693. Hamish Stevenson.