Vehicle 59568
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
| 30/09/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 3w/e 13/02/60 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 12/03/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 12/12/64 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| Apr-72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| Jan-73 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| 20/11/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 17/01/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
22nd March 1988 - Condemned cars 51308, 51324, 51309, 59171, 53123, 53819, 53108, 59119, 54177, 53456, 59541, 59568, 59374, 59560, 59552 & 59524 hauled from Newton Heath to Vic Berry's yard by Class 31
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 04/09/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51470 | 59568 | 51540 | As delivered to Leith Central - 30/09/59 | ||||||
| 51797 | 59568 | 51804 | Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 13/02/60 | ||||||
| 51797 | 59568 | 51804 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 12/03/60 | ||||||
| 51470 | 59568 | 51540 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/12/64 | ||||||
| 51470 | 59568 | 51540 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 31/12/66 | ||||||
| 51799 | 59568 | 51806 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 51470 | 59568 | 50745 | Noted 03/08/19722 | ||||||
| 50254 | 59568 | 50264 | Transfer to 65A - Jan-73 | ||||||
| 50254 | 59568 | 50264 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street3 | ||||||
| 193 | 51463 | 59568 | 51468 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street3 | |||||
| 51224 | 59568 | 51538 | Noted 11/09/1975 - at Stirling2 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Perth2 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 186 | 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set | |||||
| 51455 | 59568 | 51524 | Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 50186 | Noted 18/01/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 6th February 19824 | ||||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 116390 | 53829 | 59568 | 51518 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101331 | 51457 | 59568 | 51534 | Noted 7th July 1986 | |||||
| 335 | 51470 | 59568 | 51529 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 335 | 51470 | 59568 | 53183 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101335 | 51470 | 59568 | 51534 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Queen Street5 | |||||
| 101335 | 51470 | 59568 | 51534 | Noted circa 01/19875 | |||||
| 101335 | 51470 | 59568 | 51538 | Noted 19/03/19875 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101329 | 51455 | 59568 | 51538 | Noted circa 04/19875 | |||||
| 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 27/04/19875 | ||||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 04/05/19875 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59568 | 51535 | Noted 08/08/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Stuart Mackay
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
3rd April 1988
Set number: 338
Sc59568 at Vic Berry's yard on the 3rd April 1988. The Scotty dog shows that it was an Eastfield vehicle, as part of set 338. Malcolm Clements.
5th June 1988
Set number: 101338
2 stripped out Class 101 TCL vehicles are stacked in Vic Berry's yard in Leicester along with a withdrawn Mark 1 Sleeping Car on the 5th June 1988. In the foreground is Class 101 TCL SC59568 in blue / grey livery formerly of Eastfield TMD Glasgow, and latterly the centre vehicle in set 101338, while sitting on top of it is TCL SC59560 in Strathclyde orange / black livery formerly of Ayr MPD and latterly the centre vehicle in set 107440. The last three digits of the sets are visible on the bottom right of the vehicle ends. Bob Woolnough.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st September 1981
Set number: 101338
An ex-works 101 338 (presumably 51466 + 59568 + 51535) is seen in Princes Street Gardens with a local service about to enter The Mound tunnel on the 1st September 1981. Andy Hoare.
Date: 11th May 1987
Set number: 101338
101338 (Sc51466 + Sc59568 + Sc51535) heads out of Wester Hailes station in Edinburgh, which opened that day - 11th May 1987, with the 17:48 Edinburgh - West Calder. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 30th August 1987
Set number: 101338
101338 (presumably 51535 + 59568 + 51466) in Glasgow Queen Street Low Level with the outward leg of the BLS 'The Firth of Lorne' tour to Oban. 107440 was on the other end. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 22nd April 1988
Met-Cam Class 101 Trailer Composite (TC), SC59560, in Strathclyde Transport livery, sits on stands at Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester on 22nd April 1988. The stands allowed the underframe equipment to be cut off easier for vehicles bodies that were going to be stacked. Behind can be seen another former Scottish Class 101 centre car, Sc59568. Paul James.
Date: 22nd April 1988
Close up of the Strathclyde Transport logo on Met-Cam Class 101 centre car SC59560, awaiting final cutting up in Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester. 22nd April 1988. Behind is 59568. Paul James.