Vehicle 59045
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30250
Diagram: 622
Allocations
| 09/11/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 8w/e 27/02/71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 17/04/78 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 3w/e 29/04/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Jul-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 07/09/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Oct-87 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-88 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | - also noted as from HA 09/09/88 |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 30/06/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50144 | 59045 | 59052 | 50145 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 9th November 1956 | |||||
| 50169 | 59096 | 59045 | 50141 | Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50170 | 59045 | 59078 | 50184 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| N453 | 50188 | 59045 | 50265 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Thornaby, set number on solebars: 50188 N453, second car unrecorded, 59045 N452, 50265 N2543 | |||||
| 305 | 51227 | 59045 | 50264 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 50264 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 50264 | Transfer to HA - 07/09/82 | ||||||
| 305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Noted 04/06/83 | |||||
| 51244 | 59045 | 50174 | Noted 19/07/1983 - in Edinburgh Waverley4 | ||||||
| 101318 | 51244 | 59045 | 53176 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59045 | 53141 | Noted 14th July 1986 | |||||
| 316 | 51242 | 59045 | 51198 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 352 | 51198 | 59045 | 53176 | Formed at HA p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101315 | 51241 | 59045 | 53239 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket station5 | |||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 53239 | Noted 17/01/19875 | ||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Noted circa 04/19875 | ||||||
| 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Noted 26th November 1987 | ||||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59045 | 53264 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Stuart Mackay
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th April 1981
55000 ready to leave Dundee with a Perth service on April 15th, 1981. A Met-Camm set including 59045 is at its side. Note the blue 'Tayway' sticker in the centre cab window. Arnie Furniss.
Date: 28th August 1986
Set number: 352
Class 101, set 352, consisting of 51198 (front), 59045, 53176 at Dalmeny on 28th August 1986. Photograph by David Slack, uploaded by Andrew Slack. David Slack.
Date: 9th May 1987
Set number: 101302
Waverley station at 16.14 on 9/5/87 sees the 16.15 to Dundee, on the left, preparing to depart. Alongside is another rake just arrived e.c.s., probably from Haymarket depot. This will form the 16.42 to Cowdenbeath. The leading car on the left is 53290 (forming set 101 302 along with 59303 and 53197) - this set is coupled to 51227/59045/53264 (set 101 305). The leading car on the right is 53747 (forming set 101 317 along with 59048 and 51243) - this set is coupled to 51456/59555/51520 (set 101 330). Leonard Rogers.
Date: 1st June 1987
Set number: 101305
51227, 59045 and 53264 just about to pass under the Jubilee Arch with the 1333 Edinburgh Waverley to Kirkcaldy 1st June 1987. Keith Long.
Date: 13th August 1987
Set number: 101305
101305 (53264 + 59045 + 51227) in Edinburgh Waverley with a Cowdenbeath service on August 13, 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: March 1988
Set number: 101305
Dunfermline DMU departure. On a dull day in March 1988, Haymarket's set 305 (51227 + 59045 + 53264) is seen departing Dunfermline Lower with a train for Cowdenbeath. Less than 2 months later the centre car was withdrawn and the power cars reallocated to Newton Heath. Murray Liston.
Date: March 1988
Set number: 101305
On a dull day in March 1988, Haymarket's set 305 (51227 + 59045 + 53264) rasps away up the hill from Dunfermline Lower with a train for Cowdenbeath. Less than 2 months later the centre car of this set was withdrawn and the power cars reallocated to Newton Heath. Half a mile in the distance is the former Touch junctions where a chord once allowed trains to access the direct Dunfermline to Alloa line, the last remaining section from Oakley to Townhill had been lifted in 1986 following the closure of Comrie Colliery. Murray Liston.