Vehicle 59049
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30251
Diagram: 626
Allocations
| 17/10/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| w/e 16/09/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 27/05/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Dec-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 06/05/90 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | CH (Chester) PXXZ | |
| 17/06/91 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) PXXZ |
Notes
9th August 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 02/12/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50138 | 59042 | 59049 | 50139 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 17th October 1956 | |||||
| 50138 | 59042 | 59049 | 50139 | Noted 11/09/65 - at Darlington1 | |||||
| 50142 | 59049 | 59042 | 51510 | Noted 06/04/67 - at York1 | |||||
| 50149 | 59049 | 59109 | 50191 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle1 | |||||
| 50149 | 59049 | 59109 | 50191 | Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough2 | |||||
| 50149 | 59109 | 59049 | 50191 | Noted 09/06/73 - at Darlington3 | |||||
| N407 | 50149 | 59049 | 59109 | 50191 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number not on 59049 but on other three3 | ||||
| N407 | 50149 | 59109 | 59049 | 50191 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number on 50149 and 59109 only3 | ||||
| 50160 | 59049 | 50268 | Transfer to DE - w/e 16/09/79 | ||||||
| 363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Transfer to HA - 27/05/81 | |||||
| 101363 | 50185 | 59049 | 50194 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101363 | 53144 | 59049 | 53746 | Noted 15/04/84 | |||||
| 101363 | 53144 | 59049 | 53746 | Noted 23/05/84 | |||||
| 101363 | 53241 | 59049 | 53746 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Transfer to AY - Dec-84 - from HA | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 52007 | 59049 | 52023 | Noted circa 02/19864 | ||||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 101363 | 53160 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 363 | 53160 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 53722 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted 9th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53194 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket Station4 | ||||||
| 51987 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted circa 02/19874 | ||||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted 28th February 1987 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51987 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted 24/03/19874 | ||||||
| 101363 | 53194 | 59049 | 53160 | Noted circa 04/19874 | |||||
| 53160 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted 24th April 1987 | ||||||
| 52019 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 05/19874 | ||||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted 26/05/19874 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101363 | 53185 | 59049 | 53194 | Noted circa 12/19894 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa 1987
A Met-Camm trailer brake second in Glasgow Central. Believed to be Sc59049, circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.
15th June 1991
Met-Camm TBS Sc59049 in Snailwell on 15th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
15th June 1991
Met-Camm TBS SC59049 in Snailwell on 15th June 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th April 1984
Set number: 101363
Class 101 units on Dundee depot on the 15th April 1984. Nearest the camera is set 101363 consisting of Sc53144 + Sc59049 + Sc53746. Kevin Law.
Date: 23rd May 1984
Set number: 101363
Set 101363 at Stirling on 23/05/1984. Car numbers are 53144 + 59049 + 53746. The leading car unusually retains the central marker lights (top and bottom) and the top one even looks like it might be switched on, though there is no glass lens - both these central lights were usually removed upon refurbishment. The full length uninterrupted cantrail rain strip suggests the vehicle has been refurbished. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: circa 1985
Set number: 101
The support arms, but not the wires, for the Ayrline Electrification have been installed at Troon setting the date to circa 1985. The Glasgow - Ayr electrified service came into operation in September 1986. 53160 and 59049 make up the first two vehicles in the Class 101 set. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 15th August 1988
Set number: 101306
Met-Camm sets 101306 (presumably 51228 59086 53243) and 101363 (presumably 53194 59049 53185) at Stirling on August 15, 1988. Colin Brooks.
Date: 12th May 1989
Set number: 302
Class 101 DMU set 302 (53197 visible) in Perth station, attached is Strathclyde liveried set 101363 and TBSL 59049 can be seen. On the right is 47711 'Greyfriars Bobby' with 1T22, the 11:05 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street, unusually coupled to the DBSO. Neil Smith.
Date: 12th May 1989
Set number: 302
Class 101 DMU sets 302 (53197 + 59305 + 53290) and 101363 (53185 + 59049 + 53194) in Perth station on 12 May 1989. Neil Smith.
Date: 22nd May 1991
Set number: CH616
M53442, M53431, Sc59074, Sc59525, Sc59049 at Chester await being sent for scrap, 22-5-91. Kevin Dowd.