Vehicle 59053
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
| 09/11/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 03/04/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 02/08/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 16/07/83 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Dec-84 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Jul-87 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 01/04/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50146 | 59046 | 59053 | 50147 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 9th November 1956 | |||||
| 50145 | 59053 | 59531 | 50148 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| N404 | 50145 | 59053 | 59069 | 50148 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Hartlepool, set number on solebar of all vehicles except 501482 | ||||
| 50145 | 59053 | 59069 | 50148 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||
| 50171 | 59053 | 59572 | 50263 | Noted 22/07/79 - on 15:00 Darlington - Saltburn and 15:55 Saltburn - Darlington. 59053 allocated to Dundee so may be typo.3 | |||||
| 303 | 50292 | 59053 | 50184 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101365 | 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Noted 02/05/1981 - Last train from national network to Brechin and return 50239-59053-50245 + 55000 | |||||
| 101365 | 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Transfer to HA - 02/08/81 | |||||
| 101365 | 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 50239 | 59053 | 50245 | Transfer to AY - 16/07/83 | ||||||
| 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Noted 27/08/1983 - BLS Strathclyde Wanderer Railtour | ||||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||
| 51251 | 59053 | 53239 | Noted 31st January 1984 | ||||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 52028 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 365 | 53141 | 59053 | 53245 | Listed at HA - August 1986 | |||||
| 365 | 53192 | 59053 | 53245 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 101301 | 53254 | 59053 | 53192 | Noted 08/11/19864 | |||||
| 101365 | 53239 | 59053 | 53245 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101365 | 53245 | 59053 | 53239 | Noted 04/05/19874 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa October 1956
A Metropolitan Cammell image (negative DZ155) showing a brand new four-car DMU set for the North Eastern Region in Sutton Park station. DMSL E50147 is closest (with many staff on board), TBLS E59053 behind, the other two vehicles are presumably TSL E59046 and DMSL E50146. They were listed as new to South Gosforth on 9 November 1956. Metropolitan Cammell.
Date: circa October 1956
A Metropolitan Cammell image showing a brand new four-car DMU set for the North Eastern Region in Sutton Park station. DMSL E50147 is closest (with many staff on board), TBLS E59053 behind, the other two vehicles are presumably TSL E59046 and DMSL E50146. They were listed as new to South Gosforth on 9 November 1956. Metropolitan Cammell.
Date: circa October 1956
A Metropolitan Cammell image showing a brand new four-car DMU set for the North Eastern Region in Sutton Park station. The vehicles are almost certainly E50147 + E59053 + E59046 + E50146 which were listed as new to South Gosforth on 9 November 1956. Note the white disks in the two lower outer marker lamps. Metropolitan Cammell.
Date: 1981
Set number: 101365
Mixed livery trailer brake Met-Camm DMU set 101365 (presumably 50239 + 59053 + 53245) passes through Princes Street Gardens sometime in 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 2nd May 1981
Set number: 101365
50245 leads 59053, 50239 and 55000 on the "Farewell to Brechin" railtour seen on the outskirts of Brechin on the 2nd May 1981. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 2nd May 1981
55000 working the a last train to Brechin special (1Z17) from Edinburgh, seen on the outskirts of Brechin. With 50239, 59053 and 50245 on 2/5/81. The bubble was detached at Dundee. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 2nd May 1981
Class 122 55000 at the head of the "Farewell to Brechin" Railtour, 2/5/81. The bubble was added / detached at Dundee, the tour ran from Edinburgh with 50239 / 59053 and 50245. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 2nd May 1981
Set number: 101365
50245 leads 59053, 50239 and 55000 on the "Farewell to Brechin" railtour seen near Brechin on the 2nd May 1981. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: July 1981
Set number: 101365
101365 (50245 + 59053 + 50239) heading away from Haymarket station with an Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street service in July 1981. The centre vehicle has a wider grey band than the first, the rear vehicle is still in plain blue. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 9th April 1982
Set number: 101365
Met-Camm set 101 365 at Haymarket depot on the 9th April 1982. Closest vehicle is unknown, the TBS and blue DMS are presumably 59053 + 50239. Jerry Glover.
Date: 27th April 1983
Set number: 101365
53245 + 59053 + 53239 at Hunterston H.L. on August 27, 1983, with the BLS "Strathclyde Wanderer" tour. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 27th August 1983
Set number: 101365
101 365 (53239 + 59053 + 53245) at General Terminus (Glasgow) during a stop on the BLS "Strathclyde Wanderer" tour on August 27, 1983. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 27th August 1983
Set number: 101365
101 365 (53245 + 59053 + 53239) at General Terminus (Glasgow) during a stop on the BLS "Strathclyde Wanderer" tour on August 27, 1983. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 27th August 1983
Set number: 101365
The BLS 'Strathclyde Wanderer" railtour takes a break at Barrhead on its way to Kilmarnock. It was formed of 53245 + 59053 + 53239. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 6th October 1984
Set number: 101365
Two three-car Class 101 sets (101365, a DMS/TBS (presumably 59053) /DMS formation and 307) seen near Livingston South ready to form the 09:30 Livingston Link - Edinburgh service on October 6, 1984. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 6th October 1984
Set number: 101365
101365 on the front of the six-car 09:30 Livingston Link - Edinburgh service seen at Livingston South on October 6, 1984. 53245 is at the front, presumably with 59053 and 53239. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 23rd March 1985
Set number: 101365
Bathgate No More. Not quite as Metro Cammell 101 365 (53239 + 59053 + 53245) has brought invited guests into town as part of a publicity event for the forthcoming reopening of the Edinburgh - Bathgate line. Looking east as the Set stands in the goods yard used for motor car distribution traffic. The lifted Airdrie - Bathgate line is behind the track panels stacked to the far right. Saturday 23 March 1985. alicia hartman.