Vehicle 59054
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
| 21/11/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 2w/e 25/07/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 14/11/82 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| circa Aug-84 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 17/11/85 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 31/03/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 10/08/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50148 | 59047 | 59054 | 50149 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 21st November 1956 | |||||
| 50148 | 59047 | 59054 | 50149 | Noted 04/08/68 - in Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50141 | 59526 | 59054 | 50177 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 50141 | 59526 | 59054 | 50177 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough1 | |||||
| 50177 | 59054 | 50267 | Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50640 + 59350 + 505991 | ||||||
| 50177 | 59054 | 50267 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Newcastle2 | ||||||
| 50177 | 59054 | 50267 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot2 | ||||||
| N396 | 50177 | 59054 | 50267 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on all vehicles2 | |||||
| 50270 | 59070 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 01/19773 | |||||
| 51557 | 59054 | 59070 | 50270 | Noted 29/06/80 - on 15:58 Morecambe to Lancaster4 | |||||
| 50270 | 59070 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted 02/01/1981 - Hull - Manchester service3 | |||||
| 51844 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 04/19823 | ||||||
| 50270 | 59524 | 59054 | 51557 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||
| 53680 | 59054 | 53694 | Noted circa 04/19833 | ||||||
| 53680 | 59054 | 53694 | Noted 29/03/1984 - at Chester3 | ||||||
| 53733 | 59054 | 53694 | Noted circa 07/19843 | ||||||
| TS610 | 53101 | 59054 | 53890 | Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 | |||||
| TS610 | 53890 | 59054 | 53101 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||
| TS610 | 53101 | 59054 | 53890 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS610 | 53890 | 59054 | 53101 | Noted circa 06/19863 | |||||
| TS610 | 53101 | 59054 | 53890 | Noted 21/06/86 - on a Birmingham - Norwich service with 53206 + 54058 and 51200 + 54359 attached, which were being transferred CH to NC2 | |||||
| TS610 | 53101 | 59054 | 53890 | Noted 28/06/86 - on a Birmingham - Norwich service with B431 attached2 | |||||
| TS610 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53910 (ex-TS600) replaces 53101 | |||||
| TS354 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 9 car set with TS524 and TS4005 | |||||
| TS354 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Noted circa 06/19873 | |||||
| T354 | 53890 | 59054 | 53910 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T354 | 53904 | 59054 | 53910 | Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 53904 (ex-T320) replaced 53890 (to T320) |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th February 1957
An official image (London Midland Region publicity negative DM903) showing a four-car Met-Camm set in Carlisle Citadel station on 7 February 1957. These South Gosforth allocated DMUs had taken over the services from Newcastle a few days earlier on the 4th. Closest is DMCL E50148, the others should be TSL E59047, TBSL E59054 and DMCL E50149, all with 2+2 seating. British Railways.
Date: unknown
E51557 is on the front of a four-car refurbished Class 111 set (presumably with 59054 + 59070 + 50270) seen at York, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th July 1983
A Class 120 DMSL M53680 / Class 101 TBSL (presumably 59054) / Class 120 DMSL hybrid DMU seen in Aberystwyth station on 30 July 1983. Alistair Ness.
Date: 7th June 1986
A Class 116/101/116 DMU (53890 + 59054 + 53101) at Tyseley on 7 June 1986. Keith Miller.
Date: 23rd April 1987
Set number: TS524
Emerging from the gloom of Birmingham New Street station on 23/Apr/1987 is Class 115 DMBS no. 51884 at the head of non-gangwayed three-car set TS524 formed with 59622 (cl.127) and 53112 (cl.116). This was a nine-car consist, the other sets recorded as being TS400 formed 51862-59602-53124 (classes 115-127-116) and TS354 formed 53890-59054-53910 (two class 116 DMSs with a class 101 trailer brake). Unusually at this late date and for a unit in Blue/Grey livery, two white marker dots are displayed in the former headcode panel of the leading 115 and as I recall, they were actually stuck on the outside purely for effect. It looked really good compared with the usual plain painted treatment. 51884 had a more varied allocation history than many 115s, being new to Chaddesden thence to Trafford Pk, Allerton, Toton, Allerton again, Marylebone, back to Allerton before a return to Marylebone and a final transfer to Tyseley in 1986. It received gangways for the first time only in September 87. Robert Chilton.
Date: 25th April 1987
Set number: TS354
Showing the flexibility of this era of DMUs is Tyseley set T354 two Class 116 DMSs are working with a Class 101 TBSL (presumably 53890 + 59054 + 53910). The train was photographed at Longbridge 25 April 1987 while it was working a Worcester to Birmingham New Street via Bromsgrove service. Peter Tandy.