Vehicle 59062
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30257
Diagram: 623
Allocations
| 11/02/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Mar-60 | Transferred to | 50A (York) | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 3w/e 31/12/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 09/01/83 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 09/03/86 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated circa 01/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50176 | 59062 | 59075 | 50177 | As delivered to 51A - 11th February 1957 | |||||
| 50155 | 59062 | 50161 | Noted 22nd April 1957 | ||||||
| 50180 | 59062 | 59075 | 50181 | Transfer to 50A - Mar-60 | |||||
| 50180 | 59062 | 59075 | 50181 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 50179 | 59062 | 59052 | 50267 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 50165 | 59062 | 51509 | Noted 01/07/73 - at Newcastle1 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59062 | 51509 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59062 | 51509 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59062 | 51509 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2 | ||||||
| 50288 | 59062 | 59524 | 50273 | Noted 10/03/77 - on Cambridge depot2 | |||||
| 50273 | 59524 | 59062 | 50288 | Noted 26/04/80 - at York2 | |||||
| EP520 | 53711 | 59062 | 53659 | Noted circa 12/19833 | |||||
| EP501 | 53718 | 59062 | 53669 | Noted circa 06/19843 | |||||
| EP501 | 53718 | 59062 | 53669 | Noted 22/09/84 - at Norwich2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 7th August 1983
Set number: EP520
Swindon Cross-Country set EP520 (M53711 + Met-Camm centre car probably M59062 + M53659) depart Scarborough with a Leicester service on August 7, 1983. John Carter.