Vehicle 59067
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
| 06/03/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Dec-63 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Jan-64 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 05/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | - also noted as 18/01/88 |
Notes
6th July 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 20/12/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50186 | 59067 | 59080 | 50187 | As delivered to 51A - 6th March 1957 | |||||
| 50186 | 59067 | 59080 | 50187 | Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER | |||||
| 50152 | 59067 | 50158 | Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 30/04/66 | ||||||
| 50264 | 59067 | 51231 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51470 | 59067 | 50269 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket2 | ||||||
| 51233 | 59067 | 51807 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | ||||||
| 51240 | 59067 | 51539 | Noted 29/07/76 - on 17.05 Dunblane – Edinburgh4 | ||||||
| 51795 | 59067 | 50158 | Noted 28/03/1977 - 07:23 Markinch to Edinburgh, part of 9 car train.1 | ||||||
| 51232 | 59067 | 50158 | Noted 18/08/77 - on 19.23 Edinburgh – Cowdenbeath4 | ||||||
| 234 | 51250 | 59067 | 50147 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 51224 | 59067 | 50243 | Noted 23/08/1980 - Branch Line Society Lothian and Fife Wanderer Railtour | ||||||
| 51244 | 59067 | 50243 | Noted 29/09/80 - on 2T46 17.33 Dundee – Glasgow QS4 | ||||||
| 314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Noted circa 03/19815 | |||||
| 55007 | 59067 | 50138 | Noted 07/05/81 - on 07.49 Edinburgh – Dunblane4 | ||||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 50138 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101316 | 51242 | 59067 | 53172 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 311 | 51235 | 59067 | 53187 | Listed at Haymarket - Aug-86 | |||||
| 53730 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted circa 12/19865 | ||||||
| 53730 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted 4th December 1986 | ||||||
| 101314 | 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51249 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted 25/03/19875 | ||||||
| 51240 | 59067 | 53138 | Noted circa 05/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
18th July 1983
A view from platform level of a Met-Camm set at West Calder station on 18/7/83, the centre car being 59067. David Christie.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224+59067+50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. Here it is seen passing through Newington on the Edinburgh South Suburban line, the station here closed in 1962 and has since been razed to track level. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. A little later that day, the tour passes through Abbeyhill station on the loop line to Piershill approaching what was originally a three way junction, left for Granton, straight ahead for Leith Central, right for Piershill and back to the ECML. This line was used for the Commonwealth Games shuttle to Meadowbank in 1986 but then disconnected when the ECML was electrified, although the tracks remain in place. Abbeyhill station was closed in 1964 with others on the route to the original Musselburgh terminus. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224 + 59067 + 50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. This one is at Trinity Junction looking into the sun, showing the DMU climbing the hill to Bangholm View and the summit at Ferry Road before dipping down to cross the Water of Leith near the now closed refuse terminal. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
The Branch Line Society "Lothian and Fife Wanderer" rail tour on 23 August 1980 is seen here at the erstwhile Cameron Bridge station on the Leven Railway. There is a possibily that a station may be reopened to serve the location during the 2020s, but not exactly on this site. The Metro-Cammell class 101 set comprised 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd August 1980
Class 101 Cameron Bridge 23 Aug 1980. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
BLS Lothian & Fife Wanderer 23 August 1980 at Granton Oil Terminal. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
Class 101 Granton Oil Terminal 23 Aug 1980. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
Class 101 Leven Kirkland Yard 23 Aug 1980. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 50243 + 59067 + 51224. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
1980 23 Aug BLS Lothian & Fife Wanderer Leven Kirkland Yard. The 1980 Scottish Branch Line Society Tour was the Lothian & Fife Wanderer, formed 51224 + 59067 + 50243. Alistair Ness.
Date: 23rd August 1980
Set number: 227
The Branch Line Society "Lothian and Fife" Railtour is seen at Dunfermline Upper station (closed to passengers in 1968) on 23 August 1980. Nearest the camera is car 50243, new in 1957. It would survive until 1992. The other cars were 59067 and 51224. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd August 1980
The Branch Line Society "Lothian and Fife" Railtour is seen at Dunfermline Upper station (closed to passengers in 1968) on 23 August 1980. Nearest the camera is car 51224, new in 1958. The other cars were 59067 and 50243. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd August 1980
Set number: 227
The Branch Line Society 'Lothian & Fife Wanderer', formed of Class 101 vehicles 50243 + 59067 + 51224, at Leven Kirkland Yard on 23 August 1980. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. Heading south again, the tour passes through Trinity tunnel, and approaches Trinity Junction. The original line behind the photographer leads to Scotland St, used by trains from Edinburgh to Granton where they would have boarded the world’s first train ferry to Burntisland. The train will however follow the diversionary route via Powderhall opened in 1868 to allow Scotland St tunnel to be closed. This location is almost unrecognisable these days, being the “five ways” junction of cyclepaths which radiate along each of the former lines here. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224 + 59067 + 50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. The tour stopped short of the West Granton Road bridge, at the point where locos ran round their tank trains. The gas works off to the right used to have a fascinating selection of standard and narrow gauge steam locos working an extensive internal system. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. After passing over West Harbour Road, the railtour heads uphill towards the oil terminal, over one of the few pieces of track joining the former North British and Caledonian systems in the city. On the left is the former Caledonian Railway goods depot, still in use today by William Waugh as a scrap recycler and which used to generate trainloads of scrap metal until the early 1970s. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. After passing over West Harbour Road, the railtour heads uphill towards the oil terminal, over one of the few pieces of track joining the former North British and Caledonian systems in the city. On the left is the former Caledonian Railway goods depot, still in use today by William Waugh as a scrap recycler and which used to generate trainloads of scrap metal until the early 1970s. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 50243 + 59067 + 51224. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. This view from Ferry Road shows the tour beginning the descent to Granton, passing under the “bridge to nowhere” at the end of Bangholm View. Murray Liston.
Date: 23rd August 1980
On 23rd August 1980 the BLS “Lothian & Fife Wanderer” covered a number of freight lines around Edinburgh and Fife, formed of 3 car Met Camm set 51224 + 59067 + 50243. I did not travel on this but chose to take some photos on the Granton branch, sadly only with a Kodak Instamatic. Here it is seen passing through Leith Walk station which last saw passenger services in 1947. After closure of the Granton branch a few years later this section continued in use to serve the Powderhall refuse terminal until a few years ago. Murray Liston.
Date: 14th July 1981
Set number: 101314
Three early-build Class 101 DMUs in Edinburgh Waverley on 14 July 1981. 101302 (presumably 50197) and 101314 (presumably 50138 + 59067 + 51240) flank 101360 (presumably 50160) which has plates over the positions of the top and lower centre marker lamps. Rob Edwards.