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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-73Depot code changeDE
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May-87 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr) - also noted as 18/01/88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 livery

Disposal

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
314 51240 59067 50138 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101314 51240 59067 50138 Noted circa 03/19815
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:

Class 101 DMU at West Calder

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:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.