Vehicle 59069
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
| 25/03/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 30/09/61 | On loan to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 4w/e 30/06/62 | Ex-loan back to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 3w/e 01/04/72 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 29/05/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| by 01/02/81 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| Mar-87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 27/09/87 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/12/88 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PSYX |
Notes
13th December 1982 - Seen in ex works condition (P 13.11.82)
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 24/05/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50190 | 59069 | 59082 | 50191 | As delivered to 51A - 25th March 1957 | |||||
| 50190 | 59069 | 59082 | 50191 | Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 30/09/61 | |||||
| 50190 | 59069 | 59082 | 50191 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 30/06/62 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 59069 | 50237 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50150 | 59069 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 59069 | 50163 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| N404 | 50145 | 59053 | 59069 | 50148 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Hartlepool, set number on solebar of all vehicles except 501483 | ||||
| 50145 | 59053 | 59069 | 50148 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||
| 51233 | 59069 | 50175 | Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 240 | 51799 | 59069 | 51234 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
| 322 | 51250 | 59069 | 50159 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51470 | 59069 | 51789 | Noted 22nd September 1981 | ||||||
| 399 | 51470 | 59069 | 51789 | Noted 12th October 1981 | |||||
| 101322 | 51250 | 59069 | 50159 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51991 | 59069 | 50159 | Noted 13/12/82 | ||||||
| 51301 | 59069 | 52028 | Noted 19th February 1983 - on Glasgow Central - Edinburgh via Shotts service | ||||||
| 51301 | 59069 | 52033 | Noted 23rd March 1983 - on 17:20 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central via Shotts | ||||||
| 107441 | 52002 | 59069 | 52019 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101322 | 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Noted 09/12/85 - on 1940 Perth-Edinburgh hauled by 27003 after failing. | ||||||
| 101322 | 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101322 | 51250 | 59069 | 51269 | Noted 3rd July 1986 | |||||
| 322 | 51250 | 59069 | 51269 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 51269 | Noted 14th August 1986 | ||||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 51269 | Noted 6th September 1986 | ||||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 53380 | Noted 26th September 1986 | ||||||
| 101322 | 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107439 | 52000 | 59069 | 52036 | Noted 25/03/19874 | |||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Transfer to HA - Mar-87 | ||||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Noted circa 04/19874 | ||||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Noted 24/05/19874 | ||||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Transfer to NL - 27/09/87 - from HA | ||||||
| 51250 | 59069 | 53159 | Noted 01/10/87 - at Newcastle | ||||||
| 51817 | 59069 | 51842 | Noted circa Oct-87 | ||||||
| 51812 | 59069 | 51842 | Noted 17/11/87 - dragged by 47116 on 2G23 1243 Leeds-Sheffield via Barnsley and 2G36 1642 Sheffield-Leeds via Barnsley both with 52080 + 52069 | ||||||
| 51812 | 59069 | 51842 | Noted 22/11/87 | ||||||
| 51812 | 59069 | 51842 | Noted 16/01/88 - on a Halifax - Leeds service | ||||||
| spare | 59069 | Formation change - NL - early Apr-88 - ex-502 | |||||||
| 51823 | 59069 | 52081 | Noted circa May-88 | ||||||
| 506 | 51823 | 59069 | 52081 | Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
6th October 1976
Class 101 DMUs at Newcastle on 06/10/1976, with E59069 nearest the camera. Graeme Phillips Collection.
31st May 1989
Met-Camm centre car SC59069 at Snailwell on May 21, 1989. It had been withdrawn from Neville Hill the previous December. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1984
Set number: 107441
107 441 (probably 52002 + 59069 + 52019) has a Class 101 centre car when seen in Paisley Gilmour Street in late 1984. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 14th July 1986
Class 105 DMBS 51269 at the head of a Glasgow Central - Largs service at Paisley Gilmour Street on 14/7/86. It had been transferred from Norwich a few weeks before, the NC set number 51 has been partially peeled from the left cab window. The vehicle is in plain blue livery, the vehicles behind (59069 and 51250) are in blue/grey as evidenced by the open doors. Dennis Taylor.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 322
101 activity on Haymarket depot circa 1987. On the left a DMS (still running) and centre car (labeled 322 - presumably 59069) seem to part of a set reformation in progress. Above it another set seems to be being split or joined powered by a pair of Class 26s. On the right is a centre car labeled as being from set 308, and a vehicle from another class behind. S Saunders.
Date: 1st October 1987
Set number: 101322
Recently transferred from Scotland, set 101322 consisting of SC53159 + SC59069 + SC51250 at Newcastle on 1/10/87, receiving attention from fitters. Unusually, the leading vehicle retains the top marker light above the destination blind - these were usually removed upon refurbishment in late 1970s / early 1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 16th January 1988
51842 / 59069 / 51812 are seen approaching Bradford interchange with a Halifax - Leeds service on 16/1/88. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st June 1988
Class 110 51823 with its Class 104 cab dome is seen at Leeds on 01.06.1988. The other two vehicles are probably 59069 and 52081, which was Neville Hill set 506 at the time. Andy Cole.