Vehicle 59078
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30258
Diagram: 627
Allocations
| 19/03/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 2w/e 25/11/79 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 06/07/86 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 28/09/86 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 27/09/87 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 19/07/88 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 12/12/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50182 | 59065 | 59078 | 50183 | As delivered to 51A - 19th March 1957 | |||||
| 50182 | 59078 | 50183 | Noted May-57 | ||||||
| 50251 | 59078 | 50261 | Noted 30/04/60 - on 5.20pm Stockton - Loftus and 6.30pm Loftus - Middlesbrough, the last passenger train between Guisborough and Loftus | ||||||
| 50170 | 59045 | 59078 | 50184 | Noted 12/08/1971 - at York1 | |||||
| 50182 | 59078 | 50195 | Transfer to NR - 2w/e 25/11/79 | ||||||
| 90 | 50182 | 59078 | 50195 | Noted 08/02/80 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 90 | 50182 | 59078 | 50195 | Listed at NR - circa Mar-80 - refurbished (b/g) | |||||
| 50182 | 59078 | 50235 | Noted 21/02/81 - on 17.47 Ely – Kings Lynn3 | ||||||
| 90 | 50182 | 59078 | 50266 | Noted 06/06/81 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 50182 | 59078 | 50266 | Noted 28/09/81 - at Norwich | ||||||
| 92 | 53179 | 59078 | 53261 | Noted circa 03/19844 | |||||
| 53750 | 59078 | 53240 | Noted circa 09/19864 | ||||||
| 53261 | 59078 | 53240 | Noted 29/09/19864 | ||||||
| 53261 | 59078 | 53240 | Noted 13/10/19864 | ||||||
| 51824 | 59078 | 51845 | Noted circa Oct-87 | ||||||
| 51824 | 59078 | 51845 | Noted 22/11/87 | ||||||
| 51824 | 59078 | 51845 | Noted 23rd January 1988 | ||||||
| 51812 | 59078 | 51842 | Listed at NL - early Apr-88 | ||||||
| spare | 59078 | Formation change - NL - circa May-88 - ex-507 | |||||||
| 502 | 51812 | 59078 | 51842 | Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
31st May 1989
Class 101 TBS 59078 at Snailwell on May 31, 1989. It had been withdrawn from Neville Hill in July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa December 1979
Freshly painted Class 101 E50182, the TBS behind is presumably E59078. Both were transferred from Darlington to Norwich in November 1979 and seem to have stopped in Doncaster Works en-route for refurbishment being released in blue/grey in December. An Eastern Region publicity image taken at Norwich depot. British Rail.
Date: circa December 1979
A Class 104 DMU, the label in the first passenger window reads 'To Doncaster Works'. On the right is freshly painted Class 101 E50182, the TBS behind is presumably E59078. Both were transferred from Darlington to Norwich in November 1979 and seem to have stopped in Doncaster Works en-route for refurbishment being released in blue/grey in December. An Eastern Region publicity image taken at Norwich depot. British Rail.
Date: 28th September 1981
3 car Met-Cam DMU comprising cars 50182, 59078, 50266, arrives at Norwich. 28-09-81. Paul James.
Date: 31st May 1989
Class 101 DMBS 53750 at Snailwell on May 31, 1989. E59078 is on the left. Nicholas Youngman.