Vehicle 59081
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
| 14/03/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 28/02/71 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 24/03/77 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 4w/e 05/05/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 15/05/81 | Withdrawn from | DE (Dundee) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50188 | 59068 | 59081 | 50189 | As delivered to 51A - 14th March 1957 | |||||
| 50180 | 59047 | 59081 | 50265 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York1 | |||||
| N403 | 50141 | 59577 | 59081 | 50189 | Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 501892 | ||||
| 50141 | 59577 | 59081 | 50189 | Noted 03/04/76 - on Darlington depot2 | |||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Transfer to NH - 24/03/77 - from GF | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Transfer to CH - w/e 01/05/77 | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Noted 06/07/1977 - 2G66, 11.25 Chester to Wolverhampton3 | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Noted 12/09/1977 - at Wolverhampton 1 | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Noted 16/07/1978 - at Wolverhampton1 | ||||||
| 50189 | 59081 | 50197 | Transfer to DE - 4w/e 05/05/79 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
3rd October 1982
101 TBS 59081 and 127 DMBS 51621 at Derby Litchurch Lane, 3/10/82. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st August 1975
One of the DMU shuttles that ran from Darlington to Shildon for the Rail 150 Cavalcade on 31 August 1975. Helpfully, the November 1975 Railway Observer listed the formations of these shuttles and this one can be identified as, left to right, 59388 + 50644, 50141 + 59577 + 59081 + 50189 and 51439 + 59538 + 50143. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
This "TBSL" triple 101 with a 4-light front is thought to be 50189 - 59081 - 50197, a set that was transferred to Chester during 1977, and left about 1980. Entering Prestatyn, unknown date. John Powell.
Date: 26th August 1978
A Class 101 DMU on a Wolverhampton - Chester service in Curzon Park Cutting on 26 August 1978. Behind 40008 is on Llandudno - Manchester working. It is thought to be Chester set M50189 + M59081 + M50197, as this was the only TBSL set around in the Midlands at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.