Vehicle 59084
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
| 04/04/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 3w/e 21/03/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 21/03/82 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
| 12/05/85 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 16/07/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 05/10/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 14/04/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50194 | 59071 | 59084 | 50195 | As delivered to 51A - 4th April 1957 | |||||
| 50184 | 59084 | 59386 | 50642 | Noted 26/06/60 - at Darlington | |||||
| 50170 | 59060 | 59084 | 50193 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City1 | |||||
| 50142 | 59060 | 59084 | 50193 | Noted 31/08/71 - at York1 | |||||
| 50193 | 59084 | 50262 | Noted 04/09/71 - at Whitby1 | ||||||
| 50193 | 59060 | 59084 | 50268 | Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2 | |||||
| 50192 | 59084 | 59060 | 50262 | Noted 08/09/1975 - at darlington3 | |||||
| 50193 | 59073 | 59084 | 50267 | Noted 23/11/76 - (2 x TBS) at York1 | |||||
| 50193 | 59065 | 59084 | 50267 | Noted circa 01/19774 | |||||
| 50193 | 59065 | 59084 | 50267 | Noted 12/02/77 - at York1 | |||||
| 50193 | 59084 | 50267 | Noted 17/02/77 - on Cambridge depot5 | ||||||
| 50193 | 59084 | 59065 | 50267 | Noted Oct-81 - at Doncaster | |||||
| 50267 | 59065 | 59084 | 50193 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| 51211 | 59084 | 59063 | 50263 | Noted 03/05/82 - at Castleton | |||||
| 53149 | 59084 | 53244 | Noted 18/02/1984 - Hertfordshire Railtours Norseman 2 51219-53188 + 53150-53295 + 53149-59084-53244 | ||||||
| 104 | 53150 | 59084 | 51506 | Noted 27/04/85 - at Norwich5 | |||||
| 104 | 51508 | 59084 | 51506 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | |||||
| 104 | 51508 | 59084 | 51506 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | |||||
| 102 | 53180 | 59084 | 53193 | Noted 15/02/19864 | |||||
| 102 | 53177 | 59084 | 53193 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 102 | 53177 | 59084 | 53193 | Noted 27/08/19864 | |||||
| 102 | 53177 | 59084 | 53193 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | |||||
| 102 | 53193 | 59084 | 53168 | Noted 20/06/19874 | |||||
| 102 | 53168 | 59084 | 53193 | Noted circa Jan-88 | |||||
| 102 | 53193 | 59084 | 53168 | Noted 26/03/19884 | |||||
| 102 | 53149 | 59084 | 53193 | Listed at NC - Feb-90 | |||||
| 102 | 53193 | 59084 | 53168 | Noted circa 08/19904 | |||||
| 102 | 53149 | 59084 | 53193 | Listed at NC - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 102 | 53168 | 59084 | 53193 | Listed at NC - Jul-91 | |||||
| 102 | 53168 | 59084 | 53193 | Listed at NC - Aug-91 | |||||
| 102 | 53170 | 59084 | 53193 | Listed at NC - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th May 1981
Set number: 102
Norwich Crown Point Set 102 E53193, E59084, E53180 with an East Suffolk Line service enters Ipswich 290581 Steve Knight.
Date: 1982
E50263 leads a Newcastle-Darlington train past Wheatleywell Lane, Plawsworth, early 1982. Interestingly the rear DMC has been replaced by a DMBS. The first class accommodation in the leading car appears to have been downgraded as there's no yellow stripe above the windows. Elsewhere on www.railcar.co.uk, it's reported that this set was formed of vehicles E50263 + E59063 + E59084 + E51211 at that time, which is consistent with the vehicle types seen in this view. Simon Hadden.
Date: 3rd May 1982
Four-car set E50263 + 59063 + 59084 + 51211 at Castleton on May 3rd, 1982, taken from (Taken from 50233. Much has changed here, not only the long gone class 101 DMUs but also the track 50263 is on, that platform and signal box, in fact there is little sign they were ever there. John Carter.
Date: 18th February 1984
The Hertfordshire 'Norseman' railtour at Bedale on the 18th February 1984. The vehicles visible are 53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
The 'Norseman' railtour at Redmire on the 18th February 1984. The visible vehicles are 53244 + 59084 + 53149. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
The 'Norseman' railtour at Redmire on the 18th February 1984, a 2 + 2 + 3-car formation. From this end the vehicles were 51219 + 53188, 53150 + 53295, 53149 + 59084 + 53244. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th February 1984
On 18 February 1984 Hertfordshire Railtours ran a railtour utilising a class 47 with eight Mk 1 carriages between London King's Cross and Darlington and a 7-car Met-Camm dmu formation (53244 + 59084 + 53149 and 53295 + 53150 and 53188 + 51219) thence to Redmire and Eastgate as "The Norseman 2". In this view an HR rep is either placing or removing the headboard from Class 101 DMC(L) 53244. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 15th March 1986
Set number: 102
Lowestoft station on 15 March 1986. Class 101 set 102 - 53193 + 59084 + 53180 is on the left forming 16.30 to Ipswich, on the right is Class 105 set 51 - 54136 + 51269 - forming 16.26 to Norwich. Rob Paterson.
Date: 25th February 1991
Set number: 102
Seen waiting departure from a misty Lowestoft are Class 101 DMUs numbers E51508 with the 1255hrs to Ipswich and E53168, E59084 and E53193 with the 1250hrs to Norwich. Keith Long.