Vehicle 59091
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30264
Diagram: 622
Allocations
| 22/10/57 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 04/06/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 15/05/83 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/03/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 06/12/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
| 14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
| 03/12/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 07/12/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 30/01/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50244 | 59091 | 59097 | 50245 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 22nd October 1957 | |||||
| 50149 | 59091 | 59097 | 50244 | Noted 4th April 1958 | |||||
| 50244 | 59091 | 59097 | 50245 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 11/06/60 | |||||
| 50565 | 59091 | 59209 | 50566 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York1 | |||||
| 50151 | 59091 | 59092 | 50244 | Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough2 | |||||
| 50151 | 59091 | 59092 | 50244 | Noted 11/08/73 - on a Norwich - Peterborough service with 50387 + 561213 | |||||
| 50151 | 59091 | 59092 | 50244 | Noted 16/03/1974 - at York2 | |||||
| 50151 | 59091 | 59092 | 50244 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot3 | |||||
| 50151 | 59092 | 59091 | 50244 | Noted 29/10/75 - at York1 | |||||
| 51440 | 59091 | 51512 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 51440 | 59091 | 51512 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59091 | 51553 | Noted 24/03/77 - on Cambridge depot3 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59091 | 51553 | Noted 16/01/19824 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59091 | 51553 | Noted circa 04/19824 | ||||||
| 51553 | 59065 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 51553 | 59065 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 51553 | 59540 | 59091 | 51544 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted circa 09/19834 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted circa 10/19844 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted circa 07/19854 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted 11/09/85 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 10:20 Aberystwyth - Wolverhampton service with 51179 + 543585 | ||||||
| 53716 | 59091 | 53675 | Listed at CH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Transfer to NH - 30/03/86 - from CH | ||||||
| 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at RG - circa Dec-87 | |||||
| 841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Noted circa 06/19884 | |||||
| 841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Noted circa 11/19884 | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Noted circa 08/19904 | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Noted circa 01/19914 | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX | |||||
| L841 | 53312 | 59091 | 53332 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1985
A Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set (M53675 + M59091 + M53716) await departure from Aberystwyth in 1985 with a service for Shrewsbury. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 29th July 1985
A Class 120/101/120 hybrid at Winwick Junction on 29 July 1985. DMSL 53675 leads, it was allocated to Chester, the other two are presumably 59091 and 53716. Chris Thorp.
Date: 11th September 1985
M53675 + M59091 + M53716 at Machynlleth with the 13:30 Aberytswyth - Crewe, 11/9/85. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1988
Set number: 841
Class 101 Met-Camm set 841 (53312 and presumably 59091 + 53332) at Reading on 1988. Walter Burt.
Date: 17th April 1991
Set number: L841
Class 101 set L841 (53332 + 59091 + 53312) departs Tonbridge with 2V60 the 11:43 to Reading, 17th April 1991. Waddo Rail Archive.
Date: 30th June 1991
Set number: L841
A three-car Class 101 DMU is seen at West Ealing with an up relief at about 11:00 on 30 June 1991. It seems to be set L841 and so presumably 53332 + 59091 + 53312. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th June 1991
Set number: L841
A three-car Class 101 DMU is seen at West Ealing with an up relief at about 11:00 on Sunday 30 June 1991. It seems to be set L841 and so presumably 53312 + 59091 + 53332. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 11th September 1991
Set number: L841
L841 (53332 + 59091 + 53312) at Edenbridge on September 11, 1991. Nicholas Youngman.