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Vehicle 59105 / 59111


Class 111

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30269
Diagram: 623

Allocations

21/12/57 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 02/03/63 On loan to 40A (Lincoln)
07/04/63 Ex-loan back to 56G (Hammerton Street)
w/e 30/04/67 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
09/01/83 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
circa 1984 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
07/06/87 Transferred to RG (Reading)
4w/e 03/12/88 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NSBX
14/05/90 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) NNEX
25/08/92 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
27/08/92 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHA
21/01/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
25/03/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

59105 - original number
59111 - from Apr-90 (avoid duplication with Class 59 loco)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 02/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50285 59105 50275 As delivered to 56G - 21st December 1957
50284 59105 50274 Transfer to 40A - 3w/e 02/03/63 - on loan from NER
50284 59105 50274 Transfer to 56G - 07/04/63 - ex-loan ER
51548 59105 51555 Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City1
50288 59105 50278 Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1
50288 59105 50278 Noted 27/07/68 - at Leeds City1
L183 50287 59105 50274 Noted circa 19712
50284 59105 50274 Noted 27/10/71 - in Manchester Victoria3
50287 59105 50274 Noted 31/10/1972 - at Manchester Victoria4
50287 59105 50274 Noted 25/11/73 - on 08:48 York - Doncaster and Cambridge
50287 59105 50274 Noted 17/04/74 - at Leeds1
50287 59105 50274 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York4
50287 59105 50274 Noted 29/08/74 - at York3
50287 59105 50274 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot3
50287 59105 50274 Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough1
50287 59105 50275 Noted 30/01/76 - at Cambridge3
50280 59105 50276 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50287 59105 50274 Noted 10/09/76 - in Reddish North station3
50287 59105 50274 Noted 24/09/76 - on 12:02 Morecambe - Leeds
50287 59105 50274 Noted 06/11/1976 - at York4
53726 59105 53682 Noted circa 01/19842
53682 59105 53726 Noted 11/05/1985 - 53682-59105-53726 + 51793-59684-51785 + 51791-59679-51786 Settle & Carlisle Pioneer Railtour (organiser unknown)
53726 59105 53682 Noted circa 06/19852
53726 59105 53682 Listed at NH - circa Jan-86
51924 59105 52038 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
51924 59105 52038 Noted circa 11/19862
830 51190 59105 53333 Noted circa 08/19872
L830 51190 59105 53333 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L830 51190 59105 53333 Listed at RG - Oct-87
51190 59105 53333 Noted 24/10/87 - on 15:40 Reading - Gatwick5
L830 51190 59105 53333 Noted circa Nov-87
L830 51190 59105 53333 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L830 51190 59111 53333 Noted circa 08/19902
L830 51190 59111 53333 Listed at CA - 21/01/91
L830 51190 59111 53333 Noted circa 08/19912
L830 51190 59111 53333 Noted 19/10/91 - at Cambridge3
L830 51190 59111 53333 Noted 02/11/1991 - Badger Railtours The Fletton Avoider L700+L830
L830 51190 59111 53333 Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool
L830 51190 59111 53333 Noted 14/06/1992 - Branch Line Society The Blackwater and Thames Rambler Railtour
L830 51190 59111 53333 Listed at CA - 12/08/92
101830 51190 59111 53333 Listed at HA - 24/09/92
L830 51190 59111 53333 Listed at HA - November 1992
101830 51190 59111 53333 Listed at HA - 10/12/92 - NSE livery

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th August 1987

Set number: 830

Class 101 Set 830 (presumably 53333 + 59105 + 51190) with a Slough - Paddington service arrives at Ealing Broadway (at 1420) on Tuesday 18th August 1987. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: October 1987

Set number: 830

Met-Camm set 830 (53333 closest, the DMBS is 51190 and the centre car presumably 59105) heads away from Southall station in October 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: October 1987

Set number: 830

51190 - the leading vehicle in set 830 seen at Southall circa October 1987 - has had the M prefix painted over on its number. 53333 is on the rear, the centre car should be 59105. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: November 1987

Set number: 830

Waiting at Westbury. Met Camm triple set 830 (53333 + 59105 + 51190) was a long time LMR set and moved to the WR before this photo was taken at Westbury in November 1987. The Network South East flash seems to have been added to the front end very recently as it doesn't appear on other photos of it this vehicle the previous month. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 29th March 1988

Set number: L830

L830 (presumably 53333 closest with 59105 + 51190) heads out of Gatwick with a Reading service on 29/3/88. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: 1991

Set number: L830

53333 is the closest vehicle (presumably with 59111 + 51190) in NSE-livered Class 101 set L830 seen at Cambridge in 1991. John Law.

DMU

Date: 30th April 1991

Set number: L830

Class 101 set L830 (presumably 53333 + 59111 + 51190) at Kings Lynn on April 30, 1991. Alex Drennan.

DMU

Date: 1st September 1991

Set number: L830

Class 101 set L830 (51190 + presumably 59111 visible) at Cambridge on September 1, 1991. Alex Drennan.

DMU

Date: October 1991

Set number: L830

A three-car Class 101 - set L830 (presumably 51190 + 59111 + 53333) - seen at Littleport (Cambridgeshire) in October 1991. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 21st May 1992

Set number: L830

L830 (presumably 51190 + 59111 + 53333) approaching Downham Market with the shuttle service from Kings Lynn on May 21, 1992. Alex Drennan.

DMU

Date: 21st May 1992

Set number: L830

L830 (presumably 53333 + 59111 + 51190) arrived at Downham Market awaiting the coach replacement service from Ely on May 21, 1992. Alex Drennan.