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-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 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| 25/03/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |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 liveryDisposal
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 30th April 1991
Set number: L830
Class 101 set L830 (presumably 53333 + 59111 + 51190) at Kings Lynn on April 30, 1991. Alex Drennan.
Date: 1st September 1991
Set number: L830
Class 101 set L830 (51190 + presumably 59111 visible) at Cambridge on September 1, 1991. Alex Drennan.
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.
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.
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.