Vehicle 59107
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
| 08/01/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| Jan-67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 2w/e 25/03/79 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 06/05/79 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| 2w/e 09/09/79 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 15/05/83 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 02/10/83 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 07/07/85 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 15/11/87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Oct-89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/09/90 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| p/e 13/10/90 | Sector Change to | LA (Laira) PXXZ | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) PXXZ |
Notes
30th April 1990 - Seen stored out of use in Chester station sidings
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 15/09/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50287 | 59107 | 50277 | As delivered to 56G - 8th January 1958 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59107 | 50277 | Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59107 | 50277 | Transfer to 55H - Jan-67 | ||||||
| 51546 | 59107 | 51554 | Noted 12/07/69 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 08/09/73 - at York2 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 19/04/74 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 11/1974 - at Sheffield 3 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50280 | Noted 05/03/76 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 31/03/1976 - at York3 | ||||||
| 50289 | 59107 | 50276 | Noted 29/04/76 - at Cambridge2 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59107 | 51559 | Noted 30/07/78 - at Lancaster | ||||||
| 51213 | 59107 | 50750 | Noted circa 03/19794 | ||||||
| 51508 | 59107 | 59055 | 51506 | Noted circa 07/19834 | |||||
| TS607 | 53862 | 59107 | 53872 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| TS617 | 51138 | 59107 | 51151 | Noted circa 10/19844 | |||||
| TS534 | 53053 | 59107 | 53886 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
| 53733 | 59107 | 51586 | Formation change - NH - Jan-86 | ||||||
| 53733 | 59107 | 51586 | Listed at NH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 51925 | 59107 | 52043 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 51925 | 59107 | 52043 | Listed at BX - Jun-87 | ||||||
| 51925 | 59107 | 52043 | Noted 10/07/19874 | ||||||
| 51925 | 59107 | 52043 | Listed at BX - mid Nov-87 | ||||||
| 101357 | 53198 | 59107 | 53244 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 357 | 53198 | 59107 | 53244 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| 101357 | 53198 | 59107 | 53244 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| CH358 | 51184 | 59107 | 53204 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | |||||
| CH358 | 51184 | 59107 | 53204 | Noted 16/09/90 - on a Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly local service |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
18th July 1989
A trio of assorted DMU trailers lie out of use in the depot yard at Haymarket on 18/7/89. From left to right they are 59107(cl.101), 59809(cl.110) and 59153(cl.104). Leonard Rogers.
20th March 1991
Class 111 TSL 59107 at Snailwell on 20th March 1991. The number prefix has been painted over, in its lifetime it had been allocated to the ER, LMR, ScR and latterly the WR. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1978
A Class 111 (E51549 + E59107 + E51559) departs from Manchester Victoria on a service to Leeds (City) via Huddersfield in July 1978. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 30th July 1978
E51559 + E59107 + E51549 + E51554 + E59529 + E51546 seen at Lancaster on the 30th July 1978. Robert Frise.
Date: 1983
Met-Camms at Whitby in 1983. The centre car on the left appears to be E59107, a Class 111 TSL that was allocated to Darlington from 1979 to May 1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 25th January 1986
A three-car Class 120/111 hybrid formed of Swindon Class 120 driving cars M53733 & M51586 with a Metro-Cammell Class 111 centre trailer M59107, was stood on the Up Fast at Leyland station with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on January 25th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 11th October 1986
A 6-car Class 108 / Met-Camm formation heads away from Kirkham Junction, Lancashire, on 11/10/1986. The two leading vehicles are 51925 (with Merseyside PTE logo) and 59107. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 15th October 1986
A Derby Class 108 Driving Car M52043 was stood at Leyland at the rear of a six-car Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service on October 15th 1986. The car was running as part of a three-car set, coupled with Class 108 DMBS M51925 and Metro-Cammell Class 111 Trailer Car M59107. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 11th January 1987
On a bright Winter afternoon, a Class 108/111 hybrid four-car DMU was arriving at Leyland with a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service on January 11th 1987. The leading car was Class 108 Derby Lightweight M51925, with Met-Cam Class 111 Trailer Open Second Lavatory (TSL) M59107 following, the third car was a Class 108 Centre Trailer, with Class 108 Driving Trailer M52043 bringing-up the rear. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 30th May 1987
A Class 108/101 hybrid DMU (51925 + 59107 + 52043) at Sheffield on 30/5/87. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th June 1990
Set number: CH358
A 3 car Metro-Cammell class 101 dmu CH358 (51184 + 59107 + 53204) is seen crossing the Torrs and about to plunge into New Mills Tunnel with a Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly local service, 16th June 1990. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 25th March 1991
Met-Camm vehicles 53248 (Class 101) and 59107 (Class 111) at Snailwell on 25th March 1991. Nicholas Youngman.