Vehicle 59114
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30277
Diagram: 624
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50303 during the unknown period are:
| Feb-58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Mar-58 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) |
Then the allocations for 59114 are:
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 2w/e 22/07/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 11/05/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 18/09/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 01/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | As delivered to 5D - February 1958 | ||||||
| TY400 | 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 06/09/73 - on Worcester depot2 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 30/05/1975 - at Solihull with Class 120 (50744, 59295 and 50677)3 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station2 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 08/09/76 - at Birmingham Proof House2 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 11/04/1977 - 2D66, 07.52 Wolverhampton to Chester, extended to Rhyl.4 | ||||||
| TS400 | 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 13/09/1977 - at Solihull3 | |||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Transfer to DE - w/e 22/10/77 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Transfer to TS - 2w/e 22/07/78 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 29/07/1978 - Seen at Barmouth in blue livery4 | ||||||
| 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted 23/07/79 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| TS400 | 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS400 | 50303 | 59114 | 50321 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS403 | 50303 | 59114 | 50336 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS403 | 50303 | 59114 | 50336 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| TS403 | 50303 | 59114 | 50336 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS403 | 53303 | 59114 | 53336 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS403 | 53303 | 59114 | 53336 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59114 | 53328 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59114 | 53328 | Noted circa 03/19844 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59114 | 53328 | Noted 09/06/1984 - BR Ruddington Requiem Railtour 53190-59130-53857 + 53055-59611-53116 + 53318-59114-53328 | |||||
| TS625 | 53056 | 59114 | 53106 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| 53056 | 59114 | 53106 | Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| TS625 | 53056 | 59114 | 53106 | Noted circa 11/19854 | |||||
| 53056 | 59114 | 53106 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:25 Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington service5 | ||||||
| TS625 | 53056 | 59114 | 53106 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS625 | 53056 | 59114 | 53106 | Noted circa 06/19864 | |||||
| TS622 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Formation change - TS - circa Aug-86 - 59114 (ex-TS625) replaces 59616 (to TS625) | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street6 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Noted circa 06/19874 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59114 | 53880 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| TS359 | 53860 | 59114 | 53887 | Noted 03/10/87 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| T349 | 53866 | 59114 | 53887 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| N358 | 53867 | 59114 | 53920 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | |||||
| N358 | 53867 | 59114 | 53920 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| N359 | 53839 | 59114 | 53922 | Noted circa Jul-88 - also marked 361 | |||||
| N358 | 53867 | 59114 | 53920 | Noted circa Jul-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Robert Chilton
No images of the vehicle available.
Do you have any you can add?
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd March 1968
Set number: 400
Tyseley Met-Camm set 400 (M50303 and presumably M59114 + M50321) at Henley-in-Arden with the SLS 'Farewell to the Honeybourne Cheltenham Line' tour on March 23, 1968. Note the location of the BR logo, and the smaller 3" vehicle numbers. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th August 1972
Set number: TY400
Barmouth on Sunday 20/8/1972. In a more enlightened era, Sunday services were offered to West Midlanders to enable them to spend a day on the Cambrian Coast. This 101 unit (with TY400 closest, presumably (50321 59114 50303) is preparing to run into Barmouth were it will work back to Birmingham New St. Another unit (CR251) rests in the excursion platform. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 1973
Set number: TY400
Class 101 Met-Camm set TY400 (presumably 50303 + 59114 + 50321) and a Class 116 are seen just north of Great Bridgeford (Stafford) on a snowy day in early 1973. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1973
Set number: TY400
Tyseley allocated Class 101 DMU set TY400 (50321 and presumably 59114 + 50303) is seen at Hartlebury with a Hereford service in mid-1973. Michael Mensing.
Date: 28th May 1979
Set number: TS400
Class 101 DMU set TS400, M50303 and presumably M59114 + M50321, in Stratford-upon-Avon station on Monday 28 May 1979. David Russon.
Date: circa December 1981
Set number: TS403
Refurbished Tyseley Class 101 set TS403 (presumably 50303 + 59114 + 50336) getting loaded with mail at Swindon. The slide process date is December 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th May 1983
Set number: TS403
I’m not sure how often West Midlands DMUs made it to Devon but it seems a long way to me and certainly would not have been my preferred choice of transport for such a journey. However, this six car set comprising a Class 116 Derby Triple and Class 101 Metro Cammell Triple (TS403, 53336 and presumably 59114 + 53303) arrived at Exeter St Davids from the north on Monday 16th May 1983. In spite of the “Bristol Temple Meads” destination(!) this very busy train terminated at Exeter and was shunted into the sidings on the up side of the station. My attempts to identify the train from the timetable proved fruitless and it still remains something of a mystery. Brian McDevitt.
Date: 24th August 1983
Set number: TS403
Set TS403 (53336 + 59114 + 53303) in seen sitting in Leamington Spa station at 20:19 on Wednesday 24/8/83. Mel Holley.
Date: 9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
TS419 (53328 + 59114 + 53318) leads 'The Ruddington Requiem' railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.
Date: 9th June 1984
Set number: TS419
53318 + 59114 + 53328 at the front of The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.
Date: 9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake (GCR) on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857 / 53055 + 59611 + 53116 / 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Mel Smith.
Date: 9th June 1984
Set number: TS600
The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Lawfield on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857, 53055 + 59611 + 53116, 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Chris Lings.
Date: 14th July 1984
Set number: TS419
The 17.40 Paddington - Stratford-upon-Avon pauses at High Wycombe on 14 July 1984. Set TS419 is presumably formed 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Robert28194.
Date: 28th August 1986
Set number: TS622
This was for many years one of my favourite locations for northbound trains on the GWR line between Leamington Spa and Birmingham. It was somewhere around half way up Hatton Bank and was a very pleasant and quiet location for an afternoon's photography. There was plenty of freight traffic interspersed with regular DMMUs between Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham along with ECS moves such as this one formed of a class 116 (TS622 with a Met-Camm centre car, presumably 53071 + 59114 + 53880) coupled to a class 108 Derby Lightweight which I took on 28 August 1986. Around 10 or 12 years after this view young trees were planted along the fenceline and have now completely obscured the line so much so that one can walk along the permissive footpath and not know that there is railway line alongside. Peter Tandy.
Date: 8th May 1987
Set number: T322
Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59114 + 53071) about to enter Worcester Shrub Hill on May 8th, 1987. Steve Jones.
Date: 18th July 1987
Set number: T322
M53071 of T322 (which has a 101 centre car, presumably 59114) trails out of Cardiff Central on the 11:32 to Birmingham New Street, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.
Date: 7th April 1988
Set number: TS349
M53887 M59114 M53866 (set TS349) at Birmingham Snow Hill 7th April 1988. Keith Long.