Vehicle 59116
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 50305 during the unknown period are:
| Feb-58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 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 59116 are:
| circa Jun-84 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/03/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 15/11/87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Oct-89 | Withdrawn |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 25/09/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50305 | 59116 | 50323 | As delivered to 5D - February 1958 | ||||||
| 50305 | 59116 | 50323 | Noted 2nd February 1958 | ||||||
| 50305 | 59116 | 50323 | Noted 12th March 1958 | ||||||
| TY402 | 50305 | 59116 | 50323 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY402 | 50305 | 59116 | 50323 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50305 | 59116 | 50323 | Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50305 | 59116 | 50323 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50312 | 59116 | 50333 | Noted 08/10/1977 - Oxford Station3 | ||||||
| TS402 | 50315 | 59116 | 50333 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS402 | 50315 | 59116 | 50333 | Noted 25/01/80 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| TS402 | 50315 | 59116 | 50333 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS402 | 50315 | 59116 | 50333 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS402 | 50315 | 59116 | 50333 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| TS402 | 50315 | 59116 | 50333 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS402 | 53315 | 59116 | 53333 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS402 | 53315 | 59116 | 53333 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| TS402 | 53313 | 59116 | 53333 | Noted circa 05/19844 | |||||
| 53313 | 59116 | 53333 | Noted 07/12/85 - on 11:40 Crewe - Phwelli service with 51903 + 544865 | ||||||
| 53313 | 59116 | 53333 | Noted circa 01/19864 | ||||||
| 51190 | 59116 | 53333 | Transfer to NH - 30/03/86 - from CH | ||||||
| 51190 | 59116 | 53333 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| spare | 59116 | Listed at NH - 10/05/87 | |||||||
| 534 | 53215 | 59116 | 53732 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
| 534 | 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
| 101359 | 51210 | 59116 | 53164 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 534 | 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Listed at HA - 08/05/89 | |||||
| 534 | 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 16th August 1989 | |||||
| 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 16/08/89 - on 12:15 Edinburgh - Cardenden6 | ||||||
| 53732 | 59116 | 53686 | Noted 5th September 1989 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1970
Set number: TY402
Met-Camm set TY402 - which at this time would probably be 50323 + 59116 + 50305 - working with a Derby suburban set in the Birmingham area, circa 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: TY402
Met-Camm set TY402 in Tyseley station circa early 1970s. DMBS M50323 is closes, with Special displayed on the destination blind, the other vehicles are presumably 59116 and 50305. The line in the foreground leads down to Tyseley depot on the left. Graham Clark.
Date: June 1983
Set number: TS402
Sporting black cab window surrounds, Tyseley allocated Class 101 DMU, set TS402 (53333 and presumably 59116 + 50315), pauses at Cheltenham Spa station with another of its class. June 1983. Paul James.
Date: 1989
Set number: 534
A Class 120/101 hybrid DMU - thought to set 534 (53732 + 59116 + 53686) in late summer 1989. Brian Ward.
Date: 1989
Set number: 534
A view of Haymarket depot circa late summer 1989 with a Class 150 and set 534 (presumably 53686 + 59116 + 53732). Brian Ward.
Date: 2nd June 1989
Set number: 534
Class 120/101/120 set 534 (53732 + 59116 + 53686) arrives into Glasgow Central station on the 2nd June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: circa late summer 1989
Set number: 534
Class 120/101 hybrid DMU set 534 (presumably 53686 + 59116 + 53732) in Glasgow Central station circa late summer 1989. Brian Ward.
Date: 16th August 1989
Set number: 534
ScotRail set 534 (53732 + 59116 + 53686) departs from Edinburgh Waverley on the 12:15 to Cardenden. Graeme Phillips.
Date: 16th August 1989
Set number: 534
53732 sits at the head of Haymarket set 534 (with 59116 + 53686) awaiting departure at Edinburgh Waverley with the 12:15 to Cardenden, 16/8/89. Graeme Phillips.
Date: circa September 1989
Set number: 534
Class 120/101 set 534 in Perth station, 53686 and presumably 59116 in view. The slide process date was October 1989, the power car was stored circa late September and withdrawn soon after. Stuart Mackay Collection.