Vehicle 59117
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 50306 during the unknown period are:
| Feb-58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Mar-58 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| May-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 59117 are:
| circa 1984 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| Feb-85 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| May-85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/03/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 07/06/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
| 14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
| 03/12/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 16/12/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 09/05/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50306 | 59117 | 50324 | As delivered to 5D - February 1958 | ||||||
| 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 23/11/68 - R.C.T.S. (West Mids Branch) The Black Countryman Railtour | ||||||
| TY411 | 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| TS411 | 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| TY411 | 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station3 | |||||
| 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 14/06/76 - on 2C22 0905 Bristol TM-Cardiff with P581 | ||||||
| 51119 | 59117 | 50323 | Noted 13/09/1977 - at Nuneaton2 | ||||||
| 51119 | 59117 | 50323 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| TS417 | 50306 | 59117 | 50323 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS417 | 50306 | 59117 | 50323 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS404 | 50311 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted 20/06/81 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| TS404 | 50311 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted 03/05/1982 - on BR Day Excursion from Leamington Spa - Shrewsbury / Aberystwyth with 50327 + 59119 + 50314 | ||||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 11/19844 | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Transfer to CH - May-85 | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Transfer to NH - 30/03/86 - from CH | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 06/19874 | ||||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | New set number at RG - Jun-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - Oct-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - circa Nov-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted 03/02/19884 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 11/19884 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted 11/03/90 - in Paddington5 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 05/19924 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 08/19924 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX | |||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted 09/11/92 - on 13:46 Slough - Windsor and 13:57 Windsor - Slough6 | ||||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
6: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1958
M50324 at Hampton in Arden in June 1958. It had been delivered four months earlier in February 1958 with 59117 and 50306 to 5D (Stoke). Michael Mensing.
Date: 7th July 1978
Set number: TS417
Met-Camm set TS417 (M50306 and presumably 59117 + 50323) is seen leaving the GW line at Bordesley Junction at 10.46am. It is noted as an ECS, possibly Tyseley - New Street for a Leicester working. Michael Mensing.
Date: 10th June 1984
Class 101 (53322 + 59117 + 51180) Cheddleton, 10 June 1984. We weren't travelling on this DMU having done the local lines on an earlier Railtour in 1981. We fell over it so to speak when we called in at The North Staffs Railway the day after the Ruddington Requiem Railtour on our way from Derby up to the Manchester and Leeds areas visiting preserved and industrial railway locations. Alistair Ness.
Date: 12th April 1985
On 12 April 1985 53311 + 59117 + 53322 set off from Wellingborough with the 0750 Bletchley to Kettering. Jason Hall.
Date: circa January 1990
Set number: L840
Set L840 has a Class 121 standing in for the DMS, along with 53311 + 59117, when seen at Southall circa January 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st May 1990
Set number: L840
This is near Mortimer station on the Basingstoke to Reading line on the morning of 1 May 1990 after a short walk along a convenient lineside footpath. Class 101 set L840 with 53311 leading (presumably with 59117 + 53322) was on a Reading-Basingstoke diagram. The performance of these diesel mechanical units was a bit more lively than the regular DEMUs but the exhaust note wasn't quite so pleasing to my ears. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa 1991
Set number: L840
A very smart looking Metro-Cammell unit freshly repainted into the final NSE livery with black cab window surrounds. West Ealing station had also just been refurbished, complete with fancy tiles and a not too informative clock! The vehicle numbers for set L840 were 53311, 59117 and 53322. Chris McKee.
Date: 23rd October 1993
Set number: L840
Class 101 DMU set L840, presumed 53322/59117/53311, at Rectory Lane Crossing with the 12.17 Gatwick to Reading service on 23 October 1993. Rob Paterson.
Date: 24th October 1993
Set number: L840
Class 101 DMU set L840, presumed 53322/59117/53311, near Chilworth with the 11.15 Gatwick to Reading service on 24 October 1993. Rob Paterson.
Date: 24th October 1993
Set number: L840
Class 101 DMU set L840, presumed 53311/59117/53322, near Lawrence Lane with the 08.20 Reading to Gatwick service on 24 October 1993. Rob Paterson.