Vehicle 59118
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 50307 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 59118 are:
| 24/03/85 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 21/06/87 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 23/09/87 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 14/07/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 18/08/92 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | |
| 30/07/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 23/09/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 22/04/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | As delivered to 5D - February 1958 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 31/07/60 - on a Birmingham New Street - Ramsgate special with 51182 + 56343 / 51182 + 56332 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 31/07/1960 - Worked excursion from Birmingham to Ramsgate. Full formation 51182-56343-51177-56332-50307-59118-503251 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 06/03/1966 - provided Birmingham New St to Bath Green Park connection for the last passenger train on the Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth Section (steam worked) with 50329 + 59122 + 50311 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| TY404 | 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 05/11/70 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 26/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 07/06/1975 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 22/11/1975 - RCTS Reunion Railtour 50325-59118-50307 + 50498-59165-50446 | ||||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 12/06/76 - on Tyseley depot4 | ||||||
| TS404 | 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| 50307 | 59118 | 50325 | Noted 17/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds4 | ||||||
| TS406 | 50307 | 59118 | 50326 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 - running with 50325 (from TS403) in place of fire-damaged 50326 | |||||
| TS556 | 50863 | 59118 | 50916 | Noted circa 01/19811 | |||||
| TS556 | 50863 | 59118 | 50916 | Noted circa 10/19811 | |||||
| TS556 | 50863 | 59118 | 50916 | Noted circa 06/19821 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59118 | 50322 | Noted 19/06/82 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| TS556 | 50863 | 59118 | 50916 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS556 | 53863 | 59118 | 53916 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| 53863 | 59118 | 53916 | Noted 18/08/83 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| TS556 | 53863 | 59118 | 53916 | Noted 01/09/19831 | |||||
| TS600 | 53863 | 59118 | 53916 | Noted circa 10/19831 | |||||
| TS400 | 53313 | 59118 | 53330 | Noted circa 02/19841 | |||||
| TS400 | 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Noted circa 05/19841 | |||||
| 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Noted 18/08/84 - at Norwich4 | ||||||
| TS400 | 53315 | 59118 | 53919 | Noted circa 10/19841 | |||||
| TS400 | 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Noted circa 01/19851 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Noted 25/04/85 - at Norwich4 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53150 | Noted 12/04/19861 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53150 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101 | 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | |||||
| 103 | 53315 | 59118 | 51508 | Noted 20/06/19871 | |||||
| 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Transfer to LA - 23/09/87 - from NL | ||||||
| P825 | 51246 | 59118 | Formed at LA circa 10/87 | ||||||
| spare | 59118 | Listed at LA - Nov-87 | |||||||
| P871 | 51246 | 59118 | 53639 | Noted circa 11/19871 | |||||
| P825 | 53165 | 59118 | 51246 | Noted 04/04/19881 | |||||
| P825 | 51246 | 59118 | 53165 | Listed at LA - 08/08/88 | |||||
| P825 | 51246 | 59118 | 53165 | Noted 25/09/1988 - Branch Line Society The Ark Royal Railtour | |||||
| P825 | 51246 | 59118 | 53165 | Listed at LA - 15/05/89 | |||||
| 825 | 51246 | 59118 | 53165 | Listed at LA - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 825 | 53165 | 59118 | 53637 | Noted circa 03/19911 | |||||
| P825 | 53165 | 59118 | 53637 | Listed at LA - Jul-91 | |||||
| P825 | 53165 | 59118 | 53637 | Listed at LA - Aug-91 | |||||
| P825 | 51417 | 59118 | 53165 | Listed at LA - Dec-91 | |||||
| P829 | 51246 | 59118 | 53305 | Listed at LA - 02/07/92 | |||||
| P874 | 53315 | 59118 | 53330 | Listed at HA - November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st November 1987
Set number: P871
Class 108/101 set No. P871 (Nos. 53639, 59118 and 51246) stands at Exeter St. Davids working a Barnstaple to Exmouth service on 21 April 1987. Brian Creasey.
Date: 26th April 1989
Set number: P825
Class 101 P825 (presumed to be 53165 + 59118 + 51246) at Paignton with the 12.00 to Newton Abbot on 26-04-1989. A typical smokey d.m.u. departure for the short journey to Newton Abbot, on the Great Western main line between Exeter and Plymouth. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 26th April 1989
Set number: P825
Class 101 P825 (presumed to be 51246 + 59118 + 53165) departs Paignton with the 12.00 to Newton Abbot on 26-04-1989. A typical smokey d.m.u. departure for the short journey to Newton Abbot, on the Great Western main line between Exeter and Plymouth. The site of the not long demolished signal box is to the left. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 28th April 1989
Set number: P825
Class 101 P825 with the 14.45 to Exmouth at Exeter Central on 28-04-1989. The set is presumed to be formed of 51246 + 59118 + 53165. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 12th May 1989
Set number: P825
Class 101 DMU set P825 (presumably 53165 + 59118 + 51246) at Aller with the 9:45 Paignton - Plymouth service on 12 May 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: April 1991
A "heritage" DMU, formed of 53637 + 59118 + 53165, about to cross the Tamar into Cornwall on Brunel's bridge working the 12.42 Plymouth-Penzance in April 1991. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 20th July 1991
Set number: 825
Hybrid Class 101/108 DMU set 825 (53165 + 59118 + 51417) approaching Exeter St Davids station on 20 July 1991. Keith Miller.
Date: 20th July 1991
Set number: 825
DMU set 825 (53165 + 59118 + 51417) arriving at Exeter St Davids station on 20 July 1991. Keith Miller.
Date: 12th July 1993
Set number: 874
53315 leads set 874 (53315/59115/53330) as it departs from Waverley station as the 16.34 to Glenrothes with Thornton on 12/7/93. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53308/59125/53331 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 12th July 1993
Set number: 829
On 12/7/93, set 829 (53305/59118/51246) is seen stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station. 53305 is nearest to the camera. Behind 829 and fairly much out of sight is set 991 (53308/59125/53331). Later they will form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 12th July 1993
Set number: 991
53331 is seen at the rear of a six-car rake of 101's stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station on 12/7/93. The train comprises sets 991 (53331/59125/53308) and 829 (51246/59118/53305) and will later form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Notice that 53331 still bears its yellow stripe over the first class saloon from its NSE days, even though ScotRail would have declassifed the saloon. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 27th July 1993
Set number: 991
The 17.05 Fife "Outer Circle" train (Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy) leaves Waverley station on 27/7/93. It is formed of set 991 (53331/59125/53308), transferred to Haymarket five months previously from Reading, where it had been set L838 with Network South East. Its stay at Haymarket would not last much longer - it was transferred to Longsight the following month and put into departmental use there another month after that. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53315/59115/53330 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.