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Vehicle 59128

Class 101

BR Diagram 624

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 50317 during the unknown period are:

3w/e 19/04/58 New to 3E (Monument Lane)
Apr-58 On loan to 21A
May-58 Ex-loan back to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
4w/e 02/01/65 Transferred to 9D (Newton Heath)
11/09/65 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 16C (Derby Etches Park)
4w/e 05/11/66 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)
2w/e 18/03/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)

Then the allocations for 59128 are:

3w/e 19/05/79 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/07/85 Transferred to CH (Chester)
11/05/86 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
p/e 07/12/91 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) NNEX
03/09/92 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge) NNEX

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50317 59128 50335 As delivered to 3E - April 1958
50317 59128 50330 Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1
CR419 50317 59128 50322 Noted circa Jun-69
50317 59128 50322 Noted 22/05/71 - at Wolverhampton2
50318 59128 50322 Noted 30/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton3
50318 59128 50322 Noted 04/09/74 - at Chester1
50318 59128 50322 Noted 23/08/75 - in Wolverhampton High Level1
50318 59128 50322 Noted 08/09/77 - at Machynlleth1
50318 59128 50322 Noted 13/09/77 - at Aberystwyth1
TS418 50310 59128 50343 Noted circa 08/1979 - Barmouth4
TS418 50310 59128 50343 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS418 50310 59128 50326 Noted circa 01/19814
TS418 50310 59128 50326 Noted circa 10/19814
TS418 50310 59128 50326 Noted circa 06/19824
50310 59128 50326 Noted 28/08/82 - at Norwich1
TS418 50310 59128 50326 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS418 53310 59128 53326 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
53310 59128 53326 Noted 20/08/83 - at Norwich1
TS418 53310 59128 53326 Noted circa 03/19844
TS418 53310 59128 53326 Noted circa 05/19844
TS418 53310 59128 53326 Noted circa 03/19854
TS418 53310 59128 53326 Noted circa 05/19854
53310 59128 53326 Transfer to CH - 09/07/85 - from TS
53310 59128 53326 Noted 13/07/85 - at Wigan North Western working with 51188 + 54348
53310 59128 53326 Noted circa 09/19854
53310 59128 53326 Transfer to NH - 11/05/86 - from CH
53310 59128 53326 Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - on loan Buxton
L837 51437 59128 53751 Formation change - RG - w/e 07/02/88 - 59128 replaced 59115 (to L574)
L837 51437 59128 53751 Noted circa 11/19884
L837 51437 59128 53751 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L837 51437 59128 53751 Noted circa 06/19904
L837 51437 59128 53751 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L837 51437 59128 53751 Noted circa 08/19914
51437 59128 53751 Noted 10/04/92 - on 08:32 Kings Lynn - Cambridge5
L837 51437 59128 53751 Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool
L837 51437 59128 53751 Listed at CA - 12/08/92

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 27th May 1983

Set number: TS418

Class 101 DMU set TS418 (53310 + 59128 + 53326) at Leamington Spa with a Birmingham Moor Street service on 27-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: September 1983

Class 101 DMU Birmingham New Street, Sept 1983. By mid-1983, DMU vehicles in rail blue were increasingly scarce so finding Metro-Cammell dmu cars M53310 and M59128 still sporting their blue livery in September was certainly a nice surprise. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: TS418

The 10:02 Birmingham New Street - Cardiff Central arrives into Gloucester on September 29, 1984, formed of two three-car Class 101 DMUs, set TS418 (53326 and presumably 59128 + 53310) at the front. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: TS418

The 10:02 Birmingham New Street - Cardiff Central departs from Gloucester on September 29, 1984, formed of two three-car Class 101 DMUs, set TS418 (53326 and presumably 59128 + 53310) at the front. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 29th June 1985

Set number: TS418

I was in Stratford-upon-Avon East signalbox on 29 June 1985 having a chat with the bobby when class 101 TS418 (53310 + 59128 + 53326) left the station with a late afternoon train to Birmingham Moor Street. The bridge in front of the unit shows where the line crosses over the Stratford canal. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 30th June 1985

Set number: TS418

Class 101 DMU set TS418 (53310 + 59128 + 53326) was stuck on Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon trains for at least 3 consecutive days and on the middle day, 30 June 1985, I photographed it passing Wilmcote on the way to Stratford. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1985

Set number: TS418

Class 101 DMU set TS418 (53310 + 59128 + 53326) seen northwards at Hatton with a Leamington Spa to Birmingham Moor Street all stations local service on 1 July 1985. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 13th July 1985

A Chester allocated 5-car Class 101 DMU rattles through platform 5 at Wigan North Western with what was probably an empty stock working on the 13th July 1985. DMBS 53310 is at the front followed by 59128 then 53326. The rear pair consists of 51188 with 54348. S Gaskell.

DMU

Date: 23rd June 1989

Set number: L837

Less commonplace at Mortimer on the Reading to Basingstoke line than the regular DEMUs and giving a welcome splash of colour on the beautiful evening of 23 June 1989 was class 101 unit L837 led by 51437 (presumably with 59128 + 53751). The well-preserved platelayers hut was a bit of a rarity even then with most of these structures having long since become derelict. It looks as if the original brick-built hut has been lost but replaced by a newish garden shed although the chimney and fireplace survived. I guess that this was still in use at the time and I do recall talking to a ganger on this stretch of line who said that the good state of the track was a matter of considerable pride to him and his colleagues. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 1st July 1989

Set number: L837

Class 101 DMU Set L837 - 51437 + 59128 + 53751 - at Guildford on 1 July 1989. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: circa August 1989

Set number: L837

Met-Camm Class 101 set L837 (presumably 51437 + 59128 + 53751) with a Pressed Steel Class 117 set arriving at Southall circa August 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1990

Set number: L413

DMUs out Southall, Class 117 L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) and Class 101 L837 (53751 + 59128 + 51437), circa late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th October 1990

Set number: L837

Set L837 heads for Gatwick Airport at Horley on 8/10/90. The DMBS leading should be 51437, followed by 59128 + 53751. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: circa 1990

Set number: L837

Three-car Met-Camm set L837 (presumably 51437 + 59128 + 53751) arriving at Southall circa late 1990. The centre car seems to have had all its roof vents removed, the DMBS seems to have had them partially removed. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1991

Set number: L837

Class 101 DMU set L837 (51437 + 59128 + 53751) in Paddington station on 13 April 1991. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: August 1992

Set number: L837

(L837) 53751 + 51437 leaving Kings Lynn in August 1992. This had been a 3 car set before with 59128 as the centre car. Nicholas Youngman.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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