Vehicle 59304
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30273
Diagram: 623
Allocations
| 26/11/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 12/10/63 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| w/e 07/12/63 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 04/01/64 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| Mar-64 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 21/03/64 | On loan to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 2w/e 13/06/64 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| w/e 05/03/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 05/10/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 28/02/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50292 | 59304 | 50747 | As delivered to 51A - 26th November 1957 | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 16C - 4w/e 12/10/63 - on loan NER to LMR | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/01/64 | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to LMR (Derby) - w/e 21/03/64 - on loan | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 51A - 2w/e 13/06/64 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 67A - w/e 05/03/66 - ex-NER | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50747 | Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 30/04/66 | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50175 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Haymarket1 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59304 | 51530 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51228 | 59304 | 51530 | Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51458 | 59304 | 51539 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51458 | 59304 | 51538 | Noted 09/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 51469 | 59304 | 50269 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 3 | ||||||
| 225 | 51469 | 59304 | 51539 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley (set number on 51539)4 | |||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 51232 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50748 | Noted 06/09/76 - at Dundee4 | ||||||
| 50292 | 59304 | 50176 | Noted 24/07/79 - on 17:24 Edinburgh - Dundee5 | ||||||
| 324 | 51253 | 59304 | 50746 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59304 | 50746 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101308 | 51232 | 59304 | 53194 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59304 | 53746 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59304 | 53234 | Noted circa 02/19866 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59304 | 53746 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59304 | 53174 | Noted 29th July 1986 | |||||
| 306 | 51228 | 59304 | 53174 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 101306 | 51228 | 59304 | 53174 | Noted 9th August 1986 | |||||
| 51193 | 59304 | 53234 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley6 | ||||||
| 51198 | 59304 | 53234 | Noted circa 03/19876 | ||||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59304 | 53746 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59304 | 53746 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59304 | 53746 | Noted circa 05/19886 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59304 | 53746 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
6th April 1983
Set number: 101304
SC59304 and SC51224 sit in Dunfermline Lower station with a northbound service on the 6th April 1983. Stuart Mackay.
9th June 1986
Class 101 Nos 59304 and 53174 have just arrived with a train from Cowdenbeath as Class 43 No 43106 waits departure with 1S11 0705 Leeds to Aberdeen at Edinburgh, 9th June 1986. Keith Long.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Set number: 101324
101324 (presumably 51253 + 59304 + 53746) in the late 1980s. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 6th April 1983
Set number: 101304
Set 101 304 arriving at Dunfermline Lower station with a service from Edinburgh on the 6th April 1983. Leading is 51224, with 59304 behind. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 6th April 1983
Set number: 101304
Set 101 304 heads north out of Dunfermline Lower on the 6th April 1983. The closest vehicle is unknown, the centre car is 59304 and the DMBS is 51224. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 7th August 1986
Set number: 101306
101306 (51228 + 59304 + 53174) call at Stevenston station with the 14:48 Largs - Glasgow Central service on 7 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 101324
Class 101 set 101324 (53746 and presumably 59304 + 51253) in the sidings at Haymarket depot circa 1987. S Saunders.
Date: 20th June 1988
Set number: 101324
101324 (presumably 53746 + 59304 + 51253) is seen at Croy with the 14.37 Glasgow Queen Street - Dunblane train on 20-06-1988. Gordon Thomson.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101324
DMU approaching Dalmeny. Met Camm triple 101324 (51253 + 59304 + 53746) approach Dalmeny in July 1988 with a service for Fife. The line from Winchburgh Junction is seen trailing in on the right under the A90 road bridge. Murray Liston.
Date: 15th July 1989
Set number: 101324
On July 15th 1989 3-car Metro-Cammell class 101 DMU set no.101 324 (51253+59304+53746) is seen crossing St.Leonards Junction at Perth with train 1L31 the 16.03 Glasgow Queen Street to Arbroath. This train had been a class 47 diagram until the start of the 1989 summer timetable on the 15th May 1989 but had subsequently swapped to a long distance DMU working. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 16th September 1989
Set number: 101324
A westbound class 101 on an empty stock working is seen at Peffermill on the Edinburgh "Sub" around 15.30 on 16/9/89. The unit is probably 101 324, formed of 51253, 59304 and 53746. At this time the south tunnel at Haymarket was closed for electrification works and trains were being diverted over the "Sub" (formally The Edinburgh Suburban and South Side Junction Railway!). Leonard Rogers.