Vehicle 59523
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30502
Diagram: 624
Allocations
| 13/02/59 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 3w/e 04/06/60 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 3w/e 01/04/72 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 2w/e 23/01/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 22/08/82 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 19/01/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 30/03/86 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 08/06/86 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 25/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51435 | 59523 | 59524 | 51505 | As delivered to 53B - 13th February 1959 | |||||
| 51435 | 59523 | 59524 | 51505 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 51435 | 59523 | 59573 | 51505 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/06/60 | |||||
| 51436 | 59523 | 51513 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York1 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59523 | 50235 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Ipswich2 | |||||
| 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 20/05/73 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford3 | |||||
| 50230 | 59523 | 50172 | Noted 15/08/1973 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 50169 | 59523 | 50268 | Noted 06/04/1974 - at Birmingham New Street 4 | ||||||
| 84 | 50256 | 59523 | 50169 | Noted 27/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 84 | 50256 | 59523 | 50169 | Noted 01/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Noted circa 08/1974 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| 85 | 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Noted 14/08/74 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||
| 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster 4 | ||||||
| 85 | 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 85 | 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Noted 02/08/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 4 | |||||
| 50167 | 59523 | 50171 | Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough5 | ||||||
| 50195 | 59523 | 51218 | Noted 23/02/76 - at Brough5 | ||||||
| 50195 | 59523 | 51218 | Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull5 | ||||||
| 50172 | 59523 | 50201 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Sheffield5 | ||||||
| 50137 | 59523 | 59569 | 50276 | Noted circa 04/19776 | |||||
| 50137 | 59523 | 50276 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at York 4 | ||||||
| 50137 | 59523 | 50276 | Noted circa 04/19826 | ||||||
| C605 | 50733 | 59523 | 50686 | Noted circa 09/1982 - operating from Chester.6 | |||||
| 53722 | 59523 | 53672 | Noted circa 06/19836 | ||||||
| 53722 | 59523 | 53672 | Noted circa 01/19846 | ||||||
| 53722 | 59523 | 53672 | Noted circa 07/19846 | ||||||
| 53722 | 59523 | 53672 | Noted circa 01/19866 | ||||||
| 53722 | 59523 | 53672 | Listed at CH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| Spare | 59523 | Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Ipswich Transport Society
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Leonard Rogers
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
16th September 1978
A couple of Class 101 DMUs in Redmire station with a BR-run excursion on 16 September 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th July 1975
Set number: 85
Some of the Birmingham to Norwich services were still DMU operated in 1975, and this is the case with the 11.15 Birmingham to Norwich service seen at Melton Mowbray on 18th July 1975. The 'book' formation for set 85 on this date was 50167 + 59523 + 50171. The KDH Archive.
Date: August 1984
A Class 120/101 hybrid with 53722 leading (the others are presumably 59523 + 53672) departs from Portmadog with the 10.15 from Pwllheli to Machynlleth in August 1984. Robert28194.