Vehicle 59525
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
| 20/02/59 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| Jan-60 | Depot code change | 50C | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 19/11/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 13/05/79 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 16/09/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 05/10/81 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 27/11/82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 30/09/90 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) PXXZ |
Notes
22/04/91 - withdrawn vehicles noted at Chester: 53431, 53442, 53494, 53512, 53516, 53517, 53534, 53536, 59065, 59137, 59525; also soon to be W SC59049 and SC59074
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 09/05/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51436 | 59525 | 59526 | 51506 | As delivered to 53B - 20th February 1959 | |||||
| 51436 | 59525 | 59526 | 51506 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 51545 | 59525 | 59536 | 51555 | Listed at 55H - 5w/e 06/08/60 | |||||
| 51544 | 59532 | 59525 | 51555 | 02/05/70 - on BLS Crigglestone railtour1 | |||||
| 51547 | 59525 | 51555 | Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51555 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York1 | ||||||
| L175 | 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 08/09/73 - in Bradford Exchange2 | |||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 07/07/74 - at Sheffield1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot2 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 10/09/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 08/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 25/10/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 51549 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50287 | 59525 | 51559 | Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly with 50580/59192/59224/505501 | ||||||
| 319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Noted circa 03/19813 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 52028 | Noted 29/08/1982 - BLS Lanarkshire & Lothian Wanderer Railtour | |||||
| 51245 | 59525 | 50269 | Transfer to HA - 27/11/82 | ||||||
| 55007 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19833 | ||||||
| spare | 59525 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - August 1986 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley, in Bathgate branded livery3 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted circa 11/19863 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 28/03/19873 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 02/05/19873 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101319 | 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51245 | 59525 | 53269 | Noted 19th April 1989 | ||||||
| CH348 | 53253 | 59525 | 51210 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd May 1970
51555 + 59525 + 59532 + 51544 in Sheffield Midland after working the BLS 'The Crigglestone Tour' on May 2nd, 1970. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 28th August 1982
Set number: 107425
The BLS 'Lanarkshire and Lothian Wanderer railtour (noted on the Six Bells Junction website as 52028 + 59525 + 51245) seen on the Crombie branch, Saturday 28/08/82. Mike McDonald.
Date: 28th August 1982
Set number: 101319
The Branch Line Society Lanarkshire and Lothian Wanderer railtour at Grangemouth on 28 August 1982. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as 6Bells: 51245 + 59525 + 52028, the latter being a Class 107. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th April 1986
Set number: 101319
Bathgate Link branded Class 101 set 101 319 at Haymarket station on 30/4/86 with DMS 53269 closest, presumably with 59525 + 51245. Roddy MacPhee.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 101319
Aberdour Flowers. As they had done for the previous 30 years, a Met Camm triple set 101319 (53269 and presumably 59525 + 51245) picks up passengers from the flower be-decked station at Aberdour with an Edinburgh bound working in August 1987. Murray Liston.
Date: 1988
A Met-Camm set passes Haymarket in 1988. The DMBS carries the Bathgate Link logo, meaning the vehicles may be 53269, 59525 and 51245. S Saunders.
Date: 1988
Set number: 101319
Met-Camm DMU set 101319 (presumably 51245 + 59525 + 53269) seen in Dunblane station with an Edinburgh service circa spring 1988. A Class 107 is in the distance. Brian Ward.
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101319
DMU leaving Dalmeny. One day in July 1988, Met Camm triple set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) leaves Dalmeny behind en route for Edinburgh with a service from Cowdenbeath. Murray Liston.
Date: 10th June 1989
Set number: 101319
Set 101319 (53269 + 59525 + 51245) heads out of Glasgow Central on 10th June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 10th June 1989
Set number: 101319
With Sc51245 carrying a "Bathgate Link" logo, 101319 heads out of Glasgow Central on June 10th, 1989. The other two vehicles are Sc59525 and Sc53269. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 12th September 1989
Set number: 101319
Class 101 DMU set 101319 (51245 + 59525 + 53269) passes through Princes Street Gardens on its way to Edinburgh Waverley on 12 September 1989. Brian Creasey.
Date: 28th June 1990
Set number: CH348
CH348 (53253 + 59525 + 51210) in Chester station on 28 June 1990. On the left is 51496 + 53054. Keith Miller.
Date: 22nd May 1991
Set number: CH616
M53442, M53431, Sc59074, Sc59525, Sc59049 at Chester await being sent for scrap, 22-5-91. Kevin Dowd.