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Vehicle 59526

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)
Jul-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
3w/e 04/01/76	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 28/05/78	Transferred to	DN (Darlington)
03/10/82	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
14/07/85	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
13/10/85	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
11/05/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
20/07/86	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
26/10/86	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
10/05/87	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
24/08/87	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
p/e 28/01/89	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NSBX
14/05/90	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NWXX
28/09/92	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket) RAHA
07/10/92	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) RDTS
10/11/92	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
27/11/92	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Disposal

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
	51436	59575	59526	51506	Transfer to South Gosforth - Jul-60
	51437	59574	59526	51507	Noted 08/09/66 - at York¹
	51437	59526	59573	51507	Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City¹
	50141	59526	59054	50177	Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle¹
	50141	59526	59054	50177	Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough¹
	50167	59526	50171		Noted 19/08/1972 - at Birmingham New Street²
82	50258	59526	50160		Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50258	59526	50171		Noted 13/08/1973 - on 12:39 Nottingham to Derby²
87	50218	59526	50260		Noted 08/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50218	59526	50260		Noted circa 03/1974 - at Birmingham Nw Street²
87	50218	59526	50260		Noted 02/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds³
87	50218	59526	50260		Noted 29/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	50167	59526	50171		Noted 03/1975 - at Leicester ²
87	50185	59526	50260		Listed at NR - 19/07/75
	50218	59526	50260		Noted 08/09/75 - at Lincoln¹
87	50218	59526	50260		Noted 28/10/75 - at March³
	50218	59526	50260		Transfer to BG - Dec-75
	51223	59526	50268		Noted 10/04/76 - at Brough¹
	50167	59526	50241		Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria¹
	50167	59526	50160		Noted Mar-77 - at Hull¹
	50157	59526	50150		Transfer to DN - w/e 28/05/78
	53732	59526	53686		Noted circa 12/1983⁴
	53686	59526	53732		Noted 31/03/1984⁴
	53732	59526	53686		Noted circa 09/1984⁴
	53732	59526	53686		Transfer to NH - 14/07/85 - from CH
	53732	59526	53686		Transfer to CH - 13/10/85
	53732	59526	53686		Listed at CH - circa Jan-86
	53686	59526	53732		Noted 21/04/1986 - 13.01 Helsby-Chester⁵
	51931	59526	52037		Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986
	51931	59526	52037		Noted 06/02/1987⁴
L839	53310	59526	53326		Listed at RG - Aug-87
L839	53310	59526	53326		Listed at RG - Oct-87
L839	53310	59526	53326		Listed at RG - circa Nov-87
835	51432	59526	51498		Noted circa 02/1988⁴
L574	51056	59526	51095		Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59526 (ex-L831) replaced 59115 (to L831)
L834	51431	59526	51501		Formed at RG 2w/e 13/03/88
L834	51431	59526	51501		Noted circa 03/1988⁴
L834	51431	59526	51504		Formation change - RG - circa May-88 - 51501 (to L833) replaced by 51504 (ex-L833)
L834	51431	59526	51501		Noted circa 02/1989⁴
L834	51431	59526	51504		Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L834	51431	59526	51501		Noted circa 06/1990⁴
L834	51431	59526	51501		Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L834	51431	59526	51501		Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool
L834	51431	59526	51501		Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L834	51431	59526	51501		Noted circa 09/1992⁴
T834	51431	59526	51501		Listed at TS - November 1992
	51368	59526	51410		Noted 20/12/92 - on 14:15 Coventry - Nuneaton⁶

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Chris Moxon
6: David Bellamy

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 12th August 1984

A Class 120/101 DMU (53686 + 59526 + 53752) at Blaenau Ffestiniog on Sunday 12 August 1984. Ian 10B.

Date: 21st April 1986

Class 120/101 hybrid 3-car 53732, 59526 & 53686 calls at Ince & Elton working the 13.01 Helsby-Chester via Hooton, 21/4/86. Anthony Griffiths.

Date: 9th January 1988

Set number: L839

On the 9th January 1988 L839 is seen at Waltham St Lawrence, led by 53310, presumably with 59526 + 53326). Ian McDonald.

Date: 15th February 1988

Set number: 835

Class 101 DMU set 835 (presumably 51498 + 59526 + 51432) at Acton with the 10:03 Paddington - Maidenhead on 15 February 1988. The centre car is the only one of the three to have an orange cantrail stripe which is emphasising its lack of a full length rainstrip. There is another Met-Camm to the right with a suburban centre car, in the distance between the two is a Class 119 DMBC and two Met-Camm sidings. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: April 1988

Set number: L834

Met-Camm set L834 at Southall in April 1988 led by 51431 (with some small areas of graffiti on the grey), the centre car is presumably 59526. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 16th April 1988

Set number: L834

Class 101 railcar set L834 (51431 + 59526 + 51501) departs Gatwick Airport on 16 April 1988. It's noted as on working the 11:26 service to Reading yet there are no tail lamps showing at this end. Brian Creasey.

Date: 1st August 1991

Set number: L834

L834 at Horley on 1/8/91, presumably formed 51431 + 59526 + 51501. Rex Holt.

Date: 10th April 1993

A picture of a condemned 59504, seen outside Doncaster Works on the morning of 10/4/93. To its left is the end of 59526. Leonard Rogers.

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