Vehicle 59527
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
| 05/03/59 | New to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 50A (York) | |
| 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 | |
| 7w/e 29/04/72 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 01/11/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 06/05/79 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| 2w/e 09/09/79 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
| 2w/e 25/11/79 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 15/05/83 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 22/10/83 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 03/01/88 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated circa 01/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51437 | 59527 | 59528 | 51507 | As delivered to 53B - 5th March 1959 | |||||
| 51437 | 59527 | 59528 | 51507 | Transfer to 50A - 4w/e 28/11/59 | |||||
| 51437 | 59527 | 59528 | 51507 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 51437 | 59527 | 59578 | 51507 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/06/60 | |||||
| 50254 | 59527 | 50264 | Noted 07/09/68 - at York1 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59527 | 51511 | Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1 | ||||||
| 51441 | 59527 | 59575 | 51511 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50180 | 59527 | 59085 | 50238 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| 50258 | 59527 | 50160 | Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot2 | ||||||
| 50167 | 59527 | 51213 | Noted 20/05/73 | ||||||
| 85 | 50167 | 59527 | 50171 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford2 | |||||
| 59527 | Noted 02/09/73 - on Norwich depot, loose vehicle ex-works3 | ||||||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59527 | 50160 | Noted 01/11/83 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59527 | 50160 | Noted 06/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59527 | 50160 | Noted 20/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59527 | 50160 | Noted 31/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59527 | 50160 | Noted 09/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Noted 22/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59527 | 50172 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 51482 | 59527 | 50585 | Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50235 | Noted 29/11/19754 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50235 | Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough1 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59527 | 50258 | Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough (2 DMBSs)1 | ||||||
| 50256 | 59527 | 50265 | Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster2 | ||||||
| 50218 | 59527 | 50260 | Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | ||||||
| 51550 | 59527 | 51558 | Noted circa 04/19825 | ||||||
| 51558 | 59527 | 59571 | 51550 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||
| 53435 | 59527 | 53571 | Noted circa 09/19835 | ||||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 12/19835 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 01/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Listed at TS - May-85 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 06/19855 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||
| 53737 | 59527 | 53688 | Noted 06/12/85 - on 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln Central service6 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59527 | 53688 | Noted 10/01/86 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59527 | 53688 | Noted 12/01/86 - on 21:10 Crewe - Grantham service6 | ||||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS605 | 53851 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 06/19865 | |||||
| TS605 | 51138 | 59527 | 53904 | Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 51138 replaced 53851 | |||||
| TS320 | 51138 | 59527 | 53904 | Noted circa 02/19875 | |||||
| TS357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Noted circa 06/19875 | |||||
| T357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| TS357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Noted 08/08/87 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| TS357 | 53842 | 59527 | 53895 | Noted 31/10/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th June 1987
M53895 + M59527 + M53842 + M51146 seen at Ely North Junction, June 13, 1987. Class 101 middle cars were often used on Tyseley sets. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 1987
Set number: TS357
Class 116 set TS357 (presumably M53895 + M59527 + M53842) - with a Met-Camm centre car - pass by at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1987. The passengers at the windows and people on the lineside ahead suggest there may be a(nother) train of interest about to pass. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: circa September 1987
Set number: T357
Tyseley Hybrid set formed of Class 116 Driving power cars 53842 (50842) + Class 101 Centre car 59527 + Class 116 53895 (50895) at Birmingham Moor Street in September 1987 with a service to Shirley Don Taggart.