Vehicle 59530
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
| 10/03/59 | 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 | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 25/12/77 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 2w/e 05/05/79 | Transferred to | WR | - unallocated while in works |
| 2w/e 22/09/79 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 02/09/82 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/07/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
| 14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
| 03/12/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 07/12/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Notes
16/05/82 - set B812 transferred BR to CF, all three vehicles list as moving but it is believed 59530 remained at BR, the power cars becoming power twin C805.
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 30/08/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51438 | 59529 | 59530 | 51508 | As delivered to 53B - 10th March 1959 | |||||
| 51438 | 59529 | 59530 | 51508 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 51438 | 59530 | 59577 | 51508 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/06/60 | |||||
| 51437 | 59530 | 50146 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster1 | ||||||
| N300 | 51437 | 59530 | 50146 | Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of power cars)1 | |||||
| 51437 | 59530 | 50146 | Noted 19/04/1975 - at March2 | ||||||
| 59530 | Noted 04/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, loose vehicle1 | ||||||||
| 190 | 51253 | 59530 | 51531 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | |||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Noted 29/01/1980 - At Swindon Station3 | |||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Noted 10/05/1980 - BLS South Devon Railtour C596+B812 | |||||
| B812 | 51462 | 59530 | 51530 | Noted 09/04/81 | |||||
| 53724 | 59530 | 53673 | Noted circa 06/19834 | ||||||
| 53724 | 59530 | 53673 | Noted circa 09/19844 | ||||||
| 53724 | 59530 | 53673 | Noted 21/04/85 | ||||||
| 53724 | 59530 | 53673 | Listed at CH - circa Jan-86 | ||||||
| 53303 | 59530 | 53336 | Formation change - CH - circa Feb-86 | ||||||
| Spare | 59530 | Formation change - CH - circa Mar-86 | |||||||
| 51928 | 59530 | 52044 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 51928 | 59530 | 52044 | Noted 06/02/19874 | ||||||
| 51075 | 59530 | 51092 | Noted 30/07/87 - on 09:49 Paddington - Reading5 | ||||||
| L578 | 51075 | 59530 | 51092 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L592 | 51071 | 59530 | 51101 | Noted circa 12/19874 | |||||
| L835 | 51432 | 59530 | 51498 | Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59530 added | |||||
| L835 | 51432 | 59530 | 51498 | Noted circa 03/19894 | |||||
| L835 | 51432 | 59530 | 51498 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L835 | 51432 | 59530 | 51498 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L835 | 51432 | 59530 | 51498 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool | |||||
| L835 | 51432 | 59530 | 51498 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L835 | 51432 | 59530 | 51498 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX | |||||
| Spare | 59530 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 10th May 1980
Set number: B812
An unusual sight at Tiverton Junction on the section of the West of England mainline was a class 101 dmu (set B812, presumably 51462 + 59530 + 51530) with a SO Bristol Temple Meads to Paignton service on 10/5/1980. The set had been used for part of the BLS 'South Devon' railtour that day. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 9th April 1981
Set number: B812
Class 101 set B812 consisting of W51462 + W59530 + W51530 at Bristol Temple Meads on 09/04/1981. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 17th April 1981
Set number: B812
Met-Cam class 101, set B812 (W51462 closest, presumably with W59530 + W51530) standing in the station at Worcester Shrub Hill. 17th April 1981. Paul James.
Date: 31st May 1981
Set number: B812
Class 101 DMU set B812 (51462 and presumably 59530 + 51530) seen at Gloucester possibly with a Cheltenham-Cardiff Central service on 31 May 1981. Robert Thomas.
Date: 22nd August 1981
Set number: B812
Class 101 set B812 (presumably 51462 + 59530 + 51530) passes Limpley Stoke on the 22nd April 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 21st April 1985
A Class 120 hybrid set with a Class 101 centre car (M53673 + M59530 + M53724) entering Shrewsbury on the 21st April 1985. It's working the 15:00 from Wolverhampton. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 23rd May 1986
A hybrid three-car DMU with Class 108 Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) M51928 leading, had a Class 101 Trailer Car (presumably 59530) inserted between it and the rear Class 108 car (presumably 52044), forming a well-filled Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service at Leyland on May 23rd 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 1988
Set number: L835
Seen calling at Oxford in 1988 is Metro Cammell Class 101 3-car unit L835, 51432 closest presumably with 59530 + 51498. Bob Belcher.
Date: 17th February 1988
Set number: L574
The 1114 Maidenhead - Paddington stopping service rolls into Langley Station formed of yet another hybrid DMU. This is a a pair of GRCW Class 119 driving vehicles coupled with a Met-Cam Class 101 centre trailer all running as Reading Set L574. The formation being W51095+W59530+W51056 .... It is interesting to note that the leading vehicle W51095 was running with set L581 until August last year, giving a reason for the misplaced set No on the front end ...... 17th February 1988. Nigel Mack.
Date: 20th May 1988
Set number: L835
Class 101 Metro-Cammell diesel units had not, I think, been allocated to Reading until a batch was acquired to replaced Gloucester RC&W class 119 sets which had in turn replaced Southern DEMUs (the Tadpole units) at the beginning of the 1980s (although ex-Hastings DEMUs would also work on the Tonbridge - Redhill service). Here L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) is seen at Tonbridge on May 20, 1988. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 1st June 1988
Set number: L835
Class 101 set L835 - 51498 + 59530 + 51432 - at Salfords (near Gatwick) on 1 June 1988. Keith Miller.
Date: February 1989
Set number: L835
Class 101 DMU set L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) arrives into Betchworth station in February 1989. John Law.
Date: August 1989
Set number: L835
A few hours spent watching a variety of DMU types by the North Downs in August 1989. Class 101 Metro Cammell set L835 (W51498 + W59530 + W51432) head west with a Reading bound service, seen near Betchworth. The power cars were Leeds / Bradford based most of their lives until late 1987, while the centre car spent most of its life around Tyneside then quite a few years in Scotland before migrating south. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1989
Set number: L835
A few hours spent watching a variety of DMU types by the North Downs in August 1989. Class 101 Metro Cammell set L835 (W51432 + W59530 + W51498) head west with a Reading bound service, seen near Betchworth. The power cars were Leeds / Bradford based most of their lives until late 1987, while the centre car spent most of its life around Tyneside then quite a few years in Scotland before migrating south. Murray Liston.
Date: 24th April 1990
Set number: L835
L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) at Reading on 24 April 1990. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: 7th May 1993
Set number: L835
Despite the number of trains on the GWR from Paddington to Didcot in 1993 it was quite unusual to take a passing shot of two sets in the right place unless the one on the relief line was standing at a signal. On 7 May 1993 class 101 set L835 (presumably 51498 + 59530 + 51432) was working a Paddington to Oxford or Banbury train as it was passed by a down HST at full line speed in Moreton Cutting. Peter Tandy.