Vehicle 59538
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
| 15/04/59 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-67 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| w/e 08/02/75 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 2w/e 10/05/75 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 2w/e 12/12/76 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 3w/e 07/05/77 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 29/04/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| May-79 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 01/06/81 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| circa Feb-82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | - but seems to have remained at TS |
| circa 11/83 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 10/06/84 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 03/03/85 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51442 | 59537 | 59538 | 51512 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 15th April 1959 | |||||
| 51442 | 59537 | 59538 | 51512 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 400 | 51334 | 59538 | 59486 | 51376 | Noted circa May-68 | ||||
| 400 | 51334 | 59486 | 59538 | 51376 | Noted 23/08/69 - working the Bulmers and Welsh Border railtour. | ||||
| 455 | 51344 | 59496 | 59538 | 51386 | Noted circa Jan-70 - Reading set | ||||
| 470 | 51305 | 59538 | 59472 | 51320 | Noted 30/05/1970 - on BR mystery excursion Paddington to Hastings with 51336-59488-51378 + 51406-59516-51364 (470+452+418) | ||||
| 51316 | 59538 | 59483 | 51331 | Noted 23/10/711 | |||||
| L404 | 51340 | 59491 | 59538 | 51381 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||
| 51343 | 59538 | 59495 | 51385 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1 | |||||
| L464 | 51365 | 59517 | 59538 | 51407 | Noted 10/11/1973 - BR Western Region London Branchlines Railtour 51320-59472-51305 + 51356-59508-51398 + 51365-59517-59538-51407 | ||||
| 51353 | 59538 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 21/02/741 | |||||
| 51309 | 59538 | 51324 | Noted 07/04/1974 - at Windsor2 | ||||||
| 51358 | 59510 | 59538 | 51400 | Noted 02/08/741 | |||||
| 51358 | 59510 | 59538 | 51400 | Noted 21/08/741 | |||||
| 50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Transfer to BR - w/e 08/02/75 | ||||||
| 50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Transfer to LA - 2w/e 10/05/75 | ||||||
| P357 | 50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Noted 27/08/75 - at Plymouth3 | |||||
| P357 | 50868 | 59538 | 50918 | Formation change - LA - circa Oct-75 | |||||
| P469 | 51311 | 59538 | 51326 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| P469 | 51311 | 59538 | 51326 | Noted 07/09/76 - on Laira depot3 | |||||
| 51311 | 59538 | 51326 | Transfer to BR - 2w/e 12/12/76 | ||||||
| 51311 | 59538 | 51326 | Transfer to CF - 3w/e 07/05/77 | ||||||
| 50863 | 59538 | 50916 | Transfer to TS - 2w/e 29/04/78 | ||||||
| 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Transfer to TS - 01/06/81 | ||||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted 18/07/81 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| TS413 | 50316 | 59538 | 50334 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS413 | 53316 | 59538 | 53334 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS401 | 53306 | 59538 | 53325 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| 53724 | 59538 | 53673 | Noted circa 01/19844 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
9th July 1973
Class 101 centre car W59538 is seen in a Class 117 DMU set at Southall depot on 9 July 1973. Originally allocated to the North Eastern Region it was one of the first Met-Camm DMU vehicles to be allocated to the Western Region in January 1967. Alistair Ness.
10th November 1973
Set number: L464
On November 10, 1973, the Western Region ran a ten-car DMU 'London Branch Lines Tour' from Paddington. It comprised a 3-car 118, 3-car 117 and 4-car 117 set L464 that contained 101 centre car 59538, seen here beside 51407 during the stop at Morris Cowley. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa late 1960s
Set number: 400
Class 117 set 400 at Yetminster with Oxford on the destination blind. It has a Class 101 center car added, making it a 4-car set. The date is unknown, but probably late 1960s when it ran as 51376 + 59538 + 59486 + 51334. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd August 1969
Set number: 400
The RCTS Bulmer and Welsh Border Railtour at Bulmers on April 23, 1969. Set 400 would be 51376 + 59486 + 51334, the Met-Camm centre car is possibly 59538. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 10th November 1973
Set number: L464
On November 10, 1973, the Western Region ran a ten-car DMU 'London Branch Lines Tour' from Paddington. It comprised a 4-car 117 set L464 with a 101 centre car (51407 + 59538 + 59517 + 51365), 3-car 117 (51398 + 59508 + 51356) and a 3-car Class 118 (51305 + 59472 + 51320). W51407 is seen at the front during the stop at Morris Cowley. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 14th July 1975
Set number: P357
DMU set P357, a Class 116 with a Class 101 centre car (W50868 + W59538 + W50918), arrives at Topsham on the former Southern Railway Exmouth branch with a train from Exeter St Davids on 14 July 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd July 1975
Set number: P357
On 23 July 1975 DMU set P357 (W50918 and presumably W59538 + W50868) is seen passing through the washing plant at Mount Gould, Plymouth Laira. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 31st August 1975
One of the DMU shuttles that ran from Darlington to Shildon for the Rail 150 Cavalcade on 31 August 1975. Helpfully, the November 1975 Railway Observer listed the formations of these shuttles and this one can be identified as, left to right, 59388 + 50644, 50141 + 59577 + 59081 + 50189 and 51439 + 59538 + 50143. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 18th October 1975
Set number: P357
Saturday 18 October 1975, Barnstaple Junction. This 3-car Derby suburban dmu set P357 isn't all it seems, as the middle trailer is from a Metro-Cammell unit. Car numbers are W50868, W59538 and W50918. Mr Deltic.
Date: 29th April 1976
Set number: P469
Class 118/101 DMU set P469 (51311 + 59538 + 51326) departing from Paignton on 29 April 1976. Exeter St Davids is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th May 1976
Set number: P469
WR Suburban DMU set P469 with a Met Cammell centre car at Paignton on 30th May 1976. The vehicles are presumably 51326 + 59538 + 51311. David Scott.
Date: 1977
Set number: P469
A hybrid 118/101 DMU at Exeter Central's down platform in 1977. Set 469 in 1977 should be 51311 + 59538 + 51326, they had been transferred from LA to BR in December 1976. John Law.
Date: circa 1977
Set number: P469
Set P469 (presumably 51326 + 59538 + 51311) enters Topsham station circa 1977. John Law.
Date: March 1977
Set number: P469
Class 118/101 DMU set P469 (presumably 51311 + 59538 + 51326) at Newton Abbot in March 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.