Vehicle 59541
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
| 01/05/59 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 24/11/62 | On loan to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 3w/e 29/12/62 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 31/08/69 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 07/09/69 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 4w/e 24/06/78 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 07/10/78 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 20/11/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 21/02/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
22nd March 1988 - Condemned cars 51308, 51324, 51309, 59171, 53123, 53819, 53108, 59119, 54177, 53456, 59541, 59568, 59374, 59560, 59552 & 59524 hauled from Newton Heath to Vic Berry's yard by Class 31
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 03/06/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51444 | 59541 | 59542 | 51514 | As delivered to 51A - 1st May 1959 | |||||
| 51444 | 59541 | 59542 | 51514 | Transfer to 17A - 3w/e 24/11/62 - on loan | |||||
| 51444 | 59541 | 59542 | 51514 | Transfer to 51A - 3w/e 29/12/62 - ex-loan LMR | |||||
| 50209 | 59541 | 50269 | Transfer to 64H - 07/09/69 - from ER | ||||||
| 50209 | 59541 | 50269 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51228 | 59541 | 51540 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2 | ||||||
| 51227 | 59541 | 51529 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 231 | 51460 | 59541 | 50159 | Noted 26/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 231 | 51460 | 59541 | 50159 | Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline3 | |||||
| 51469 | 59541 | 50175 | Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Transfer to HN - 4w/e 24/06/78 | ||||||
| 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Noted 16/02/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Listed at ED - 28/11/81 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Noted 9th April 1984 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51459 | 59541 | 51531 | Noted 26/02/86 - on 13:06 Edinburgh - Dunblane5 | ||||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51518 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 51459 | 59541 | 51518 | Noted 5th September 1986 | ||||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51518 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Queen Street4 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59541 | 53179 | Noted circa 12/19864 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59541 | 53179 | Noted 17/01/19874 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101333 | 51459 | 59541 | 51805 | Noted 30/03/19874 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Cairnhill in Airdrie at the very end of the Calder Branch on 26 August 1978. It was formed of Set 179, 51805 + 59541 + 51459. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Provan Gas Works on 26 August 1978. It was formed of Set 179, 51805 + 59541 + 51459. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Riccarton & Craigie (Kilmarnock) on 26 August 1978. It was formed of set 179, 51805 + 59541 + 51459. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Riccarton & Craigie (Kilmarnock) on 26 August 1978. It included cars 51459 + 59541 + 51805. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Waterside on 26 August 1978. It was formed of set 179, 51805 + 59541 + 51459. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Waterside on 26 August 1978. It was formed of set 179, 51805 + 59541 + 51459. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Waterside on 26 August 1978. It included cars 51459 + 59541 + 51805. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
Class 101 DMUs and a 303 EMU at Springburn station, Glasgow, on the 26th August 1978. Set 179 (51459 + 59541 + 51805) has Cluny Bridge on the destination blind - it is working the BLS 'L&A' railtour. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
Set 179 (51459 + 59541 + 51805) has Cluny Bridge on the destination blind when seen at Springburn on the 26th August 1978 - working the BLS 'L&A' railtour. The blue vehicle on the right is thought to be 50192. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Cairnhill in Airdrie at the very end of the Calder Branch on 26 August 1978. It was formed of Set 179, 51805 + 59541 + 51459. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
With vehicles SC51805 and SC59541 in view, the Branch Line Society 'L&A' railtour is seen alongside the A713 between Ayr and Dalmellington, crossing the bridge over the road to Drumgrange Farm between Patna and Waterside, on the 26th August 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS 'L&A' railtour during its stop at Waterside on the 26th August 1978. It is formed of refurbished Class 101 DMU set 179 (51459 + 59541 + 51805). Alan Rintoul.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101333
Set 101 333 (presumably 51459 + 59541 + 51805) seen in Springburn station, date unknown. Phil Deane Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: 101333
Class 101 DMU set 101 333 (SC51805 and presumably 59541 + 51459) seen arriving into Stirling station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 29th July 1983
Set number: 101333
Unit 101333 (presumably 51805 + 59541 + 51459) passes the Box, arriving at Larbert Station on 29/7/83. David Christie.
Date: 5th August 1983
Set number: 101333
Metro-Cammell D/M-U 101 333 (presumably 51805 + 59541 + 51459) passes the Box & LC at Cornton, between Stirling & Bridge of Allan, 5/8/83. David Christie.
Date: 2nd August 1984
Set number: 101333
Met-Camm set 101 333 (presumably 51805 + 59541 + 51459) departs from Glasgow Queen Street station on August 2, 1984. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 27th April 1985
Set number: 101333
Met-Camm set 101 333 (possibly 51805 + 59541 + 51459) on a late morning local from Fife, bound for Edinburgh Waverley, runs off the Forth Bridge. 27th April 1985. Bruce Galloway.
Date: 1987
Set number: 101333
101333 (presumably 51459 + 59541 + 51805) at Linlithgow in 1987. John Law.
Date: 30th January 1988
A depot full of DMUs - Newton Heath on January 30, 1988. In the foreground is a row of recently ex-ScR centre cars, 59560 in SPTE livery, then leftwards is 59524 + 59374 + 59541. Hamish Stevenson.