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| 21/02/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |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 - 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 included power cars 51805 + 51459, the centre car is presumably 59541. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Provan Gas Works on 26 August 1978. It included power cars 51805 + 51459, the centre car is presumably 59541. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Riccarton & Craigie (Kilmarnock) on 26 August 1978. It included power cars 51459 + 51805, the centre car is presumably 59541. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Riccarton & Craigie (Kilmarnock) on 26 August 1978. It included power cars 51459 + 51805, the centre car is presumably 59541. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Waterside on 26 August 1978. It included power cars 51805 + 51459, the centre car is presumably 59541. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Waterside on 26 August 1978. It included power cars 51459 + 51805, the centre car is presumably 59541. Alistair Ness.
Date: 26th August 1978
Set number: 179
The BLS L&A Railtour at Waterside on 26 August 1978. It included power cars 51459 + 51805, the centre car is presumably 59541. 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 and presumably 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 and presumably 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 power cars 51805 + 51459, the centre car is presumably 59541. Alistair Ness.
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 and presumably 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.