Vehicle 59542
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) | |
| w/e 04/07/70 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| Feb-72 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 13/05/79 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 16/09/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| p/e 28/11/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| Jun-85 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | ED (Eastfield) PXXZ | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) PXXZ |
Notes
16th October 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 06/08/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
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 | |||||
| 50031 | 59542 | 50047 | Listed at 40A - Dec-70 | ||||||
| 50003 | 59542 | 50018 | Noted Aug-71 - at Grantham | ||||||
| 50256 | 59542 | 50169 | Noted 20/05/73 | ||||||
| 84 | 50256 | 59542 | 50169 | Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford1 | |||||
| 50256 | 59542 | 50169 | Noted 14/07/1973 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 26/01/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| 86 | 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 06/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster3 | ||||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59542 | 50160 | Noted 23/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59542 | 50160 | Noted 23/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50258 | Noted 31/05/1975 - at Leicester on service to Birmingham3 | ||||||
| 82 | 50258 | 59542 | 50160 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50258 | 59542 | 50160 | Noted 23rd July 1975 | ||||||
| 50258 | 59542 | 50161 | Noted 10/09/1975 - at Ely3 | ||||||
| 50258 | 59542 | 50161 | Noted 13/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50222 | 59542 | 50750 | Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 51225 | 59542 | 50268 | Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 50230 | 59542 | 50235 | Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster4 | ||||||
| 50201 | 59542 | 50150 | Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime4 | ||||||
| 50154 | 59542 | 50172 | Noted Mar-77 - at Hull4 | ||||||
| 51222 | 59542 | 59188 | 50168 | Noted circa 03/19795 | |||||
| 321 | 51249 | 59542 | 50146 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 50146 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101312 | 51237 | 59542 | 53138 | Noted 03/09/83 - on Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch | |||||
| 101303 | 53292 | 59542 | 53141 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59542 | 55000 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 - 55000 numbered set 400 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Transfer to AY - Jun-85 - from HA | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - August 1986 | |||||
| 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 16th October 1986 | ||||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53491 | Noted circa 12/19865 | |||||
| 52010 | 59542 | 52020 | Noted 17/01/19875 | ||||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 51999 | 59542 | 52035 | Noted circa 04/19875 | ||||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 05/19875 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 30/11/87 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted circa 12/19895 | |||||
| 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 06/01/906 | ||||||
| 51249 | 59542 | 53146 | Noted 01/08/906 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
Images:
12th May 1991
Class 101 centre car 59542 at Snailwell on 12th May 1991. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: August 1971
A couple of slightly unusual Derby Heavyweight units at Grantham in August 1971. On the left E56019 carries an early version of the rail blue livery with just a yellow panel and the BR logo on the cab door. On the right the set of formed of two DMBSs with a Met-Camm centre car inbetween (E50018 + E59542 + E50003). Mel Smith.
Date: August 1971
A hybrid set at Grantham in August 1971 - E50018 + E59542 + E50003. The Met-Camm centre car was a Lincoln vehicle from June 1970 to February 1972. Mel Smith.
Date: 3rd September 1983
Set number: 101312
101 312 (51237 + 59542 + 53138) seen at Keith Junction with an un-named Grampian Railtours trip over the Dufftown branch, 3rd September 1983. Mike Cooper Collection.
Date: 3rd September 1983
Set number: 101312
101 312 (53138 + 59542 + 51237) seen in Dufftown with an un-named Grampian Railtours train in the days before it became a preserved line. 3rd September 1983. Norman Smart.
Date: 9th July 1985
Set number: 101321
37403 on trip Working 6T85 at Sighthill East Jcn after collecting and propelling 101 321 (presumably 53146 + 59542 + 51249) from Glasgow Works (St Rollox) on 9/7/85. Spannerman37025.
Date: 1986
Set number: 101321
Hybrid set 101321 at Paisley Gilmour Street circa late 1986. The DMBS is 51249, if the centre car is the regular then it should be 59542, the blue DMS on the rear is Class 104 53491. Ian Docwra.
Date: 11th March 1986
Set number: 101321
101321 (presumably 53146 + 59542 + 51249) departs from Edinburgh Waverley 11 March 1986. Notice how the set number is also carried on the end of the centre car. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th June 1986
Set number: 101321
Ayr TMD allocated Class 101 set number 101321 formed of Class 101 DMCL 53146 nearest camera, TCL 59542 and DMBS 51249 all in Strathclyde PTE orange / black livery have just arrived in Platform 11 at Glasgow Central Station on the 4th June 1986 and have stopped next to a former LMR based Class 120 3 car set set in Platform 10 operating an Ayrshire service for the coast. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 7th August 1986
Set number: 101321
101321 (53146 + 59542 + 51249) form the 20:02 to East Kilbride in Glasgow Central on 7 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th August 1986
Set number: 101321
Sthrathclyde-liveried set 101321 (51249 closest, presumably with 59542 + 53146) at Johnstone with the 13:00 Glasgow - Ayr service on August 28th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 15th September 1986
Set number: 120528
A scene at Ayr station on 15/9/86, with a class 120 "scratch set", formed of 53722/59682/53742, waiting to work the 13.40 to Kilmarnock. Alongside is unit 101 321 (51249/59542/53146). Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa late 1986
Class 104 DMS 53491 on the rear of two Class 101 vehicles departing from Paisley Gilmour Street circa late 1986. The DMBS at the far end is 51249 (set 101321) and so the centre car presumably 59542. Ian Docwra.
Date: 30th November 1987
Set number: 101321
Away from its usual area are cars SC51249 SC59542 SC53146 (101 321) in Strathclyde PTE livery. Although Heaton (HT) depot, Newcastle, received some varied DMUs in Autumn 1987, these cars were never allocated there, so it was probably en route for works attention. Indeed, I photographed this unit at Glasgow in 1990. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 5th February 1990
Set number: 101321
51249 at the front of set 101321 (presumably with 59542 + 53146) waiting to depart from Glasgow Queen Street with the 16:03 to Arbroath on the 5th February 1990. Mike Cooper.
Date: 1st August 1990
Set number: 101321
Set 101 321 seen in Glasgow Central on the 1st August 1990. It was formed of 53146, 59542 and 51249. Graeme Phillips.