Vehicle 59545
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
| 15/05/59 | New to | 62A (Thornton Junction) | |
| 4w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| w/e 11/05/74 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 13/04/75 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 5w/e 12/05/79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Jul-87 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) |
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 21/06/1974 released in white/blue stripe livery - Part of the Prototype refurbished unit with 51451 and 51518. Initially the "blue stripe" livery continued across the vehicle inner ends, but this was soon modified to a mostly plain blue inner end.Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | As delivered to 62A - 15th May 1959 | ||||||
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Polmadie1 | ||||||
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 104 | 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 173 | 51447 | 59545 | 51517 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | |||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted 10/08/74 - on Norwich depot3 | ||||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted 05/09/1974 - Exhibition Train4 | ||||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted 02/01/75 - at Selby, 1E52 on headcode3 | ||||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Transfer to ED - 13/04/75 | ||||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Transfer to DE - w/e 18/10/75 | ||||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted 09/08/1976 - Seen at Edinburgh Waverley.5 | ||||||
| 235 | 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted 06/09/76 - at Dundee3 | |||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted 28/03/1977 - 06:20 Edinburgh Waverley to Markinch (Dundee?)6 | ||||||
| 192 | 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Noted circa 08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Transfer to ED - 5w/e 12/05/79 | ||||||
| 326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51798 | 59545 | 51532 | Noted 05/05/1981 - at Sirling6 | ||||||
| 346 | 51798 | 59545 | 51532 | Noted circa 07/19815 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101338 | 51466 | 59545 | 51529 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51520 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51520 | Noted 5th June 1986 | |||||
| 326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51520 | Listed at Eastfield - August 1986 | |||||
| 51451 | 59545 | 51520 | Noted 25th September 1986 | ||||||
| 101341 | 51469 | 59545 | 51520 | Noted 08/11/19865 | |||||
| 101341 | 51469 | 59545 | 51520 | Noted 06/12/19865 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59545 | 51518 | Listed at ED - 23/03/87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Chris Moxon
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Peter Wallwork
No images of the vehicle available.
Do you have any you can add?
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th May 1959
Captioned as the first 3-car set to reach Dundee West, SC51447 (and presumably 59545 and 51517) is seen there on the 30th May 1959. The set was newly delivered that month to 62A (Thornton Junction). It would later become a Class 102. George Bett.
Date: July 1974
Metro-Cammell Class 101 (1959 batch) Local Passenger 3-car dmu No.51451 (Class 101/2) No.59545 (Class 171) & No.51518 (Class 101/2) on display in Marylebone station, mid-July 1974. This was the first dmu to be refurbished on a trial basis to establish what kind of refurbishment program should be adopted for the first generation dmu's to extend their life owing to the lack of money for new stock. Each car was refurbished to a different standard and the highest standard I thought was excellent. Unfortunately this was too expensive to be adopted in the programme. I worked in the Railways Directorate of the Department of Environment at this time and visited the set as part of my job. The platform this set is on was demolished and replaced by a new office block in the late 1980's Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 16th July 1974
The trial refurbishment Class 101 51451, 59545 and 51518 on display at Marylebone station on the 16th July 1974. The vehicles had the original style of short rainstrips above the door, by August these would be replaced by full length gutters. Tim Stubbs.
Date: 14th August 1974
Prototype refurbished Met-Cam Class 101 DMU E51451 + E59545 + E51518 on show in York station, 14th August 1974. Paul James.
Date: unknown
The trial refurbishment set 51518 (closest) / 59545 / 51451 at Bletchley. Undated. Photo by K.J.C. Jackson. Ian McDonald Collection.
Date: 5th September 1974
51518,59545 & 51451 on an exhibition train (5T40) with cinema coach at Helsby, 5/9/74. The train was showing the conversion of this unit at Doncaster. Anthony Griffiths.
Date: circa 1974
The prototype refurbished Class 101 DMU at Sheffield circa late 1974, and probably on its promotional tour. Visible are 51451 + 59545. When the set emerged from Works in July 1974, the vehicles still retained the original small rainstrips above the doors, now it has a full length gutter. John Law.
Date: circa August 1975
The first refurbished Class 101 DMU - 51518 + 59545 + 51451 - are seen on a Glasgow Queen Street - Oban service at Crianlarich circa August 1975. David Rhodes.
Date: August 1976
The prototype refurbished Class 101 cars 51518, 59545 and 51451 are about to enter Inverkeithing from the Edinburgh direction in August 1976. The branch on the left went to Rosyth Dockyard, which had a service for employees. Alan Rintoul.
Date: 26th September 1986
Set number: 326
Met-Camm set (101) 326 at Ayr on September 26, 1986. The DMBS (furthest) is 51451, the other two vehicles are presumably 51520 + 59545. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 26th September 1986
Set number: 101326
101326 with an Ayr - Glasgow service at Prestwick on September 26, 1986. Closest is 51451, presumably with 59545 + 51520. Hamish Stevenson.