Vehicle 59546
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
| 29/05/59 | 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 24/05/74 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 07/06/75 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 03/10/82 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| circa Mar-85 | Stored S. | RG (Reading) | |
| 29/09/85 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | As delivered to 62A - 29th May 1959 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 15/08/70 - passing Motherwell depot1 | ||||||
| 105 | 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie1 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59546 | 51518 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| P803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 20th July 1974 | |||||
| P803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 02/09/74 - on Laira depot2 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| P803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 15/05/76 - on 2B68 1745 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 07/08/1976 - on 12:40 Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads with set L5874 | |||||
| 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol1 | ||||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 09/09/76 - on 2305 Bristol TM-Swindon with B467 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 02/05/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Taunton and 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 09/05/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 06/01/78 - on 2C19 1845 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 23/04/78 - on 1630 Cheltenham-Cardiff | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 06/05/1978 - Lea Valley Railway Club The Camel Train Railtour B803+C558 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 17/06/78 - on 2B60 1755 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B575 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Gloucester Station5 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 17/12/1978 - Two Bodmin Lions Club return trips from Bodmin Road to Wadebridge, formed B803 and B804 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 08/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads5 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B803 | 51450 | 59546 | 51522 | Noted 15/03/1980 - M.R.S. / R.C.T.S. Caerwent Cannonball Railtour B462+B803 | |||||
| Spare | 59546 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa June 1974
Set number: P803
Met-Camm DMU set P803 (W51450 + 59546 + 51522) at Bristol Marsh Junction depot. This was the first Class 101 DMU set to be painted into the Blue / Grey livery, the work was done at Swindon during a C3 dated 4 June 1974. This slide is undated, but it seems to be taken very soon afterwards. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 6th September 1974
Set number: P803
A Class 101 DMU in blue & grey livery with headcode boxes, tail lamp and blue square coupling codes makes for an unusual sight, but set 803 consisting of cars W51450 W59546 W51522 was one of a number of longstanding Western Region 3-car formations allocated to Cross-Country services, so received this livery long before it became standard. The set number 803 carries the prefix P in this image, showing it was allocated to the Plymouth area at the time, but other prefixes were carried over the years as it was transferred between depots, the last being S (Swansea), and as S803, it and several other units were transferred to the north-east of England in Autumn 1987 when that region's new Class 143 Pacer fleet were experiencing chronic problems with their gearboxes. P803 is seen here departing Keyham, Devon on 06/09/1974. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 24th May 1975
Set number: P803
Set P803 (51450 / 59546 / 51522) is seen departing from Dawlish on the 24th May 1975. Neil Cannon.
Date: 1978
Set number: B803
In the Spring of 1978 Met-Camm set B803 (51522 and presumably 59546 + 51450) approaches Maiden Newton. Michael Mensing.
Date: spring 1978
Set number: B803
Met-Camm set B803 (presumably 51450 + 59546 + 51522) approaches Maiden Newton in the Spring of 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: July 1979
Set number: B803
Refurbished Met-Camm set B803 (51450 leads, presumably with 59546 + 51522) departing from Bath in July 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 20th October 1979
Set number: B803
Seen at Wishing Well Halt on the 20th October 1979 is set B803 (presumably 51450 + 59546 + 51522). Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 20th October 1979
Set number: B803
Class 101 set B803 (presumably 51450 + 59546 + 51522) at Wishing Well Halt on the 20th October 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 20th October 1979
Set number: B803
Class 101 set B803 (presumably 51522 + 59546 + 51450) after emerging from Bincombe Tunnel on October 20, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 20th October 1979
Set number: B803
Class 101 set B803 (presumably 51522 + 59546 + 51450) heads into Bincombe Tunnel on October 20, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 15th March 1980
Set number: B803
The joint Monmouthshire Railway Society / RCTS 'The Caerwent Cannonball' railtour at Norchard on March 15, 1980. It was formed B803 51522 + 59546 + 51450 and B462 51304 + 59477 + 51319. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 15th March 1980
Set number: B462
The "Caerwent Cannonball" railtour was organised by the Monmouthshire Railway Society and RCTS on March 15, 1980. At Blaenavon in South Wales, this end of the six-car formation is a class 118 set, set B462 containing 51304/59477/51319. At the far end is Class 101 set B803 51450 + 59546 + 51522. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 5th July 1980
Set number: B803
Class 101 set B803 (presumably 51522 + 59546 + 51450) is seen in Chetnote station with the 5.45pm Bristol TM - Weymouth service on July 5, 1980. Michael Mensing.
Date: 29th December 1980
Set number: B803
Met-Cam 3 car set B803 (W51450, presumably with 59546 + 51522) stands on Godfrey Road Sidings, Newport, 29 December 1980. Paul James.
Date: 14th July 1981
Set number: B803
Class 101 DMU set B803 (presumably W51450 + W59546 + W51522) arriving into Kemble station on Tuesday 14 July 1981. David Russon.
Date: circa August 1981
Set number: B803
Met-Camm 3-car Class 101 set B803 (presumably 51450 + 59546 + 51522) is just about to pass the 141.5 miles from Paddington milepost, with a Down passenger service heading for Taunton and beyond. Photo was taken from just off Wick Lane near Wick Bridge, on the Bleadon Level, in Somerset, sometime during late July-early August 1981. Paul James.
Date: 30th December 1981
Set number: B803
Set B803 at Swindon on 30/12/81, 51522 closest, presumably with 59546 + 51450. Chris Lings.
Date: early 1982
Set number: B803
Class 101 set B803 at Taunton in early 1982. DMBS W51450 is closest, presumably with 59546 + 51522. Michael Mensing.
Date: 13th April 1982
Set number: B803
Metro Cammell unit B803 (presumably 51522 + 59546 + 51450) with a blue set at Cardiff Central on 13 April 1982. John Grey Turner.
Date: 6th December 1982
Set number: B803
Class 101 DMU set B803 (51450 and presumably 59546 + 51522) at Westbury on 6 December 1982. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.