Vehicle 59547
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 25/05/74 | 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 | Stored S. | RG (Reading) | |
| 16/05/85 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 19/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51449 | 59547 | 51519 | As delivered to 62A - 29th May 1959 | ||||||
| 51449 | 59547 | 51523 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Corkerhill1 | ||||||
| 106 | 51449 | 59547 | 51519 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51449 | 59547 | 51519 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 50839 | 59547 | 51519 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 175 | 51449 | 59547 | 51519 | Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot3 | |||||
| P801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 11th July 1974 - at Exeter. | |||||
| 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Exeter3 | ||||||
| P801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Worcester4 | |||||
| 51452 | 59547 | 51523 | Noted 06/04/1976 - at Swindon 4 | ||||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 07/09/76 - on Bristol Philips March depot3 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 15/08/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 31/08/77 - on 1318 Cheltenham-Swindon | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 15/11/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 15/03/78 - on 1Z08 1915 Cheltenham-Cardiff with C503 | |||||
| C801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 29/07/78 - on 2B60 1755 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B575 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 09/09/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Noted 08/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads5 | |||||
| B801 | 51446 | 59547 | 51517 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L450 | 51352 | 59547 | 51394 | Noted circa 11/19826 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: October 1975
Set number: B801
Bristol set B801 (presumably W51446-W59547-W51517) seen at Severn Beach in October 1975. Transferred from the Scottish Region in May of that year, the unit still seems to be awaiting a new roller blind whilst the doors to the first class sections carry prominent "1" markers. Steve Carter.
Date: 29th November 1975
Set number: B801
Class 101 DMU set B801 is seen at Gloucester Eastgate on 29 November 1975. The service is thought to be the 09:40 from Bristol Temple Meads. The vehicles are presumably 51446 + 59547 + 51517. Robert Thomas.
Date: unknown
Set number: B801
Class 101 set B801 (presumably 51517 + 59547 + 51446) is seen in Severn Beach station. Date unknown, possibly 1978 or 1979. John Law.
Date: 29th May 1979
Set number: B801
Class 101 DMU set B801 (presumably W51446 + W59547 + W51517) at Gloucester on Tuesday 29 May 1979. David Russon.
Date: 6th August 1979
Set number: B468
Cardiff Central on my day trip of Monday 6th August 1979. On the right is Class 116 BR Derby Suburban set C333, W51148 + W59445 + W51135 which had arrived on the 09.17 Penarth - Cardiff and was about to leave as the 09.45 to Merthyr. On the left, still in all over blue is Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 which had come in on the 08.25 from Gloucester. It was attached to Met Cam Class 101 set B801 (W51446 + W 59547 + W51517) after this shot was taken and then worked the 09.55 to Weston-Super-Mare. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 6th August 1979
Set number: B801
This is W51517 leading Met Cam set B801 (W59547 & W51446) at Cardiff on 6/8/79. It would be attached to Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 and work the 09.55 to Weston-Super- Mare. Gerard Fletcher.
Date: 10th November 1979
Set number: B801
Met-Camm set B801 - presumably 51517 + 59547 + 51446 - heads out of Castle Cary with a Weymouth service on the 10th November 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 20th January 1980
Set number: B801
A proper Black Country scene as a class 101 (B801, 51446 leads, presumably with 59547 + 51517) prepares to enter Old Hill tunnel with a Birmingham New Street to Worcester Foregate Street service having just left Rowley Regis. 20/1/1980. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 24th April 1980
Set number: B801
Refurbished set B801 - presumably 51446 + 59547 + 51517 - seen at Cardiff on the 14th April 1980. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 1981
Set number: B801
Refurbished Met-Camm set B801, DMBS 51446 closest, presumably with 59547 + 51517, at Westbury in early 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1981
Set number: B801
Refurbished Met-Camm set B801, DMBS 51446 closest, presumably with 59547 + 51517, at Castle Carry in early 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 8th April 1981
Set number: B801
Met-Camm Class 101 DMU set B801, 51517 leading presumably with 59547 + 51446, at Redland Station (Bristol), 8th April 1981. Tiptree Jon.
Date: 29th May 1981
Set number: B801
In refurbished white with blue stripe livery, a three-car Class 101 DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second W51446 leading presumably with 59547 + 51517, was passing alongside Dawlish Warren Road on one side, and the Exe Estuary on the other side, as it approached the footcrossing at Cockwood whilst working an Exeter St Davids to Paignton all-stations service on May 29th 1981. Martyn Hilbert.