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Vehicle 59548

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

05/06/59	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
4w/e 04/06/77	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
2w/e 11/11/78	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
4w/e 26/05/79	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
May-86	Stored S.	LE (Swansea Landore)
16/07/87	Withdrawn

Notes

01/02/78 - withdrawn Class 125 vehicles at March: 50991, 50994, 50995, 51000, 51001, 51004, 51006, 51155, 51160, 51161, 51163, 51166, 51169, 51173, 59449, 59454, 59457, 59458, 59459, 59461, 59463, 59465, 59466, 59467, 59468

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 12/03/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51450	59548	51520	As delivered to 62A - 5th June 1959
	51450	59548	51520	Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central¹
107	51450	59548	51520	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51450	59548	51520	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central²
176	51450	59548	51520	Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot³
	51991	59548	52014	Noted 25/08/75 - in Glasgow Central³
	51448	59548	51519	Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central¹
	51448	59548	51519	Noted 05/04/1976 - at Glasgow Central ⁴
144	51998	59548	52024	Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot³
	51991	59548	52017	Noted 04/04/1977 - 18:07 Largs to Glasgow Central⁴
220	51237	59548	50747	Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket³
L811	51519	59548	51801	Noted 26/02/1979 - at Taplow⁵
B811	51801	59548	51519	Listed at BR - 03/03/80
C811	51801	59548	51519	Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C811	51801	59548	51519	Noted 21/03/1983 - Chepstow⁶
C811	51801	59548	51519	Noted circa 06/1984⁶
C811	51801	59548	51519	Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C811	51801	59548	51519	Noted 16/06/85
C811	51801	59548	51519	Noted 30/10/1985⁶
	59548			Listed at WR - Summer 1986 - stored at LE

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: September 1980

Set number: B811

Metro-Cammell Class 101 Local Passenger 3-car dmu Set No.B811 (presumably 51519 + 59548 + 51801) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, passing the closed Flax Bourton station on a Paddington - Weston-super-Mare service, 09/80. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 25th February 1981

Set number: B811

Two Class 101 DMUs - closest being set B811 (presumably 51519 + 59548 + 51801) - at Cole on 25 February 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: May 1981

Set number: B811

Class 101 DMU set B811 (presumably 51519 + 59548 + 51801) on the approach to Gloucester, seen here just after passing under Southfield Road bridge,in May 1981. Curly42.

Date: July 1981

Set number: B811

Bristol unit B811 arrives at Kemble heading for Swindon in July 1981. At this date this unit was formed 51801 + 59548 + 51519. This unit was Bristol based between April 1979 and May 1982. Tony Walmsley.

Date: 19th June 1982

Set number: C811

Three-car Class 101 DMU set C811 (presumably 51519 + 59548 + 51801) is seen at Cockett (Swansea) with a down passenger service on 19 June 1982. Robert Thomas.

Date: 1983

Set number: C811

Met-Camm set C811 (presumably 51519 + 59548 + 51801) in Cheltenham station in 1983. John Law.

Date: 2nd July 1983

Set number: C811

3-car class 101 DMU set C811 (51801 + 59548 + 51519) is seen approaching Llandeilo with the 10.50 Shrewsbury to Swansea on 2 July 1983. The Central Wales Line from Shrewsbury to Swansea tended to be worked in the early 1980's by power twins of either class 101 but mostly class 120 Swindon Cross Country sets. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: circa 1983/4

Set number: C811

Class 101 DMU set C811 (presumably 51801 + 59548 + 51519) with a suburban set on the Weymouth tramway, circa 1983/4. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

Date: 1984

Set number: C811

Met-Camm three-car DMU set C811 (presumably 51801 + 59548 + 51519) at Westbury in mid-1984. Michael Mensing.

Date: June 1984

Set number: C811

Met-Camm Class 101 set C811 (presumably 51519 + 59548 + 51801) at Frome in June 1984. Michael Mensing.

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: C811

Metro-Cammell set C811 (presumably 51519 + 59548 + 51801) departs from Stroud on September 29, 1984. Michael Mensing.

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: C811

Class 101 Met-Camm DMU set C811 in Gloucester station with the 10.50am Bristol Temple Meads - Worcester Shrub Hill service on September 29, 1984. The DMBS is 51801, the TC and DMC are presumably 59548 + 51801. Michael Mensing.

Date: 29th September 1984

Set number: C811

Run! 51801 leads set C811 (presumably with 59548 + 51519) into Gloucester with the 10.50am Bristol Temple Meads - Worcester Shrub Hill service on 29th September 1984. Michael Mensing.

Date: October 1984

Set number: C811

Met Cam 3 car set, C811 (presumably 51801 59548 51519) passes through Tarrington, between Hereford and Ledbury, with a Birmingham - Hereford train, October 1984. John Crooks.

Date: 5th December 1985

Set number: C811

A Met-cam DMU waits in the East bay platform at Reading on a Redhill service on the 5th December 1985. C811 is presumably formed 51801 + 59548 + 51519. 54A South Dock.

Date: 1st April 1986

Set number: C811

Three-car Class 101 Met-Camm DMU set C811 (presumably 51801 + 59548 + 51519) at Carmarthen Junction with an up passenger working on 1 April 1986. Robert Thomas.

Date: 12th April 1986

Set number: C811

Class 101 DMU set C811 (presumably 51801 + 59548 + 51519) at Pembroke Dock on 12th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Date: 12th April 1986

Set number: C811

Class 101 DMU set C811 (presumably 51801 + 59548 + 51519) at Pembroke Dock on 12th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

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