Vehicle 59551
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
| 20/06/59 | New to | 62A (Thornton Junction) | |
| w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| w/e 01/08/59 | 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 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 04/02/85 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 11/05/86 | Stored S. | ||
| p/e 31/01/87 | Withdrawn from | LA (Laira) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 25/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | As delivered to 62A - 20th June 1959 | ||||||
| 110 | 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51453 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| P804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 11th July 1974 - at Exeter ex-works in blue/grey livery recently transferred from ScR to WR. | |||||
| P804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Penzance3 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 07/09/76 - on Bristol Philips March depot3 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 22/10/76 - on 2C34 1537 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 23/01/77 - on 1O69 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with C504 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 08/02/77 - on 2B28 1105 Cardiff-Taunton | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 11/02/77 - on 2B28 1105 Cardiff-Taunton | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 30/06/77 - on 2B62 1955 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B465 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 05/04/78 - on 2C34 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 17/12/1978 - Two Bodmin Lions Club return trips from Bodmin Road (now Parkway) to Wadebridge B803+B804 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Noted 08/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads4 | |||||
| B804 | 51452 | 59551 | 51523 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| Spare | 59551 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||||
| L450 | 51352 | 59551 | 51394 | Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse3 | |||||
| P480 | 51312 | 59551 | 51327 | Formation change - circa Jul-85 - add W59551 (ex-spare) | |||||
| P480 | 51312 | 59551 | 51327 | Noted 16/11/19855 | |||||
| 59551 | Listed at WR - Summer 1986 - stored at LA |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
Class 101 TCL W59551 - date/location unknown. It had been refurbished at Swindon in August 1978 while a Bristol vehicle. Paul Redmond.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1975
Set number: P804
Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger 3-car dmu Set No.P804 (51452 and presumably 59551 + 51523) in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all yellow front ends,departing Newport (High St.) in a clouds of diesel smoke on a Cardiff (Central) - Bristol (Temple Meads) service, 06/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 23rd February 1976
Set number: B804
Class 101 DMU set B804 (presumably with 51452 + 59551 visible) is seen in Bath station on 23 February 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 3rd July 1976
Set number: B804
Looking recentlt repainted Class 101 DMU set B804 (presumably 51452 + 59551 + 51523) is seen at Kings Norton on 3 July 1976. Phillip Malin.
Date: 17th March 1979
Set number: B804
Met-Cam Class 101 set B804 (presumably 51523 + 59551 + 51452) at a snowy Cheltenham station, 17th March 1979. Paul James.
Date: July 1979
Set number: B804
Bristol based Class 101 set B804 (presumably 51452 + 59551 + 51523) at Oldfield Park station in July 1979. Michael Mensing.
Date: 23rd July 1979
Set number: B804
Refurbished Class 101 set B804 (presumably 51523 + 59551 + 51452) arrives at Castle Cary from Yeovil on 23 July 1979. Nicholas T Smith.
Date: 8th September 1979
Set number: B804
A nine-car DMU formation at Castle Cary on 8 September 1979. Class 101 set B804 (presumably 51523 + 59551 + 51452) leads followed by two Class 119s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1981
Set number: B804
Met-Camm DMU set B804 (presumably 51523 + 59551 + 51452) arrives into Frome station during 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1981
Set number: B804
Bristol-based Met-Camm three-car set B804 (presumably 51452 + 59551 + 51523) is seen at Frome during 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 2nd April 1982
Set number: B804
Class 101 DMU set B804 (presumably 51523 + 59551 + 51452) in Worcester Shrub Hill station on 2 April 1982. Tony Watson.
Date: 8th July 1985
Set number: P480
The Plymouth Laira Depot allocated class 118 DMU sets were often reduced to 2-car sets for working some of the Cornish branches likes Gunnislake, Newquay or St.Ives but when deployed further east in Devon 3-car sets were preferable because of loadings on the likes of the Paignton, Barnstaple and Exmouth branches. So here class 118 set P480 (51312+51327) has been augmented with a class 101 intermediate trailer (59551). The 3-car set is seen at Exmouth prior to departure with train 2B84 the 18.14 to Exeter St.Davids on 8 July 1985. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 27th July 1985
Set number: P480
The first passenger train for some years to Okehampton, Class 118 DMU no P480 is seen on arrival with a special from Exmouth on 27 July 1985. The set has a Met-Camm centre car, the vehicles are presumably 51327 + 59551 + 51312. Robert28194.
Date: circa 1985
Set number: P480
A Class 118/101 hybrid DMU (presumably 51327 + 59551 + 51312) arrives into Barnstaple Junction - the driver has already changed one of the marker lights to red for the return journey. The image is undated but the Met-Camm centre-car dates it to circa late 1985. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.