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Vehicle 59554

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

11/07/59	New to	Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 02/04/60	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 12/12/64	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
Mar-72	Transferred to	65A (Eastfield)
May-73	Depot code change	ED
4w/e 02/10/76	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
4w/e 27/11/76	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
3w/e 29/04/78	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
w/e 07/10/78	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
16/05/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
30/10/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Notes

08/07/59 - 51456 noted on avoiding line at Newcastle en-route to Scottish Region, presumably with 59554 + 51526.

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 18/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51456	59554	51526	As delivered to Leith Central - 11th July 1959
	51456	59554	51526	Transfer to 62B - 2w/e 12/12/64
	51456	59554	51526	Noted 15/08/70 - at Glasgow Central¹
113	51456	59554	51526	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51456	59554	51537	Noted 03/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street²
	51467	59554	51537	Noted 14/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street¹
	55007	59554	51531	Noted 17/12/77 - on 1418 Edinburgh-Dunblane
	51798	59554	51532	Transfer to HN - 3w/e 29/04/78
178	51798	59554	51532	Listed at HN - mid-May-78 - refurbished set
178	51798	59554	51532	Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley³
	51798	59554	51532	Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot¹
346	51798	59554	51532	Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101346	51798	59554	51532	Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101346	51798	59554	51532	Noted circa 11/1983³
101346	51798	59554	51532	Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101346	51798	59554	51532	Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101339	51467	59554	51532	Noted 30/03/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours Highland Fling 2 51532-59554-51467 + 53873-59329-53825
101346	51798	59554	51532	Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101339	51467	59554	51532	Noted 2nd June 1986
339	51467	59554	51532	Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101339	51467	59554	51532	Noted 11/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley³
101339	51467	59554	51532	Noted circa 11/1986³
101339	51467	59554	51532	Noted 17/01/1987³
	51467	59554	51532	Noted 28th February 1987
101346	51798	59554	51532	Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101346	51798	59554	51532	Noted 28/03/1987³
101346	51798	59554	51532	Noted 04/04/1987³
101346	51798	59554	51532	Listed at ED - Jan-88
101346	51798	59554	51532	Noted circa 05/1988 - transferred to Tyseley³
N360	53832	59554	53129	Listed at NH - May-88
N360	53219	59554	53334	Formed at NH circa Jul-88
N363	53862	59554	53895	Formed at NH p/e 18/07/88

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: June 1982

Set number: 101346

Fences and Farmland. Eastfield Met Camm DMU 101346 (presumably 51798 + 59554 + 51532) is seen on the North Berwick branch near Drem in June 1982. Murray Liston.

Date: June 1982

Set number: 101346

Cutting a dash for the coast. Eastfield allocated Met Camm DMU set 101346 (presumably 51532 + 59554 + 51798) emerges from the cutting on its journey from Drem to North Berwick in June 1982. Murray Liston.

Date: June 1982

Set number: 101346

North Berwick departure. Met Camm DMU 101346 (presumably 51798 + 59554 + 51532) departs from North Berwick in June 1982. The line into this station had been singled back in 1968 when the adjacent goods yard and engine shed were closed. Three years after this photo, the entire site was razed and given over to housing and a car park, with a new platform constructed where the DMU is seen here. Murray Liston.

Date: June 1982

Set number: 101346

South from North Berwick. A Met Camm triple set 101346 (presumably 51532 + 59554 + 51798) rasps away up the hill out of North Berwick in June 1982, passing the 10mph sign for incoming trains to the branch terminus. Murray Liston.

Date: 2nd July 1983

Set number: 101346

Met Camm unit 101346 (presumably 51532 + 59554 + 51798) leaves Falkirk Grahamston with an afternoon local for Glasgow Queen street. A grand selection of 1980's motors are in the background. 2nd July 1983. Bruce Galloway.

Date: 30th March 1986

Set number: 116389

The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Highland Fling II' was primarily a loco hauled long weekend land cruise tour from London to Scotland but on Easter Sunday 30/03/86 there was a DMU tour aimed at enthusiasts rather than the wine and dine passengers. It left Edinburgh Waverley at 09.00 formed of 2x3-car DMU sets 116 389 (53825+59329+53873) and 101 346 (51467+59554+51532). The 3hr 20min mini tour was billed as going to RNAD Crombie, Longannet Power Station and the Inverkeithing north curve avoiding line. The traversal of the power station branch was as far as the signal box as the MGR loop was deemed too tight to take passenger stock without a risk of buffer locking. The branch to Crombie didn't have a photo stop but only reached Charlestown Foundry Level Crossing which was a quarter mile short of the line end at Braeside Jcn where the MOD took over. The tour then did the curve at Inverkeithing before returning to Edinburgh at lunchtime for most participants to rejoin the main t Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 23rd July 1986

Set number: 101339

On the afternoon of the 23rd July 1986 a 3 car Class 101 unit sits in Glasgow Queen Street Station awaiting it’s next turn of duty. DMBS SC51467 leads the formation followed by TCL SC59554 with DMCL SC51532 bringing up the rear. It’s very quiet on the Platforms but with the clock above the leading cab showing just after 3pm I’m sure that won’t last very long. The rear 2 vehicles were scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester SC59554 in October 1988, and SC51532 in July 1990, while the leading car SC51467 met it’s end at Snailwell during September 1990. Bob Woolnough.

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