Vehicle 59559
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
| 15/08/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| 4w/e 24/10/59 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 3w/e 02/04/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 02/10/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| Mar-72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| 4w/e 02/07/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| Jan-80 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Jan-84 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | - cover for fire damaged vehicles |
| 29/09/87 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 27/12/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51461 | 59559 | 51531 | As delivered to Leith Central - 15th August 1959 | ||||||
| 51461 | 59559 | 51531 | Transfer to 67C - 4w/e 24/10/59 | ||||||
| 51461 | 59559 | 51531 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 116 | 51463 | 59559 | 51533 | Listed at 66C - Sep-69 | |||||
| 51461 | 59559 | 51531 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 02/10/69 | ||||||
| 51461 | 59559 | 51531 | Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1 | ||||||
| 114 | 51461 | 59559 | 51531 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51455 | 59559 | 51538 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Queen Street2 | ||||||
| 194 | 51467 | 59559 | 51538 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Perth3 | |||||
| 51456 | 59559 | 51538 | Noted 14/09/73 - in Glasgow Queen Street1 | ||||||
| 192 | 51224 | 59559 | 51533 | Noted 26/08/74 - on Eastfield depot (set number on 51224)3 | |||||
| 228 | 51232 | 59559 | 50242 | Noted circa 08/19784 | |||||
| 51455 | 59559 | 51538 | Noted 03/10/80 - on 07.49 Edinburgh – Dunblane5 | ||||||
| 329 | 51455 | 59559 | 51538 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101329 | 51455 | 59559 | 51518 | Noted 07/03/82 - at Doncaster Works | |||||
| 101329 | 51455 | 59559 | 51538 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59559 | 53525 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59559 | 53525 | Noted 27th June 1984 | |||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59559 | 53525 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 53461 | 59559 | 52013 | Noted 30th July 1985 | ||||||
| 53841 | 59559 | 53892 | Noted circa 02/19864 | ||||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59559 | 53525 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59559 | 53892 | Noted 5th June 1986 | |||||
| 514 | 53705 | 59559 | 53491 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 514 | 53705 | 59559 | 53491 | Noted 4th August 1986 | |||||
| 514 | 53705 | 59559 | 53491 | Noted 9th August 1986 | |||||
| 53705 | 59559 | 53491 | Noted 25/09/86 | ||||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59559 | 53491 | Noted 11/10/86 | |||||
| 51987 | 59559 | 53491 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Glasgow Central4 | ||||||
| 104451 | 53473 | 59559 | 53505 | Formation change - circa Nov-86 - 53505 replaces 53525 | |||||
| 51239 | 59559 | 53693 | Noted 4th December 1986 | ||||||
| 51239 | 59559 | 53245 | Noted 24/03/19874 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th March 1982
Set number: 101329
An ex-works 101329 at Doncaster Works on the 7th March 1982, consisting of 51455, 59559 and 51518. Jerry Glover.
Date: 30th September 1984
Set number: 104451
53473 leads 104 451 into Falkirk Grahamston station with a Dunblane service on the 30th September 1984. The rear car is 53525, the centre car is probably 59559. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 30th September 1984
Set number: 104
53525 on the rear of a Dunblane service at Falkirk Grahamston on the 30th September 1984. The centre car is presumably 59559 and the other power car is 53473, labeled set 104 451. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1986
Set number: 514
Set 514 arrives into Edinburgh Waverley in 1986. It is presumably formed Class 120 53705, Class 101 59559 and Class 104 53491. S Saunders.
Date: 1986
Set number: 514
Set 514 at Largs in 1986, the hybrid formation contained 53705 (120), 59559 (101) and 53491 (104). Andrew McConnell.
Date: Summer 1986
Set number: 514
514 is seen in Glasgow Central, the set composed of the 120, a 101 centre car (59559) and 104 DMC (53491). Summer 1986. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 6th August 1986
A hybrid DMU arrives into Glasgow Central station on 6 August 1986. Closest is Class 104 DMSL 53491, the Met-Camm centre car is presumably 59559 and at the far end is a Class 120 DMBS presumably 53705. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 30th August 1986
Class 104 DMCL no 53491 in plain blue leads blue / grey class 101 (presumably 59559) and 53705 (class 120) in platform 1 of Ayr station on 30-08-1986. This is typical of the 'Frankenstein' dmu sets that were put together in the 1980's immediately prior to the start of electric services, four weeks after this picture was taken. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 15th September 1986
Ayr depot on 15/9/86 with a very mixed set comprising 53491 (cl.104) nearest the camera, with 59559 (cl.101) and 53705 (cl.120) behind. This set was typical of those on the Ayr line at this time, with Ayr depot almost seeming as though they were lashing together anything that could turn a wheel so as to keep the service going until the advent of the electrics. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 3rd October 1986
Set number: 427
A Class 104/101/107 hybrid DMU thought to be set 427 (53491 + 59559 + 51987) seen at Lochside with the 16:50 Glasgow - Ardrossan service on October 3, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 11th October 1986
Set 427 (53491 + 59559 + 51987) with the 10:35 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh at Curriehill on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 17th November 1986
Set number: 313
The 13:41 Largs - Glasgow at Stevenston on November 17, 1986. The formation (101/101/120) is probably 51239 59559 53693. Hamish Stevenson.