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Vehicle 59564


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

09/09/59 New to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 65A (Eastfield) - Leith Central closed
May-73Depot code changeED
w/e 03/12/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
Oct-79 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
01/07/83 Stored S. ED (Eastfield)
circa Jan-84 Reinstated ED (Eastfield)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
09/09/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 28/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51466 59564 51536 As delivered to Leith Central - 9th September 1959
51466 59564 51536 Noted 06/04/72 - at Dundee1
51468 59564 51489 Noted 03/09/73 - at Perth2
191 51468 59564 51489 Noted 04/09/73 - in Falkirk Grahamstone2
51454 59564 51533 Noted 17/04/1975 - at Dundee3
51468 59564 51535 Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot2
51460 59564 51534 Transfer to DE - w/e 03/12/77
51460 59564 51534 Noted 01/07/1978 - Special train from Edinburgh to Rosyth for dockyard open day 51801-51518 + 51534-59564-51460 + 50143-59302-51244
197 51460 59564 51534 Noted circa 08/19784
51460 59564 51534 Noted 03/02/1979 - Edinburgh Waverley5
51460 59564 51534 Noted 16/04/1979 - Glasgow Eastfield5
51460 59564 51534 Noted 10/09/1979 - Glasgow Queen Street5
51460 59564 51534 Noted 05/04/1980 - at Glasgow Queen Street5
334 51460 59564 51534 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101334 51460 59564 51534 Listed at ED - 28/11/81
51459 59564 51524 Noted 30th December 1981
101334 51460 59564 51534 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101339 51467 59564 51528 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101331 51457 59564 51516 Noted circa 02/19864
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101345 51797 59564 51516 Noted 3rd June 1986
345 51797 59564 51516 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101345 51797 59564 51516 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Haymarket Station4
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101339 51467 59564 51516 Noted 26/05/19874
101339 51467 59564 51516 Listed at ED - Jan-88

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Lumley

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th June 1975

A Met-Camm DMU in Stirling station, with SC51537 and what looks to be SC59564 visible. The slide process date was June 1975, with A4 60009 also on the scene it was likely taken on 7 June, the day of the LCGB Forth and Tay railtour. A Gloucester single car is coupled to the 101 on the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th May 1979

Set number: 197

Refurbished Class 101 DMU set 197 (presumably 51534 + 59564 + 51460) passes through Princes St Gardens on 26 May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa spring 1984

Set number: 101339

Class 101 DMU set 101339 (51528 and presumably 59564 + 51467) seen at Barnhill with a Cumbernauld - Springburn service circa spring 1984. Through the bridge stock can be seen in the sidings for Glasgow Works. John Horne.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1987

Set number: 101339

101339 (Sc51467 + Sc59564 + Sc51516) enters Wester Hailes station in Edinburgh, which opened that day - 11th May 1987, with the 18:18 Waverley - Glasgow Central. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1987

Set number: 101339

101339 (Sc51516 + Sc59564 + Sc51467) in Wester Hailes station in Edinburgh, which opened that day - 11th May 1987, with the 18:18 Waverley - Glasgow Central. Hamish Stevenson.