Vehicle 59566
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
| 17/09/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| 4w/e 24/10/59 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 21/03/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 12/12/64 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 65A (Eastfield) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ED | |
| Jan-81 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 07/09/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 18/01/88 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 07/04/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51468 | 59566 | 51538 | As delivered to Leith Central - 17th September 1959 | ||||||
| 51468 | 59566 | 51538 | Transfer to 67C - 4w/e 24/10/59 | ||||||
| 51468 | 59566 | 51538 | Noted 27/02/60 | ||||||
| 51468 | 59566 | 51538 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/12/64 | ||||||
| 51468 | 59566 | 51538 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 31/12/66 | ||||||
| 51466 | 59566 | 51536 | Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1 | ||||||
| 51468 | 59566 | 51538 | Noted 04/03/72 - SRPS John Peel railtour to Keswick joining 50962 + 56236 / 56244 + 50951 on last service train. | ||||||
| 51228 | 59566 | 51531 | Noted 25/08/75 - at Springburn2 | ||||||
| 51464 | 59566 | 51524 | Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51465 | 59566 | 51534 | Noted 11/08/76 - on 0804 Perth-Edinburgh | ||||||
| 51224 | 59566 | 51462 | Noted 29/06/77 - on 1538 Dunblane-Glasgow QS | ||||||
| 51224 | 59566 | 51462 | Noted 01/07/77 - on 0905 Stirling-Edinburgh | ||||||
| 51224 | 59566 | 51228 | Noted 07/07/77 - on 2118 Edinburgh-Dundee | ||||||
| 179 | 51228 | 59566 | 51535 | Noted 03/09/77 - at Springburn2 | |||||
| 183 | 51462 | 59566 | 51538 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 51224 | 59566 | 51538 | Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 309 | 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Noted 6th May 1981 | |||||
| 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Noted 30th December 19813 | ||||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 50172 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53197 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53172 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101324 | 51253 | 59566 | 53176 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53172 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101311 | 51193 | 59566 | 51235 | Noted 3rd July 1986 | |||||
| 351 | 51193 | 59566 | 53234 | Formation change - Jul-86 - 53234 added | |||||
| 101351 | 51193 | 59566 | 53234 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 351 | 51193 | 59566 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | ||||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53172 | Noted circa 12/19864 | |||||
| 51193 | 59566 | 53254 | Noted 17/01/19874 | ||||||
| 101309 | 51233 | 59566 | 53748 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101321 | 51249 | 59566 | 53146 | Noted circa 04/19874 | |||||
| 107438 | 51999 | 59566 | 52030 | Noted circa 05/19874 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Stuart Mackay
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th May 1960
An eBay purchase was this negative of an almost new Metro Cammell 3 Car DMU at Inverkeithing. The negative is dated 15th May 1960 so we are just a few weeks into the Fife Diesel Interval service which was launched a few weeks previously on 4th April along with dieselisation of the Edinburgh to Aberdeen service. Unlike me, the photographer took the trouble to record the numbers of all three cars. The unit was composed of Driving Motor Composite Sc51538, Trailer Composite Sc59566 and Driving Motor Brake 2nd Sc51468. An ex BR Document in the National Archives of Scotland shows all three vehicles as being new to Leith Central on 17th September 1959. The set is probably working an Edinburgh to Dundee service although it could also have originated in Glasgow as services from both Queen Street and Buchanan Street also came this way. Note the “D1 Wed” board which indicates the duty the set is working. Brian McDevitt Collection.
Date: 4th March 1972
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt, formed of two Class 108s, believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. On the front is a three-car Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh Waverley which joined the service train at Penrith, formed Sc51538/59566/51468. Vehicle numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U. The KDH Archive.
Date: 4th March 1972
The 13.15 Keswick-Penrith at Threlkeld on 4th March 1972. Left to right are Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 - the Met-Camm is on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
Date: 4th March 1972
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 14.15 Penrith to Keswick service at Threlkeld. The Met-Camm was on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh, attached at Penrith. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). The KDH Archive.
Date: 4th March 1972
The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 15.30 Keswick to Penrith service possibly at Threlkeld. The vehicle are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538, the Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.
Date: 4th March 1972
A Met-Camm DMU on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh leads two Class 108s on the Penrith - Keswick service train into Keswick on the last day of services, 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). George Woods.
Date: 4th March 1972
Arriving into Penrith are two Class 108s on the Keswick - Penrith service train with a Met-Camm DMU attached on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh on 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538. George Woods.
Date: 4th March 1972
A Met-Camm DMU formed Sc51538/59566/51468 at Penrith on 4 March 1972. It was on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh and was attached to the Penrith-Keswick service train for two return trips on what was the last day of services on that branch. George Woods.
Date: 30th June 1984
Set number: 101317
Set 101 317 (53197/59566/51243) passes Mucklets Road bridge, site of the future Musselburgh station, on 30/6/84, forming the 10.04 North Berwick - Edinburgh. Leonard Rogers.