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Vehicle 59569


Class 111

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30510
Diagram: 623

Allocations

18/12/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
May-60 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
Sep-60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 24/09/60 On loan to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/12/60 Ex-loan back to 55H (Neville Hill)
15/06/69 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 05/12/70 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
31/05/81 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
03/10/82 Transferred to CH (Chester)
13/05/85 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/02/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
11/05/86 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
27/04/88 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 12/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51541 59569 51551 As delivered to 56G - 18th December 1959
51541 59569 51551 Transfer to 55H - Sep-60
51541 59569 51551 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60
51541 59569 51551 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60
51550 59569 50275 Noted 20/07/68 - in Leeds City1
51541 59569 51551 Transfer to 30A - 15/06/69
51541 59569 50577 Noted 03/01/70 - at Southminster
51541 59569 51551 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 05/12/70
51541 59569 51551 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds2
51541 59569 51551 Noted 02/10/1971 - at Sheffield2
51541 59569 51551 Noted 28/08/19723
51541 59569 51551 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds1
51541 59569 51551 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
51541 59569 51551 Noted 16/03/1974 - at Doncaster 3
51541 59569 51551 Noted 26/08/74 - at York4
51541 59569 51551 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3
51541 59569 51551 Noted 23/10/74 - at Bury St Edmunds, possibly covering for vehicle having asbestos removed at CA4
51541 59569 51551 Noted 01/12/75 - at York1
51541 59569 51551 Noted 30/12/75 - at York1
51541 59569 51551 Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds1
51541 59569 51551 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
51541 59569 51551 Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1
50137 59523 59569 50276 Noted circa 04/19775
50196 59569 50293 Noted 16/01/19825
50648 59569 50706 Noted circa 01/19835
53706 59569 53648 Noted circa 07/19855
53706 59569 53648 Noted 16/11/85 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6
53706 59569 53648 Noted 16/11/85 - on 15:38 Crewe - Lincoln service6
53706 59569 53648 Noted circa 01/19865
TS404 53706 59569 53648 Formation change - TS - Jan-86 - number never carried
TS404 53706 59569 53648 Noted 17/02/19865
101347 51800 59569 51531 Noted May 1986
101347 51800 59569 51531 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
347 51800 59569 51531 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101347 51800 59569 51531 Noted 07/11/19865
101347 51800 59569 51531 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101347 51800 59569 51531 Noted 04/04/19875
101348 53153 59569 53179 Formation change - 2w/e 14/04/87 - 59569 (ex-101347) replaced 59072 (to 101347)
101348 53153 59569 53179 Noted circa 05/19875
101347 51800 59569 51531 Noted 04/05/19875
51371 59569 51413 Noted 10/12/92 - on 18:31 Lichfield TV - Birmingham New Street7

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: David Bellamy

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1969

A Class 111 and a Class 31/0 at Stratford, London, in the late 1960s. More commonly associated with operations in Yorkshire, Rolls-Royce engined set 51541 + 59569 + 51551 was allocated to 30A from June 1969 till late 1970, and seen on the left in a mixture of green and blue liveries, whilst railwaymen look on at a Class 31/0 leading a short freight train - note the red circle coupling code confirming it as a Class 31/0. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: March 1976

Metro-Cammell Local Passenger 3-car dmu Class "111" Nos.E51541 (Class 111/2), E59569 (Class 164), E51551 (Class 111/1) of the 1959/60 batch with roof mounted 4-character headcode panel, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end at Leeds ready to depart on a York via Harrogate service, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: March 1976

Metro-Cammell Local Passenger 3-car dmu Class "111" Nos.E51541 (Class 111/2), E59569 (Class 164), E51551 (Class 111/1) of the 1959/60 batch with roof mounted 4-character headcode panel, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end at Leeds ready to depart on a York via Harrogate service, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.