Vehicle 59571
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
| 29/12/59 | 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) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| 09/01/83 | Transferred to | HS (Hammerton Street) | |
| 02/10/83 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 27/05/84 | Transferred to | DY (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 02/02/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/86 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| by 23/03/87 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ |
Notes
2nd April 1986 - Seen carrying '111 TS' on end
16th July 1988 - Seen carrying '111 TS' on end
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 05/02/1982 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51543 | 59571 | 51553 | As delivered to 56G - 29th December 1959 | ||||||
| 51543 | 59571 | 51553 | Transfer to 55H - Sep-60 | ||||||
| 51543 | 59571 | 51553 | Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60 | ||||||
| 51543 | 59571 | 51553 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60 | ||||||
| 51542 | 59571 | 51552 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York1 | ||||||
| 51542 | 59571 | 51552 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York2 | ||||||
| L173 | 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted circa 19713 | |||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York4 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds4 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds2 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 51543 | Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough2 | ||||||
| 50278 | 59571 | 50283 | Noted 12/12/75 - at Cambridge5 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds2 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted 31/12/76 - at Manchester Victoria2 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted circa 11/19793 | ||||||
| 50283 | 59571 | 50278 | Noted circa 04/19823 | ||||||
| 51558 | 59527 | 59571 | 51550 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||
| 51820 | 59571 | 51843 | Noted circa 06/19833 | ||||||
| 53707 | 59065 | 59571 | 53684 | Noted 11th August 1984 - 4-car set for Matlock weekday services | |||||
| 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | Noted 01/06/85 - at Norwich5 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | Noted circa 07/19853 | ||||||
| 53727 | 59571 | 53688 | Noted 24/09/85 - on 10:25 Crewe - Derby service6 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | Noted 20/11/85 - on 08:35 Lincoln - Crewe service6 | ||||||
| TS408 | 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried | |||||
| 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | Noted 13/02/1986 - operating from Tyseley in connection with additional services resulting from Proof House Bridge renewal.3 | ||||||
| 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | Noted 2nd April 1986 | ||||||
| 519 | 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | Noted 1st May 1986 | |||||
| 519 | 53737 | 59571 | 53688 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 53742 | 59571 | 53654 | Noted 13th June 1986 | ||||||
| 517 | 53742 | 59571 | 53654 | Noted 8th July 1986 | |||||
| 51578 | 59571 | 53654 | Noted 28th August 1986 | ||||||
| 530 | 51578 | 59571 | 51788 | Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86 | |||||
| 51578 | 59571 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot3 | |||||||
| 51578 | 59571 | 53525 | Noted 07/11/19863 | ||||||
| 51578 | 59571 | 53525 | Noted 15th November 1986 | ||||||
| 101322 | 51250 | 59571 | 53143 | Noted 20/03/19873 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| spare | 59571 | Listed at - 23/03/87 | |||||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted circa 05/19873 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 16th July 1988 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 23rd July 1988 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 13th April 1989 | ||||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Listed at HA - 08/05/89 | |||||
| 532 | 53699 | 59571 | 53658 | Noted 30/09/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Baumann
Images:
circa 1987
The toilet end of Class 111 TSL 59571 at Dundee, circa 1987. The DMSL on the right is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.
circa 1987
E59571 in the bay platform at Dundee, circa 1987. The far power car is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th August 1980
With the Rowntree-Macintosh chocolate factory alongside, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 three-car DMU formed of cars E50283, E59571 & E50278 was stood at Halifax with the daily Leeds to Blackpool North service on August 9th 1980. During this period, this out-and-back Monday-Saturday working was the only regular timetabled passenger train to use the Copy Pit route between Hall Royd Junction at Todmorden and Gannow Junction at Burnley. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 29th July 1984
M53684 is at the head of a 4-car set The others are presumably 59065 + 59571 + 53707, two 120 power cars and two Met-Camm center cars. Seen at Derby on 29/7/84. Ian Francis.
Date: 11th August 1984
Four-car Swindon Cross-Country set 53707 + 59065 + 59571 + 53684 approaches Grantham on Saturday 11th August 1984 with a 09XX Nottingham - Skegness (via Grantham) service. Colin Brooks.
Date: 12th October 1985
Class 120 hybrid set M53737 + E59571 + M53688 at Lincoln Central, 12th October 1985. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 17th December 1985
Two cars of a Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 unit Nos.53688-53737, reformed with a class 101 intermediate trailer No.59571 forming a Nottingham to Crewe service with Prototype class 150 unit No.151 001 on the Matlock shuttle service at the same platform face on a wet 17th December 1985. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 28th December 1985
A Swindon class 120 'Cross-Country' unit nos.53688 - 59571 - 53737 rattles away at Derby station during the early evening of 28th December 1985 forming a Crewe to Lincoln service. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 8th March 1986
Class 120 53688 is seen stabled at Tyseley Carriage sidings on 08.03.1986. The 101 centre car behind is probably 59571. Andy Cole.
Date: 1987
Set number: 532
Class 120/101 hybrid set 532 (53699 and presumably 59571 visible) in Princes Street Gardens in 1987. S Saunders.
Date: 1987
Set number: 532
Swindon Cross-Country / Met-Camm hybrid set 532 (53658 + presumably 59571 + 53699) passing through Princes Street Gardens in 1987. S Saunders.
Date: unknown
Set number: 532
Set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) is a 120/111 hybrid when seen at Cambuslang with a Glasgow Central - Shotts - Edinburgh run. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 532
A Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU (set 532, presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) and a Class 303 cross over the River Clyde on the approach to Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 532
Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU set 532 (53658 and presumably 59571 + 53699) arrives into Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 532
Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571, far car is 53658) arrives into Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.
Date: circa 1987
The inner end of a Class 101 DMBS. Taken at Dundee circa 1987, the vehicle is unknown but possibly 51250, the centre car on the right is 59571. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 28th June 1987
Set number: 532
A Swindon class 120 DMU attracts the attention of the fitters at Edinburgh Waverley on 28th June 1987. There is a Class 08 attached to the far end, so it may have been shunted in after a failure. 53699 is closest, presumably with 59571 + 53658. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Seen crossing over from the south to north approach tracks before entering Waverley one afternoon in August 1987 is this hybrid set using Swindon Cross Country power cars 53699 and 53658 sandwiching Metro Cammell centre car 59571, originally part of a Rolls Royce powered headcode set. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
With the former British Aluminium Company works in the background, a hybrid Swindon / Met Camm set 53658 + 59571 + 53699 is seen leaving Burntisland on a stopping service from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh in August 1987. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Back in the "anything goes" days it wasn't a surprise to see this lash-up on an Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy stopping service at Aberdour in August 1987. The two Swindon Cross-Country power cars started their life 20 years earlier at Cardiff as W50658 and W50699, while the Met Camm centre car spent most of its life in the North East as E59571. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
A Class 120/101 hybrid set (532, 53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658) departs Dalmeny with an Edinburgh bound working in August 1987. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Class 120 North Queensferry Aug 1987 An Edinburgh bound train comes out of the tunnel and rolls into the station. The first two vehicles are presumably 53658 + 59571, 53699 is at the far end. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Class 120/101 Princes Street Gardens August 1987. 53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Class 120 Aberdour Aug 1987. One of the reallocated ex Midland Region Swindon's with a Class 101 Met Cam centre trailer departs towards Burntisland. The first two vehicles are presumably 53658 + 59571, 53699 is at the far end. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 532
Baskets and Basket cases. The award winning floral displays at Aberdour frame a hybrid Swindon class 120 / Met Camm class 101 set (532, 53699 and presumably 59571 visible) arriving from Inverkeithing on a stopping service for Kirkcaldy in August 1987. Murray Liston.
Date: 31st October 1987
Set number: 120533
A scene inside Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the evening of 31/10/87 with 120 532 waiting to form the 17.33 to Kirkcaldy. 53699 is nearest the camera, with 59571 and 53658 behind. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 1988
Set number: 532
120 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) passes through Princes Street Gardens on its way into Edinburgh Waverley in 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: April 1988
Set number: 532
120532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) reverses at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 20th April 1988
Set number: 120535
Set 120 535, on the right with 53733 leading 59065 and 53215, leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 9/4/88, forming the 15.10 to Dunblane. As it does so, it passes set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658), coupled to 120533 (53682/59532/53700) which is not visible. These latter two sets will form the 15.13 to Cowdenbeath. Leonard Rogers.
Date: mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120 DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) seen in platform 8 of Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
Date: mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) departs from platform 8 of Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
Date: mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) departs from Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
Date: mid-1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) departs from Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.
Date: August 1988
Set number: 532
Class 120/111 hybrid set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: August 1988
Set number: 532
120 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: August 1988
Set number: 532
120 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 24th August 1988
Set number: 532
Set 532 (53699 + 59571 + 53658) is seen as part of a formation working the 17:03 Edinburgh - Cardenden on August 24, 1988 passing through Princes Street Gardens. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: November 1988
Set number: 532
Hybrid 120/101/120 Set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) arrives into Lenzie station in November 1988 on its way to Glasgow Queen Street. Gordon Thomson.
Date: unknown
Set number: 532
120/111 hybrid set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) seen at Falkirk Grahamston. Undated, but the boarded up passenger window suggests it was it's final months in traffic. John Stewart.
Date: 1st June 1989
Set number: 532
Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658) departs from Perth station with the 07:14 Perth - Edinburgh service on 1 June 1989. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 5th June 1989
Set number: 532
53658, 59571 and 53699 leave Glasgow Central with a Barrhead service. Class 120 and 101 mixture. 05.06.89. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 10th June 1989
Set number: 120532
Set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658) is seen stabled in platform 13 at Waverley station, Edinburgh, around 20.00 on 10/6/89. 53658 is nearest to the camera. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 14th July 1989
Set number: 120532
Set 120532 (53699/59571/53658) enters Haymarket station at 09.08 on 14/7/89. It is working the 07.09 Fife 'Outer Circle' service - Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy - and 53658 is leading. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Class 120 hybrid set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Belshill on a Glasgow Central - Shotts - Edinburgh run. Circa summer 1989. The leading vehicle appears have a side window boarded over. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Set 532 (53699 + 59571 + 53658 - a 120/111 hybrid) departs from Belshill. Circa summer 1989. Andrew McConnell.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Hybrid Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) approaches Newton circa summer 1989 with an Edinburgh Wavereley - Glasgow Central via Shotts service. Brian Ward.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 532
Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) in Bellshill station circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.
Date: 15th October 1989
Set number: 120532
A view of the DMU sidings at Haymarket on 15/10/89, with 53699 and 59571 of set 120 532 on the left and 59153 (withdrawn) and the end of 107 733 in the centre. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa November 1989
Set number: 532
53658 and 53699 sit in Haymarket depot after withdrawal. Both had formed set 532 with Class 111 TC 59571, all three were withdrawn in October 1989. Andrew McConnell.