Vehicle 59578
Class 111
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30615
Diagram: 625
Allocations
| 3w/e 04/06/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 3w/e 04/06/60 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 4w/e 27/04/68 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 31/08/69 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-71 | Transferred to | 55F (Hammerton Street) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HS | |
| w/e 13/09/75 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| 04/06/78 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| Feb-81 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 22/08/81 | Stored S. | MH (Millerhill) | |
| Nov-81 | Withdrawn |
Notes
Summer 1981 - On ScR the three remaining Class 111 trailer seconds 59574/7/8 were placed in store during the late summer 1981 and were seen at Millerhill during November 1981.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51437 | 59527 | 59578 | 51507 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/06/60 | |||||
| 50289 | 59578 | 50279 | Noted 07/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes1 | ||||||
| 51544 | 59578 | 51554 | Noted 15/08/19702 | ||||||
| 51546 | 59048 | 59578 | 51845 | 24/10/70 - on BLS Ouse & Aire railtour3 | |||||
| 232 | 50290 | 59578 | 50176 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||
| 51250 | 59578 | 50148 | Noted 09/09/1979 - Fife area4 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59578 | 50239 | Noted 04/05/1980 - at Dundee4 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59578 | 50158 | Noted 04/08/80 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh5 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59578 | 50158 | Noted 06/08/80 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh 5 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59578 | 50239 | Noted 08/09/1980 - at Edinburgh Waverley4 | ||||||
| 51244 | 59578 | 50239 | Noted 29/09/80 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh5 | ||||||
| 347 | 51800 | 59578 | 51531 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51800 | 59578 | 51525 | Noted 05/05/81 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh5 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Martin Lumley
5: Phil Shatford
Images:
7th July 1978
Former North Eastern Region DMU buffet car SC59578 is seen at Buckingham Junction, Dundee, on 7 July 1978. Derek Hoskins.
March 1979
Met-Camm buffet car SC59578 on Haymarket depot in March 1979. Alan Rintoul.
27th August 1979
Met-Camm ex-buffet SC59578 during its time in Scotland when it was based at Dundee, seen at Edinburgh Waverley on 27/8/79. Basil Hancock.
8th November 1981
Withdrawn vehicles at Millerhill on the 8th November 1981. Met-Camm buffet car 59578 is next to Cravens 50770, this has 'cond 7720 30.9.81' painted on its side. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th October 1970
51546 + 59048 + 59578 + 51845 at Rowntrees Halt with the BLS Ouse & Aire tour on October 24, 1970. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa early 1980s
Set number: 101347
Class 101 DMU set 101347 departs from Edinburgh Waverley, circa 1980/early 1981. DMBS SC51800 leads, the centre car is a former buffet car which, with blue/grey livery and no window bars must be SC59578. Paul Redmond.