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) | |
| 30/09/81 | Withdrawn |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 | |||||
| 51544 | 59578 | 51554 | Noted 15/08/19701 | ||||||
| 51546 | 59048 | 59578 | 51845 | 24/10/70 - on BLS Ouse & Aire railtour2 | |||||
| 232 | 50290 | 59578 | 50176 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||
| 347 | 51800 | 59578 | 51531 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
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Withdrawn vehicles at Millerhill on the 8th November 1981.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.