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<- 59687 | 59688 | 59689 ->

Vehicle 59688

Class 101

BR Diagram 624

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30589
Diagram: 624

Allocations

14/11/59 New to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket) - Leith closed
May-73Depot code changeHA
4w/e 28/09/74 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
circa Aug-82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
21/04/90 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
30/09/90 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
p/e 10/11/90 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
25/11/90 Transferred to NC (Norwich) PNCX
14/07/91 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) PHAX
16/01/92 Transferred to LA (Laira) PLAX
29/09/92 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHA
05/10/92 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) RAHA

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 10/09/1983 released in blue/grey livery

59688 was involved in the following incident:

22/8/90 - Hyde North Junction, LMR

Collision involving Class 108 / Class 108

Info from Bill Read

Low speed collision of two Class 108 units. M51913-M54497 and M51418-M59688 (Met Cam 101 centre car)-M53977. 28 passengers required hospital treatment. The driver of the twin unit had passed a red signal. M51418 collapsed upon contact with M51913 and suffered extensive cab, underfloor and bogie damage. All the 108 cars suffered some damage and were criticized as being in poor structural condition. The 101 was undamaged.

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51797 59688 51804 As delivered to 64H - 14th November 1959
51801 59688 51804 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51796 59688 51808 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51800 59688 51808 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
51798 59688 51806 Noted 07/10/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51459 59688 51804 Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
51232 59688 51540 Noted 06/05/76 - on 0804 Perth-Edinburgh
51237 59688 51540 Noted 06/11/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 1
51801 59688 51519 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
307 51231 59688 50189 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
51227 59688 50189 Noted circa 03/19815
51249 59688 50189 Noted 07/05/81 - on 08.25 Perth – Edinburgh6
101307 51231 59688 50189 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
307 51231 59688 53189 Noted circa 11/19835
101303 53292 59688 53184 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
51237 59688 53260 Noted 1st August 1985
51231 59688 53187 Noted 26/02/86 - on 14:05 Stirling - Edinburgh7
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted 18th June 1986
307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
101305 51227 59688 53187 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5
51232 59688 53187 Noted 08/11/19865
101308 51232 59688 53187 Noted circa 03/19875
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
101307 51231 59688 53141 Noted 07/04/19875
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted 07/05/19875
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - Jan-88
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted circa 05/19885
101307 51231 59688 53189 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted 5th September 1989
101307 51231 59688 53189 Noted circa 03/19905
51231 59688 53189 Noted 14th April 1990
CH351 51418 59688 53977 Listed at CH - mid May-90
CH351 51418 59688 53977 23rd August 1990 - collided with LO265 at Hyde North
53305 59688 53180 Listed at HA - Jul-91
53305 59688 53180 Listed at HA - Aug-91
53305 59688 53180 Noted circa 10/19915
HA103 53305 59688 53180 Listed at HA - Dec-91
P824 53203 59688 53291 Listed at LA - 02/07/92

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 101307

An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 8th September 1988

Set number: 101307

Racing down the gradient from the Forth Bridge having just passed the end of Runway 31 at Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Haymarket TMD based 3 car Class 101 101307 is heading for Edinburgh Waverley Station on the 8th September 1988. DMBS SC51231 is leading, followed by TCL SC59688 with DMCL SC53189 bringing up the rear. Bob Woolnough.

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: 101307

101307 (presumably 51231 + 59688 + 53189) passes though Princes St Gardens on its way to Stirling in 1989. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 25th July 1990

Set number: CH351

CH351 M53977 + 59688 + M51418 on 2E14 13:36 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Buxworth cutting, 25-7-90, with the 108 displaying the welsh dragon and the 101 the HA castle! Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 25th March 1992

Set number: 122112

55012 working with L824 (53291 / 59688 / 53203) at Carbis Bay 25/3/92 on the 14.25 St Erth - St Ives service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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