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Vehicle 59689


Class 101

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

Allocations

21/11/59 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)
5w/e 12/05/79 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
08/05/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/06/88 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 30/10/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51798 59689 51805 As delivered to 64H - 21st November 1959
51798 59689 51805 Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Queen Street1
51798 59689 51805 Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51798 59689 51805 Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51110 59689 51127 Noted 04/09/73 - at Stirling3
51797 59689 51799 Noted 27/08/74 - at Dundee3
51457 59689 51802 Noted 28/03/1977 - at Dunfermline 2
51457 59689 51802 Noted 07/07/77 - on 1716 North Berwick-Edinburgh
193 51457 59689 51802 Noted 13/08/77 - at Haymarket3
193 51457 59689 51802 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
51457 59689 51802 Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot1
51457 59689 51802 Transfer to ED - 5w/e 12/05/79
331 51457 59689 51802 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101331 51457 59689 51802 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101331 51457 59689 51804 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101331 51457 59689 51802 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101331 51457 59689 51802 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101338 51466 59689 51802 Noted 1st July 1986
338 51466 59689 51802 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
51466 59689 51802 Noted 26th September 1986
101331 51457 59689 51526 Noted circa 11/19864
101331 51457 59689 51526 Noted 17/01/19874
101331 51457 59689 51802 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101331 51457 59689 51526 Noted 25/03/19874
101331 51457 59689 51526 Noted 27/04/19874
101331 51457 59689 51802 Noted circa 05/19874
101331 51457 59689 51802 Listed at ED - Jan-88
101331 51457 59689 51802 Noted circa 05/1988 - transferred to Tyseley4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th June 1981

Set number: 331

Class 101 3-car set 331 (presumably 51802 + 59689 + 51457) leaves Edinburgh Waverley with the 18.49 to Glasgow Queen Street (via Falkirk Grahamston) on June 15th, 1981. Bruce Galloway.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1989

At Vic Berry's on the 18th February 1989 are E53227 (top), SC59689 (middle) and SC51802 (bottom). Nicholas Youngman.