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Vehicle 59082


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30258
Diagram: 627

Allocations

25/03/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 30/09/61 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
4w/e 30/06/62 Ex-loan back to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
05/10/75 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
02/05/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 23/05/76 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 20/05/79 Transferred to RG (Reading)
w/e 30/09/79 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/03/86 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
29/09/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
20/09/87 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
10/06/89 Transferred to CH (Chester) PCHX
23/10/89 Withdrawn from CH (Chester) PZQZ
p/e 04/11/89 Reinstated CH (Chester) PCHX
26/11/89 Transferred to LO (Longsight) PLOX
circa Dec-89 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 14/01/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50190 59069 59082 50191 As delivered to 51A - 25th March 1957
50190 59069 59082 50191 Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 30/09/61
50190 59069 59082 50191 Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 30/06/62
51204 59082 50264 Noted 04/09/67 - at Bradford Exchange1
50264 59082 50279 Noted 07/10/67 - at Leeds City1
50168 59082 59306 50190 Noted 12/08/1971 - at York2
50168 59082 59306 50190 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds2
50168 59082 59306 50190 Noted 30/10/1971 - at York2
50168 59082 59306 50266 Noted 19/04/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street1
50168 59082 59306 50266 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York3
50168 59082 59306 50266 Noted 03/01/75 - on Neville Hill depot4
N423 50141 59082 59577 50189 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 50141 + 590814
50168 59082 50266 Noted 09/09/1975 - at York 3
B900 50168 59082 50266 Formed at BR circa Oct-75
50168 59082 50266 Noted 09/04/1976 - at Castle Carry with 10:48 service to Weymouth3
51505 59082 51511 Transfer to BR - 2w/e 06/10/79
B823 51505 59082 51511 Noted 27/02/1980 - At Severn Tunnel Junction 09335
B823 51505 59082 51511 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B823 51505 59082 51511 Noted 22/12/1980 - At Cardiff Central at 13315
50149 59082 59208 50150 Noted 27th August 1981
C823 51505 59082 51511 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C823 51505 59082 51511 Noted circa 10/19836
C823 51505 59082 51511 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C823 51505 59082 51511 Noted 04/09/85
B823 51505 59082 51511 Transfer to BR - 26/03/86 - from CF, prefix change from C to B
B823 51505 59082 51511 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
823 51511 59082 51505 Noted 07/06/19866
C823 51505 59082 51511 Transfer to CF - 29/09/86 - from BR, prefix change from B to C
C823 51505 59082 51511 Listed at CF - Aug-87
53188 59082 51323 Noted circa 11/19876
458 53478 59082 53530 Formation change - ED - circa Mar-88
458 53478 59082 53530 Noted circa 05/19886
458 53478 59082 53530 Listed at ED - 16th July 1988
458 53478 59082 53530 Noted 17/08/88
CH370 53645 59082 51496 Noted circa 09/19896
CH370 53645 59082 51496 Listed at CH - 14/10/89
CH370 51496 59082 53645 Noted circa 12/19896
LO349 53645 59082 51496 Listed at LO - Dec-89
LO349 53645 59082 51496 Noted 28/12/89 - on 10:44 Nuneaton to Stafford

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Llandrindod Wells

April 1987

Set number: C805

C805 (presumably 51530 and 51462) enters Llandrindod Wells in April 1987, where it passed C823 (59082 + 51511 visible) sitting on the platform. Mike Cooper.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1980

Set number: B823

W51511 sits at the head of B823 (presumably with 59082 + 51505) when seen at Bristol Bath Road in July 1980. Ian McDonald.

DMU

Date: 1981

Set number: B823

Trailer brake Met-Camm set B823 (51511 leading, presumably with 59082 + 51505) seen at Patchway in early 1981. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 9th June 1981

Set number: B823

Met-Camm set B823 (presumably 51511 + 59082 + 51505) arrives into Ledbury station where a Class 50 awaits departure. June 9th, 1981. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 25th July 1981

Set number: B823

Class 101 set B823 arrived into Frome on 25 July 1981. W51505 is at the front, presumably with 59082 + 51511. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 27th August 1981

Larpool Viaduct on the closed line from Whitby to Scarborough provides the vantage point for this mixed 4 car DMU (three 101s and a 104: E50149, E59082, E59208, E50150) approaching Whitby from Middlesbrough on August 27, 1981. John Carter.

DMU

Date: October 1983

Set number: B823

Met-Camm Class 101 set B823 (51505 leads, presumably with 59082 + 51511) at Severn Tunnel Junction in October 1983. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 22nd October 1983

Set number: B823

The 09:53 Worcester Foregate Street-Swindon service departs from Cheltenham Spa station on 22 October worked by Class 101 DMU set B823. W51511 leads, with a headlamp attached to a lamp bracket, the other two vehicles are presumably W59082 + W51505. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 1st May 1984

Set number: C823

Class 101 DMU set C823 (presumably 51505 + 59082 + 51511) at Stroud on 1 May 1984. Nicholas T Smith.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1984

Set number: C823

Class 101 set C823 (presumably formed 51505 + 59082 + 51511) is seen in Chepstow station on September 11, 1984. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 1985

Set number: C823

Class 101 Metropolitan Cammell DMU set C823 (51505 and presumably 59082 + 51511) at Pontypridd in March 1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 8th March 1985

Set number: C823

Cardiff-allocated Met-Camm Class 101 DMU set C823 (51505 leads, presumably with 59082 + 51511) seen just south of Treforest on the 8th March 1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 8th March 1985

Set number: C823

Met-Camm Class 101 set C823 (presumably 51511 + 59082 + 51505) seen south of Treforest on March 8, 1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: May 1985

Set number: C823

Class 101 DMU set C823 (presumably 51505 + 59082 + 51511) speeds past Stonehouse on a Gloucester - Cardiff service, 05/85. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1985

Set number: C823

In the late evening sun, Met-Cam class 101 DMU, Cardiff Set C823 (presumably 51511 + 59082 + 51505), heads north out of Hereford, past the goods yard, with a northbound service. 31st August 1985. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: November 1985

Set number: C823

Class 101 set C823 (presumably 51511 + 59082 + 51505) at Cheltenham in November 1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 12th April 1986

Set number: C823

Class 101 DMC 51511, set number C823 (presumably with 59082 + 51505), is seen at Tyseley on 12.04.1986. It was based at Cardiff at the time and still retained a First class section. It was later preserved on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1986

Set number: B823

Class 101 DMU set B823 (51511 + 59082 + 51505) on its home depot - Bristol Bath Road - on 27 July 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1986

Set number: B823

Class 101 DMU set B823 (51505 + 59082 + 51511) approaches Bristol Temple Meads on 27 July 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: September 1986

Set number: B823

In September 1986 51505 leads set Met-Camm set B823 (presumably with 59082 + 51511) in the Bristol area with a Severn Beach line service. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1986

Set number: B823

Class 101 set B823 (presumably 51505 + 59082 + 51511) leaving Redland station with the 4.35pm Severn Beach - Bristol TM service on 6th September 1986. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1986

Set number: B823

Class 101 set B823 (presumably 51505 + 59082 + 51511) about to arrive into Redland station with the 4.35pm Severn Beach - Bristol TM service on 6th September 1986. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: April 1987

Set number: C823

C823 (51511 + 59082 and presumably 51505) passing C805 (presumably 51462 and 51530) at Llandrindod Wells on a wet day in April 1987. Note the temporary headlamp. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1988

Set number: 458

Set 458 is a 104/101/104 hybrid with two brake vans, formed 53530 + 59082 + 53478. It is seen in Perth station on July 27, 1988 with a Class 101 working the 20:20 Perth - Kirkcaldy service. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 17th August 1988

Set number: 458

53530 + 59082 + 53478 pass through Princes Street Gardens with the 12:52 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh service on August 17, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1989

Complete with its Scotty Dog emblem, Class 26 26031 in Large Logo Railfreight Livery passed through Preston on June 10th 1989 whilst transferring two three-car DMU sets from Edinburgh Haymarket Depot to Chester: 51496 / 59082 / 53645 and 53632 / ? / 53642. Martyn Hilbert.