Vehicle 59093
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30265
Diagram: 626
Allocations
| 24/09/57 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 4w/e 31/07/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 05/12/70 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 2w/e 08/04/79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 4w/e 26/05/79 | 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) | |
| 16/05/88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 23/06/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 13/11/88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) PCFX | |
| p/e 17/06/89 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| p/e 17/08/91 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) PNCX | |
| 20/01/92 | Sector Change to | NC (Norwich) PXXZ | |
| 10/05/92 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) RDTS | |
| 11/06/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 19/11/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50236 | 59087 | 59093 | 50237 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 24th September 1957 | |||||
| 50151 | 59048 | 59093 | 50264 | Noted 4th April 1958 | |||||
| 50236 | 59087 | 59093 | 50237 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 31/07/60 | |||||
| 50169 | 59086 | 59093 | 50190 | Noted 23/11/69 - at Leeds1 | |||||
| 50176 | 59088 | 59093 | 50194 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||
| N402 | 50176 | 59088 | 59093 | 50194 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 501942 | ||||
| 50176 | 59088 | 59093 | 50194 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||
| 59093 | Noted 07/09/77 - on Cambridge depot, likely a loose vehicle2 | ||||||||
| B820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Transfer to BR - May-79 - from RG | |||||
| L820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Noted 11/10/80 - at Yeovil Junction | ||||||
| 820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Noted circa 05/19823 | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at CF - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Noted circa 04/19843 | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at CF - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Transfer to BR - 26/03/86 - from CF, prefix change from C to B | |||||
| B820 | 51512 | 59093 | 51500 | Noted circa 04/19863 | |||||
| B820 | 51512 | 59093 | 51500 | Noted 10/05/19863 | |||||
| B820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Transfer to CF - 29/09/86 - from BR, prefix change from B to C | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at CF - Oct-87 | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Noted 28/11/19873 | |||||
| C820 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Noted 21/05/88 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Noted 04/01/894 | ||||||
| 568 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at NL - Feb-89 | |||||
| P829 | 51500 | 59093 | 51512 | Listed at LA - 15/05/89 | |||||
| 829 | 53157 | 59093 | 51500 | Listed at LA - 21/01/91 | |||||
| spare | 59093 | Listed at LA - Jul-91 | |||||||
| spare | 59093 | Listed at LA - Aug-91 | |||||||
| 100 | 51531 | 59093 | 53149 | Listed at NC - Dec-91 | |||||
| 100 | 51508 | 59093 | 53193 | Noted Apr-92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 11th October 1980
Set number: B820
Class 101 set B820 (51512 + 59093 + 51500) at Yeovil Junction on 11/10/1980 while working the Great Western Society 'Devon Rambler' railtour. Although still in blue livery, the front ends have had the headcode boxes removed. The destination blind has been painted over. Unusually, the yellow band for the first class accommodation has been extended above the first door, which also has the number 1. This was a long-term three-car formation, which I observed operating still intact in the Leeds area in 1989. Both driving motors 51500 and 51512 were late survivors, and 51512 is preserved. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 11th October 1980
Set number: B820
The Great Western Society 'Devon Rambler' tour at Meeth on 11 October 1980. These clay sidings were at the end of a branch from Barnstaple via Torrington. Set B820 is formed 51500 + 59093 + 51512. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 8th May 1982
Set number: B820
Met-Camm set B820 (51512 and presumably 59093 + 51500) passes Fairwood Junction, Westbury, with the 09:00 Weymouth - Westbury on 8 May 1982. Michael Mensing.
Date: August 1982
Set number: C820
Metro-Cammell Class 101 Local Passenger 3-car dmu Set No.C820 - presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512 - in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all yellow front ends, passing Chelvey, near Nailsea & Backwell, on a Cardiff - Weston-super-Mare service, 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: August 1982
Set number: C820
Metro-Cammell Class 101 DMU set C820, presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512, at Nailsea & Backwell (where I lived at the time) on a Weston-super-Mare - Bristol (Temple Meads) - Cardiff (Central) service, 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 1984
Set number: C820
Class 101 set C820 (presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512) arrives into Stroud in the Autumn of 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 22nd February 1984
Set number: C820
Class 101 DMU set (presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512) in Bath Spa station on 22 February 1984. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 29th September 1984
Set number: C820
C820, led by 51512 and presumably with 59093 + 51500, arrives at Gloucester on September 29, 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 27th March 1985
Set number: C820
Class 101 set C820 at Fontigary, 27/3/85. Presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 18th May 1985
Set number: C820
On the 18th May 1985 three-car Class 101 set C820 approaches the signal gantry at Aber Junction. Presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 18th May 1985
Set number: C820
The sole signal on the gantry at Aber junction starts to go up as Met-Camm Class 101 set C820 passes under it on May 18, 1985. Presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: July 1985
Set number: C820
Class 101 DMU set C820 (W51512 and presumably 59093 + 51500) approaching Severn Tunnel Junction on a Bristol (Temple Meads) - Cardiff (Central) service, 07/85. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: October 1985
Set number: C820
Met-Cam Class 101 DMU, Cardiff set 820 (presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512), approaches the foot crossing at Haresfield, Gloucestershire, with a Northbound passenger service. October 1985. John Crooks.
Date: unknown
Set number: C820
Set C820 at Yeovil Pen Mill. Undated. Presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512. Tom Clift.
Date: 7th April 1986
Set number: C820
Class 101 DMU set C820 (51500 and presumably 59093 + 51512) departs from Hereford on 7 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 7th April 1986
Set number: C820
Class 101 DMU set C820 (presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512) at Hereford 7 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 7th April 1986
Set number: C820
Class 101 DMU set C820 (51512 + 59093 + 51500) at Hereford on 7 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 27th September 1986
Set number: C820
Cardiff set Class 101 DMU C820 (presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512) heads a southbound passenger service at Monmouth Cap, Monmouthshire, between Pontrilas and Abergavenny on 27th September 1986. John Crooks.
Date: circa spring 1988
Set number: C820
Set C820 (formed DMC / TBS / DMC, presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512) at Weymouth circa spring 1988. Tom Clift.
Date: 6th May 1988
Set number: C820
Class 101 3-car set C820 W51500 + W59093 + W51512 nearest the camera on the rear at Bath Spa on the 6th May 1988. Kevin Law.
Date: 30th July 1988
Set number: C820
Cardiff based 3 car Metro-Cammell class 101 dmu Recently transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath via Tyseley, set C820 (51500, 59093, 51512) is seen at Buxton, this class were certainly very infrequent visitors here! 30th July 1988. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: circa late 1988
Set number: C820
Met-Camm set C820 (presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512) at Heysham Moss Sidings on the Morecambe to Heysham Harbour line, probably in the second half of 1988. Walter Burt.
Date: 20th April 1989
Set number: C820
Class 101 set C820, presumably 51500 + 59093 + 51512, are seen at Windermere on 20/04/1989. There are many photos of this ostensibly Cardiff based unit operating around the north of England in 1989. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 18th March 1990
Set number: 829
Plymouth Laira allocated Class 101 DMU set 829 (DMBS 53157, TBSL 59093, DMCL 51500) at Exeter St Davids on 18 March 1990. Dave Warby.
Date: 26th May 1990
Set number: 829
A tidy looking three-car Class 101 DMU leaning into the curve as it departed from Dawlish with the 18.20 Exeter St Davids to Newton Abbot (all stations) service on a glorious Saturday evening, May 26th 1990. W51500 leads, the TBS should be W59093 and an unknown DMBS on the rear. This set was one of many Class 101 & 108 units sent to the West Country as a stop-gap following the transfer of the Devon & Cornwall Class 142 'Skipper' fleet to the North in 1988, and before the transfer of almost new Class 150/2 Sprinter units in 1992. Martyn Hilbert.