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Vehicle 59114


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30277
Diagram: 624

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50303 during the unknown period are:

Feb-58 New to 5D (Cockshute)
Mar-58 On loan to 9A (Longsight)
Apr-58 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
Jun-58 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 2A (Tyseley)

Then the allocations for 59114 are:

w/e 22/10/77 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
2w/e 22/07/78 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
11/05/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
18/09/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 01/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50303 59114 50321 As delivered to 5D - February 1958
TY400 50303 59114 50321 Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
50303 59114 50321 Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
50303 59114 50321 Noted 06/09/73 - on Worcester depot2
50303 59114 50321 Noted 30/05/1975 - at Solihull with Class 120 (50744, 59295 and 50677)3
50303 59114 50321 Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station2
50303 59114 50321 Noted 08/09/76 - at Birmingham Proof House2
50303 59114 50321 Noted 11/04/1977 - 2D66, 07.52 Wolverhampton to Chester, extended to Rhyl.4
TS400 50303 59114 50321 Noted 13/09/1977 - at Solihull3
50303 59114 50321 Transfer to DE - w/e 22/10/77
50303 59114 50321 Transfer to TS - 2w/e 22/07/78
50303 59114 50321 Noted 29/07/1978 - Seen at Barmouth in blue livery4
50303 59114 50321 Noted 23/07/79 - at Norwich2
TS400 50303 59114 50321 Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS400 50303 59114 50321 Noted circa 01/19814
TS403 50303 59114 50336 Noted circa 10/19814
TS403 50303 59114 50336 Noted circa 09/19824
TS403 50303 59114 50336 Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS403 53303 59114 53336 Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS403 53303 59114 53336 Noted circa 09/19834
TS419 53318 59114 53328 Noted circa 01/19844
TS419 53318 59114 53328 Noted circa 03/19844
TS419 53318 59114 53328 Noted 09/06/1984 - BR Ruddington Requiem Railtour 53190-59130-53857 + 53055-59611-53116 + 53318-59114-53328
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Listed at TS - May-85
53056 59114 53106 Noted 05/07/85 - at Norwich2
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Noted circa 11/19854
53056 59114 53106 Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:25 Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington service5
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS625 53056 59114 53106 Noted circa 06/19864
TS622 53071 59114 53880 Formation change - TS - circa Aug-86 - 59114 (ex-TS625) replaces 59616 (to TS625)
T322 53071 59114 53880 Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street6
T322 53071 59114 53880 Noted circa 06/19874
T322 53071 59114 53880 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS359 53860 59114 53887 Noted 03/10/87 - at Norwich2
T349 53866 59114 53887 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
N358 53867 59114 53920 Listed at NH - May 1988
N358 53867 59114 53920 Noted circa 05/19884
N359 53839 59114 53922 Noted circa Jul-88 - also marked 361
N358 53867 59114 53920 Noted circa Jul-88

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Robert Chilton

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 23rd March 1968

Set number: 400

Tyseley Met-Camm set 400 (M50303 and presumably M59114 + M50321) at Henley-in-Arden with the SLS 'Farewell to the Honeybourne Cheltenham Line' tour on March 23, 1968. Note the location of the BR logo, and the smaller 3" vehicle numbers. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th August 1972

Set number: TY400

Barmouth on Sunday 20/8/1972. In a more enlightened era, Sunday services were offered to West Midlanders to enable them to spend a day on the Cambrian Coast. This 101 unit (with TY400 closest, presumably (50321 59114 50303) is preparing to run into Barmouth were it will work back to Birmingham New St. Another unit (CR251) rests in the excursion platform. Stephen Burdett.

DMU

Date: 1973

Set number: TY400

Class 101 Met-Camm set TY400 (presumably 50303 + 59114 + 50321) and a Class 116 are seen just north of Great Bridgeford (Stafford) on a snowy day in early 1973. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1973

Set number: TY400

Tyseley allocated Class 101 DMU set TY400 (50321 and presumably 59114 + 50303) is seen at Hartlebury with a Hereford service in mid-1973. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: circa December 1981

Set number: TS403

Refurbished Tyseley Class 101 set TS403 (presumably 50303 + 59114 + 50336) getting loaded with mail at Swindon. The slide process date is December 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 16th May 1983

Set number: TS403

I’m not sure how often West Midlands DMUs made it to Devon but it seems a long way to me and certainly would not have been my preferred choice of transport for such a journey. However, this six car set comprising a Class 116 Derby Triple and Class 101 Metro Cammell Triple (TS403, 53336 and presumably 59114 + 53303) arrived at Exeter St Davids from the north on Monday 16th May 1983. In spite of the “Bristol Temple Meads” destination(!) this very busy train terminated at Exeter and was shunted into the sidings on the up side of the station. My attempts to identify the train from the timetable proved fruitless and it still remains something of a mystery. Brian McDevitt.

DMU

Date: 24th August 1983

Set number: TS403

Set TS403 (53336 + 59114 + 53303) in seen sitting in Leamington Spa station at 20:19 on Wednesday 24/8/83. Mel Holley.

DMU

Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

TS419 (53328 + 59114 + 53318) leads 'The Ruddington Requiem' railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS419

53318 + 59114 + 53328 at the front of The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake on 9 June 1984. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at East Leake (GCR) on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857 / 53055 + 59611 + 53116 / 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 9th June 1984

Set number: TS600

The Ruddington Requiem railtour at Lawfield on 9/6/84. It was formed 53910 + 59130 + 53857, 53055 + 59611 + 53116, 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 14th July 1984

Set number: TS419

The 17.40 Paddington - Stratford-upon-Avon pauses at High Wycombe on 14 July 1984. Set TS419 is presumably formed 53318 + 59114 + 53328. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1986

Set number: TS622

This was for many years one of my favourite locations for northbound trains on the GWR line between Leamington Spa and Birmingham. It was somewhere around half way up Hatton Bank and was a very pleasant and quiet location for an afternoon's photography. There was plenty of freight traffic interspersed with regular DMMUs between Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham along with ECS moves such as this one formed of a class 116 (TS622 with a Met-Camm centre car, presumably 53071 + 59114 + 53880) coupled to a class 108 Derby Lightweight which I took on 28 August 1986. Around 10 or 12 years after this view young trees were planted along the fenceline and have now completely obscured the line so much so that one can walk along the permissive footpath and not know that there is railway line alongside. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1987

Set number: T322

Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59114 + 53071) about to enter Worcester Shrub Hill on May 8th, 1987. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: T322

M53071 of T322 (which has a 101 centre car, presumably 59114) trails out of Cardiff Central on the 11:32 to Birmingham New Street, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.

DMU

Date: 5th October 1987

Set number: T322

Birmingham Snow Hill was reopened as a terminus station on 5 October 1987. On 26 November of that year I took this picture of class 116 T322 (53071 + 59114 + 53880) standing in the platform that was later taken over by the tram system. I don't know why it was at the buffers so far along the platform nor why there is a tail-lamp on it; the engines were clearly working but there may have been a problem with the transmission which caused a failure. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1988

Set number: TS349

M53887 M59114 M53866 (set TS349) at Birmingham Snow Hill 7th April 1988. Keith Long.