Vehicle 59120
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 50309 during the unknown period are:
| Mar-58 | New to | 17A (Derby Etches Park) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) |
Then the allocations for 59120 are:
| Mar-85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 19/01/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 30/03/86 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 10/11/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 31/03/88 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 06/10/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | As delivered to 17A - March 1958 | ||||||
| 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 15th March 1958 - On Birmingham area training trips | ||||||
| TY406 | 50309 | 59120 | 50335 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| TY406 | 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 11/04/1970 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) Thames & Cherwell Railtour | |||||
| TY406 | 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 18/09/1971 - at Crewe1 | ||||||
| 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50309 | 59120 | 50332 | Noted 05/10/72 - at Pritchatts Rd, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 24/11/1973 - 50327-59120-50309 + 50310-59121-50328 RCTS Bristol Avon No.2 Railtour | ||||||
| 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| TY406 | 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 05/09/74 - in Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| TY406 | 50309 | 59120 | 50327 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot3 | |||||
| TS407 | 50310 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted 12/06/76 - at Stratford-upon-Avon3 | |||||
| 50310 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted 08/09/76 - on Tyseley depot3 | ||||||
| TS407 | 50309 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth3 | |||||
| TY407 | 50309 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted 10/12/77 - on 2V99 0700 Birmingham New Street-Hereford | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted circa 08/19794 | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted 29/06/80 - at Lancaster5 | ||||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS419 | 50318 | 59120 | 50328 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS408 | 50305 | 59120 | 50321 | Noted 05/06/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| spare | 59120 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59120 | 53328 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS419 | 53318 | 59120 | 53328 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| 53303 | 59120 | 53336 | Noted 20/01/84 - at Chester depot | ||||||
| TS403 | 53303 | 59120 | 53336 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| 55029 | 59120 | 53336 | Noted circa 12/19844 | ||||||
| Spare | 59120 | Formation change - TS - circa Feb-86 | |||||||
| 53303 | 59120 | 53336 | Formation change - CH - circa Mar-86 | ||||||
| 53303 | 59120 | 53336 | Noted circa 05/19864 | ||||||
| 53303 | 59120 | 53336 | Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| TS601 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 59120 replaced 59543 | |||||
| TS353 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Noted circa 02/19874 | |||||
| T353 | 53081 | 59120 | 53123 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
Images:
20th April 1988
M59120 at Vic Berrys in Leicester, 20/4/88. To the left is 59640. Ian Francis.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa March 1958
A three-car Met-Camm set (M50327, M59120 and presumably M50309) posing for an official image (Derby Works negative 58/235) circa March 1958. This was from the first batch of Class 101s allocated to the London Midland Region and was on of two sets allocated briefly to Derby Etches Park. They would be introduced on Birmingham, Leicester, Burton-on-Trent and Nottingham area diesel train services in April 1958. British Railways.
Date: 26th March 1960
A three-car Met-Camm DMU (M50327 and presumably M59120 + M50309) forms the 2.55pm to Rugby awaiting departure from Birmingham New Street on 26 March 1960. The two-car on left was moving out empty, probably to platform 4 to form the 3.20pm to Wolverhampton. Michael Mensing.
Date: 11th April 1970
Set number: TY406
The RCTS 'Thames and Cherwell' railtour with Tyseley set TY406 (50327 + 59120 + 50309) at Chinnor on 11th April 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th January 1984
A Class 101 Met Cam 3-Car DMU, 53303 + 59120 + 53336, driving cars in refurbished livery and centre car in blue/grey, on Chester depot on 20th January 1984. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 20th October 1986
Birmingham Moor Street station on 20 October 1986. The Class 101 dmu on the left is formed of a four-car Class 101 unit 53336/59529/59120/53303 and I recorded it as the 15.10 to Stratford-upon-Avon, despite the destination board showing "Shirley". The Class 116 unit on the right is formed of 51130/59615/51143 (set TS624) and will be working the 14.55 to Leamington Spa. Lewis Bevan.