Vehicle 59128
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 50317 during the unknown period are:
| 3w/e 19/04/58 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Apr-58 | On loan to | 21A | |
| May-58 | Ex-loan back to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 4w/e 02/01/65 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 11/09/65 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| 4w/e 05/11/66 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) |
Then the allocations for 59128 are:
| 3w/e 19/05/79 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/07/85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 07/06/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
| 14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| p/e 07/12/91 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) NNEX | |
| 03/09/92 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) NNEX |
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50317 | 59128 | 50335 | As delivered to 3E - April 1958 | ||||||
| 50317 | 59128 | 50330 | Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| CR419 | 50317 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 50317 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Wolverhampton2 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 30/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton3 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 04/09/74 - at Chester1 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Wolverhampton High Level1 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 08/09/77 - at Machynlleth1 | ||||||
| 50318 | 59128 | 50322 | Noted 13/09/77 - at Aberystwyth1 | ||||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50343 | Noted circa 08/1979 - Barmouth4 | |||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50343 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50326 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50326 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50326 | Noted circa 06/19824 | |||||
| 50310 | 59128 | 50326 | Noted 28/08/82 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| TS418 | 50310 | 59128 | 50326 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS418 | 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Noted 20/08/83 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| TS418 | 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Noted circa 03/19844 | |||||
| TS418 | 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Noted circa 05/19844 | |||||
| TS418 | 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
| TS418 | 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Noted circa 05/19854 | |||||
| 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Transfer to CH - 09/07/85 - from TS | ||||||
| 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Noted 13/07/85 - at Wigan North Western working with 51188 + 54348 | ||||||
| 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Noted circa 09/19854 | ||||||
| 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Transfer to NH - 11/05/86 - from CH | ||||||
| 53310 | 59128 | 53326 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 - on loan Buxton | ||||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Formation change - RG - w/e 07/02/88 - 59128 replaced 59115 (to L574) | |||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Noted circa 11/19884 | |||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Noted circa 06/19904 | |||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Noted circa 08/19914 | |||||
| 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Noted 10/04/92 - on 08:32 Kings Lynn - Cambridge5 | ||||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool | |||||
| L837 | 51437 | 59128 | 53751 | Listed at CA - 12/08/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th May 1983
Set number: TS418
Class 101 DMU set TS418 (53310 + 59128 + 53326) at Leamington Spa with a Birmingham Moor Street service on 27-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: September 1983
Class 101 DMU Birmingham New Street, Sept 1983. By mid-1983, DMU vehicles in rail blue were increasingly scarce so finding Metro-Cammell dmu cars M53310 and M59128 still sporting their blue livery in September was certainly a nice surprise. Robert28194.
Date: 29th September 1984
Set number: TS418
The 10:02 Birmingham New Street - Cardiff Central arrives into Gloucester on September 29, 1984, formed of two three-car Class 101 DMUs, set TS418 (53326 and presumably 59128 + 53310) at the front. Michael Mensing.
Date: 29th September 1984
Set number: TS418
The 10:02 Birmingham New Street - Cardiff Central departs from Gloucester on September 29, 1984, formed of two three-car Class 101 DMUs, set TS418 (53326 and presumably 59128 + 53310) at the front. Michael Mensing.
Date: 13th July 1985
A Chester allocated 5-car Class 101 DMU rattles through platform 5 at Wigan North Western with what was probably an empty stock working on the 13th July 1985. DMBS 53310 is at the front followed by 59128 then 53326. The rear pair consists of 51188 with 54348. S Gaskell.
Date: 23rd June 1989
Set number: L837
Less commonplace at Mortimer on the Reading to Basingstoke line than the regular DEMUs and giving a welcome splash of colour on the beautiful evening of 23 June 1989 was class 101 unit L837 led by 51437 (presumably with 59128 + 53751). The well-preserved platelayers hut was a bit of a rarity even then with most of these structures having long since become derelict. It looks as if the original brick-built hut has been lost but replaced by a newish garden shed although the chimney and fireplace survived. I guess that this was still in use at the time and I do recall talking to a ganger on this stretch of line who said that the good state of the track was a matter of considerable pride to him and his colleagues. Peter Tandy.
Date: 1st July 1989
Set number: L837
Class 101 DMU Set L837 - 51437 + 59128 + 53751 - at Guildford on 1 July 1989. Rob Paterson.
Date: circa August 1989
Set number: L837
Met-Camm Class 101 set L837 (presumably 51437 + 59128 + 53751) with a Pressed Steel Class 117 set arriving at Southall circa August 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa 1990
Set number: L413
DMUs out Southall, Class 117 L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) and Class 101 L837 (53751 + 59128 + 51437), circa late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 8th October 1990
Set number: L837
Set L837 heads for Gatwick Airport at Horley on 8/10/90. The DMBS leading should be 51437, followed by 59128 + 53751. Rex Holt.
Date: circa 1990
Set number: L837
Three-car Met-Camm set L837 (presumably 51437 + 59128 + 53751) arriving at Southall circa late 1990. The centre car seems to have had all its roof vents removed, the DMBS seems to have had them partially removed. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 13th April 1991
Set number: L837
Class 101 DMU set L837 (51437 + 59128 + 53751) in Paddington station on 13 April 1991. Dave Warby.
Date: August 1992
Set number: L837
(L837) 53751 + 51437 leaving Kings Lynn in August 1992. This had been a 3 car set before with 59128 as the centre car. Nicholas Youngman.