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Vehicle 59552


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30502
Diagram: 624

Allocations

27/06/59 New to 62A (Thornton Junction)
w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to Leith Central
w/e 01/08/59 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
4w/e 28/09/74 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
20/11/87 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
21/02/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Notes

Oct-87 - 59039 and 59552 published as W then W cancelled
22nd March 1988 - Condemned cars 51308, 51324, 51309, 59171, 53123, 53819, 53108, 59119, 54177, 53456, 59541, 59568, 59374, 59560, 59552 & 59524 hauled from Newton Heath to Vic Berry's yard by Class 31

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 03/07/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51454 59552 51524 As delivered to 62A - 27th June 1959
51454 59552 51524 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
51454 59552 51524 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
111 51454 59552 51524 Listed at 66C - 1972
51454 59552 51524 Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51454 59552 51524 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
180 51454 59552 51524 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3
51487 59552 51524 Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3
51454 59552 51524 Transfer to ED - 4w/e 28/09/74
51462 59552 50264 Noted 19/09/75 - on 1510 Glasgow QS-Stirling
51453 59552 51807 Noted 30/03/1977 - Edinburgh Waverley4
189 51468 59552 51525 Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set
51253 59552 51531 Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot1
51253 59552 51531 Noted 12/08/79 - in Edinburgh Waverley
327 51453 59552 51807 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
101327 51453 59552 51807 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101327 51453 59552 51518 Noted circa 11/19835
101327 51453 59552 51807 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101327 51453 59552 51807 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101327 51453 59552 51807 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
346 51798 59552 51535 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
101346 51798 59552 51535 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Glasgow Queen Street5
101346 51798 59552 51535 Noted 18/10/86 - 27025 noted hauling 101346 on a Perth - Inverness and 1627 Inverness - Bishopsbrigg, both control reliefs.
51798 59552 51535 Noted 26th February 1987
101327 51453 59552 51807 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101339 51467 59552 51535 Noted 28/03/19875
101339 51467 59552 51535 Noted 08/04/19875
101327 51453 59552 51807 Noted circa 05/19875
101327 51453 59552 51807 Noted 08/08/19875

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Vic Berry&#039;s scrapyard, Leicester

23rd July 1988

59552 is reduced to a bare shell in Vic Berry's scrapyard, in July 1988. Neil D. Evans.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th August 1979

51253 + 59552 (both in blue/grey) + 51531 (still in plain blue) enter Edinburgh Waverley station on the 12th August 1979. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 27th April 1985

Set number: 101327

101327 (presumably 51807 + 59552 + 51453) heads through Princes Street Gardens on it's way to Fife, April 27th, 1985. Bruce Galloway.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1986

Set number: 327

Class 101 DMU set 327 (presumably 51453 + 59552 + 51807) at Livingston North with an Edinburgh - Bathgate service on March 24, 1986, the first day of the service. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1986

Set number: 327

Class 101 DMU set 327 (presumably 51807 + 59552 + 51453) at Livingston North with an Edinburgh - Bathgate service on March 24, 1986, the first day of the service. Hamish Stevenson.