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Vehicle 59566


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

17/09/59 New to Leith Central
4w/e 24/10/59 Transferred to 67C (Ayr)
21/03/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 12/12/64 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 31/12/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 65A (Eastfield) - Leith depot closed
May-73Depot code changeED
Jan-81 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
circa Aug-82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
18/01/88 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 07/04/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51468 59566 51538 As delivered to Leith Central - 17th September 1959
51468 59566 51538 Transfer to 67C - 4w/e 24/10/59
51468 59566 51538 Noted 27/02/60
51468 59566 51538 Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/12/64
51468 59566 51538 Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 31/12/66
51466 59566 51536 Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central1
51468 59566 51538 Noted 04/03/72 - SRPS John Peel railtour to Keswick joining 50962 + 56236 / 56244 + 50951 on last service train.
51228 59566 51531 Noted 25/08/75 - at Springburn2
51464 59566 51524 Noted 02/01/76 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51465 59566 51534 Noted 11/08/76 - on 0804 Perth-Edinburgh
51224 59566 51462 Noted 29/06/77 - on 1538 Dunblane-Glasgow QS
51224 59566 51462 Noted 01/07/77 - on 0905 Stirling-Edinburgh
51224 59566 51228 Noted 07/07/77 - on 2118 Edinburgh-Dundee
179 51228 59566 51535 Noted 03/09/77 - at Springburn2
183 51462 59566 51538 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
51224 59566 51538 Noted 21/10/78 - on Eastfield depot1
309 51233 59566 50172 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101309 51233 59566 50172 Noted 6th May 1981
51233 59566 50172 Noted 30th December 19813
101309 51233 59566 50172 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101309 51233 59566 53197 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101309 51233 59566 53172 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101324 51253 59566 53176 Noted circa 10/19854
101309 51233 59566 53172 Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986
101311 51193 59566 51235 Noted 3rd July 1986
351 51193 59566 53234 Formation change - Jul-86 - 53234 added
101351 51193 59566 53234 Noted 31st July 1986
351 51193 59566 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
101309 51233 59566 53172 Noted circa 12/19864
51193 59566 53254 Noted 17/01/19874
101309 51233 59566 53748 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
101321 51249 59566 53146 Noted circa 04/19874
107438 51999 59566 52030 Noted circa 05/19874

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Stuart Mackay
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th May 1960

An eBay purchase was this negative of an almost new Metro Cammell 3 Car DMU at Inverkeithing. The negative is dated 15th May 1960 so we are just a few weeks into the Fife Diesel Interval service which was launched a few weeks previously on 4th April along with dieselisation of the Edinburgh to Aberdeen service. Unlike me, the photographer took the trouble to record the numbers of all three cars. The unit was composed of Driving Motor Composite Sc51538, Trailer Composite Sc59566 and Driving Motor Brake 2nd Sc51468. An ex BR Document in the National Archives of Scotland shows all three vehicles as being new to Leith Central on 17th September 1959. The set is probably working an Edinburgh to Dundee service although it could also have originated in Glasgow as services from both Queen Street and Buchanan Street also came this way. Note the “D1 Wed” board which indicates the duty the set is working. Brian McDevitt Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 12.10 Penrith to Keswick service between Threlkeld and Low Brierly Halt, formed of two Class 108s, believed to be M50962/56236 and M56244/50951. On the front is a three-car Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh Waverley which joined the service train at Penrith, formed Sc51538/59566/51468. Vehicle numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U. The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1972

The 13.15 Keswick-Penrith at Threlkeld on 4th March 1972. Left to right are Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 - the Met-Camm is on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 14.15 Penrith to Keswick service at Threlkeld. The Met-Camm was on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh, attached at Penrith. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1972

The Penrith to Keswick branch closed on the 6th of March 1972, and this was taken on the 4th of March. It shows the 15.30 Keswick to Penrith service possibly at Threlkeld. The vehicle are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538, the Met-Camm on an SRPS railtour. The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1972

A Met-Camm DMU on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh leads two Class 108s on the Penrith - Keswick service train into Keswick on the last day of services, 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be Sc51538/59566/51468 + M50962/56236 + M56244/50951 (numbers from https://flic.kr/p/4JVX9U). George Woods.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1972

Arriving into Penrith are two Class 108s on the Keswick - Penrith service train with a Met-Camm DMU attached on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh on 4th March 1972. The vehicles are believed to be M50951/56244 + M56236/50962 + Sc51468/59566/51538. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1972

A Met-Camm DMU formed Sc51538/59566/51468 at Penrith on 4 March 1972. It was on an SRPS railtour from Edinburgh and was attached to the Penrith-Keswick service train for two return trips on what was the last day of services on that branch. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 30th June 1984

Set number: 101317

Set 101 317 (53197/59566/51243) passes Mucklets Road bridge, site of the future Musselburgh station, on 30/6/84, forming the 10.04 North Berwick - Edinburgh. Leonard Rogers.