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Vehicle 59571


Class 111

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30510
Diagram: 623

Allocations

29/12/59 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
May-60 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
Sep-60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 24/09/60 On loan to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 17/12/60 Ex-loan back to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
09/01/83 Transferred to HS (Hammerton Street)
02/10/83 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
27/05/84 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
02/02/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/03/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
by 23/03/87 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
p/e 10/11/90 Sector Change to HA (Haymarket) PXXZ
27/11/90 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) PXXZ

Notes

2nd April 1986 - Seen carrying '111 TS' on end
16th July 1988 - Seen carrying '111 TS' on end

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 05/02/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51543 59571 51553 As delivered to 56G - 29th December 1959
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 55H - Sep-60
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 24/09/60
51543 59571 51553 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 17/12/60
51542 59571 51552 Noted 15/08/1970 - at York1
51542 59571 51552 Noted 29/08/70 - at York2
L173 50283 59571 50278 Noted circa 19713
50283 59571 50278 Noted 03/09/1971 - at York4
50283 59571 50278 Noted 18/09/1971 - at Leeds4
50283 59571 50278 Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds2
50283 59571 51543 Noted 27/10/75 - at Brough2
50278 59571 50283 Noted 12/12/75 - at Cambridge5
50283 59571 50278 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds2
50283 59571 50278 Noted 31/12/76 - at Manchester Victoria2
50283 59571 50278 Noted circa 11/19793
50283 59571 50278 Noted circa 04/19823
51558 59527 59571 51550 Noted circa 10/19823
51820 59571 51843 Noted circa 06/19833
53707 59065 59571 53684 Noted 11th August 1984 - 4-car set for Matlock weekday services
53737 59571 53688 Noted 01/06/85 - at Norwich5
53737 59571 53688 Noted circa 07/19853
53727 59571 53688 Noted 24/09/85 - on 10:25 Crewe - Derby service6
53737 59571 53688 Noted 20/11/85 - on 08:35 Lincoln - Crewe service6
TS408 53737 59571 53688 New set number at TS - Jan-86 - number never carried
53737 59571 53688 Noted 13/02/1986 - operating from Tyseley in connection with additional services resulting from Proof House Bridge renewal.3
53737 59571 53688 Noted 2nd April 1986
519 53737 59571 53688 Noted 1st May 1986
519 53737 59571 53688 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
53742 59571 53654 Noted 13th June 1986
517 53742 59571 53654 Noted 8th July 1986
51578 59571 53654 Noted 28th August 1986
530 51578 59571 51788 Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86
51578 59571 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Ayr Depot3
51578 59571 53525 Noted 07/11/19863
51578 59571 53525 Noted 15th November 1986
101322 51250 59571 53143 Noted 20/03/19873
532 53699 59571 53658 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
spare 59571 Listed at - 23/03/87
532 53699 59571 53658 Noted circa 05/19873
532 53699 59571 53658 Listed at HA - Jan-88
532 53699 59571 53658 Noted 16th July 1988
532 53699 59571 53658 Noted 23rd July 1988
532 53699 59571 53658 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
53699 59571 53658 Noted 13th April 1989
532 53699 59571 53658 Listed at HA - 08/05/89
532 53699 59571 53658 Noted 30/09/89

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

Images:

Class 111 DMU at Dundee

circa 1987

The toilet end of Class 111 TSL 59571 at Dundee, circa 1987. The DMSL on the right is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.

Class 101 DMU at Dundee

circa 1987

E59571 in the bay platform at Dundee, circa 1987. The far power car is Sc53143. Andrew McConnell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th July 1984

M53684 is at the head of a 4-car set The others are presumably 59065 + 59571 + 53707, two 120 power cars and two Met-Camm center cars. Seen at Derby on 29/7/84. Ian Francis.

DMU

Date: 11th August 1984

Four-car Swindon Cross-Country set 53707 + 59065 + 59571 + 53684 approaches Grantham on Saturday 11th August 1984 with a 09XX Nottingham - Skegness (via Grantham) service. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1985

Class 120 hybrid set M53737 + E59571 + M53688 at Lincoln Central, 12th October 1985. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 17th December 1985

Two cars of a Swindon Cross-Country Class 120 unit Nos.53688-53737, reformed with a class 101 intermediate trailer No.59571 forming a Nottingham to Crewe service with Prototype class 150 unit No.151 001 on the Matlock shuttle service at the same platform face on a wet 17th December 1985. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 28th December 1985

A Swindon class 120 'Cross-Country' unit nos.53688 - 59571 - 53737 rattles away at Derby station during the early evening of 28th December 1985 forming a Crewe to Lincoln service. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: 8th March 1986

Class 120 53688 is seen stabled at Tyseley Carriage sidings on 08.03.1986. The 101 centre car behind is probably 59571. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: 532

Class 120/101 hybrid set 532 (53699 and presumably 59571 visible) in Princes Street Gardens in 1987. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: 532

Swindon Cross-Country / Met-Camm hybrid set 532 (53658 + presumably 59571 + 53699) passing through Princes Street Gardens in 1987. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 532

Set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) is a 120/111 hybrid when seen at Cambuslang with a Glasgow Central - Shotts - Edinburgh run. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

Set number: 532

A Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU (set 532, presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) and a Class 303 cross over the River Clyde on the approach to Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

Set number: 532

Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU set 532 (53658 and presumably 59571 + 53699) arrives into Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

Set number: 532

Swindon/Met-Camm hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571, far car is 53658) arrives into Glasgow Central station circa 1987. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

The inner end of a Class 101 DMBS. Taken at Dundee circa 1987, the vehicle is unknown but possibly 51250, the centre car on the right is 59571. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 28th June 1987

Set number: 532

A Swindon class 120 DMU attracts the attention of the fitters at Edinburgh Waverley on 28th June 1987. There is a Class 08 attached to the far end, so it may have been shunted in after a failure. 53699 is closest, presumably with 59571 + 53658. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 532

With the former British Aluminium Company works in the background, a hybrid Swindon / Met Camm set 53658 + 59571 + 53699 is seen leaving Burntisland on a stopping service from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh in August 1987. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 532

Back in the "anything goes" days it wasn't a surprise to see this lash-up on an Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy stopping service at Aberdour in August 1987. The two Swindon Cross-Country power cars started their life 20 years earlier at Cardiff as W50658 and W50699, while the Met Camm centre car spent most of its life in the North East as E59571. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 532

A Class 120/101 hybrid set (532, 53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658) departs Dalmeny with an Edinburgh bound working in August 1987. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 532

Class 120 North Queensferry Aug 1987 An Edinburgh bound train comes out of the tunnel and rolls into the station. The first two vehicles are presumably 53658 + 59571, 53699 is at the far end. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 532

Class 120/101 Princes Street Gardens August 1987. 53699 and presumably 59571 + 53658. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 532

Class 120 Aberdour Aug 1987. One of the reallocated ex Midland Region Swindon's with a Class 101 Met Cam centre trailer departs towards Burntisland. The first two vehicles are presumably 53658 + 59571, 53699 is at the far end. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 532

Baskets and Basket cases. The award winning floral displays at Aberdour frame a hybrid Swindon class 120 / Met Camm class 101 set (532, 53699 and presumably 59571 visible) arriving from Inverkeithing on a stopping service for Kirkcaldy in August 1987. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 31st October 1987

Set number: 120533

A scene inside Waverley station, Edinburgh, on the evening of 31/10/87 with 120 532 waiting to form the 17.33 to Kirkcaldy. 53699 is nearest the camera, with 59571 and 53658 behind. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 1988

Set number: 532

120 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) passes through Princes Street Gardens on its way into Edinburgh Waverley in 1988. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: April 1988

Set number: 532

120532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) reverses at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1988

Set number: 120535

Set 120 535, on the right with 53733 leading 59065 and 53215, leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 9/4/88, forming the 15.10 to Dunblane. As it does so, it passes set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658), coupled to 120533 (53682/59532/53700) which is not visible. These latter two sets will form the 15.13 to Cowdenbeath. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: mid-1988

Set number: 532

Class 120 DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) seen in platform 8 of Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: mid-1988

Set number: 532

Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) departs from platform 8 of Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: mid-1988

Set number: 532

Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) departs from Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: mid-1988

Set number: 532

Class 120/111 hybrid DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) departs from Glasgow Central station in mid-1988. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: August 1988

Set number: 532

Class 120/111 hybrid set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: August 1988

Set number: 532

120 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: August 1988

Set number: 532

120 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Dunblane in August 1988. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 24th August 1988

Set number: 532

Set 532 (53699 + 59571 + 53658) is seen as part of a formation working the 17:03 Edinburgh - Cardenden on August 24, 1988 passing through Princes Street Gardens. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: November 1988

Set number: 532

Hybrid 120/101/120 Set 532 (presumably 53658 + 59571 + 53699) arrives into Lenzie station in November 1988 on its way to Glasgow Queen Street. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 532

120/111 hybrid set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) seen at Falkirk Grahamston. Undated, but the boarded up passenger window suggests it was it's final months in traffic. John Stewart.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1989

Set number: 532

53658, 59571 and 53699 leave Glasgow Central with a Barrhead service. Class 120 and 101 mixture. 05.06.89. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 10th June 1989

Set number: 120532

Set 120 532 (53699/59571/53658) is seen stabled in platform 13 at Waverley station, Edinburgh, around 20.00 on 10/6/89. 53658 is nearest to the camera. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 14th July 1989

Set number: 120532

Set 120532 (53699/59571/53658) enters Haymarket station at 09.08 on 14/7/89. It is working the 07.09 Fife 'Outer Circle' service - Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy - and 53658 is leading. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1989

Set number: 532

Class 120 hybrid set 532 (53658 + 59571 + 53699) at Belshill on a Glasgow Central - Shotts - Edinburgh run. Circa summer 1989. The leading vehicle appears have a side window boarded over. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1989

Set number: 532

Set 532 (53699 + 59571 + 53658 - a 120/111 hybrid) departs from Belshill. Circa summer 1989. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1989

Set number: 532

Hybrid Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) approaches Newton circa summer 1989 with an Edinburgh Wavereley - Glasgow Central via Shotts service. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1989

Set number: 532

Class 120/101 DMU set 532 (presumably 53699 + 59571 + 53658) in Bellshill station circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: 15th October 1989

Set number: 120532

A view of the DMU sidings at Haymarket on 15/10/89, with 53699 and 59571 of set 120 532 on the left and 59153 (withdrawn) and the end of 107 733 in the centre. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: circa November 1989

Set number: 532

53658 and 53699 sit in Haymarket depot after withdrawal. Both had formed set 532 with Class 111 TC 59571, all three were withdrawn in October 1989. Andrew McConnell.