Vehicle 59688
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30589
Diagram: 624
Allocations
| 14/11/59 | New to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - Leith closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| 4w/e 28/09/74 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 01/03/82 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| circa Aug-82 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 21/04/90 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) PCHX | |
| 30/09/90 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) PLOX | |
| 25/11/90 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) PNCX | |
| 14/07/91 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) PHAX | |
| 16/01/92 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) PLAX | |
| 29/09/92 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | |
| 05/10/92 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) RAHA |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 10/09/1983 released in blue/grey livery59688 was involved in the following incident:
22/8/90 - Hyde North Junction, LMR
Collision involving Class 108 / Class 108
Info from Bill Read
Low speed collision of two Class 108 units. M51913-M54497 and M51418-M59688 (Met Cam 101 centre car)-M53977. 28 passengers required hospital treatment. The driver of the twin unit had passed a red signal. M51418 collapsed upon contact with M51913 and suffered extensive cab, underfloor and bogie damage. All the 108 cars suffered some damage and were criticized as being in poor structural condition. The 101 was undamaged.
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51797 | 59688 | 51804 | As delivered to 64H - 14th November 1959 | ||||||
| 51801 | 59688 | 51804 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51796 | 59688 | 51808 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51800 | 59688 | 51808 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket3 | ||||||
| 51798 | 59688 | 51806 | Noted 07/10/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley4 | ||||||
| 51459 | 59688 | 51804 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley4 | ||||||
| 51232 | 59688 | 51540 | Noted 06/05/76 - on 0804 Perth-Edinburgh | ||||||
| 51237 | 59688 | 51540 | Noted 06/11/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 1 | ||||||
| 51801 | 59688 | 51519 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | ||||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 50189 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51227 | 59688 | 50189 | Noted circa 03/19815 | ||||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 50189 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||
| 101303 | 53292 | 59688 | 53184 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51237 | 59688 | 53260 | Noted 1st August 1985 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 26/02/86 - on 14:05 Stirling - Edinburgh6 | ||||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at Haymarket - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 18th June 1986 | |||||
| 307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 101305 | 51227 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | |||||
| 51232 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted 08/11/19865 | ||||||
| 101308 | 51232 | 59688 | 53187 | Noted circa 03/19875 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53141 | Noted 07/04/19875 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 07/05/19875 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 5th September 1989 | |||||
| 101307 | 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted circa 03/19905 | |||||
| 51231 | 59688 | 53189 | Noted 14th April 1990 | ||||||
| CH351 | 51418 | 59688 | 53977 | Listed at CH - mid May-90 | |||||
| CH351 | 51418 | 59688 | 53977 | 23rd August 1990 - collided with LO265 at Hyde North | |||||
| 53305 | 59688 | 53180 | Listed at HA - Jul-91 | ||||||
| 53305 | 59688 | 53180 | Listed at HA - Aug-91 | ||||||
| 53305 | 59688 | 53180 | Noted circa 10/19915 | ||||||
| HA103 | 53305 | 59688 | 53180 | Listed at HA - Dec-91 | |||||
| P824 | 53203 | 59688 | 53291 | Listed at LA - 02/07/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1988
Set number: 101307
An unconventional sight in Waverley platform 17 in July 1988 is Derby Lightweight class 108 53631 which spent its first 30 years on the North Eastern region, initially as part of a 4 car set. Drafted in to Scotland in 1987 it is seen here on one end of set 386, a hybrid formed of a BRCW class 110 centre car and a later class 108 51926. When ScR had enough of them, the 108s were tidied up and ran as a pair on the Central Wales line based at Landore while the centre car was withdrawn from Haymarket. On the right is the more common sight of a Met Camm triple 101307 (51231 + 59688 + 53189). Murray Liston.
Date: 8th September 1988
Set number: 101307
Racing down the gradient from the Forth Bridge having just passed the end of Runway 31 at Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Haymarket TMD based 3 car Class 101 101307 is heading for Edinburgh Waverley Station on the 8th September 1988. DMBS SC51231 is leading, followed by TCL SC59688 with DMCL SC53189 bringing up the rear. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 1989
Set number: 101307
101307 (presumably 51231 + 59688 + 53189) passes though Princes St Gardens on its way to Stirling in 1989. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 25th July 1990
Set number: CH351
CH351 M53977 + 59688 + M51418 on 2E14 13:36 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield at Buxworth cutting, 25-7-90, with the 108 displaying the welsh dragon and the 101 the HA castle! Kevin Dowd.
Date: 25th March 1992
Set number: 122112
55012 working with L824 (53291 / 59688 / 53203) at Carbis Bay 25/3/92 on the 14.25 St Erth - St Ives service. Stuart Mackay Collection.