Vehicle 59051
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30251
Diagram: 626
Allocations
| 23/10/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 3w/e 16/05/59 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 03/10/59 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 17/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 52J (South Gosforth) | - Under Code 0: wear and tear / surplus |
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Dinsdale arrived Aug-69 cut circa late 1969 Still present 28/10/1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50142 | 59044 | 59051 | 50143 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 23rd October 1956 | |||||
| 50238 | 59042 | 59051 | 50239 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Sep-59 |
Images:
circa autumn 1969
Met-Camm TBSL NE59051 at the Dinsdale premises of scrap dealer Arnott Young. It arrived there in July 1969 after withdrawal from South Gosforth under the wear and tear / surplus category in June 1968 after just under twelve years in traffic. It was last noted intact at the end of October 1969 and believed cut before the end of the year. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa Oct-1956
Drivers controls, which appear identical to a Class 101. Note 59051 under construction on the adjacent road. Negative WMP7810, at the Met-Camm Saltley Works, circa October 1956. Rolls Royce.