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Vehicle 59062


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30257
Diagram: 623

Allocations

11/02/57 New to 51A (Darlington)
Mar-60 Transferred to 50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
May-73Depot code changeGF
3w/e 31/12/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
09/01/83 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
09/03/86 Withdrawn from DY (Derby Etches Park)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated circa 01/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50176 59062 59075 50177 As delivered to 51A - 11th February 1957
50155 59062 50161 Noted 22nd April 1957
50180 59062 59075 50181 Transfer to 50A - Mar-60
50180 59062 59075 50181 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
50179 59062 59052 50267 Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1
50165 59062 51509 Noted 01/07/73 - at Newcastle1
51441 59062 51509 Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2
51441 59062 51509 Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2
51441 59062 51509 Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2
50288 59062 59524 50273 Noted 10/03/77 - on Cambridge depot2
50273 59524 59062 50288 Noted 26/04/80 - at York2
EP520 53711 59062 53659 Noted circa 12/19833
EP501 53718 59062 53669 Noted circa 06/19843
EP501 53718 59062 53669 Noted 22/09/84 - at Norwich2

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st August 1975

An eleven-car DMU formation at Heighington on a Darlington - Shildon "Cavalcade 150" Special, 31 August 1975. The 108/108/101 composition of the closest set matches a formation listed in the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) as 50645 + 59386 + 50232 / 50641 + 59389 + 50624 / 50224 + 56067 / 51509 + 59062 + 51441. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 7th August 1983

Set number: EP520

Swindon Cross-Country set EP520 (M53711 + Met-Camm centre car probably M59062 + M53659) depart Scarborough with a Leicester service on August 7, 1983. John Carter.