Vehicle 59073
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30258
Diagram: 627
Allocations
| 28/01/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 3w/e 18/06/66 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
| w/e 11/05/74 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
| w/e 18/10/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 29/04/79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 2w/e 12/05/79 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| 02/08/81 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| p/e 02/12/89 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ | |
| 08/12/89 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 06/07/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50172 | 59060 | 59073 | 50173 | As delivered to 51A - 28th January 1957 | |||||
| 50173 | 59073 | 59060 | 50172 | Noted 01/07/1957 - Hexham accident 01.07.1957 50173 destroyed in collision with steam loco 62029 | |||||
| 50195 | 59065 | 59073 | 50197 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 18/06/66 | |||||
| 50245 | 59073 | 59069 | 50573 | Noted 09/05/1969 - Leeds, 16.35 service to Bradford Exchange1 | |||||
| 50542 | 59073 | 59387 | 50589 | Noted 31/05/1969 - Leeds1 | |||||
| 50553 | 59572 | 59073 | 50591 | Noted 14/06/1969 - York1 | |||||
| 50587 | 59086 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 21/02/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50244 | 59073 | 59086 | 50241 | Noted 11/05/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50167 | 59194 | 59073 | 51557 | Noted 27/06/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50552 | 59194 | 59073 | 50573 | Noted 15/08/1970 - at York3 | |||||
| 50552 | 59194 | 59073 | 50575 | Noted 19/08/70 - at Leeds4 | |||||
| 50552 | 59194 | 59073 | 50575 | Noted 29/08/70 - at York4 | |||||
| 50546 | 59073 | 59194 | 50567 | Noted 06/11/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50163 | 59073 | 59529 | 51556 | Noted 11/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.2 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 59069 | 50237 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Leeds City4 | |||||
| 50150 | 59069 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 03/09/1971 - at York5 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 10/10/1971 - at Leeds5 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 59069 | 50237 | Noted 09/11/1971 - Leeds, on 09.30 to Scarborough with 50142-59060-59084-50193 and parcels van tail load (M37229M)1 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City4 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds4 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 59069 | 50163 | Noted 28/04/73 - at Leeds4 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Transfer to NR - w/e 11/05/74 | ||||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 19/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds6 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 02/08/1974 - at Leicester3 | ||||||
| 51219 | 59073 | 50183 | Noted 02/01/75 - at York, set number N453 on 590736 | ||||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 23/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds6 | |||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50185 | Noted 16/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds6 | |||||
| 80 | 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 26/10/75 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50273 | Noted 06/11/75 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50237 | Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 50164 | 59073 | 50150 | Noted 16/01/76 - at Brough4 | ||||||
| 50193 | 59073 | 59084 | 50267 | Noted 23/11/76 - (2 x TBS) at York4 | |||||
| 50150 | 59073 | 50751 | Noted 24/09/77 - in Sheffield Midland6 | ||||||
| 50253 | 59073 | 50751 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at York3 | ||||||
| 50253 | 59073 | 50265 | Noted 12/08/78 - on 07:23 Hull - Manchester Piccadilly7 | ||||||
| 50163 | 59073 | 50241 | Transfer to ED - w/e 29/04/79 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Noted 10/09/1979 - Aberdeen to Edinburgh8 | ||||||
| 50146 | 59073 | 50148 | Noted 06/04/1980 - in Thornton Junction CS8 | ||||||
| 50146 | 59073 | 50148 | Noted 03/05/1980 - at Dunfermline8 | ||||||
| 362 | 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Listed at DE - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 50241 | 59073 | 50174 | Noted 15/03/81 - on Haymarket depot4 | ||||||
| 101362 | 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Transfer to HA - 02/08/81 | |||||
| 101362 | 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Listed at HA - 28/11/81 | |||||
| 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Noted 10/04/1982 - on Haymarket depot8 | ||||||
| 50186 | 59073 | 50187 | Noted 26/05/1982 - in Doncaster Works8 | ||||||
| 101362 | 50187 | 59073 | 50186 | Listed at HA - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101362 | 50186 | 59073 | 50172 | Noted 27/04/1983 - at Glasgow Queen Street8 | |||||
| 101362 | 53264 | 59073 | 53746 | Noted circa 12/19832 | |||||
| 101362 | 59073 | Listed at HA - 17/06/84 | |||||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 101362 | 53197 | 59073 | 53189 | Noted circa 02/19862 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 101362 | 53197 | 59073 | 53243 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 362 | 53197 | 59073 | 53243 | Listed at Haymarket - August 1986 | |||||
| 362 | 53174 | 59073 | 53197 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 | |||||
| 53174 | 59073 | 53197 | Noted 28th August 1986 | ||||||
| 53174 | 59073 | 53197 | Noted 16th October 1986 | ||||||
| 101362 | 53264 | 59073 | 53197 | Noted 08/11/19862 | |||||
| 101362 | 53192 | 59073 | 53264 | Noted circa 03/19872 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 101362 | 53192 | 59073 | 53264 | Noted 04/04/19872 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Noted circa 05/19872 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - Jan-88 | |||||
| 101362 | 51210 | 59073 | 53186 | Noted circa 05/19882 | |||||
| 101362 | 53186 | 59073 | 53187 | Listed at HA - circa Aug-88 | |||||
| 51210 | 59073 | 53186 | Noted 30/08/1988 - at Glasgow Central8 |
Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: Gerald Brown
7: Phil Shatford
8: Martin Lumley
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th July 1987
Set number: 101362
Set 101 362 (53186/59073/53187), forming the 12.17 Edinburgh - North Berwick, passes the site of the future Musselburgh station at Mucklets Road bridge on 28/7/87. Leonard Rogers.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 101362
Class 101 DMU set 101 362 (53187 and presumably 59073 + 53186) entering Kinghorn station in August 1987. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 101362
Kinghorn Met Camm. The livery has changed, but Class 101 DMUs had plied the Edinburgh to Dundee route for the best part of 30 years before this shot was taken at Kinghorn in August 1987. 101362 (53187 and presumably 59073 + 53186) is about to pass through the station with an Edinburgh to Dundee semi fast, next stop Kirkcaldy. Murray Liston.
Date: 1988
Set number: 101362
101362 (led by 53187, presumably with 59073 + 53186) departs from Edinburgh Waverley in 1988. S Saunders.
Date: 27th January 1991
Out of use vehicles at Thornton in Fife on January 27, 1991. Closest is 59794, which wouldn't be officially withdrawn until the end of the year. It had been transferred on paper to Neville Hill but never moved there. At the far end of the line are 53187, 53179, 51453, 59113, 53424, TDB977223 and 59073. Hamish Stevenson.