Vehicle 59109
Class 111
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30269
Diagram: 623
Allocations
| 30/01/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
| 03/04/77 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| p/e 12/05/79 | Withdrawn | ||
| p/e 09/06/79 | Stored U. | ||
| p/e 04/08/79 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50289 | 59109 | 50279 | As delivered to 56G - 30th January 1958 | ||||||
| 51435 | 59577 | 59109 | 50633 | Noted 18/12/1970 - Leeds, recorded by A S Fowkes. Source data obtained via BR Coaching Stock Group.1 | |||||
| 50149 | 59049 | 59109 | 50191 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle2 | |||||
| 50191 | 59109 | 59049 | 50149 | Noted 05/10/1971 - Newcastle3 | |||||
| 50149 | 59049 | 59109 | 50191 | Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough4 | |||||
| 50149 | 59109 | 59049 | 50191 | Noted 09/06/73 - at Darlington5 | |||||
| N407 | 50149 | 59049 | 59109 | 50191 | Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number not on 59049 but on other three5 | ||||
| N407 | 50149 | 59109 | 59049 | 50191 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number on 50149 and 59109 only5 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th February 1979
Set number: 225
Class 101 DMU set 225 (50145 + 59109 + 51244) departs from Dundee with the 11:20 for Edinburgh on 24 February 1979. The DMCL has bars on the passengers door from it's time at South Gosforth, and would be withdrawn a few months after this image in July 1979. Derek Hoskins.