Vehicle 59117
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30277
Diagram: 624
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50306 during the unknown period are:
| Feb-58 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Mar-58 | On loan to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Apr-58 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 2A (Tyseley) |
Then the allocations for 59117 are:
| circa 1984 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| Feb-85 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| May-85 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| 30/03/86 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 07/06/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
| 14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
| 03/12/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 16/12/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 09/05/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50306 | 59117 | 50324 | As delivered to 5D - February 1958 | ||||||
| 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 23/11/68 - R.C.T.S. (West Mids Branch) The Black Countryman Railtour | ||||||
| TY411 | 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Listed at 2A - 16/08/70 | |||||
| 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| TS411 | 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street2 | |||||
| TY411 | 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Tyseley station3 | |||||
| 50314 | 59117 | 50332 | Noted 14/06/76 - on 2C22 0905 Bristol TM-Cardiff with P581 | ||||||
| 51119 | 59117 | 50323 | Noted 13/09/1977 - at Nuneaton2 | ||||||
| 51119 | 59117 | 50323 | Noted 24/09/77 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| TS417 | 50306 | 59117 | 50323 | Listed at TS - 12/08/79 | |||||
| TS417 | 50306 | 59117 | 50323 | Noted circa 01/19814 | |||||
| TS404 | 50311 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted 20/06/81 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| TS404 | 50311 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted circa 05/19824 | |||||
| 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted 03/05/1982 - on BR Day Excursion from Leamington Spa - Shrewsbury / Aberystwyth with 50327 + 59119 + 50314 | ||||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 50322 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS404 | 51180 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 12/19834 | |||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 11/19844 | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Transfer to CH - May-85 | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Transfer to NH - 30/03/86 - from CH | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at Newton Heath - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 06/19874 | ||||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | New set number at RG - Jun-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - Oct-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - circa Nov-87 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted 03/02/19884 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 11/19884 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted 11/03/90 - in Paddington5 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 05/19924 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted circa 08/19924 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX | |||||
| 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Noted 09/11/92 - on 13:46 Slough - Windsor and 13:57 Windsor - Slough6 | ||||||
| L840 | 53311 | 59117 | 53322 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
6: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1958
M50324 at Hampton in Arden in June 1958. It had been delivered four months earlier in February 1958 with 59117 and 50306 to 5D (Stoke). Michael Mensing.
Date: 7th July 1978
Set number: TS417
Met-Camm set TS417 (M50306 and presumably 59117 + 50323) is seen leaving the GW line at Bordesley Junction at 10.46am. It is noted as an ECS, possibly Tyseley - New Street for a Leicester working. Michael Mensing.
Date: 12th April 1985
On 12 April 1985 53311 + 59117 + 53322 set off from Wellingborough with the 0750 Bletchley to Kettering. Jason Hall.
Date: circa January 1990
Set number: L840
Set L840 has a Class 121 standing in for the DMS, along with 53311 + 59117, when seen at Southall circa January 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st May 1990
Set number: L840
This is near Mortimer station on the Basingstoke to Reading line on the morning of 1 May 1990 after a short walk along a convenient lineside footpath. Class 101 set L840 with 53311 leading (presumably with 59117 + 53322) was on a Reading-Basingstoke diagram. The performance of these diesel mechanical units was a bit more lively than the regular DEMUs but the exhaust note wasn't quite so pleasing to my ears. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa 1991
Set number: L840
A very smart looking Metro-Cammell unit freshly repainted into the final NSE livery with black cab window surrounds. West Ealing station had also just been refurbished, complete with fancy tiles and a not too informative clock! The vehicle numbers for set L840 were 53311, 59117 and 53322. Chris McKee.
Date: 23rd October 1993
Set number: L840
Class 101 DMU set L840, presumed 53322/59117/53311, at Rectory Lane Crossing with the 12.17 Gatwick to Reading service on 23 October 1993. Rob Paterson.
Date: 24th October 1993
Set number: L840
Class 101 DMU set L840, presumed 53322/59117/53311, near Chilworth with the 11.15 Gatwick to Reading service on 24 October 1993. Rob Paterson.
Date: 24th October 1993
Set number: L840
Class 101 DMU set L840, presumed 53311/59117/53322, near Lawrence Lane with the 08.20 Reading to Gatwick service on 24 October 1993. Rob Paterson.