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Vehicle 59527


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30502
Diagram: 624

Allocations

05/03/59 New to 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)
4w/e 28/11/59 Transferred to 50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
3w/e 04/06/60 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
7w/e 29/04/72 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 01/11/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 06/05/79 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
2w/e 09/09/79 Transferred to DN (Darlington)
2w/e 25/11/79 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
15/05/83 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
22/10/83 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
03/01/88 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated circa 01/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51437 59527 59528 51507 As delivered to 53B - 5th March 1959
51437 59527 59528 51507 Transfer to 50A - 4w/e 28/11/59
51437 59527 59528 51507 Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
51437 59527 59578 51507 Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/06/60
50254 59527 50264 Noted 07/09/68 - at York1
51441 59527 51511 Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1
51441 59527 59575 51511 Noted 27/05/70 - at Leeds1
50180 59527 59085 50238 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50258 59527 50160 Noted 18/08/72 - on Cambridge depot2
50167 59527 51213 Noted 20/05/73
85 50167 59527 50171 Noted 16/06/73 - at Thetford2
59527 Noted 02/09/73 - on Norwich depot, loose vehicle ex-works3
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 01/11/83 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 06/04/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 20/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 31/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
82 50258 59527 50160 Noted 09/09/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50230 59527 50172 Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50230 59527 50172 Noted 27/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2
86 50230 59527 50172 Noted 22/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
86 50230 59527 50172 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
51482 59527 50585 Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough1
50230 59527 50235 Noted 29/11/19754
50230 59527 50235 Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough1
50230 59527 50258 Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough (2 DMBSs)1
50256 59527 50265 Noted 30/04/76 - at Doncaster2
50218 59527 50260 Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
51550 59527 51558 Noted circa 04/19825
51558 59527 59571 51550 Noted circa 10/19825
53435 59527 53571 Noted circa 09/19835
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 12/19835
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 01/19855
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Listed at TS - May-85
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 06/19855
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 11/19855
53737 59527 53688 Noted 06/12/85 - on 16:30 Crewe - Lincoln Central service6
53737 59527 53688 Noted 10/01/86 - on 09:22 Derby - Crewe service6
53737 59527 53688 Noted 12/01/86 - on 21:10 Crewe - Grantham service6
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 02/19865
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS605 53851 59527 53904 Noted circa 06/19865
TS605 51138 59527 53904 Formation change - TS - circa Nov-86 - 51138 replaced 53851
TS320 51138 59527 53904 Noted circa 02/19875
TS357 53842 59527 53895 Noted circa 06/19875
T357 53842 59527 53895 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS357 53842 59527 53895 Noted 08/08/87 - at Norwich2
TS357 53842 59527 53895 Noted 31/10/19875

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th June 1987

M53895 + M59527 + M53842 + M51146 seen at Ely North Junction, June 13, 1987. Class 101 middle cars were often used on Tyseley sets. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: TS357

Class 116 set TS357 (presumably M53895 + M59527 + M53842) - with a Met-Camm centre car - pass by at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1987. The passengers at the windows and people on the lineside ahead suggest there may be a(nother) train of interest about to pass. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: circa September 1987

Set number: T357

Tyseley Hybrid set formed of Class 116 Driving power cars 53842 (50842) + Class 101 Centre car 59527 + Class 116 53895 (50895) at Birmingham Moor Street in September 1987 with a service to Shirley Don Taggart.