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Vehicle 59533

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

24/03/59	New to	56G (Hammerton Street)
4w/e 05/09/59	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
4w/e 03/10/59	Transferred to	56G (Hammerton Street)
3w/e 19/03/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
09/01/83	Transferred to	DY (Derby Etches Park)
14/09/83	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
15/11/87	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated circa 09/1979 released in blue/grey livery

59533 was involved in the following incident:

Image on Flickr, images also in the book 'Leeds Termini' published by Challenger UK.

10/08/61 - Leeds City Station

Collision involving Class 101 / Class 45

Info from John Darwent and Bill Read

Peak D105 running light to Neville Hill over-ran signals and collided with a Leeds - Scarborough DMU (two 4-car units) almost opposite Leeds East Signal Box. Leaking diesel caught fire and the leading two DMU vehicles (51440 & 59533) overturned, but were returned to traffic after repair. One killed, two injured. The leading motor coach (51440) turned over and slid on its side, demolishing the parapet wall of a bridge and releasing fuel oil which then ignited. The second coach (59533) also fell on its side, but the remaining six coaches were little damaged. All returned to trafic. The driver of the locomotive mistakenly accepted the signal that had been cleared for the DMU.

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51440	59533	59534	51510	As delivered to 56G - 24th March 1959
	51440	59533	59534	51510	Transfer to 51A - Aug-59
	51440	59533	59534	51510	Transfer to 56G - Sep-59
	51440	59533	59534	51510	Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
	51543	59048	59533	50545	Noted 06/04/67 - at York¹
	50283	59533	51553		Noted 04/09/67 - at Leeds City¹
	51543	59533	51553		Noted 02/05/70 - at Doncaster¹
L180	51548	59533	51556		Noted 08/09/73 - in Leeds City²
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 10/08/74 - at Peterborough²
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 02/11/1974 - at Sheffield ³
	50201	51548	59533	51556	Noted 07/01/75 - at York, 3-car with 50201 attached²
	51546	59533	51556		Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough¹
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 17/03/77 - on Cambridge depot²
	51548	59533	51556		Noted 02/07/82 - on 10.50 Bradford - York and 12.11 return
TS609	53827	59533	53880		Noted circa 02/1984⁴
TS609	53827	59533	53880		Listed at TS - May-85
TS510	55003	59533	53890		Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85
TS609	53054	59533	53880		Noted circa 10/1985⁴
TS510	55003	59533	53890		Noted circa 10/1985⁴
TS510	55003	59533	53890		Noted circa 01/1986⁴
TS525	53835	59533	53883		Noted circa 02/1986⁴
TS525	53835	59533	53883		Noted circa 05/1986⁴
TS631	53865	59533	53921		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS631	53865	59533	53921		Noted circa 06/1986⁴
	53865	59533	53921		Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich, power cars still with E prefix²
TS324	53865	59533	53101		Noted circa 03/1987⁴

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd July 1982

Metro-Cammell three car dmu E51548 + E59533 + E51556 at rest in York station having arrived as the 10.50 from Bradford. The set went back on the 12.11 departure. July 2nd 1982. Gerard Fletcher.

Date: 20th April 1985

Set number: TS609

An excursion from Walsall - Barmouth is seen at Tywyn on the 20th April 1985. It was a six-can formation, a 116/Met-Camm/116 hybrid (presumably 53880 + 59533 + 53827) and three-car Class 116. Hamish Stevenson.

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