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Vehicle 59547


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

29/05/59 New to 62A (Thornton Junction)
4w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
w/e 25/05/74 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 07/06/75 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
03/10/82 Stored S. RG (Reading)
16/05/85 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 19/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51449 59547 51519 As delivered to 62A - 29th May 1959
51449 59547 51523 Noted 11/09/71 - at Corkerhill1
106 51449 59547 51519 Listed at 66C - 1972
51449 59547 51519 Noted 06/04/72 - in Glasgow Central1
50839 59547 51519 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
175 51449 59547 51519 Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot3
P801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 11th July 1974 - at Exeter.
51446 59547 51517 Noted 02/09/74 - at Exeter3
P801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 03/07/1975 - at Worcester4
51452 59547 51523 Noted 06/04/1976 - at Swindon 4
B801 51446 59547 51517 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 07/09/76 - on Bristol Philips March depot3
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 15/08/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 31/08/77 - on 1318 Cheltenham-Swindon
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 15/11/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B801 51446 59547 51517 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 15/03/78 - on 1Z08 1915 Cheltenham-Cardiff with C503
C801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central5
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 29/07/78 - on 2B60 1755 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B575
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 09/09/1978 - Cardiff Central5
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Cardiff Central5
B801 51446 59547 51517 Noted 08/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads5
B801 51446 59547 51517 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
L450 51352 59547 51394 Noted circa 11/19826

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: October 1975

Set number: B801

Bristol set B801 (presumably W51446-W59547-W51517) seen at Severn Beach in October 1975. Transferred from the Scottish Region in May of that year, the unit still seems to be awaiting a new roller blind whilst the doors to the first class sections carry prominent "1" markers. Steve Carter.

DMU

Date: 29th November 1975

Set number: B801

Class 101 DMU set B801 is seen at Gloucester Eastgate on 29 November 1975. The service is thought to be the 09:40 from Bristol Temple Meads. The vehicles are presumably 51446 + 59547 + 51517. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: B468

Cardiff Central on my day trip of Monday 6th August 1979. On the right is Class 116 BR Derby Suburban set C333, W51148 + W59445 + W51135 which had arrived on the 09.17 Penarth - Cardiff and was about to leave as the 09.45 to Merthyr. On the left, still in all over blue is Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 which had come in on the 08.25 from Gloucester. It was attached to Met Cam Class 101 set B801 (W51446 + W 59547 + W51517) after this shot was taken and then worked the 09.55 to Weston-Super-Mare. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: B801

This is W51517 leading Met Cam set B801 (W59547 & W51446) at Cardiff on 6/8/79. It would be attached to Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 and work the 09.55 to Weston-Super- Mare. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 10th November 1979

Set number: B801

Met-Camm set B801 - presumably 51517 + 59547 + 51446 - heads out of Castle Cary with a Weymouth service on the 10th November 1979. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th January 1980

Set number: B801

A proper Black Country scene as a class 101 (B801, 51446 leads, presumably with 59547 + 51517) prepares to enter Old Hill tunnel with a Birmingham New Street to Worcester Foregate Street service having just left Rowley Regis. 20/1/1980. Stephen Burdett.

DMU

Date: 24th April 1980

Set number: B801

Refurbished set B801 - presumably 51446 + 59547 + 51517 - seen at Cardiff on the 14th April 1980. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 1981

Set number: B801

Refurbished Met-Camm set B801, DMBS 51446 closest, presumably with 59547 + 51517, at Westbury in early 1981. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1981

Set number: B801

Refurbished Met-Camm set B801, DMBS 51446 closest, presumably with 59547 + 51517, at Castle Carry in early 1981. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 8th April 1981

Set number: B801

Met-Camm Class 101 DMU set B801, 51517 leading presumably with 59547 + 51446, at Redland Station (Bristol), 8th April 1981. Tiptree Jon.

DMU

Date: 29th May 1981

Set number: B801

In refurbished white with blue stripe livery, a three-car Class 101 DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second W51446 leading presumably with 59547 + 51517, was passing alongside Dawlish Warren Road on one side, and the Exe Estuary on the other side, as it approached the footcrossing at Cockwood whilst working an Exeter St Davids to Paignton all-stations service on May 29th 1981. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: B801

Class 101 set B801 (presumably 51517 + 59547 + 51446) is seen in Severn Beach station. Date unknown. John Law.