Vehicle 59558
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
| 25/07/59 | New to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 16/01/60 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 5w/e 12/05/79 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Jan-80 | Transferred to | DE (Dundee) | |
| Jan-81 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 2w/e 12/05/85 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 3w/e 21/12/86 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
29th April 1987 - Seen at Falkland Yard
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 13/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51460 | 59558 | 51530 | As delivered to Leith Central - 25th July 1959 | ||||||
| 51460 | 59558 | 51530 | Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 16/01/60 | ||||||
| 51252 | 59558 | 50746 | Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51469 | 59558 | 50174 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59558 | 51530 | Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh 3 | ||||||
| 51231 | 59558 | 50269 | Noted 27/08/74 - on Dundee depot4 | ||||||
| 51800 | 59558 | 50269 | Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51234 | 59558 | 50269 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Edinburgh Waverley 3 | ||||||
| 194 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 13/08/77 - in Edinburgh Waverley4 | |||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 06/02/78 - on 0620 Dundee-Edinburgh with 51799 + 59074 + 50746 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 26/03/1978 - Perth5 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 01/07/78 - at Inverness on a special for the Bournemouth and District Rail Travel Association1 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley6 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 03/02/1979 - Edinburgh Waverley5 | ||||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 07/04/79 - on Eastfield depot1 | ||||||
| 325 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Listed at ED - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 186 | 51458 | 59558 | 51526 | Noted circa 03/19816 | |||||
| 101325 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 17/10/1981 - at Newcastle Central5 | |||||
| 101325 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Listed at ED - 28/11/81 | |||||
| 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Noted 16th January 1982 | ||||||
| 101325 | 51448 | 59558 | 51528 | Listed at ED - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 101325 | 51448 | 59558 | 51531 | Noted 27/04/1983 - at Glasgow Queen Street5 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59558 | 51527 | Noted circa 11/19836 | |||||
| 101326 | 51451 | 59558 | 51527 | Listed at ED - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 101325 | 59558 | 51528 | Listed at ED - 25/03/85 | ||||||
| 104452 | 53461 | 59558 | 53577 | Noted May 1985 | |||||
| 52008 | 59558 | 52036 | Noted 06/09/1985 - at Ayr 5 | ||||||
| 52008 | 59558 | 52036 | Noted 09/09/1985 - at Glasgow Central 5 | ||||||
| 104452 | 53461 | 59558 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 617 | 53706 | 59558 | 53185 | Formed at AY circa Jun-86 | |||||
| 53706 | 59558 | 53185 | Noted 8th July 1986 | ||||||
| 617 | 53706 | 59558 | 53185 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 617 | 53706 | 59558 | 53744 | Noted 8th August 1986 | |||||
| 53706 | 59558 | 53744 | Noted 9th August 1986 | ||||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59558 | 53693 | Formation change - circa Sep-86 - 59558 replaced 59063 | |||||
| 522 | 53706 | 59558 | 53744 | Formation change - p/e 17/09/86 - 2 brake vehicles | |||||
| 104452 | 53461 | 59558 | 51584 | Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 51584 added | |||||
| 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 4th October 1986 | ||||||
| 522 | 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 11/10/86 - 522 brake end, 349 other | |||||
| 349 | 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 11/10/86 - 522 brake end, 349 other | |||||
| 53744 | 59558 | 53664 | Noted 16th October 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
SC51528 leads a refurbished Class 101 DMU into Edinburgh Waverley on 17 June 1978. Its partners are presumably 59558 + 51448. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd August 1986
Set number: 522
With two brake vehicles in the formation, set 522 (53744 + 59558 + 53706) leaves Haymarket with the 16:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service on August 23, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: circa September 1986
Set number: 522
Set 522 is formed of two Swindon 120 power cars (53744 and 53664) and a Metro-Cammell center car (possibly 59558), seen at Kingsknowe with a Glasgow Central to Edinburgh working circa September 1986. Alan Rintoul.
Date: 15th September 1986
The scene at Kilwinning station on the afternoon of 15/9/86 as the 16.19 to Glasgow (15.48 ex-Largs) departs. 53664 is at the rear of a set comprising 53744, 59558 and 53664. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 22nd September 1986
Set number: 349
M53664 (presumably with 59558 + 53744), at Newton-on-Ayr on 18 September 1986. Graham Johnston.
Date: 11th October 1986
Set number: 522
Labeled set 522 at this end, set 349 at the other, 53744 + 59558 + 53664 are seen near Curriehill with the 11:32 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.