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Vehicle 59561


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

22/08/59 New to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
3w/e 13/02/60 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 12/03/60 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
May-68 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 02/10/69 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 28/03/70 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 65A (Eastfield) - Leith Central closed
May-73Depot code changeED
2w/e 05/05/79 Transferred to WR - unallocated while in works
2w/e 22/09/79 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
08/03/87 Transferred to LE (Swansea Landore)
10/05/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
May-88 Transferred to LA (Laira)
27/11/90 Withdrawn from LA (Laira) PXXZ

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 17/12/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51463 59561 51533 As delivered to Leith Central - 22nd August 1960
51463 59561 51533 Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 13/02/60
51463 59561 51533 Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 12/03/60
51463 59561 51533 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 02/10/69
51463 59561 51533 Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 28/03/70
51463 59561 51533 Noted 06/04/72 - at Stirling1
51455 59561 51466 Noted 04/09/73 - at Springburn2
190 51462 59561 51532 Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street2
50254 59561 51463 Noted 17/04/1975 - at Dundee3
51467 59561 51535 Noted 11/09/1975 - at Stirling3
181 51228 59561 50146 Listed at ED - mid-May-78
181 51228 59561 51531 Noted 07/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley4
51462 59561 51535 Noted 18/01/79 - on Eastfield depot1
B813 51463 59561 51533 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
C812 51463 59561 51533 Noted 03/04/1982 - BLS Bristol & Gloucestershire Railtour C812 and 55032
C812 51463 59561 51533 Listed at CF - 15/12/1982
C812 51463 59561 51533 Noted circa 01/19844
C812 51463 59561 51533 Noted 15/12/1984 - on 11:52 Cheltenham to Swindon
C812 51463 59561 51533 Listed at CF - 01/01/85
C812 51463 59561 51533 Noted circa 03/19854
C812 51463 59561 51533 Noted 13/02/19864
C812 51463 59561 51533 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
812 51463 59561 51533 Transfer to LE - 08/03/87 - from CF
C922 53625 59561 52045 Listed at CF - Jun-87
C922 53625 59561 52045 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C922 53625 59561 52045 Noted circa 08/19874
C315 53855 59561 53908 Formation change - CF - circa 10/87 - 59561 replaced 59363
C315 53855 59561 53908 Listed at CF - Oct-87
53855 59561 53908 Noted 20/02/88 - on 14:58 Weymouth - Cardiff via Frome5
spare 59561 Formation change - CF - circa May-88
P826 51219 59561 53223 Formation change - LA - p/e 17/06/88 - 59561 replaced 59050
P826 51219 59561 53223 Listed at LA - 08/08/88
P826 51219 59561 53223 Listed at LA - 15/05/89
826 53223 59561 52053 Noted circa 08/19904

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th March 1982

Set number: B813

Three-car Class 101 DMU set B813 (51463 and presumably 59561 + 51533) arrives at Newport with the 06:00 Crewe-Cardiff service on 20 March 1982. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 2nd March 1985

Set number: C812

Three-car Met-Camm DMU set C812 (presumably 51463 + 59561 + 51533) seen at Minety Crossing at Stroud and despite the blind this was a service from Swindon on 2 March 1985. Nicholas T Smith.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1985

Set number: C812

Class 101 DMU set C812 (51533 + 59561 + 51463) at Severn Tunnel Junction on 30 May 1985. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 9th April 1986

Set number: C812

Met-Camm set C812 (presumably 51533 + 59561 + 51463) sits in the bay platform at Carmarthen on 9th April. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1986

Set number: C812

Met-Camm Class 101 DMU Cardiff set C812 (presumably 51533 + 59561 + 51463), approaching Shelwick, just north of Hereford with a Crewe-Cardiff service. 19th April 1986. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1986

Set number: C812

Met-Camm Class 101 DMU Cardiff set C812 (presumably 51533 + 59561 + 51463), approaching Shelwick, just north of Hereford with a Crewe-Cardiff service. 19th April 1986. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1986

Set number: C812

Met-Camm Class 101 DMU Cardiff set C812 (presumably 51533 + 59561 + 51463) heading south towards Shelwick Junction, just north of Hereford, on 19th April 1986. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1987

Set number: 812

W51533, W59561 & W51463 at Crewe on 11/05/87. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: C922

The 13:43 Treherbert - Cardiff Central approaches Cardiff Queen Street, Saturday 18th July 1987. It is formed of C922, led by W53625 and has a Class 101 TC center car (presumably 59561). PJ Evans.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: C922

C922 (presumably 52045 + 59561 + 53625) leaving Cardiff Queen Street on the 14:49 Cardiff Central - Coryton, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1988

Set number: C375

Approaching Hawkeridge Jn, Westbury, whilst working a Bristol T.Ms - Weymouth service is C375, a Class 116/101 hybrid based at CF and formed of W53908+W59561+W53855. 25th April 1988. Nigel Mack.