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Vehicle 59690


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30589
Diagram: 624

Allocations

30/11/59 New to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket) - Leith closed
May-73Depot code changeHA
w/e 26/10/74 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
4w/e 30/04/77 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
20/12/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
15/01/88 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill)
13/05/88 Reinstated NL (Neville Hill)
p/e 07/10/89 Sector Change to NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ
08/12/89 Withdrawn from NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 17/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51799 59690 51806 As delivered to 64H - 30th November 1959
51799 59690 51806 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley1
51800 59690 51807 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley2
51800 59690 51807 Noted 05/08/1974 - at Edinburgh 1
51799 59690 51806 Transfer to DE - w/e 26/10/74
185 51453 59690 51807 Listed at ED - mid-May-78 - Refurbished set
189 51468 59690 51525 Noted 16/02/79 - on Eastfield depot3
339 51467 59690 51516 Listed at ED - 01/02/81
51465 59690 51534 Noted 7th November 1981
101339 51467 59690 51516 Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101329 51455 59690 51537 Noted circa 11/19834
101329 51455 59690 51537 Listed at ED - 17/06/84
101329 51455 59690 51538 Listed at ED - 25/03/85
101337 51465 59690 51527 Noted circa 10/19854
101329 51455 59690 51538 Listed at Eastfield - Summer 1986
101346 51798 59690 51529 Noted 12th June 1986
331 51457 59690 51534 Listed at Eastfield - August 1986
331 51457 59690 53179 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
101333 51459 59690 51518 Noted circa 11/19864
51466 59690 53179 Noted 25th February 1987
101329 51455 59690 51538 Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101338 51466 59690 53179 Noted 25/03/19874
101338 51466 59690 53179 Noted 07/04/19874
101329 51455 59690 51538 Noted circa 05/19874
51455 59690 51538 Noted 01/06/87 - on 10:57 Springburn - Cumbernauld5
51455 59690 51538 Noted 01/06/87 - on 11:20 Cumbernauld - Springburn5
spare 59690 Formation change - NL - w/e 07/02/88
51809 59690 51843 Noted circa May-88
501 51809 59690 51843 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
51809 59690 51847 Noted 22/08/88 - on 13:17 Sheffield-Retford
51847 59690 52067 Noted 24/10/886
512 51812 59690 51847 Listed at NL - Feb-89

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Graeme Phillips

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd June 1974

Class 105 SC56478 & Class 101 SC59690 Haymarket Depot 22 June 1974. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 14th January 1989

51812 is seen at Leeds, 14/1/89. The centre car is a Met-Camm - possibly 59690 which was noted with 51812 around this time. It was an ex-ScR vehicle, the large "189" (or "489") on the end was possibly a set number from that era. Norman Cross.