Vehicle 59690

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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-73	Depot code change	HA
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15/01/88	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill)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08/12/89	Withdrawn from	NL (Neville Hill) PZQZ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
	51448	59690	51803						Noted 09/09/1979 - Glasgow Queen Street4
	51464	59690	51802						Noted 04/04/80 - on 06.47 Dunblane – Glasgow QS5
	51468	59690	51580						Noted 08/09/1980 - at Falkirk High4
339	51467	59690	51516						Listed at ED - 01/02/81
	51465	59690	51534						Noted 7th November 1981
101339	51467	59690	51516						Listed at ED - 28/11/81
	51467	59690	51516						Noted 18/04/1982 - in Doncaster Works4
101339	51467	59690	51516						Listed at ED - 13/06/82
101329	51455	59690	51537						Noted circa 11/19836
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 10/19856
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 11/19866
	51466	59690	53179						Noted 25th February 1987
101329	51455	59690	51538						Listed at ED - 23/03/87
101338	51466	59690	53179						Noted 25/03/19876
101338	51466	59690	53179						Noted 07/04/19876
101329	51455	59690	51538						Noted circa 05/19876
	51455	59690	51538						Noted 01/06/87 - on 10:57 Springburn - Cumbernauld7
	51455	59690	51538						Noted 01/06/87 - on 11:20 Cumbernauld - Springburn7
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 24/10/888
512	51812	59690	51847						Listed at NL - Feb-89

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

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Date: 22nd June 1974

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

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Date: 24th July 1977

Set number: 189

Refurbished Class 101 DMU set 189 - 51516 + 59690 + 51447 - on Eastfield depot on 24 July 1977. The DMBS would be destroyed in a fire a few weeks later. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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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.