Vehicle 60096
Blue Pullman
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: -
Length: 65ft or 66ft
Coupling Code: -
Coupling Type: -
Gangway Type: -
Lot Number: 30554
Diagram: 654
Allocations
| Apr-60 | New to | WR (Western Region) | - allocation unknown |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 5w/e 08/04/67 | Transferred to | 81A (Old Oak Common) | - ex-loan LMR |
| May-73 | Depot code change | OC | |
| May-73 | Withdrawn from | OC (Old Oak Common) |
Modifications
6w/e 10/02/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Morriston arrived 10/06/74 cut circa 1975 delivered from Bristol Bath Rd
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 60096 | 60646 | 60736 | 60744 | 60747 | 60737 | 60647 | 60097 | Noted 30/05/70 - at Old Oak Common1 | |
| 60096 | 60646 | 60736 | 60744 | 60748 | 60738 | 60648 | 60098 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | |
| 60096 | 60646 | 60736 | 60744 | 60748 | 60738 | 60648 | 60098 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Old Oak Common1 | |
| 60096 | 60646 | 60736 | 60746 | 60747 | 60737 | 60647 | 60097 | Noted 05/04/71 - at Old Oak Common1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
1960
A Blue Pullman publicity photo showing a Western Region Pullman set at Banbury, with W60096 closest. Negative 473-2631. Metropolitan Cammell.
1960
A Blue Pullman publicity photo showing W60096 at Aldridge (a popular location for Met-Camm publicity images). It is captioned "Exterior view of the front end of the Power Car". Negative number unknown. Metropolitan Cammell.
July 1967
Metropolitan Cammell Class 251 8-car "Blue Pullman" dmu (for working “The Bristol Pullman” and "The South Wales Pullman") with the Type 1 1,000hp power car W60096 leading in the revised reversed BR Rail Blue & light grey Pullman livery with all-yellow "Spectrum Yellow" front end. The window band is extended further forward than the previous livery; in addition, the frames & bogies are maroon instead of black. In my opinion, the otherwise very attractive revised livery is spoilt by the all-yellow front end and the loss of the Pullman coat-of-arms on the nose. The set is at the Open Day at Old Oak Common depot, 07/67. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1967
Metropolitan Cammell Class 251 8-car "Blue Pullman" dmu on the "South Wales Pullman" service in the revised reversed BR Rail Blue & light grey Pullman livery with all-yellow front end arriving at Swansea (High St), 08/67. Closest is thought to be W60096, the rear set with power car W60097, the only two half sets in this livery at the time. Hugh Llewelyn.
Unknown date
A Met-Camm Pullman set, possibly at Old Oak Common. The dent on the front means this is probably 60096. Graham Clark.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1967
Metropolitan Cammell Class 251 8-car "Blue Pullman" dmu (for working “The Bristol Pullman” and "The South Wales Pullman") with the Type 1 1,000hp power car No.W60097 leading, folllowed by W60647, W60737, W60747 (all in the original Nanking Blue & White Pullman livery) and W60744, W60736, W60646, W60096 (all in the revised reversed White & Nanking Blue Pullman livery with all-yellow front end) at the Open Day at Old Oak Common depot, 07/67. The 8-car sets were actually two 4-car sets coupled together, hence two different liveries of this 8-car "set". Note elongated Pullman crest on nose - and no yellow warning panel. Hugh Llewelyn.