Current number:
977385
Any other previous number(s):
BR EMU 61148
Notes:
Scrapped - Strawberry Hill on site by MRJ Phillips 8/97

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• 977385

  11 October 2009 - kev smith

  known as beastie - I have a pic of me taken somewhere with this unit when it was sandite at croxley green station in 1987

• 977385

  12 October 2009 - Rob Morel

  The "non" driving end also modified to have driving controls,yellow end,whistle etc

  any photos anyone?

  Had adaptor couplers at "non" driving end for moving more modern stock also I recall.

• 977385

  12 October 2009 - Dave Birchall

  Is this still being used??

• 977385

  12 October 2009 - Dave Birchall

  Ignore that, i just read the fact box!!!

• 977385

  12 October 2009 - Andrew Humphries

  I came across this shot which shows off the rear of beastie quite well.

  http://graemegleaves.fotopic.net/p43770262.html

• 977385

  2 November 2009 - Nigel Spate

  I model the North London Lines with my layout Croxley Wiggenhall Road Depot and have made a model of the Beastie - still requires numbers and window bars

  http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/XercesFobe/?action=view¤t=BeastieFront1-1.jpg

  http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/XercesFobe/?action=view¤t=BeastieRear1.jpg

  http://croxleywiggenhallroaddepot.website.orange.co.uk/

  Any more info on this unit would be appreciated I was lucky to see it from a passing train the week before it was scrapped.

  Reading the comments above, this unit never visited Croxley Green as it was converted at Strawberry Hill Depot although I have it on good authority it did run down the Shepperton branch under engineers possession to rescue a 465/466 which had failed during commissioning tests, on at least on one occasion.

  Regards,

  Nigel Spate

• 977385

  2 November 2009 - kev smith

  this 501137 - the new line sanditer later it was replaced by "reliable" flying meccano class 121 Bubble cars

  http://mark5817.fotopic.net/p10165343.html

• 977385

  2 November 2009 - Nige lSpate

  Thanks Kev.

  I did not realise that the 501 sandite unit lasted as late as 1990

  Regards,

  Nigel

• 977385

  3 November 2009 - kev smith

  I have a pic of me somewhere pictured next to it at croxley green station back in 1987, on sandite duty it was sadly my 1st & only trip on a 501, a green 16 year old new railwayman.

• 977385

  3 November 2009 - Nigel Spate

  I lived at Carpenders Park until 1969 and remember as a child travelling on the Class 501's to Watford on a Saturday until 1967 them my dad got a car. Not all bad as we use to drive past Croxley Green Shed every Saturday instead. I think my last trip on a 501 was into Broad Street circa 1982.

  I remember all the blue livery variations including the wrap around yellow cab 501. I am created one unit of each livery variation in blue at least for my Croxley WRD layout

  Nigel Spate

• ADB977385

  17 August 2019 - Brian Cuttell

  Class 501 EMU ADB977385 (M61148) was used as a Tractor Unit and was repainted green in 1993.