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Vehicle 56371 / 54371

Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630

Allocations

18/09/58	New to	53C (Hull Springhead)
30/11/58	Transferred to	53B (Hull Botanic Gardens)	- (53C closed)
w/e 03/01/59	Transferred to	50A (York)
3w/e 19/03/60	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
16/06/68	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
Sep-68	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-71	Transferred to	55H (Neville Hill)
May-73	Depot code change	NL
w/e 23/11/75	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 30/10/77	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge)
Aug-87	Reinstated	CA (Cambridge)
24/08/87	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common)
p/e 31/12/88	Sector Change to	OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
p/e 30/03/91	Transferred to	RG (Reading) NWRX
24/01/92	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NXXZ
18/02/92	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading) NTCZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56371 - original number
54371 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/12/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51213	56371	As delivered to 53C - 18th September 1958
	51213	56371	Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60
	50202	56371	Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster¹
	51218	56371	Noted 06/04/67 - at York¹
	51213	56371	Noted 07/09/1968 - M.& G.N.J.R.S.East Anglian Branch Farewell No.2 Railtour
	51217	56371	Noted 18/09/70 - at Ely¹
	51217	56371	Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich¹
	50152	56371	Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City¹
	50152	56371	Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough²
	50152	56371	Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster³
	50152	56371	Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City³
	50152	56371	Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds¹
	50201	56371	Noted 29/11/75 - at Brough¹
	51252	56371	Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough¹
	51252	56371	Noted 07/02/76 - at Brough¹
	51252	56371	Noted 23/02/76 - at Brough¹
	51236	56371	Noted 22/05/76 - at Brough¹
	51236	56371	Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster¹
	51225	56371	Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds¹
	51225	56371	Noted 17/07/76 - at Huddersfield¹
	51220	56371	Noted 14/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds³
	51220	56371	Noted 31/03/1979 - Railway Development Society special Cambridge to Swavesey and return 51225-56382 + 51220-56371
	51220	56371	Noted circa 08/1983⁴
	51220	54371	Noted 20/06/84 - at Norwich³
	51220	54371	Noted circa 04/1985⁴
	51220	54371	Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
	51220	54371	Noted circa 11/1985⁴
	51220	54371	Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
06	51220	54371	Formed at CA circa Jun-86
06	51220	54371	Noted 27/08/1986⁴
06	51220	54371	Noted 26/10/1986 - Noted at Ely on 10.15 Norwich to Ely.⁵
L204	51220	54371	Listed at OO - Oct-87
L204	51220	54371	Listed at OO - 15/05/89
L204	51220	54371	Noted circa 10/1990⁴
L204	51220	54371	Listed at OO - 21/01/91

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

Images:

14th July 1988

Set number: L204

This formation - 54371, 51220, 51905 and 54488 - arrived at Sheffield on 14/7/88 from the Doncaster direction (led by 54488 & 51905). Judging by the condition of the NSE DMU's It seems that they are ex-works and heading back to their home depot OOC. Wilson Adams.

circa October 1989

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (54371 + 51220) with Class 117 set L705 (51319 at the far end) at Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa 1991

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (presumably 54371 + 51220) at Southall circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1991

Set number: L204

Metro Cammell class 101 unit L204 (vehicles 54371 and 51220) seen at Oxford in the spring of 1991 Bob Belcher.

1st May 1993

Set number: L204

Class 101 54371, set number L204, is seen condemned at Springburn works on 01.05.1993. It was waiting to make it's last journey into the adjacent MC Metals. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 22nd January 1986

A two-car Metro-Cammell Class 101 DMU formed of DMBS E51220 and DTCL E54371 with a Royston service at Cambridge on 22 January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 8th September 1987

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (presumably 51220 + 54371) has a Class 104 DMS attached to the rear when seen working the 18:41 Paddington - Bourne End at Ealing Broadway on September 8, 1987. Michael Mensing.

Date: circa October 1987

Set number: L204

Met-Camm set L204 (51220 closest, presumably with 54371) arrives into Southall station behind a Class 121 bubble car circa October 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 14th July 1988

Set number: L204

51220 and 54371 arrived at Sheffield on 14/7/88 from the Doncaster direction (led by 54488 & 51905). It seems that they are ex-works and heading back to their home depot OOC. Wilson Adams.

Date: circa mid-to-late 1988

Set number: L204

Class 101 two-car set L04 (presumably 51220 + 54371) seen at Hinksey South, looking north-west from Abingdon Road bridge, the train heading away from Oxford. Date unknown, the NSE livery looks fresh so possibly circa mid-to-late 1988. Ian Docwra.

Date: 8th May 1989

Set number: L204

I quite often used to have an afternoon at Kings Sutton in the late 1980s and early 1990s when there was an impressive variety of different types of trains to photograph. This picture of NSE Class 101 L204 (51220 + 54371) was taken on 8 May 1989 (from the roadbridge with a 150mm lens) as the unit worked a peak hours Didcot to Banbury service. Peter Tandy.

Date: circa October 1989

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (51220 + 54371) with Class 117 set L705 attached departs from Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 20th May 1991

Set number: L204

Met-Camm set L204 (51220 and presumably 54371) in Bicester Town station on May 20 1991. John Carter.

Date: 2nd October 1991

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (presumably 51220 + 54371) on a down local in Sonning Cutting on 02/10/1991. Andrew Malloy.

Date: 4th May 1993

Set number: L210

53083, 51220, 54371, 51443 & 51445 sit with 20199 at M.C. Metals, Springburn 4-5-93. Kevin Dowd.

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