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Vehicle 56387 / 54387


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

3w/e 17/05/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
17/08/69 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
07/09/69 Transferred to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73Depot code changeBG
2w/e 25/03/79 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
20/05/84 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
11/05/86 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
10/05/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
07/07/91 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) PCAX
10/05/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
05/10/92 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight) RFXX

Notes

31/12/66 - SC56387 was listed as allocated to 66C in an official amendment to a 31/12/66 stock listing but no moves from / back to Dundee (its next move was from Dundee) have been found.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56387 - original number
54387 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

07/11/79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 10/12/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51229 56387 As delivered to 62B - May 1958
51246 56387 Noted 18/08/69 - at Brough, newly transferred from Scotland1
51230 56387 Noted 29/08/70 - at Brough1
51238 56387 Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough2
51238 56387 Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2
51482 56387 Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1
51223 56387 Noted 18/11/75 - at Brough1
51223 56387 Noted 09/02/76 - at Brough1
51225 56387 Noted 08/04/76 - at Hull1
51247 56387 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Victoria1
51247 56387 Noted 22/05/76 - at Brough1
51222 56387 Noted 21/02/77 - at Doncaster1
51276 56387 Noted circa 03/19793
51229 56387 Noted 03/07/81 - at Newcastle
51229 56387 Noted circa 12/19813
51229 56387 Noted 14/03/1982 - Worked 10.40 (SuO) Middlesbrough to Newcastle.3
51208 56387 Noted 08/05/82 - with E50164 + E56365 at Newburn, Hartlepool.
51247 54387 Noted 23/05/82 - on Leeds-Morecambe service with 51901 + 54376
51222 56387 Noted circa 02/19833
88 51247 54387 Noted 11/06/84 - at Norwich4
88 51247 54387 Noted 16/07/84 - on 10:35 Great Yarmouth - Norwich
88 51247 54387 Noted circa 04/19853
51247 54387 Noted circa 02/19863
51247 54387 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
09 51247 54387 Formed at CA circa Jun-86
09 51247 54387 Noted circa 09/19863
09 51247 54387 Noted 25/04/87 - on Sudbury - Colchester service
53 51247 54387 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich5
53 51247 54387 Noted 30/05/1987 - at Norwich Crown Point5
53 51247 54387 Noted 20/06/19873
53 51247 54387 Listed at NC - Dec-87
53 51247 54387 Noted circa 03/19883
53 51247 54387 Listed at NC - Feb-90
53 51247 54387 Noted circa 08/19903
51247 54387 Noted 20/10/906
53 51247 54387 Listed at CA - 13/05/91
53 51247 54387 Listed at CA - Jul-91
53 51247 54387 Listed at CA - Aug-91
53 51247 54387 Listed at CA - Dec-91
LO235 51247 54387 Listed at LO - 02/07/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

3rd July 1981

Metro-Cammell Class 101 twin unit E56387 + E51229 at Newcastle on July 3rd 1981 in between arriving as the 17.48 from Middlesbrough and departing as the 19.35 to Sunderland. The trailer's blue paint work seems to have suffered in the carriage wash while its partner is in refurbished condition. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 101 DMU at Great Yarmouth

16th July 1984

Set number: 88

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 54387 + 51247 as part of a formation that will form the 10:35 to Norwich at Great Yarmouth on 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 101 DMU at Ely North Junction

31st January 1988

Set number: 53

E54387 + E51247 seen near Ely North Junction with the 14.10 Cambridge to Norwich on 31.01.88. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Ipswich

23rd September 1990

Class 101 DMU DTC 54387 and 86-220 'The Round Tabler' at Ipswich on 23-9-90. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 19th July 1981

Class 101 vehicles 51229 and 56387 beside 43066 at Stockton, 19th July 1981. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1982

On May 8, 1982, ex-works E50164 + E56365 leads E56387 + E51208 at Newburn, Hartlepool. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 17th July 1985

Set number: 88

A Class 101 2-car dmu, comprising vehicles 54387+51247, approaches Leicester station working the 08.20 from Melton Mowbray on 17 July 1985. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1987

Set number: 09

On Saturday 25th April 1987 an inbound working from Sudbury comprised of 51247 and 54387 turn into Platform 1 at Colchester North Station. AndrewHA.

DMU

Date: June 1987

Set number: 53

Class 101 Metro Cammell DMUs cross at North Walsham June 1987, with the driver of set 53 (presumably 51247 + 54387) talking to the signalman. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 53

Class 101 DMBS 51247 as part of Norwich set 53 (presumably with 54387) in Cambridge station. Date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th May 1988

Set number: 65

Class 101 2-car DMUs NC sets 65 (54343 visible) and 53 (54387 visible) at Norwich on 15-5-88. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 15th May 1988

Set number: 53

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU Norwich set 53 51247+54387 arriving st Sheringham on 15-5-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1989

Set number: 53

Class 101 set 53 (E51247 + E54387) at Little Thetford on March 4, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1989

Set number: 53

E51247 + E54387 arriving at Ely on July 15, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 23rd May 1992

Class 108 51901 + 54276 and Class 101 51247 + 54387 leaves Hellifield on what may be a Leeds-Morecambe service on 23 May 1992. Lewis Bevan.