Vehicle 50342
Class 100
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30278
Diagram: 536
Allocations
| w/e 30/06/57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| w/e 09/11/57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 11/03/61 | On loan to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 2w/e 22/04/61 | Ex-loan back to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 26/10/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | - 64H closed |
| 22/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 13/01/73 | Reinstated | 64B (Haymarket) | - due to DMU shortage |
| Feb-73 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| Feb-73 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HA | |
| Jun-74 | Stored S. | ||
| w/e 06/07/74 | Reinstated | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 24/05/75 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 28/06/75 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 2w/e 20/03/76 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 17/04/76 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | - returned from HN, 50766 sent instead |
| Feb-78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 3w/e 30/06/79 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| 15/08/82 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50342 | 56097 | As delivered to 9A - w/e 30/06/57 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50342 | 56097 | Noted 26th February 1958 - On driver instruction work on Kelvin Valley branch | |||||||
| 50342 | 56097 | Transfer to 61A - 2w/e 11/03/61 | |||||||
| 50342 | 56097 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 06/05/61 | |||||||
| 50342 | 56097 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 10/11/62 | |||||||
| 50342 | 56097 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50342 | 56097 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley 1 | |||||||
| 50342 | 51112 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Haymarket2 | |||||||
| 50342 | 56406 | Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket (50342 still green)3 | |||||||
| 14/15 | 50340 | 56464 | 50342 | Listed at Hamilton - circa Aug-74 - Two brake vehicles, one carrying 14 the other 15. | |||||
| 50342 | 56470 | Transfer to NH - w/e 28/06/75 | |||||||
| 50342 | 56470 | Noted 28/08/75 - in Liverpool Exchange3 | |||||||
| 50342 | 59183 | 50527 | Noted 17/07/76 - in Manchester Victoria4 | ||||||
| 50342 | 56267 | 50812 | Noted 28/04/78 - on 12:10 Leamington Spa - Birmingham Moor Street |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
Images:
30th September 1957
Sc50342 (on loan from the ScR) is at the front of a two-car GRC&W / two-car Cravens / possibly a BG formation in Birmingham New Street. They are working the 1.05pm service to Wolverhampton on September 30, 1957 Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
Sc50342 stabled in Haymarket depot. It's DTC is in blue livery. Undated. Tony Wilkins.
Unknown date
Sc50342 at Montrose, probably on a Dundee service. Undated. The red colour of the seat covering can be clearly seen. Tony Wilkins.
circa 1972
Sc50342 - the last green liveried Class 100 DMU - seen departing Edinburgh Waverley in a cloud of exhaust, circa 1972. This the only green liveried DMU that I remember seeing in normal service - and also the only one I ever captured on film. We had just arrived in Edinburgh from London, and I was exploring the station, and just managed to get to the end of the northbound platforms in time to see it disappearing into the tunnel. Taken with my basic Kodak Brownie using 120 roll film. Chris McKee.
June 1972
Class 100 DMBS Sc50342 on Haymarket depot in June 1972. It would remain in green for at least another year and was the final green DMU vehicle in passenger service (not including the later retro versions!). Alistair Ness.
circa August 1972
Sc50342 stabled at Dundee MPD Phil Bidwell.
28th July 1973
GRCW DMBS No SC50342 at Edinburgh Waverley awaiting departure with 2L35, the 13:00 to Dundee on Saturday 28 July 1973. Its partner is a blue Met-Camm. Mr Deltic.
31st July 1973
Inverkeithing Station looking south on 31/07/1973 at 0900 hours. Class 100 car SC50342 trails a 3-car set as it leaves for Edinburgh. Robert Hope.
25th August 1973
The BLS 'S&D Railtour' at Dunfermline Townhill SSEB on the 25th August 1973. Closest is Class 100 DMBS SC50342. Stuart Mackay Collection.
September 1973
Still carrying green livery - SC50342 is seen in Edinburgh Waverley station in September 1973. 54A South Dock.
Unknown date
SC50342 in-between two Cravens vehicles at Falkirk Grahamston. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.
1977
M50342 at Newton Heath depot in 1977, attached to a Class 104 vehicle which looks like it could be M59146. Ian Francis.
20th April 1978
Set number: TS411
A publicity image (BRB Central Photographic Unit negative W8378-7) showing hybrid Class 100/108/105 DMU set TS411 (presumably 50342 + 56267 + 50812) arriving into Five Ways station on 20 April 1978. British Rail.
28th April 1978
The 12:10 to Birmingham Moor Street is seen departing from Leamington Spa on 28/04/1978. It is formed of Class 100 M50342, Class 108 M56267 and Class 105 M50812. Visible behind is Class 122 55006. Graeme Phillips Collection.
27th May 1978
Set number: TS411
The Birmingham Cross-city line opened in 1978 and Tyseley depot was using some interesting hybrid Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) formations at the outset. Class 100 50342, class 108 56267 and class 105 50812 call at Five Ways with a Longbridge service on 27 May 1978. Chris Morrison.
1st December 1979
Class 100 DMBS M50342 with a Class 105 DTCL arrives into Reddish North station on 1 December 1979. Brian Daniels.
3rd September 1981
A Class 100/105 hybrid, the DMBS believed to be M50342. Taken at Stalybridge on the 3rd September 1981. Malcolm Clements.
3rd September 1981
M50342 and a Class 105 DTC leave Stalybridge on the 3rd September 1981. Malcolm Clements.