Vehicle 50346
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
| Jul-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| Oct-57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 26/10/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 29/12/62 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| w/e 20/06/64 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 5w/e 31/10/64 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 19/05/68 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 30/05/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 22/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| 10/03/75 | Reinstated | NR (Norwich) | |
| Nov-80 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| p/e 22/09/81 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) | |
| Sep-82 | Withdrawn from | LO (Longsight) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50346 | 56101 | As delivered to 9A - July 1957 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50346 | 56101 | As delivered to - 1st August 1957 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56101 | Noted 19th September 1957 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56101 | Transfer to 64A - Oct-57 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56101 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 26/10/62 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56101 | Transfer to 67C - w/e 20/06/64 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56101 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56317 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Peterborough1 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56310 | Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
| 61 | 50346 | 56310 | Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56119 | Noted 12/07/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56128 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 50346 | 56435 | Noted 24/10/75 - on Norwich depot2 | |||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56435 | Noted 02/12/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56435 | Noted 24/09/76 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56142 | Noted 07/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
| 50346 | 56142 | Noted 16/04/77 - on 1M67 1251 Norwich-Birmingham New Street with 50737 + 59267 + 50652 | |||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56144 | Noted 08/08/78 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56144 | Listed at NR - Autumn 1978 | ||||||
| 68 | 50346 | 56144 | Noted 02/01/79 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 50346 | 56432 | Transfer to LO - Nov-80 | |||||||
| 50346 | 56432 | Noted Oct-81 - ebay photo |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
25th April 1967
Set number: 82
Gloucester twin approaching Pinkhill with the SX 13:02 Corstorphine - Edinburgh Waverley on Tuesday 25 April 1967. Closest is SC50346 carrying set number 82. The 3 3/4 mile journey took 12 minutes with three intermediate stops. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th June 1975
Set number: 68
50346 at Cromer Beach on the 7th June 1975. It had recently been re-instated, having been withdrawn in October 1972. David Faircloth.
8th April 1978
Set number: 68
Norwich based DMU set 68 led by class 100 DMBS 50346 with class 105 DTCL 56435, plus two other sets on a Norwich - Dereham charter organised by the Wymondham & Dereham Rail Action Committee (WyDRAC), Railway Development Society (RDS) and LCGB on 8/Apr/1978. Seen at Norwich. Robert Chilton.
17th August 1979
Set number: 68
E50346 at March on a very damp August 17th 1979 in ex works condition with domino style headcode display. After this hasty (and somewhat blurred) photo had been taken, I went down to the platform where further scrutiny revealed a paint date of 29/7/79. It was paired here with a rather less sparkling Cravens trailer, E56114, they were working the 17.10 Cambridge to Peterborough service. Gerard Fletcher.
22nd March 1980
Set number: 68
E50346 is seen at Colchester with E56114 forming a Sudbury service on March 22, 1980. Jeremy Chapter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 25th April 1967
Set number: 79
A Gloucester twin departs Pinkhill station with the SX 13:02 Corstorphine - Waverley service (despite Princes St on blind) on Tuesday 25 April 1967. The DTCL carries set number 79, the DMBS SC50346 carried set number 82. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 22nd March 1980
This is the old Sudbury station; the line was later cut back about one hundred yards and the former station site is now a leisure centre. Working on Colchester services are Class 105 DTCL E56114 and Class 100 DMBS E50346 on March 22, 1980. Jeremy Chapter.