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<- 50355 | 50356 | 50357 ->

Vehicle 50356

Class 100

BR Diagram 536

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 05/10/57 New to 9D (Buxton)
Nov-57 Transferred to 5D (Cockshute)
Jan-58 Transferred to 8E (Brunswick)
Apr-58Depot code change27F
Jun-58 Transferred to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60Depot code change21F
Sep-63Depot code change2G
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 2G (Ryecroft)
3w/e 30/06/66 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
3w/e 30/03/69 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
May 1973Depot code changeLO
17/07/83 Withdrawn from LO (Longsight)

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50356 56111 As delivered to 9D - w/e 05/10/57
50356 56111 Transfer to 5D - Nov-57
50356 56150 Noted 21/08/68 - at Bangor1
LT299 50356 56231 Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69
LT299 50356 56111 Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70
50356 56111 Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1
50356 56111 Noted 28/08/75 - on Longsight depot2
50356 56111 Noted 23/02/76 - at Stalybridge1
50356 56111 Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
50356 56111 Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
50356 56111 Noted 04/01/78
50356 56111 Noted 18/02/1979 - at Crewe Station3
LO297 50356 56111 Noted circa 05/19824
LO297 50356 56111 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc4
LO297 50356 56111 Noted circa 09/19824
50356 56111 Noted circa 12/19824
50356 56111 Noted 15/07/1983 - Manchester Picc4
50356 56111 Noted 11/08/1983 - on 16.06 Llandudno - Holyhead with 50358-561134

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 100 DMU at Stalybridge

31st August 1976

M50356 (and presumably M56111) arrives at Stalybridge with the 14:30 from Stockport (with a tail lamp at this end? maybe changing platforms?) on 31 August 1976. On the left the 12:13 Scarborough-Liverpool Lime Street departs with refurbished liveried E50169 on the rear. Robert Thomas.

Class 100 DMU at New Mills Central

9th June 1977

A GRC&W Class 100 DMU with M50356 closest in New Mills Central station on 9 June 1977. A Met-Camm can just be seen disappearing in the distance. George Woods.

Class 100 DMU at New Mills Central

9th June 1977

A Class 100 GRC&W DMU with M50356 closest in New Mills Central station on 9 June 1977. George Woods.

Class 100 DMU at Stalybridge

8th December 1980

A GRC&W set formed of M50356 + M56111 with a Stockport train at Stalybridge on December 8th, 1980. John Carter.

Class 100 DMU at Chester depot

29th September 1983

Class 100 Gloucester 2-car DMU 50356+56111 stabled Chester depot on 27-9-83. My notes say there were three 2-car units of he class on Chester that evening, most of the surviving sets. This one would be withdrawn towards the end of the year. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 19th January 1959

The 6.25pm Birmingham New Street - Leamington Spa (Avenue) service on 19 June 1959 seen between Marston Green and Hampton-in-Arden. It is formed of two Ryecroft allocated GRC&W sets, M56105 on the left and the DMBS in the middle seems to be M50356. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 13th November 1982

Class 100 Gloucester 2-car DMU 56111 + 50356 approaches Hoole Lane, Chester, with a service from Manchester on 13-11-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 9th October 1983

Class 100 Gloucester RC&W 2-car DMU 56111+50356 in Platform 1a at Crewe 9-10-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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