Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30260
Diagram: 630
21/05/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
Oct-61 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
4w/e 31/01/71 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
15/05/83 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
04/10/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
14/05/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
07/07/91 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) PCAX | |
08/04/92 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) RDNC | |
17/05/93 | Transferred to | LO (Longsight) RCLO | |
Nov-01 | Withdrawn |
56056 - original number
54056 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by CF Booth, Rotherham
50204 | 56056 | As delivered to 51A - 21st May 1957 | |||||||
50204 | 56056 | Transfer to South Gosforth - Oct-61 | |||||||
50295 | 56056 | Noted 03/09/73 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
50252 | 56056 | Noted 19/09/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50252 | 56056 | Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
50165 | 56056 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at York 2 | |||||||
51211 | 56056 | Noted circa 11/19793 | |||||||
53200 | 54056 | Noted 28/11/85 | |||||||
51219 | 54056 | Noted 26/04/1986 - C.J. Wolstenholmes The Chevy Chase Railtour 53162-59076-53195 + 51219-54056 + 53196-53252 | |||||||
53165 | 54056 | Noted circa 11/19863 | |||||||
53256 | 54056 | Noted 22/11/19863 | |||||||
53223 | 54056 | Noted 25/07/19873 | |||||||
N618 | 53949 | 54056 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | ||||||
N618 | 53934 | 54056 | Formed at NH p/e 17/06/88 | ||||||
53949 | 54056 | Noted 18/06/1988 - Barrow connection from BR Carlisle-Portsmouth excursion | |||||||
N618 | 53949 | 54056 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
NL254 | 53949 | 54056 | Listed at NL - 05/09/89 | ||||||
53949 | 54056 | Noted 02/10/89 - on 16:06 York - Sheffield direct via Pontefract4 | |||||||
53949 | 54056 | Noted 19/11/1989 - BLS Worth Valley Wanderer Railtour 51184-51808 + 53949-54056 | |||||||
51463 | 54056 | Noted 06/05/90 - on 15:53 York - Sheffield via Pontefract5 | |||||||
N616 | 51420 | 54056 | Noted 29/09/90 - on Tinsley depot open day shuttle, 54056 marked N618 | ||||||
51420 | 54056 | Noted 24/10/90 - on 12:27 Lincoln - Sheffield4 | |||||||
spare | 54056 | Listed at CA - Jul-91 | |||||||
spare | 54056 | Listed at CA - Aug-91 | |||||||
54 | 51230 | 54056 | Listed at CA - Aug-91 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Listed at CA - Dec-91 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Noted circa 01/19923 | ||||||
51230 | 54056 | Noted 05/02/92 - on 19:06 Gainsborough - Peterborough5 | |||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Noted 03/05/92 - at Norwich6 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Listed at NC - 02/07/92 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Listed at NC - 24/09/92 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Listed at NC - November 1992 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Listed at NC - 10/12/92 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Listed at LO - November 1993 | ||||||
101656 | 51230 | 54056 | Noted circa 10/19943 | ||||||
51230 | 54056 | Noted 22/10/94 - on 2H21 18:04 Crewe - Manchester Piccadilly5 | |||||||
101656 | 51428 | 51230 | 54056 | Noted 09/01/01 - on 10:26 Manchester Piccadilly to Marple |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips
5: David Bellamy
6: Gerald Brown
E54056 + E53200 and Bristol FLF-ECW 104 JNU 987D of United, North Ormesby on 28-11-1985. John Carter.
A two-car Class 101/108 hybrid DMU formed of cars 54056 & 53949 was arriving at Rufford with an Ormskirk to Preston service on the evening of April 1st 1989. The Tarleton Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was then a quiet little-used backwater. This location now has marinas either side of the canal, a footbridge, car parks and the railway is now obscured by trees. Martyn Hilbert.
54056 is the Met-Camm in a Class 101/108 hybrid (presumably with 53949) at Sheffield, 13th September 1989. Malcolm Clements.
101656 (54056 + 51230) at Peterborough on 4 March 1992. David Bellamy.
DTS 54056 leads 51230 on the 15:26 Rose Hill - Marple arriving into Romiley, 2/7/93. Gazza Prescott.
54056 and 51230 at Rose Hill with the 19:34 to Piccadilly on 3/7/93. Gazza Prescott.
The 16:35 to Huddersfield awaiting departure from Manchester Victoria formed by 54056 and 51230 on the 1st October 1993. Gazza Prescott.
101656 (54056 + 51230) in Manchester Piccadilly station forming the 07:38 to Rose Hill on June 20, 1994. Hamish Stevenson.
Class 101 DMU set 101656 (54056 + 51230) at Barber Booth, west of Edale, looking west, in Hope Valley on 26.6.94. George Woods.
Class 101 DMU set 101656 (54056 + 51230) at Barber Booth, west of Edale, looking west, in Hope Valley on 26.6.94. Cowburn Tunnel in the background. George Woods.
Class 101 DMU set 101656 (54056 + 51230) at Barber Booth, west of Edale, looking west, in Hope Valley on 26.6.94. George Woods.
101656 (54056 + 51230) is seen arriving into Chester on 22.04.1996 in Regional Railways livery. Andy Cole.
Class 101 DMUs on the blocks at Manchester Piccadilly: 101-683 on left (51177) for Hope Valley, 101-656 (54056) on right 7-8-99. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
101656 (54056 + 51230) at Romiley on January 6, 2000, with a Manchester - Rose Hill service. Nigel Walls.
101656 (54056 + 51230) at New Mills Central on the 18:46 to Manchester Oxford Rd, 20-7-00. Kevin Dowd.
101656 (54056 + 51230 with 51428) on 2H66, the 10:26 Manchester Piccadilly to Marple at Romiley, 9-1-01. Kevin Dowd.
Arriving at Marple 3-car 101 set 101656 in February 2001. Presumably 54056 + 51230 with 51428 added for extra power. Ian Buck.
E51219 + possibly E54056 on a Middlesbrough - Newcastle approaching Newcastle (1230) Saturday 21st March 1987. Colin Brooks.
A Class 108 (53949) / 101 (presumably 54056) hybrid DMU formation is seen calling at the Retford low level station on 01/08/1990. The electrified flyover is the East Coast Main Line. Graeme Phillips Collection.
51420 (marked N616) + 54056 (marked N618) empties it's passengers at Tinsley during an open day on 29/9/90. Hamish Stevenson.
A hybrid DMU set with Class 108 DMBS 51420 and Class 101 DTCL 54056 with the 18.46 Sheffield-Lincoln Central at Worksop on 17 May 1991. Dave Warby.
101 656 (51230 + 54056) at Cromer with the 05:21 Norwich - Sheringham on the 7th July 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
With DMBS 51230 and DTS 54056, 101 656 is seen at Fairfield with the 15:26 Rose Hill - Piccadilly on the 2nd July 1993. Gazza Prescott.
The 16:35 from Manchester is seen after arriving at Huddersfield on the 1st October 1993 formed 51230 / 54056. Gazza Prescott.
101656 (51230 + 54056) in Manchester Victoria on 2 October 1993. David Bellamy.
Class 101 DMU set 101656 (51230 + 54056) in Hope Valley between Edale and Hope, near Clough Farm, looking east on 26.6.94. George Woods.
Class 101 DMU set 101656 (51230 + 54056) at Barber Booth, west of Edale, looking east, in Hope Valley on 26.6.94. George Woods.
101656 (51230 + 54056) Platform 1 at Manchester Piccadilly on 13 March 1995. David Bellamy.
Class 101 53322, set number L840, and Class 101 54056, set number 101656, are seen at Chester on 22.04.1996. Both were allocated to Longsight. 53322 was unrefurbished and carried Network South East livery, while 54056 was refurbished and carried Regional Railways livery. Andy Cole.
A remarkably clean 51230 (101656 with 54056) calls at Romiley with a Manchester Piccadilly-Marple service, 3/6/97 Chris Moxon.
101656 (51230 & 54056) berthed at Longsight depot on 23rd September 1999. Ian Buck.
Three-car 'go-faster' set 101656 (51428 added to 51230 + 54056) in Manchester Piccadilly on 16/11/00. Stuart Mackay Collection.
51428 has been added to 101656 (51230 + 54056) making it a three-car when seen at Marple in February 2001. Ian Buck.
A 3-car 101 set 101656 seen at Romiley February 2001. Presumably 51428 added to 51230 + 54056. Ian Buck.
Class 101 DMU set 101692 (53170 + 53253) in Manchester Piccadilly with a Marple service on August 2001. The car to the right is easily identified as 54056 by the circle above the destination box. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
Unit 101656 (51230 + 54056) at Manchester Piccadilly on 14 September 2001. Lewis Bevan.