Vehicle 56069 / 54069

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Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30262
Diagram: 630

Allocations

09/07/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
4w/e 02/01/65	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
8w/e 27/02/71	Transferred to	52J (South Gosforth)
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
16/03/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
30/11/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
31/03/88	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56069 - original number
54069 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

21/02/76 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/02/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50217	56069							As delivered to 54A - 9th July 1957
	50212	56069							Noted 27th October 1957
	50217	56069							Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 02/01/65
	51220	56069							Noted 27/05/70 - at Darlington1
	51212	56069							Transfer to 52J - Jan-71
	50233	56069							Noted 03/04/711
	50233	56069							Noted 04/09/71 - at Middlesbrough1
	50233	56069							Noted 11/1974 - at Newcastle 2
N113	50233	56069							Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number only on 560693
	50233	56069							Noted 19/04/1975 - 06:50 Newcastle to Darlington via Sunderland2
	50233	56069							Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central3
	50233	56069							Noted 06/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel3
	50233	56069							Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle 2
	50199	56069							Noted circa 03/19794
	50205	56069							Noted 19/10/80 - at Hartlepool
	50205	56069							Noted 30/05/81 - at South Shields
	50205	56069							Noted 16/01/19824
	50205	56069							Noted circa 02/19834
	51222	54069							Noted 10/12/1983 - at Carlisle4
	53219	54069							Noted circa 03/19854
	51216	54069							Noted 13/11/85 - at Hartlepool
	51219	54069							Noted circa 02/19864
	51216	54069							Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
77	51216	54069							Formed at NC circa Mar-86
	53320	54069							Noted 03/04/86 - at Norwich3
80	53220	54069							Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
80	53220	54069							Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich3

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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27th June 1989

Class 101 driver trailer E54069 at Snailwell on 27 June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

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27 June 1989

Class 101 driver trailer E54069 at Snailwell on 27 June 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 19th October 1980

E50205 + E56069 in Hartlepool station on October 19, 1980. A unit could usually be found stabled in the bay at the north end of Hartlepool station on a Sunday ready for the first service to Newcastle the next morning. John Carter.

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Date: 30th May 1981

Cars 50205 56069 wait at South Shields to return to Newcastle on 30/05/1981, the last day of British Rail services before conversion to Tyneside Metro system. The run down condition of the station is evident. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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Date: 13th November 1985

51216 and 54069 seen at Hartlepool on 13/11/85. Jerry Glover.