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Vehicle 56073 / 54073

Class 101

BR Diagram 630

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

Allocations

21/08/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
May-73Depot code changeGF
w/e 22/08/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
w/e 30/10/77 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
10/05/87 Transferred to NC (Norwich)
07/07/91 Transferred to CA (Cambridge) PCAX
10/05/92 Transferred to LO (Longsight) RCLO
27/08/92 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
05/10/92 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56073 - original number
54073 - from Aug-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 30/08/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

56073 was involved in the following incident:

See image on flickr.

11/11/76 - Melton Lane Signal Box

Collision involving Class 101 / Brake van

51238 + 56073 collided with a brake van that was left on the Up Slow line at Melton Lane Signal Box while working the 10:15 Hull - Goole service. The signalman had not realised that the brake van and a number of wagons had been left on the Up Slow as part of a shunt and he accepted the passenger train in error.

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50221 56073 As delivered to 54A - 21st August 1957
51220 56073 Transfer to 51A - Oct-61
51206 56073 Noted 01/04/70 - at Newcastle1
51221 56073 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
51221 56073 Noted 09/06/73 - at Thornaby2
51221 56073 Noted 25/08/1973 - at Carlisle3
N124 51221 56073 Noted 28/08/74 - in Newcastle Central (set number on solebar of trailer)2
51221 56073 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot2
51221 56073 Noted 01/04/1976 - on 17:40 Carlisle to Newcastle4
50136 56073 Noted 07/04/1976 - at Carnforth4
50227 56073 Transfer to NL - w/e 22/08/76
51238 56073 Noted 26/10/76 - at York1
51442 56073 Noted circa 01/19775
51215 56073 Noted 02/04/78 - on Cambridge depot2
51443 56073 Noted 30/08/1979 - At Hitchin Sidings6
51442 54073 Noted 28/03/85 - at Norwich2
51442 54073 Noted circa 04/19855
51442 54073 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51442 54073 Noted circa 04/19865
19 51442 54073 Noted 15/05/86 - at Norwich2
51442 54073 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
19 51442 54073 Noted 27/08/19865
51442 54073 Noted 20/02/87 - on 15:10 Cambridge - Royston7
19 51442 54073 Noted 11/04/87 - at Colchester North station
59 51442 54073 Noted 29/08/19875
59 51442 54073 Listed at NC - Dec-87
59 51442 54073 Noted circa 09/19885
59 51442 54073 Noted 08/06/89 - at Hoveton & Wroxham
59 51442 54073 Listed at NC - Feb-90
59 51442 54073 Noted circa 08/19905
51442 54073 Noted 06/09/90 - on 11:39 Skegness - Nottingham8
59 51442 54073 Listed at CA - Jul-91
59 51442 54073 Listed at CA - Aug-91
59 51442 54073 Listed at CA - Dec-91
60 51463 54073 Noted 05/02/92 - on 13:19 Skegness - Gainsborough, 14:13 Boston - Nottingham and 16:54 Sleaford - Gainsborough8
LO237 51185 54073 Listed at LO - 02/07/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Martin Baumann
8: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle

29th May 1962

DTCL E56073 sits at the front of the two-car Met-Camm DMU forming the 2.10pm to Alnwick at Newcastle on 29 May 1962. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Naworth

17th June 1967

On 17 June 1967 E56073 lead 1M02 the 0920 Newcastle to Carlisle approaching Naworth Half Barrier level crossing and the site of Naworth station which closed in 1952. Keith Long.

Class 101 DMU at York

5th August 1977

A Class 101 at York on 05/08/1977. The car nearest the camera appears to be E56073, exhibiting the DMU Refurbished livery of white with blue band - within the blue band is the logo of West Yorkshire PTE, later MetroTrain. At the time it was based at Neville Hill (Leeds), two months later it would be transferred to Cambridge. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Cambridge

30th April 1980

In refurbished white with blue stripe livery, a Metro-Cammell two-car Class 101 DMU formed of cars E56073 & E51443 was stood in the bay at Cambridge on April 30th 1980. Both cars would be withdrawn from service in 1992. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 101 DMU at Ely

23rd December 1987

Set number: 59

E54073 + E51442 seen just north of Ely on the 08.43 Cambridge to Lowestoft, 23.12.87. Nicholas Youngman.

Class 101 DMU at Cromer

6th June 1989

54073 + 51442 departing Cromer on June 6, 1989. John Carter.

Class 101 DMU at Norwich

1990

Set number: 59

Norwich allocated class 101 Metro Cammell unit 59 (54073 visible) seen alongside class 156 set 156 420 at Norwich in the summer of 1990. Bob Belcher.

Class 101 DMU at Newmarket

August 1990

Set number: 59

A 2 car class 101 with DTC 54073 leading (and the DMBS is presumably is 51442) arrives at Newmarket. Robert28194.

Class 101 DMU at Skegness

5th February 1992

Set number: 60

54073 at Skegness on 5 February 1992. It was paired with 51463. David Bellamy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 11th April 1987

Set number: 19

On Saturday 11th April 1987 51442 + 54073 depart from Platform 1 at Colchester North Station on an eastbound special working. AndrewHA.

DMU

Date: 20th August 1988

Set number: 59

A Class 101 2-car dmu (vehicles 51442 + 54073) at Ely - thought to be changing platforms to form the 08.02hrs train to Cambridge on 20 August 1988. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 8th June 1989

Set number: 59

51442 + 54073 at Hoveton & Wroxham on 8/6/89. John Carter.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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