Vehicle 56088 / 54088
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30272
Diagram: 630
Allocations
| 11/12/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| 4w/e 01/10/60 | On loan to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 26/11/60 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DN | |
| 2w/e 12/12/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| Jan-84 | On loan to | AY (Ayr) | - cover for fire damaged vehicles |
| Mar-84 | Ex-loan back to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
| 22/06/86 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
| May-87 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) | |
| 14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) |
Notes
05/12/57 - 56088 noted in film clip at Met-Camm works: https://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-05121957-russian-delegation-visit-metropolitan-cammell
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56088 - original number
54088 - from May-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
05/02/77 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 03/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50295 | 56088 | As delivered to 51A - 11th December 1957 | |||||||
| 50295 | 56088 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 01/10/60 - on loan | |||||||
| 50295 | 56088 | Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 26/11/60 - ex-loan | |||||||
| 50250 | 56088 | Noted 18/08/70 - at Darlington1 | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Darlington2 | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted 11/1974 - at Darlington 3 | |||||||
| 50217 | 56088 | Noted 11/09/75 - at Brough2 | |||||||
| 50220 | 56088 | Noted 30/12/75 - at York2 | |||||||
| N152 | 50207 | 56088 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central, set number on both vehicles1 | ||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Transfer to NL - 2w/e 12/12/76 | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted 16/04/77 - on 18.11 Morecambe – Lancaster4 | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted 12/08/77 | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted 10/01/78 - on 2324 York-Leeds | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted 15/04/1978 - at York 3 | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted circa 11/19795 | |||||||
| 50207 | 56088 | Noted 29/06/80 - at Morecambe6 | |||||||
| 53207 | 54088 | Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds5 | |||||||
| 53207 | 54088 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||||
| 53207 | 54088 | Transfer to AY - Jan-84 - from NL | |||||||
| 53207 | 53510 | 54088 | Noted 31st January 1984 | ||||||
| 53207 | 54088 | Transfer to NL - Mar-84 - from AY | |||||||
| 53207 | 54088 | Listed at NL - 01/01/85 | |||||||
| 23 | 53207 | 54088 | Formed at CA circa Jun-86 | ||||||
| 23 | 53207 | 54088 | Noted 19/07/86 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 23 | 53207 | 54088 | Noted 03/10/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis
Images:
12th August 1977
The Morecambe shuttle at Lancaster with E56088 + E50207. It had worked from Morecambe with M56265 + M50982 which were going to work the next Barrow service. 12th August 1977. Robert Frise.
7th July 1985
A Class 101 DMU formed of E54088 + E53207 at Keighley, West Yorkshire, on 07/07/1985 with the 15:57 Leeds-Skipton service. Graeme Phillips Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: January 1984
Ayr Variety. Glasgow Central High Level with motley DMU formation departing for the Ayrshire coast in lingering snow and slush. The leading triple includes two ex Blackpool white stripe Class 104 Driving Cars sandwiching a Class 107 Trailer. Rear triple is probably MC DMB E53207 + BRCW DMC M53510 + MC DMS E54088. If anything, it shows the versatility of the Blue Square coupling code. Friday 27 January 1984. alicia hartman.
Date: January 1984
Ayr Variety. Glasgow Central High Level with motley six car DMU departing for the Ayrshire coast. Leading triple has two ex Blackpool white stripe Class 104 Driving Cars sandwiching a Class 107 Trailer. The rear set has two ex West Yorkshire PTE Metro Cammell Driving Cars sandwiching a Class 104 DMC. Rear triple is probably MC DMB E53207 + BRCW DMC M53510 + MC DMS E54088. Friday 27 January 1984. alicia hartman.
Date: January 1984
Ayr Variety. Platform 11 at Glasgow Central High Level with motley six car DMU departing for the Ayrshire coast. An old note book suggests the leading BRCW Triple is M53473 DMBSL (White Stripe) + Sc59789 (107 TSL) + M53525 DMCL (White Stripe and yellow First Class cantrail stripe) as seen at Central on 19/01/1984. The rear lash up is probably MC DMB E53207 + BRCW DMC M53510 + MC DMS E54088, previously seen at Ayr. Three manufacturers / vehicle types, all blue, blue with white stripe, blue - grey ... and 'first class'. Variety, indeed! A rotten photograph, but then again, possibly a rotten journey for commuters in vehicles past their best. Friday 27 January 1984. alicia hartman.