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<- 56340 | 56341 | 56342 ->

Vehicle 56341 / 54341

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: 30468
Diagram: 630

Allocations

The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51183 during the unknown period are:

29/11/58 New to 3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60Depot code change21E
Sep-63Depot code change2H
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)

Then the allocations for 56341 are:

24/11/85 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/02/86 Stored S. CF (Cardiff Canton) - pending transfer to ScR
31/05/86 Reinstated HA (Haymarket)
Jun-86 Stored HA (Haymarket)
28/09/86 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket)

Notes

23/03/87 - 54341/56 noted at Aberdeen Ferryhill where one would be converted to an observation saloon for the Kyle of Lochalsh line (54356 was chosen).

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56341 - original number
54341 - from Nov-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 17/02/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51183 56341 As delivered to 3E - 29th November 1958
CR233 51183 56341 Noted circa Jun-69
51195 56341 Noted 08/05/1972 - At Chester Station when runaway freight train crashed and caught fire. 51195 damaged beyond repair.1
51203 56341 Noted 03/09/73 - at Shrewsbury2
51203 56341 Noted 08/09/73 - in Manchester Victoria2
CR253 51203 56341 Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester, 56341 displayed CR2332
51179 56341 Noted 13/04/1977 - 2D62, 17.09 Manchester Victoria to Llandudno Junction1
51179 56341 Noted 08/07/78 - on 0725 Llandudno Jn-Llandudno with 51194 + 56334
51179 56341 Noted circa 08/19801
51179 56341 Noted 24/10/1980 - At Crewe Station3
51182 54341 Noted circa 04/19831
51182 54341 Noted circa 07/19841
C201 51182 54341 Formation change - CF - circa Nov-85
51182 54341 Transfer to HA - 11/05/86 - from Ss(CF)
54341 Noted 12/10/1986 - at Haymarket Depot1

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Handsworth Wood

July 1959

Three two-car sets (Met-Camm, GRC&W and one more) on the site of Handsworth Wood station in July 1959. 56341 appears to be leading. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Coventry

22nd July 1961

A two-car Met-Camm DMU with DTCL M56341 closest arriving into Coventry station with the 1.14pm Nuneaton- Leamington Spa (Ave) service on 22 July 1961. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Aberystwyth

circa 1974

Class 101 DTC(L) no. 56341 is seen soon after arrival at Aberystwyth, early 1970s. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Haymarket depot

29th May 1986

With a broken window Class 101 DTSL M54341 is seen alongside 08881 on Haymarket Depot on 29 May 1986. Andrew Malloy.

Class 101 DMU at Perth

14th October 1994

Set number: C201

Cannabilised M54341 + Sc51468 are seen at Perth on the 14th October 1994. The DTC still carries its C201 set number, it had moved from Cardiff to Haymarket in March 1986 and withdrawn from there six months later. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: June 1959

A two-car Met-Camm DMU in Birmingham New Street station with a Coventry service in late June 1959. Closest is M56341 or M56342. Michael Mensing.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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