Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630
31/07/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 50A (York) | |
3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
21/04/63 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
05/03/67 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - Manningham closed |
11/08/68 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
w/e 07/02/76 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
w/e 17/09/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
w/e 20/05/79 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
15/05/83 | Transferred to | NR (Norwich) | |
Dec-83 | Depot code change | NC | |
13/05/84 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
10/05/87 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
Jun-88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
02/10/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
07/05/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | |
p/e 17/06/89 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) NNEX | |
p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | CA (Cambridge) NGEX | |
p/e 30/03/91 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
p/e 09/11/91 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
01/02/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
08/02/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
56362 - original number
54362 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
51204 | 56362 | As delivered to 56G - 31st July 1958 | |||||||
51204 | 56362 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||||
51204 | 56362 | Transfer to 55F - 21/04/63 | |||||||
51207 | 56362 | Transfer to 32A - 11/08/68 - from 55H | |||||||
51123 | 56362 | Noted 21/12/70 - at Peterborough1 | |||||||
50249 | 56362 | Noted 17/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | |||||||
45 | 50368 | 56362 | Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
52 | 50375 | 56362 | Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
57 | 51279 | 56362 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
32 | 50375 | 56362 | New set number at 32A - circa e1973 - set 52 became set 323 | ||||||
52 | 50375 | 56362 | New set number at - circa e1973 - 52 became 323 | ||||||
32 | 50375 | 56362 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
79 | 51223 | 56362 | Noted 28/07/73 - at Thetford2 | ||||||
79 | 51223 | 56362 | Noted 28/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
73 | 51204 | 56362 | Noted 16/05/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
51204 | 56362 | Noted 15/06/74 - at Peterborough1 | |||||||
73 | 51204 | 56362 | Noted 29/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds2 | ||||||
73 | 51204 | 56362 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
51213 | 56362 | Noted 23/02/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51218 | 56362 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
56362 | 51435 | Noted circa 10/19814 | |||||||
51435 | 56362 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||||
51435 | 56362 | Noted 05/03/83 - at York | |||||||
87 | 51435 | 54362 | Noted 20/05/83 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
51435 | 54362 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||||
51435 | 54362 | Noted 21st September 1985 | |||||||
51435 | 54362 | Noted circa 11/19854 | |||||||
51435 | 54362 | Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 | |||||||
51435 | 54362 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||||
51435 | 54362 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 | |||||||
13 | 51435 | 54362 | Formed at CA circa Jun-86 | ||||||
13 | 51435 | 54362 | Noted 28/08/19864 | ||||||
51435 | 54362 | Noted 22nd April 1987 | |||||||
57 | 51435 | 54362 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 | ||||||
51435 | 54362 | Noted 31/01/88 - on 14.25 Cambridge to Norwich | |||||||
T218 | 51435 | 54362 | Formed at TS p/e 18/07/88 | ||||||
N613 | 51435 | 54362 | Noted circa 11/19884 | ||||||
N613 | 51435 | 54362 | Noted 02/05/89 - on a Preston to Ormskirk service | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Noted 16/06/90 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Noted circa 08/19904 | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Noted 10/11/1990 - Badger Railtours The Roving Docker | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Listed at CA - 21/01/91 | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Noted circa 08/19924 | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | ||||||
L224 | 51445 | 54362 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | ||||||
51445 | 54362 | Noted 09/11/92 - on 14:37 Ealing Broadway - Greenford5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy
A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 and Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge departing for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
A two-car Class 101 DMU with DTCL E56362 is seen crossing the swing bridge at Selby on 19 April 1976. Michael Mensing.
A Met-Camm class 101 DMU forms a Scarborough train at York, date unknown. DTC E56362 is closest. Ian Docwra.
Class 101 DTSL E56362 during an overhaul - probably in Doncaster Works, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
A two-car Met-Camm set with E56362 closest heading for York at Gateshead. Circa late Spring 1978. Walter Burt Collection.
Class 101 unit E56362+E51435 waits at York with a service to Harrogate on the 5th March 1983 Kevin Law.
101 Set 13 (presumably 54362 + 51435) with the 14XX St Botolphs - Sudbury approaches Colchester on Saturday 20th September 1986. Colin Brooks.
E54362 + E51435 (set 57) at Ely North Junction with the 14.25 Cambridge to Norwich on Sunday 31st January 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Running through the flat agricultural landscape of rural West Lancashire, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 two-car DMU formed of DTCL E54362 + DMBS E51435 (set N613) was passing Cocker Bar whilst running between Midge Hall and Croston with a Preston to Ormskirk service on May 2nd 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 101s 54362 + 51445 / 54380 + 51213 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.
Class 101s 54362 + 51445 / 54380 + 51213 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.
Network South-East liveried Class 101 set L224 (51445 + 54362), photographed at Melton Mowbray while working a Norwich to Birmingham train on 16 June 1990. It was allocated to Cambridge depot. Peter Tandy.
54362 (and presumably 51445) on the 1721 Reading-Oxford at Didcot on 6/9/91. John Carter.
A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 & Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 (Set No.65) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge ready to depart for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
A mixed 2-car Local Passenger set consisting of Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 100 No.E51114 & Metro Cammell Class 144 No.E56362 (Set No.65) in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Cambridge ready to depart for Ely, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
M53741 + M59063 + M53652 with E54362 + E51435 depart Norwich at 13:20 on Saturday 21st September 1985. Colin Brooks.
Two power-trailer Class 101 DMUs sit in Ely station on 30 May 1987. Closest is set 52 with the DTC being 54396 on a southbound passenger service, the other set is 57 with the DTC being 54362. Robert Thomas.
51435 and 54362 seen north of Ely with the 14.11 Ely to Norwich on 27th May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Class 101s 51213 + 54380 / 51445 + 54362 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.
Class 101s 51213 + 54380 / 51445 + 54362 at Middleton Towers on 30 September 1989. The afternoon trip from Kings Lynn was in connection with the Cambridge Rail Day. Rob Paterson.
Withdrawn Class 101s seen from a passing train in Holgate sidings on 25/02/93. Centre is 51445, presumably with L224 partner 54362, both withdrawn from Reading at the start of the month and cut at MC Metals in Springburn at the end of the month. David Bellamy.