Vehicle 56364 / 54364
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630
Allocations
| 08/08/58 | New to | 56G (Hammerton Street) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/60 | Transferred to | 55F (Manningham) | |
| 4w/e 03/03/62 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
| 4w/e 30/06/62 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 2w/e 12/01/63 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| Oct-68 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| w/e 29/11/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 20/05/84 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 05/04/87 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 14/06/87 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 09/09/88 | Withdrawn from | HT (Heaton) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56364 - original number
54364 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 02/05/1980 released in blue/grey livery56364 was involved in the following incident:
15/3/72 - Whittlesea, ER
Collision involving Class 101 / Parcels Train
Info from Peter Mullen, Ipswich Transport Society
A communication failure saw a DMU formed of 56364 + 51207 run into the back of a Parcels Train during 'Time Interval Working'. 56364 was the damaged vehicle. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51206 | 56364 | As delivered to 56G - 8th August 1958 | |||||||
| 51206 | 56364 | Transfer to 55F - 2w/e 30/04/60 | |||||||
| 51206 | 56364 | Transfer to 55H - 4w/e 03/03/62 | |||||||
| 51206 | 56364 | Transfer to 50C - 4w/e 30/06/62 | |||||||
| 51206 | 56364 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63 | |||||||
| 51217 | 56364 | Noted 24/07/69 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
| 51115 | 56364 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Ely2 | |||||||
| 51223 | 56364 | Noted 01/09/71 - at Ipswich2 | |||||||
| 51223 | 56364 | Noted 03/09/71 - at Cambridge2 | |||||||
| 74 | 51207 | 56364 | Noted 15/03/72 - involved in collision at Whittlesea, 56364 was the damaged vehicle3 | ||||||
| 34 | 50387 | 56364 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51207 | 56364 | Noted 02/05/73 - at Cambridge1 | |||||||
| 74 | 51207 | 56364 | Noted circa late 1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 78 | 51222 | 56364 | Noted 16/02/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 78 | 51222 | 56364 | Noted 02/03/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 78 | 51222 | 56364 | Noted 10/08/74 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 78 | 51222 | 56364 | Noted 24/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 78 | 51222 | 56364 | Noted 31/01/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 78 | 51222 | 56364 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 | ||||||
| 78 | 51222 | 56364 | Noted 27/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 50253 | 56364 | Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough2 | |||||||
| 50253 | 56364 | Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull2 | |||||||
| 51217 | 54364 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||||
| 75 | 51217 | 54364 | Noted 14/06/84 - at Norwich1 | ||||||
| 75 | 51217 | 54364 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
| 75 | 51217 | 54364 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
| 75 | 51217 | 54364 | Noted 12/04/19864 | ||||||
| 75 | 51217 | 54364 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
| 75 | 51217 | 54364 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | ||||||
| 75 | 53227 | 54364 | Noted 31/08/87 - at Heworth |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
14th November 1970
DMU leaving Yarmouth Vauxhall on November 14, 1970. The 14.47 to Norwich is passing the signalbox on a drizzly November day. The extensive carriage sidings can be seen in the distance. Closest is Class 101 DTCL E56364, furthest is Class 100 E51115. Tom Burnham.
1st April 1985
Set number: 75
Class 101 DMU set 75 (54364 + 51217) departs from Sudbury on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.
circa mid-1980s
Set number: 75
A two-car Class 101 DMU heads towards the swing bridge at Reedham. Closest is DTCL 54364 which dates this between May 1984 and April 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
14th June 1986
Set number: 75
Class 101 DTS 54364 (part of Norwich set 75) is seen at Tyseley on June 14, 1986. Andy Cole.
31st August 1987
Set number: 75
E54364 + E53227 at Heworth on August 31, 1987. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th October 1984
Set number: 75
Class 101 numbers E51217 and E54364 are departing from Norwich Thorpe with the 1505 to Sheringham, Class 03 No 03158 is about to shunt the stock of a train which has just arrived from London Liverpool Street to release the train engine. Keith Long.
Date: 1st April 1985
Set number: 75
Class 101 DMU set 75 (51217 + 54364) arrives into Marks Tey station with a Sudbury service on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.
Date: 1st April 1985
Set number: 75
Class 101 DMU set 75 (51217 + 54364) arrives into Sudbury station on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.
Date: 1st April 1985
Set number: 75
Class 101 DMU set 75 (51217 + 54364) in Sudbury station on 1 April 1985. An image from the Jim Freebury Railway Slide Archive Collection. David Page.
Date: 10th August 1985
Set number: 75
51217 sits at the front of set 75 (presumably with 54364) in the very dilapidated station at Felixstowe on August 10, 1985. David Christie.
Date: 28th May 1986
Set number: 75
Class 101 set 75 (presumably 51217 + 54364) arrives into Hitchin to form a 12:xx Hitchin - Peterborough service on Wednesday 28th May 1986. Colin Brooks.