Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630
18/09/58 | New to | 53C (Hull Springhead) | |
30/11/58 | Transferred to | 53B (Hull Botanic Gardens) | - (53C closed) |
w/e 03/01/59 | Transferred to | 50A (York) | |
3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
16/06/68 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
Sep-68 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
May-71 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | NL | |
w/e 23/11/75 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
w/e 30/10/77 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
14/06/87 | Withdrawn from | CA (Cambridge) | |
Aug-87 | Reinstated | CA (Cambridge) | |
24/08/87 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) | |
p/e 31/12/88 | Sector Change to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
p/e 30/03/91 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
24/01/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NXXZ | |
18/02/92 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) NTCZ |
56371 - original number
54371 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
51213 | 56371 | As delivered to 53C - 18th September 1958 | |||||||
51213 | 56371 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||||
50202 | 56371 | Noted 03/11/66 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
51218 | 56371 | Noted 06/04/67 - at York1 | |||||||
51213 | 56371 | Noted 07/09/1968 - M.& G.N.J.R.S.East Anglian Branch Farewell No.2 Railtour | |||||||
51217 | 56371 | Noted 18/09/70 - at Ely1 | |||||||
51217 | 56371 | Noted 21/12/70 - at Norwich1 | |||||||
50152 | 56371 | Noted 01/09/72 - in Leeds City1 | |||||||
50152 | 56371 | Noted 24/04/1973 - at Scarborough2 | |||||||
50152 | 56371 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Doncaster3 | |||||||
50152 | 56371 | Noted 03/01/75 - in Leeds City3 | |||||||
50152 | 56371 | Noted 25/10/75 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
50201 | 56371 | Noted 29/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51252 | 56371 | Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51252 | 56371 | Noted 07/02/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51252 | 56371 | Noted 23/02/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51236 | 56371 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51236 | 56371 | Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
51225 | 56371 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51225 | 56371 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Huddersfield1 | |||||||
51220 | 56371 | Noted 14/03/78 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | |||||||
51220 | 56371 | Noted 31/03/1979 - Railway Development Society special Cambridge to Swavesey and return 51225-56382 + 51220-56371 | |||||||
51220 | 56371 | Noted circa 08/19834 | |||||||
51220 | 54371 | Noted 20/06/84 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
51220 | 54371 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||||
51220 | 54371 | Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 | |||||||
51220 | 54371 | Noted circa 11/19854 | |||||||
51220 | 54371 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 | |||||||
06 | 51220 | 54371 | Formed at CA circa Jun-86 | ||||||
06 | 51220 | 54371 | Noted 27/08/19864 | ||||||
06 | 51220 | 54371 | Noted 26/10/1986 - at Ely on 10.15 Norwich to Ely.5 | ||||||
L204 | 51220 | 54371 | Listed at OO - Oct-87 | ||||||
L204 | 51220 | 54371 | Listed at OO - 15/05/89 | ||||||
L204 | 51220 | 54371 | Noted circa 10/19904 | ||||||
L204 | 51220 | 54371 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Nicholas Youngman
This formation - 54371, 51220, 51905 and 54488 - arrived at Sheffield on 14/7/88 from the Doncaster direction (led by 54488 & 51905). Judging by the condition of the NSE DMU's It seems that they are ex-works and heading back to their home depot OOC. Wilson Adams.
Class 101 set L204 (54371 + 51220) with Class 117 set L705 (51319 at the far end) at Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101 set L204 (presumably 54371 + 51220) at Southall circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Metro Cammell class 101 unit L204 (vehicles 54371 and 51220) seen at Oxford in the spring of 1991 Bob Belcher.
Class 101 54371, set number L204, is seen condemned at Springburn works on 01.05.1993. It was waiting to make it's last journey into the adjacent MC Metals. Andy Cole.
A two-car Metro-Cammell Class 101 DMU formed of DMBS E51220 and DTCL E54371 with a Royston service at Cambridge on 22 January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101 set L204 (presumably 51220 + 54371) has a Class 104 DMS attached to the rear when seen working the 18:41 Paddington - Bourne End at Ealing Broadway on September 8, 1987. Michael Mensing.
Met-Camm set L204 (51220 closest, presumably with 54371) arrives into Southall station behind a Class 121 bubble car circa October 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
51220 and 54371 arrived at Sheffield on 14/7/88 from the Doncaster direction (led by 54488 & 51905). It seems that they are ex-works and heading back to their home depot OOC. Wilson Adams.
Class 101 two-car set L04 (presumably 51220 + 54371) seen at Hinksey South, looking north-west from Abingdon Road bridge, the train heading away from Oxford. Date unknown, the NSE livery looks fresh so possibly circa mid-to-late 1988. Ian Docwra.
I quite often used to have an afternoon at Kings Sutton in the late 1980s and early 1990s when there was an impressive variety of different types of trains to photograph. This picture of NSE Class 101 L204 (51220 + 54371) was taken on 8 May 1989 (from the roadbridge with a 150mm lens) as the unit worked a peak hours Didcot to Banbury service. Peter Tandy.
Class 101 set L204 (51220 + 54371) with Class 117 set L705 attached departs from Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Met-Camm set L204 (51220 and presumably 54371) in Bicester Town station on May 20 1991. John Carter.
Class 101 set L204 (presumably 51220 + 54371) on a down local in Sonning Cutting on 02/10/1991. Andrew Malloy.
53083, 51220, 54371, 51443 & 51445 sit with 20199 at M.C. Metals, Springburn 4-5-93. Kevin Dowd.