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Vehicle 56371 / 54371


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

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-73Depot code changeNL
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14/06/87 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)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18/02/92 Withdrawn from RG (Reading) NTCZ

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56371 - original number
54371 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 16/12/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Sheffield

14th July 1988

Set number: L204

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 DMU at Southall

circa October 1989

Set number: L204

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 DMU at Southall

circa 1991

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (presumably 54371 + 51220) at Southall circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Oxford

1991

Set number: L204

Metro Cammell class 101 unit L204 (vehicles 54371 and 51220) seen at Oxford in the spring of 1991 Bob Belcher.

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Works

1st May 1993

Set number: L204

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd January 1986

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.

DMU

Date: 8th September 1987

Set number: L204

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.

DMU

Date: circa October 1987

Set number: L204

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.

DMU

Date: 14th July 1988

Set number: L204

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.

DMU

Date: circa mid-to-late 1988

Set number: L204

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.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1989

Set number: L204

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.

DMU

Date: circa October 1989

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (51220 + 54371) with Class 117 set L705 attached departs from Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th May 1991

Set number: L204

Met-Camm set L204 (51220 and presumably 54371) in Bicester Town station on May 20 1991. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 2nd October 1991

Set number: L204

Class 101 set L204 (presumably 51220 + 54371) on a down local in Sonning Cutting on 02/10/1991. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 4th May 1993

Set number: L210

53083, 51220, 54371, 51443 & 51445 sit with 20199 at M.C. Metals, Springburn 4-5-93. Kevin Dowd.