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) |
4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 50A (York) | |
3w/e 19/03/60 | Transferred to | 55H (Neville Hill) | |
2w/e 12/01/63 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
w/e 13/02/77 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
w/e 04/09/77 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
18/01/87 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
Jun-87 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) | |
4w/e 03/12/88 | Sector Change to | NWRX | |
p/e 30/03/91 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
02/07/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
07/07/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
56372 - original number
54372 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
51214 | 56372 | As delivered to 53C - 18th September 1958 | |||||||
51214 | 56372 | Transfer to 50A - 4w/e 28/11/59 | |||||||
51214 | 56372 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||||
51214 | 56372 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 12/01/63 | |||||||
50226 | 56372 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
50226 | 56372 | Noted 25/08/1973 - at Hexham2 | |||||||
50226 | 56372 | Noted 29/08/74 - at Newcastle3 | |||||||
50226 | 56372 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central3 | |||||||
50226 | 56372 | Noted 24/08/75 - at Stockton3 | |||||||
50216 | 56372 | Noted circa 06/19774 | |||||||
51444 | 56372 | Noted 30/08/1979 - At Cambridge Station5 | |||||||
51443 | 56372 | Noted circa 07/19834 | |||||||
51443 | 54372 | Noted 19/06/84 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
51443 | 54372 | Noted 04/08/84 - at Leicester | |||||||
51443 | 54372 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||||
51443 | 54372 | Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 | |||||||
51443 | 54372 | Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986 | |||||||
20 | 51443 | 54372 | Formed at CA circa Jun-86 | ||||||
20 | 51443 | 54372 | Noted circa 08/19864 | ||||||
20 | 51443 | 54372 | Noted 13/12/19864 | ||||||
L202 | 51443 | 54372 | Listed at OO - Aug-87 | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Formation change - OO - circa 10/87 - 51225 replaced 51443 | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Listed at OO - Oct-87 | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Listed at OO - 15/05/89 | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | ||||||
L202 | 51225 | 54372 | Noted 4th March 1993 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
Two DMU twins in London Kings Cross, Class 101 E56372 + 51443 and Class 105 56421 + 51295. The slide process date was January 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
E56372 heads this 2-car Class 101 on the Shepreth branch towards Cambridge, 28th July 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
A Class 101 2-car set formed of 54372 + 51443 sit in Leicester station on the 4th August 1984. The orange curtains are prominent in the first class section on the DTC. Chris Lings.
Met-Camm set L202 at Westbourne Park, circa 1987. The DTS closest is presumably 54372. The Hammersmith & City line can be seen to the right. Ian Docwra.
54372 heads set L202 (presumably with 51225) on the 16:43 Oxford - Didcot seen near Didcot North Junction on the 28th August 1989. Hamish Stevenson.
L202 (presumably 54372 + 51225) with L124 (55024) arriving into Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
54372 of set L202 seen after terminating at Reading with the 10:54 SO from Henley-on-Thames on 22 January 1991. Robert Thomas.
NSE liveried Met-Camm Class 101 L202, 54372 leading, presumably with 51225; accelerating away from West Ealing station with an evening Paddington to Greenford service. 13 September 1991. Alistair Fyffe.
Class 101 DMU set L202 (54372 + 51225) in Oxford station on 23 May 1992. John Law.
Class 101 set 20 on a 12XX Sudbury - St Botolphs head off the Clacton Avoider as it awaits to leave Colchester (at 13:30) on 9 June 1986. 51443 is closest, presumably with 54372. Colin Brooks.
Class 101 DMU set L202 (51225 and presumably 54372) at Kings Sutton on 27 October 1988. David Bellamy.
BR Class 101 DMU W51225 + 54372 (56372) at Windsor and Eton Central Station with a service to Slough on 23.4.1989. Don Taggart.
L124 (55024) leads Met-Camm set L202 (presumably 51225 + 54372) into Southall in late 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Network South East liveried Class 101 DMU crosses the River Thames at Windsor & Eton Central on 17 March 1990. 51225 is closest, presumably with 54372 as part of set L202. Dave Warby.
Class 101 DMU set L202 (51225 + 54372) in Oxford station on 23 May 1992. John Law.