Vehicle 56376 / 54376

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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

02/10/58	New to	South Gosforth
4w/e 24/01/59	Transferred to	50B (Neville Hill)
Jan-60	Depot code change	55H
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
2w/e 29/02/76	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56376 - original number
54376 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 22/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51218	56376							As delivered to South Gosforth - 2nd October 1958
	51213	56376							Noted Jul-66 - at Brough1
	51218	56376							Noted 12/08/68 - at Cambridge2
	51218	56376							Noted 31/08/68 - at Ely North Junction2
	50366	56376							Noted 18/09/70 - at Peterborough1
	51125	56376							Noted 06/03/1971 - at Birmingham New Street3
	50202	56376							Noted 04/06/71 - at Leeds City1
	50204	56376							Noted 31/08/71 - at Haltwhistle1
	50211	56376							Noted 31/08/71 - at Carlisle1
	50202	56376							Noted 02/10/1971 - at Wakefield4
	50202	56376							Noted 08/09/73 - at York2
	50202	56376							Noted 19/04/74 - at Leeds1
	50203	56376							Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
	51207	56376							Transfer to GF - 4w/e 29/02/76
	50291	56376							Noted circa 12/19815
	51214	56376							Noted 25/09/82 - crossing Scotswood Bridge
	51213	54376							Transfer to CA - 11/05/86 - from HT
	51213	54376							Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
02	51208	54376							Noted 13/08/86 - at Norwich2
04	51215	54376							Noted 13/09/1986 - at Hitchin6
04	51215	54376							Formation change - CA - circa Dec-86

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

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6th December 1969

Sudbury station in the snow on December 6, 1969. The train is the 13.57 to Colchester, and the DTCL closest is E56376. Tom Burnham.

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25th September 1982

E56376 + E51214 crossing Scotswood Bridge on September 25, 1982. John Carter.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 12th August 1987

E53363, E54376 and E54373 withdrawn at Ely yard, August 12, 1987. Nicholas Youngman.