Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630
23/10/58 | 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) | |
w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
p/e 11/09/78 | Transferred to | DN (Darlington) | |
13/05/84 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | - Darlington closed |
04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
06/03/88 | Stored U. | NH (Newton Heath) | |
3w/e 20/05/88 | Reinstated | NH (Newton Heath) | |
10/11/88 | Stored S. | CP PSPX | |
06/04/89 | Transfer | BY (Bletchley) NNLX | |
20/01/91 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
p/e 30/03/91 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
22/09/92 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) NWRX |
January 1989 - Seen stored in Crewe carriage sidings
56381 - original number
54381 - from Jul-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
23/09/78 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
51223 | 56381 | As delivered to 53C - 23rd October 1958 | |||||||
51223 | 56381 | Transfer to 55H - 3w/e 19/03/60 | |||||||
51222 | 56381 | Noted 21/08/65 - at Bridlington1 | |||||||
50205 | 56381 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
50205 | 56381 | Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2 | |||||||
50205 | 56381 | Noted 07/01/75 - at York3 | |||||||
50205 | 56381 | Noted 07/04/1976 - at Newcastle 4 | |||||||
50205 | 56381 | Noted 09/09/76 - in Carlisle Citadel3 | |||||||
50259 | 56381 | Noted 29/12/80 - on 11:15 Saltburn - Darlington service | |||||||
50233 | 56381 | Noted 04/04/82 - at Grangetown | |||||||
50246 | 56381 | Noted circa 10/19825 | |||||||
53212 | 54381 | Noted 19/07/83 - on 14:55 Newcastle-Sunderland service | |||||||
53211 | 54381 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||||
53223 | 54381 | Noted 10/02/86 - on 12:42 Carlisle - Newcastle6 | |||||||
53248 | 54381 | Noted circa 12/19865 | |||||||
N620 | 53091 | 54381 | Listed at NH - May-88 | ||||||
N357 | 53091 | 54381 | Noted circa May-88 | ||||||
N357 | 53091 | 54381 | Listed at NH - May 1988 | ||||||
N357 | 53091 | 54381 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
N620 | 53091 | 54381 | Noted circa Jul-88 | ||||||
51664 | 54381 | Noted 26/02/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54499 + 518497 | |||||||
51664 | 54381 | Noted 13/03/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54228 + 516527 | |||||||
51663 | 59731 | 54381 | 51664 | Noted circa 05/19905 | |||||
51664 | 54381 | Noted 21/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51661 + 59664 + 59657 + 516637 | |||||||
51855 | 54381 | Noted circa 07/19905 | |||||||
L210 | 53083 | 54381 | Listed at OO - 21/01/91 | ||||||
L210 | 53083 | 54381 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | ||||||
spare | 54381 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann
7: Aaron Calder
A two-car Class 101 DMU with Hartlepool on the destination blind seen at Stockton, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
E56381 + E50233 are seen at Grangetown from another DMU on April 4, 1982, when passenger services were diverted over the goods lines. John Carter.
The 16.20 to Darlington awaits departure from Saltburn on 16 June 1987, with 54381 nearest the camera. Robert28194.
Class 101/116 hybrid set L210 (54381 and presumably 53083) at Southall circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set L210 (presumably 54381 + 53083) at Appleford on 22 May 1991 with Reading displayed on the destination blind. Brian Daniels.
Class 101/116 hybrid DMU set L210 (54381 + 53083) departs from Radley with a Banbury service on 29 February 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
On 29-12-1980 E50259 + E56381 are seen with the 1115 Saltburn - Darlington service at South Bank. South Bank station was demolished and a new station built slightly nearer to Middlesbrough, the much simplified trackwork now gives no hint of this stations existence. John Carter.
E53212 E54381 arriving at Boldon Colliery (Tyneside) with the 14:55 Newcastle-Sunderland on 19/07/1983. In the background, the horizon is dominated by Monkton Coke Works. Boldon Colliery station was renamed Brockley Whins in 1991, and it became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system when the Sunderland extension was opened in 2002. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 116/101 hybrid L210 with 53083 leading enters Reading on 27/3/91. 53083 lost it’s original working partner as long ago as 1961 when 50125 was written off by a runaway coal train in the Afan Valley, South Wales. The 101 DTC is presumably 54381. Mac Winfield.
The hybrid L210 (Class 116 53083 / Class 101 DTC presumably 54381) is seen at Oxford on 16-4-91. Mike Cooper.
Class 116/101 hybrid set L210 (53083 and presumably 54381) at Slough on 6 September 1991. John Carter.
Two hybrid DMUs arriving at Langley on Thursday 25/06/1992: 101/117 set L205 (54385 + 51367) and 101/116 set L210 (54381 + 53083). Andrew Malloy.
Two hybrid DMUs at Langley on Thursday 25/06/1992: 116/101 set L210 (53083 + 54381) and 117/101 set L205 (51367 + 54385). Andrew Malloy.