Vehicle 56384 / 54384

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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

3w/e 17/05/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 25/03/67	Transferred to	61A (Kittybrewster)
w/e 07/10/67	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
12/10/69	On loan to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
02/11/69	Transferred to	50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
May-73	Depot code change	BG
13/05/84	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	CA (Cambridge)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56384 - original number
54384 - from Mar-84 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 17/08/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51226	56384							As delivered to 62B - May 1958
	51226	56384							Noted 6th June 1958
	51226	56384							Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
	51226	56384							Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51252	56384							Noted 03/09/1971 - at York1
	51236	56384							Noted 05/08/1974 - at Sheffield 2
	51236	56384							Noted 29/08/74 - in Sheffield Midland3
	51228	56384							Noted 01/11/75 - at Brough4
	50381	56384							Noted 05/01/76 - at Brough4
	50381	56384							Noted 10/01/76 - at Brough4
	50381	56384							Noted 12/01/76 - at Brough4
	51238	56384							Noted 17/01/76 - at Brough4
	51238	56384							Noted 07/02/76 - at Brough4
	51238	56384							Noted 23/02/76 - at Selby4
	50157	56384							Noted 23/11/76 - at York4
	50154	56384							Noted 21/02/77 - at Brough4
	50167	56384							Noted 16/06/1978 - at Sheffield 2
	51441	54384							Noted circa 04/19855
	51441	54384							Noted 08/06/85 - at Norwich3
	51441	54384							Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
	51441	54384							Noted circa 03/19865
	51441	54384							Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
18	53293	54384							Formed at CA circa Jul-86
10	51230	54384							Noted 28/08/19865
10	51230	54384							Noted 13/09/1986 - at Hitchin6
85	51185	54384							Formation change - NC - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 54384 replaced 54352

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

Images:

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Unknown date

A Class 101 (E56384 closest) and Class 105 (E56473 closest) seen departing from Doncaster with Manchester on the destination blind, date unknown - the 105 DTCL was withdrawn in June 1981 so prior to that. Paul Redmond.

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12th July 1988

The March tool van and 54384 nearest then 54057 54392 54067 54383 51841 54416 and 54125.Seen passing at Ely Dock Junction on 12th July 1988. The working had originated from Tinsley yard. Nicholas Youngman.

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31st July 1988

Inside condemned E54384 on 31st July 1988 at Snailwell. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 12th July 1988

47 323 is seen at Ely Dock with a trainload of condemned DMUs (and a brakedown van) bound for Snailwell on July 12th, 1988. The first Class 105 vehicle behind the loco is E54125, the last Class 101 at the far end is E54384. Nicholas Youngman.