Vehicle 56389 / 54389
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
| w/e 24/05/58 | New to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| Jun-59 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 21/11/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 02/10/69 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| Feb-72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 4w/e 02/07/77 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 05/11/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| 3w/e 04/02/79 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
15th May 1958 - Seen in 8-car set passing through Preston en route from Metro-Cammell to Cowlairs.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56389 - original number
54389 - from 1983 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 09/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51231 | 56389 | Noted 15th May 1958 - en route from Saltley to Cowlairs | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | As delivered to 62B - May 1958 | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | Noted 11th August 1958 | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 21/11/59 | |||||||
| 51231 | 56389 | Transfer to 64H - 4w/e 02/10/69 | |||||||
| 50291 | 56389 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 51239 | 56389 | Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51483 | 56389 | 51520 | Noted 11/10/77 - on 2G83 1716 North Berwick-Edinburgh | ||||||
| 51463 | 56389 | 51520 | Noted 14/10/77 - on 2H66 1918 Edinburgh-Dunblane | ||||||
| 191 | 51224 | 56389 | 51533 | Listed at ED - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 50167 | 56389 | Noted circa 08/19813 | |||||||
| 50167 | 56389 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||||
| 53167 | 54389 | Noted 27/09/1983 - Manchester Picc3 | |||||||
| 53230 | 54389 | Noted 16/05/19843 | |||||||
| 53230 | 54389 | Noted 22/07/84 - at Hull Paragon | |||||||
| 53230 | 54389 | Noted 03/05/19863 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
25th April 1987
A pair of Metro-Cammell sets wait under Hull Paragon's roof on 25th April 1987. The leading car on the left is E54389 and on the far right, the new perspex waiting room is under construction. Syd Young.