Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630
w/e 28/06/58 | New to | 62B (Dundee) | |
4w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
2w/e 09/04/60 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
17/08/69 | On loan to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
07/09/69 | Transferred to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | BG | |
w/e 15/08/76 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
w/e 15/10/78 | Transferred to | CA (Cambridge) | |
p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | CA (Cambridge) NNEX | |
25/08/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
22/10/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
27/10/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
56402 - original number
54402 - from Sep-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
18/12/76 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
51244 | 56402 | As delivered to 62B - June 1958 | |||||||
51244 | 56402 | Transfer to Leith Central - 4w/e 04/07/59 | |||||||
51244 | 56402 | Transfer to 62B - 2w/e 09/04/60 | |||||||
51252 | 56402 | Noted 20/08/69 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51230 | 56402 | Noted 28/08/1972 - at Scarborough2 | |||||||
51229 | 56402 | Noted 27/08/1974 - at York2 | |||||||
51229 | 56402 | Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster2 | |||||||
51252 | 56402 | Noted 05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot3 | |||||||
51252 | 56402 | Noted 08/09/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51246 | 56402 | Noted 07/10/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51223 | 56402 | Noted 20/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51246 | 56402 | Noted 11/02/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51246 | 56402 | Noted 06/03/76 - at Hull1 | |||||||
51204 | 56402 | Noted 10/04/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51204 | 56402 | Noted 22/05/76 - at Brough1 | |||||||
51204 | 56402 | Noted Jun-76 - at Doncaster1 | |||||||
51246 | 56402 | Noted 17/07/76 - at Leeds1 | |||||||
51246 | 56402 | Noted 18/08/76 - on 1055 Sheffield-Retford | |||||||
51444 | 56402 | Noted 06/07/77 - on 1353 Cambridge-Doncaster with 50022 + 56017 | |||||||
51444 | 56402 | Noted 07/08/1978 - at York2 | |||||||
51444 | 56402 | Transfer to CA - w/e 15/10/78 | |||||||
51215 | 56402 | Noted 30/08/1979 - At Royston working to Cambridge and back4 | |||||||
51442 | 56402 | Noted 28/05/81 | |||||||
51442 | 56402 | Noted 19/02/83 | |||||||
51426 | 56402 | Noted circa 08/19835 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted circa 04/19855 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted 04/06/85 - at Norwich3 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted 22/07/85 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85 | |||||||
51426 | 54402 | Noted 12/04/19865 | |||||||
04 | 51215 | 54402 | Formed at CA circa Jun-86 | ||||||
04 | 51215 | 54402 | Noted 28/08/19865 | ||||||
02 | 51208 | 54402 | Formation change - CA - circa Dec-86 | ||||||
51208 | 54402 | Noted 20/06/19875 | |||||||
51208 | 54402 | Noted 29/08/19875 | |||||||
02 | 51208 | 54402 | Noted 13/05/1989 - BLS Orwell Docker Railtour 02 (L221) and L220 | ||||||
L221 | 51208 | 54402 | Listed at CA - 15/05/89 | ||||||
L221 | 51208 | 54402 | Listed at CA - 21/01/91 | ||||||
51208 | 54402 | Noted 10/04/92 - on 19:14 Marks Tey - Sudbury and 19:39 Sudbury - Marks Tey6 | |||||||
51208 | 54402 | Noted 12/04/92 - on 11:15 Harwich Town - Manningtree6 | |||||||
L221 | 51208 | 54402 | Listed at CA - 24/02/92 - NSE NNEX pool | ||||||
L221 | 51208 | 54402 | Listed at CA - 12/08/92 | ||||||
L221 | 51208 | 54402 | Noted circa 09/19925 | ||||||
L221 | 51208 | 54402 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | ||||||
L221 | 51208 | 54402 | Noted 10th November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
Two two-car Met-Camm DMUs in one of the centre road in Sheffield, date unknown. DTC E56402 is closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 101 DTCL E56402 in Bradford Forster Square station on 13 September 1976. Michael Mensing.
E56402 and E51442 at Huntingdon on the 29th May 1981. Note the crudely painted over PTE emblem. Ian McDonald.
Class 101 Met Camm DMU set 02 with DTCL 54402 leading at Cambridge for Royston 22-3-87. By October 1987 it was in NSE livery partnered with DMBS 51208. Note 1st Class is still intact here. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
The inner ends of 54402 and 51208 at Cambridge on the 11th July 1987. Malcolm Clements.
The front end of Class 101 DTC 54402 at Cambridge on 11 July 1987. Malcolm Clements.
Class 101 set 02 (54402 + 51208) at Lamarsh in the late '80s. David Underwood.
54402 + 51208 seen north of Ely on Cambridge to Kings Lynn working. Note there isnt a set number on leading car. 22nd May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Two two-car Met-Camm DMUs form an early afternoon (13:08 or 13:27) Peterborough - Cambridge service seen leaving March on 28 October 1989. Closest is 54402 with the blue/grey set being 54055 + 53228. Dave Warby.
54402 + 51208 at Ely on 14/9/91. Sparegang.
A two-car and a three-car Class 101 DMUs at Littleport (Cambridgeshire) in October 1991. The closest set appears to be L221, presumably 54402 + 51208. George Woods.
Arriving into Littleport station in October 1991 is a five-car Class 101 formation with set L221 (54402 and presumably 51208) leading. George Woods.
54402 L221 at Sudbury on 10 April 1992. David Bellamy.
Met-Camm set L221 (54402 + 51208) departs from Slough with the 14:46 to Windsor on March 30, 1993. John Carter.
A two-car Met-Camm set at Keighley on 13 September 1976. DMBS 51246 closest, paired with 56402. Michael Mensing.
A Class 101 Met-Camm two-car set formed of E51246 + E56402 in Bradford Forster Square station on 13 September 1976. Michael Mensing.
E51442 & E56402 at Huntingdon on the 29th May 1981. Ian McDonald.
Back in 1983, electrification towards Cambridge only extended to Royston on the GN route and to Bishop's Stortford on the GE. The King's Cross line had lost its through services and a dmu shuttle was provided from Royston to Cambridge. Refurbished Metro-Cammell sets were used for many years and these retained First Class accommodation. E51442 came from the NER in 1977 and spent 10 years allocated to Cambridge, here partnering E56402 it has arrived on the 10.20 from Cambridge and is awaiting passengers off the 09.40 from King's Cross. 19th February 1983. Gerard Fletcher.
Freshly painted into NSE livery 51208 (and presumably 54402) are seen at Royston with a Cambridge service circa June 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Two two-car Met-Camm DMUs form an early afternoon (13:08 or 13:27) Peterborough - Cambridge service seen leaving March on 28 October 1989. Closest is 51208 + 54402 (set L221) with the blue/grey set being 54055 + 53228. Dave Warby.
Class 101 DMU set L221 (presumably 51208 + 54402) at Kings Lynn in July 1990. John Law.
A NSE-liveried Class 101 two-car Metro-Cammell unit, 51208 leading presumably with 54402, approaches Sudbury Station after its journey from Marks Tey. on September 8, 1990. Mike Dean.
I went to Ely on 19 October 1991, partly to photograph "Taw Valley" and "Flying Scotsman" on specials and partly to record the semaphores that would soon be disappearing. An additional image included a couple of Class 101 2-car sets at Ely. The set on the left is 101655 (formed 54062/51428), but I didn't record the set on the right. It looks like the set number is L221, which I think at this time was 51208/54402. Lewis Bevan.
L221 (51208 + 54402) at Marks Tey on 10 April 1992. David Bellamy.
Class 101 Met Cam DMU set L221 (presumably 51208 + 54402) in Stansted Airport station with a Cambridge service on 15-6-92. On Tour with the Class 13 Army.