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Vehicle 56406 / 54406


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 12/07/58 New to 62B (Dundee)
Jun-59 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
4w/e 21/11/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 05/12/64 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-68 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
4w/e 31/08/68 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/11/72 Transferred to 64B (Haymarket)
May-73Depot code changeHA
25/12/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
31/03/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56406 - original number
54406 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 18/01/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51248 56406 As delivered to 62B - July 1958
51248 56406 Noted 11th August 1958
51248 56406 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 21/11/59
51248 56406 Transfer to 62B - 4w/e 05/12/64
51248 56406 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 31/08/68
51248 56406 Noted 15/08/70 - on Hamilton depot1
32 51248 56406 Listed at 66C - 1972
51248 56406 Noted 03/08/19722
51248 56406 Noted 03/08/1972 - at Glasgow Central2
51248 56406 Transfer to 64B - 4w/e 04/11/72
50342 56406 Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket (50342 still green)3
51112 56406 Noted 07/08/1974 - at Haymarket2
212 51483 51124 56406 Noted 28/08/74 - at Dunfermline3
51481 56406 Noted 30/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51248 56406 Noted 05/09/76 - on Haymarket depot3
51248 56406 50264 Noted 28/03/1977 - 07:23 Markinch to Edinburgh Waverley, part of a 9 car formation2
200 51248 56406 51474 Noted 13/08/77 - on Haymarket depot3
50154 56406 Noted circa 12/19814
51213 56406 Noted circa 02/19834
51247 54406 Noted 7th May 1983
51247 54406 Noted 02/06/83 - stabled in Darlington station
53220 54406 Noted circa 03/19854
53156 54406 Noted circa 02/19864
54406 Noted 25/04/86 - on Norwich depot, loose vehicle3
53247 54406 Noted 25/07/19874
51203 54406 Noted circa 08/19874

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Newcastle Central

25th May 1981

The 10:00 Newcastle - South Shields awaits departure from Newcastle Central station on the 25th May 1981 with E56406 at the front. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 101 DMU at Filey

3rd September 1983

A smart pair of 2-car Metro-Cammell sets with E54406 nearest the camera stands at Filey on 3rd September 1983 before heading back to Scarborough with a special service from the annual Filey Convention. The station at this date still had it's footbridge, crossing gates, semaphore signals and signalbox. Syd Young.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd June 1983

On 02/06/1983, Class 101 cars E56054 E51219 E51247 E54406 stand in sidings within Darlington station. The vehicle nearest the camera still carries its original 56xxx number, but would be renumbered to 54xxx during 1983 as has already happened with the far vehicle and with most others in the series that year. It is also highly unlikely that the front saloon was still being used as first class accommodation by this date. Graeme Phillips Collection.