Vehicle 56407 / 54407
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) | |
| w/e 03/06/61 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 4w/e 24/06/61 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 26/08/61 | Transferred to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| 2w/e 18/11/61 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| w/e 07/05/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-68 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | - Leith depot closed |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DE | |
| 4w/e 30/04/77 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 25/12/77 | Transferred to | GF (South Gosforth) | |
| w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
| w/e 17/09/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 28/09/86 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56407 - original number
54407 - from Oct-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 29/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51249 | 56407 | As delivered to 62B - July 1958 | |||||||
| 51224 | 56407 | Transfer to 66C - w/e 07/05/66 | |||||||
| 51458 | 56407 | Noted 15/09/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 51245 | 56407 | Noted 17/04/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley2 | |||||||
| 51245 | 56407 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley3 | |||||||
| 56407 | Noted 13/08/77 - on Haymarket depot, loose vehicle2 | ||||||||
| 50218 | 56407 | Noted 08/10/1978 - Hull Botanic Gardens4 | |||||||
| 50218 | 56407 | Noted 13/05/1979 - Doncaster4 | |||||||
| 50218 | 56407 | Noted 12/06/1981 - at Sheffield Midland4 | |||||||
| 50218 | 56407 | Noted 11/07/81 - at Doncaster | |||||||
| 50218 | 56407 | Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch)The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952 | |||||||
| 50218 | 56407 | Noted 19/09/1982 - on Botanic Gardens depot4 | |||||||
| 50218 | 56407 | Noted 04/12/1982 - at Sheffield Midland4 | |||||||
| 53218 | 54407 | Noted 27/08/1983 - at Leeds City4 | |||||||
| 53218 | 54407 | Noted 15/09/1984 - at Leeds City 4 | |||||||
| 53218 | 54407 | Noted 20/01/86 - at Norwich2 | |||||||
| 53218 | 54407 | Noted 19th August 1986 | |||||||
| 53218 | 54407 | Noted 11/09/19865 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th April 1982
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 13th April 1982
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 13th April 1982
"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.
Date: 31st January 1986
A Class 114 and two 101s - 54044 + 53013 / 54407 + 53218 / 54036 + 53293 - in Darlington Top Bank station on 31 January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.