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Vehicle 56409 / 54409

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 26/07/58	New to	62B (Dundee)
4w/e 29/08/59	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 18/11/61	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66	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 29/06/74	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
4w/e 28/09/74	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
4w/e 04/06/77	Transferred to	DE (Dundee)
4w/e 02/07/77	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket)
w/e 21/08/77	Transferred to	GF (South Gosforth)
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
16/03/86	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
12/04/87	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56409 - original number
54409 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 05/10/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51251	56409		As delivered to 62B - July 1958
	51229	56409		Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 29/08/59
	51229	56409		Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66
	51242	56409		Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central¹
	51242	56409		Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh²
	51224	56409		Noted 26/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley³
	51224	56409		Noted 04/09/73 - at Haymarket²
	51228	56409		Noted 01/06/1974 - at Edinburgh ⁴
188	51523	56409	51466	Noted 26/08/74 - in Glasgow Queen Street²
	50209	56409		Transfer to HN - 4w/e 28/09/74
	50225	56409		Noted 22/03/80 - with E51226 + E56370 on Newcastle - Middlesbrough service
	50220	56409		Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51478 + E56365 / E51499 + E56089
	51214	56409		Noted circa 12/1981⁵
	50293	56409		Noted circa 10/1982⁵
	51204	56409		Noted circa 02/1983⁵
	53293	54409		Noted 30/11/1983 - at Carlisle⁵
	51223	54409		Noted circa 03/1985⁵
	53199	54409		Noted circa 02/1986⁵
	53229	54409		Transfer to NC - 16/03/86 - from HT
82	53229	54409		Formed at NC Mar-86
82	53229	54409		Noted circa 04/1986⁵
82	53229	54409		Noted 14/04/86 - at Norwich²
82	53229	54409		Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
82	53229	54409		Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich²
82	53229	54409		Noted 13/09/1986 - at Peterborough⁶
82	53229	54409		Noted 03/10/1986⁵
82	53229	54409		Listed at NC - Apr-87

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

Images:

29th September 1959

The number on this DTC appears to read SC56409, and is seen passing Polmadie on the 29th September 1959. The vehicle, which had been delivered new to Dundee, had been transferred to Hamilton the previous month with DMBS 51229. Stuart Mackay Collection.

26th March 1989

Set number: 82

Met-Camm driver trailer E54409 still with Norwich set number 82 in the front window at Snailwell on 26 March 1989. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 3rd August 1963

At Lanark station on the 3rd August 1963 is a Cravens set with the 9.25am to Douglas West, led by SC56474, and a Met-Camm set on the 9.30am to Glasgow Central, led by SC56409. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 22nd March 1980

E56370 + E51226 / E50225 + E56409 with a Newcastle - Middlesbrough service at North Shore, Stockton, on March 22, 1980. John Carter.

Date: 15th February 1981

A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.

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