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Vehicle 56411 / 54411

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)
w/e 07/05/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
Aug-67	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
Sep-67	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-68	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 30/04/72	Transferred to	62B (Dundee)
May-73	Depot code change	DE
Jun-74	Stored S.
w/e 13/07/74	Reinstated	DE (Dundee)
w/e 24/05/75	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
w/e 28/06/75	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
3w/e 27/09/75	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
3w/e 30/06/79	Transferred to	LO (Longsight)
Feb-81	Transferred to	CH (Chester)
22/03/87	Withdrawn from	CH (Chester)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56411 - original number
54411 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51253	56411		As delivered to 62B - July 1958
	51253	56411		Transfer to 64H - Aug-67
	51253	56411		Transfer to 66C - Sep-67
	51235	56411		Noted 16/08/70 - at Leith Central¹
	51253	56411		Noted 11/09/71 - at Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51457	56411		Noted 24/07/1973 - at Edinburgh Waverley²
	51117	56411		Transfer to NH - w/e 28/06/75
	51117	56411		Noted 27/07/1975 - 1L80 Pendleton-Llandudno³
TS413	51119	56411	50786	Noted 18/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street ⁴
TS413	51119	56411	50786	Noted 08/09/76 - in Birmingham New Street⁵
	51119	56411	51492	Noted summer 1978 - at Birmingham New Street⁶
	50340	56411		Noted 23/09/1979 - on Longsight depot⁶
	50340	56411		Noted 14/09/80 - in Manchester Piccadilly⁶
	50340	56411		Noted 29/09/1980 - on Botanic Gardens depot⁶
	51196	56411		Noted circa 04/1981⁷
	50938	56411		Noted circa 05/1982⁷
	50938	56411		Noted circa 10/1982⁷
	53938	54411		Noted circa 04/1983⁷
	53938	54411		Noted circa 08/1983⁷
	53938	54411		Noted 29/05/84 - at Chester
	53938	54411		Noted 25/09/1984 - Criccieth with 16.30 Machynlleth-Pwllheli & 19.20 return⁸
	53938	54411		Noted 26/04/86 - on 10:50 Shrewsbury - Chester with 51911 + 54496 / 53222 + 53337⁹
	53938	54411		Listed at Chester - Summer 1986 - 54411 due to be exchanged with spare 54501
	53938	54411		Noted 05/06/1986⁷

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Chris Moxon
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Gerald Brown
6: Martin Lumley
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Alan N Walker
9: Martin Baumann

Images:

31st August 1968

The 16:55 ex-Dunfermline Lower nears Alloa West Junction on 31 August 1968 formed of a Met-Camm DTCL (in green with full yellow end, thought to be SC56411) and a GRC&W DMBS. Stuart Mackay Collection.

31st August 1968

Only a handful of Met-Camm vehicles received a full yellow end while still in green livery. One of those, SC56411, is seen in platform 4 of Stirling station on 31 August 1968. The vehicle has the revised style of lining and a white stripe for first class. Stuart Mackay Collection.

27th July 1975

Ex Scottish twin 56411 & 51117 on the rear of a 1L80 Pendleton-Llandudno service at Helsby, 27/7/75. Anthony Griffiths.

29th May 1984

Hybrid Class 108/101 DMU set 53938-54411 led by 54411 seen in Chester station on 29th May 1984. S Gaskell.

September 1984

Class 101 DTS 54411 and a Class 108 DMBS (presumably 53938) reverses out of Manchester Victoria in September 1984 while changing platforms. Stuart Mackay Collection.

September 1984

Class 101 DTS 54411 and a Class 108 DMBS (presumably 53938) at Manchester Victoria in September 1984 during a move to change platforms. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1976

Set number: TS413

Tyseley set TS413 with Class 105 DMCL M50786 and a Class 101 DTCL, presumably M56411, in view at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 21st August 1976

Set number: TS413

Tyseley hybrid DMU set TS413 (51119 and presumably 56411 + 50786) has just arrived at Hereford from Worcester Foregate Street on 21 August 1976. Stephen Burdett.

Date: 16th April 1983

On 16 April 1983 Chester allocated Class 108 DMBS M53938 and its Class 101 partner - presumably 56411 - is seen at Swansea with a Class 101 on the rear with the 10:08 service to Shrewsbury. Robert Thomas.

Date: 21st September 1984

Class 108 DMBS M53938 leads a Class 101 DTS(L), presumably 54411, on 21/09/1984 about half a mile south-east of Mostyn. The large ship in the background is the Duke of Lancaster, abandoned there in 1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 10th June 1986

53938 leads a 101 DTC (presumably 54411) into Machynlleth, 10/6/86. Tim Stubbs.

Date: 5th July 1986

A Class 108/101 hybrid with vehicles M53938 + M54411 departs from Derby on Saturday 5 July 1986. Special is on the destination blind. David Russon.

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