Vehicle 56072 / 54072

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Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30262
Diagram: 630

Allocations

31/07/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
4w/e 02/01/65	Transferred to	51A (Darlington)
May-73	Depot code change	DN
2w/e 09/05/82	Transferred to	NL (Neville Hill)
16/05/82	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
03/10/82	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
13/05/84	Transferred to	CA (Cambridge)
27/05/84	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
12/05/85	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
22/06/86	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
Jun-86	Stored
28/09/86	Withdrawn from	AY (Ayr)

Notes

8th August 1986 - Seen stored in Falkland Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56072 - original number
54072 - from Feb-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 03/10/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50220	56072							As delivered to 54A - 31st July 1957
	50220	56072							Noted 27th October 1957
	50214	56072							Transfer to 51A - 4w/e 02/01/65
	50220	56072							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50294	56072							Noted 10/09/72 - at Darlington1
	50220	56072							Noted 02/06/1973 - at Newcastle2
	50220	56072							Noted 29/06/73 - at Darlington1
N155	50294	56072							Noted 29/08/74 - at Darlington, set number on solebar of 560723
	50224	56072							Noted 06/09/75 - at Darlington1
	50155	56072							Noted 17/11/75 - at Brough1
	50155	56072							Noted 03/01/76 - at Darlington1
	50200	56072							Noted 22/08/81 - at Darlington
	53210	54072							Noted circa 10/19834
	53210	54072							Noted 25/05/84 - at Norwich3
86	53210	54072							Noted 16/07/84 - on 12:20 Norwich to Lowestoft
86	53210	54072							Noted circa 10/19844
86	53210	54072							Noted 14/02/19854
	51246	54072							Noted circa 02/19864

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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16th July 1984

Set number: 86

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU with 54072 foremost (and 53210 behind) after arrival at Lowestoft with the 12-20 ex-Norwich on 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 31st August 1975

On 31/08/1975, a Class 101 formation (visible being 56398 + 51219 / 56072 + 50217 / 50182) is seen at Shildon forming a shuttle between there and Darlington. The occasion was the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. There was a procession of steam and diesel locomotives running from Shildon Works yard to Aycliffe and on to Darlington. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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Date: 22nd August 1981

E50200 + E56072 / E56378 + E50221, Darlington, August 22, 1981. Darlington based Class 101s were always smartly turned out, contrasting with their Heaton based counterparts. John Carter.

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Date: 16th July 1984

Set number: 86

Class 101 Metro Cammell 2-car DMU 53210 + 54072 at Norwich with the 12-20 to Lowestoft, 16-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.