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<- 56073 | 56074 | 56075 ->

Vehicle 56074 / 54074

Class 101

BR Diagram 630

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

Allocations

13/06/57 New to 54A (Sunderland)
13/06/57 On loan to 9A (Longsight)
3w/e 03/08/57 Ex-loan back to 54A (Sunderland)
3w/e 30/08/58 Transferred to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
4w/e 23/04/66 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
16/06/68 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
Sep-68 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
4w/e 30/05/70 Transferred to 34G (Finsbury Park)
3w/e 31/10/70 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
Feb-73 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
p/e 15/05/83 Transferred to NR (Norwich)
Dec-83Depot code changeNC
27/05/84 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
25/01/87 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
15/03/87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
12/04/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
31/03/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56074 - original number
54074 - from Apr-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:


50222 56074 As delivered to 54A - 13th June 1957
50222 56074 Noted 17th June 1957
50222 56074 Transfer to 54A - 3w/e 03/08/1957 - ex-loan LMR
50222 56074 Noted 27th October 1957
51223 56074 Noted 12/08/68 - at Cambridge1
51223 56074 Noted 07/09/68 - at March1
50152 56074 Noted 29/12/69 - at Ely1
50378 56074 Noted 10/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1
55 51276 56074 Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1
56 51277 56074 Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1
79 51223 56074 Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1
50598 56074 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield2
50598 56074 Noted 07/10/1973 - at Huddersfield2
50598 56074 Noted 06/08/19743
50598 56074 Noted 02/11/1974 - at Doncaster3
50598 56074 Noted 22/02/75 - on 17.15 Skipton to Leeds
50598 56074 Noted 10/09/76 - at Brough4
50598 56074 Noted 23/11/76 - at York4
51436 56074 Noted 02/01/1981 - Doncaster - Hull service5
50157 56074 Noted 13th August 1982
51436 56074 Noted circa 10/19825
86 51436 54074 Noted 17/05/83 - at Norwich1
86 51436 54074 Noted circa 01/19845
51436 54074 Noted 14/06/84 - at Norwich1
51436 54074 Noted circa 04/19855
51436 54074 Listed at Cambridge - circa Nov-85
51436 54074 Noted circa 02/19865
51436 54074 Noted 12/04/19865
51436 54074 Noted 29/04/86 - at Leicester
51436 54074 Listed at Cambridge - Summer 1986
14 51436 54074 Formed at CA circa Jun-86
14 51436 54074 Noted 27/08/19865

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

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Shipley

19th April 1976

Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 waiting to depart from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Shipley

19th April 1976

Having departed from Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976 Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 has reversed and are heading around the other section of the triangle. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Leeds City

July 1977

DMUs in Leeds City in early July 1977 - Class 101 56074 and a Class 110 flank a Class 08 shunter, and another Met-Camm can be partially seen on the left. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Wakefield Kirkgate

27th June 1979

A two-car Class 101 DMU departs from Wakefield Kirkgate on Wednesday 27 June 1979. The DTCL appears to be E56074, the DMBS has painted window frames. David Russon.

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley

8th February 1986

Class 101 54074 is seen stabled in the snow at Tyseley carriage sidings on 08.02.1986. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd February 1975

E50598 and E56074 at Skipton with the 17.15 to Leeds on 22nd Feb 1975, taken 25 minutes before departure time. 54A South Dock.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1976

Class 104 DMBS E50598 and Class 101 DTC E56074 arrive into Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on 19th April 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1976

Class 104 DMBS 50598 with Class 101 DTC 56074 departs from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 20th July 1981

Believed to be 51436 + 56074, at Brough station on July 20, 1981. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: 14

Met-Camm set 14 (54074 closest?) with 142018 at Darlington in 1987. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 4th May 1987

Set number: 14

Class 101 DMU set 14 (51436 and 54074) at Lancaster with the 12:55 to Morecambe on 4 May 1987. Dave Warby Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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