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Vehicle 56075 / 54075

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
3w/e 16/05/59 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
3w/e 04/07/59 Transferred to South Gosforth
Oct-61 On loan to 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens)
3w/e 30/12/61 Ex-loan back to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
4w/e 27/04/68 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
May-73Depot code changeDN
w/e 07/11/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
15/02/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
10/03/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) - as LMR list, ER had to Crewe 28/02
Mar-88 Stored CP
3w/e 20/05/88 Reinstated TS (Tyseley)
02/10/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
11/06/90 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath) PZQZ

Notes

12th July 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Newton Heath depot

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56075 - original number
54075 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 26/11/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50223 56075 As delivered to 54A - 13th June 1957
50223 56075 Noted 17th June 1957
50223 56075 Transfer to 54A - 3w/e 03/08/1957 - ex-loan LMR
50223 56075 Noted 27th November 1957
50223 56075 Transfer to South Gosforth - 3w/e 04/07/59
50155 56075 Noted 04/09/71 - at Darlington1
50155 56075 Noted 29/06/73 - at Darlington1
50250 56075 Noted 29/08/74 - at Thornaby2
50250 56075 Noted 11/1974 - at Darlington 3
50250 56075 Noted 07/01/75 - on Darlington depot2
N161 50295 56075 Noted 24/08/75 - on South Gosforth depot, set number on 56075 was N1502
50295 56075 Noted 09/09/75 - at Brough1
50295 56075 Noted 29/10/75 - at York1
50252 56075 Noted 31/03/1976 - at York3
51444 56075 Noted 16/04/77 - on 15.35 Leeds – Morecambe4
50616 56075 Noted circa 08/19775
50216 56075 Noted 29/06/80 - at Morecambe6
50216 56075 Noted circa 03/19835
53216 54075 Noted 30/04/1983 - Leeds5
53216 54075 Noted 24/04/19845
53216 54075 Listed at NL - 01/01/85
53216 54075 Noted 19th August 1986
53216 54075 Noted circa 09/19865
51222 54075 Transfer to HT - 15/02/87 - from NL
51222 54075 Noted circa 04/19875
51205 54075 Noted 25/07/19875
spare 54075 Formation change - TS - p/e 17/06/88
N614 51798 54075 Noted circa 11/19885

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Carlisle

29th August 1966

DTCL NE56075 is at the front of the 5.25pm Newcastle service awaiting departure from Carlisle on 29 August 1966. Michael Mensing.

Class 101 DMU at Shipley

1980

A Met-Camm set in Shipley station in 1980 with E56075 closest. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Tyseley

24th April 1988

54075 Class 101 is seen at Tyseley on 24.04.1988 complete with MetroTrain branding. It had just been transferred in from Neville hill and was part of a long rake of Class 101's that had come to Tyseley. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st August 1975

E50239 leads a twelve-car Met-Camm formation at Shildon 31 August 1975. These shuttles on the day of the 150th cavalcade ran to Darlington, and the November 1975 edition of The Railway Observer (p351) lists this formation as 50239 + 59087 + 59094 + 51505 / 50295 + 56075 / 51438 + 59573 + 59086 + 51506 / 56083 + 51209. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: March 1976

Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger 2-car dmu Nos.E50221 (101/2) & E56075 (144) both of the 1957 batch with two character headcode panels, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, at Darlington on a service to West Hartlepool via Stockton and Billingham, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: March 1976

Metro-Cammell Class "101" Local Passenger 2-car dmu Nos.E50221 (101/2) & E56075 (144) both of the 1957 batch with two character headcode panels, in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends, at Darlington on a service to West Hartlepool via Stockton and Billingham, 03/76. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1985

Neville Hill allocated 53216 + 54075 in platform 4 at Sheffield on 5 June 1985. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 8th October 1986

37078 is at the front of 51440, 51497, 53200 & 54075 at Thornaby, 8th October 1986. Jerry Glover.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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