Vehicle 56082 / 54082

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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

21/08/57	New to	54A (Sunderland)
2w/e 30/08/58	Transferred to	South Gosforth
Feb-64	Depot code change	52J
May-73	Depot code change	GF
w/e 23/07/78	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
14/06/87	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56082 - original number
54082 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 06/04/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50230	56082							As delivered to 54A - 21st August 1957
	51125	56082							Noted 07/09/68 - at York1
	51210	56082							Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
	50257	56082							Noted 06/04/72 - at Newcastle1
	50248	56082							Noted 07/01/75 - on South Gosforth depot2
	50248	56082							Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central2
	51429	56082							Noted 06/11/1976 - at Newcastle 3
	51429	56082							Noted 11/04/77 - at Newcastle1
	50294	56082							Noted circa 12/19814
	50294	56082							Noted 16/01/19824
	51218	56082							Noted circa 02/19834
	53247	54082							Noted circa 03/19854
	53153	54082							Noted circa 02/19864
	53214	54082							Noted 14/10/19864
	53214	54082							Noted 22/10/19864
	53214	54082							Noted 28th December 1986

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

Images:

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21st June 1981

A Newcastle-Saltburn service with Class 101 DTCL E56082 closest passes 37 045 at Thornaby on 21 June 1981. John Carter.

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Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DTSL E56082 closest at Chester-le-Street, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

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Unknown date

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DTSL E56082 closest and the DMBS is thought to be E50209 at Chester-le-Street, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 9th September 1975

According to my notes, this is either E50248 or E56082 - I think it's the former as I can't see a First Class yellow stripe, which means that it is a Class 101/2 built by Metro-Cammell in 1957. It is waiting to form the 1410 South Shields to Newcastle on 9 September 1975, around six years before the line was closed for conversion as part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system. The line had been worked by third rail EMUs until 1963. Jeremy Chapter.

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Date: unknown

A two-car Class 101 DMU with DMBS E50209 closest and the DTSL is thought to be E56082 at Chester-le-Street, date unknown. Durham is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.