Vehicle 56083 / 54083
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
| 27/08/57 | New to | 54A (Sunderland) | |
| 3w/e 30/08/58 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | |
| Oct-61 | Transferred to | 51A (Darlington) | |
| Oct-61 | On loan to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 2w/e 12/01/63 | 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) | |
| 12/04/87 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
| 31/03/88 | Withdrawn from | NC (Norwich) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
56083 - original number
54083 - from May-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Modifications
Jul-79 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Doncaster Works dated 26/07/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50231 | 56083 | As delivered to 54A - 27th August 1957 | |||||||
| 50224 | 56083 | Transfer to 51A - Oct-61 | |||||||
| 51212 | 56083 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
| N120 | 51209 | 56083 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 560832 | ||||||
| 51209 | 56083 | Noted 03/04/76 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||||
| 51209 | 56083 | Noted 28/12/79 - at Thornaby | |||||||
| 51252 | 56083 | Noted 04/09/1982 - Worked 13.15 Newcastle to Middlesbrough.3 | |||||||
| 51252 | 56083 | Noted 25/09/82 - at Scotswood | |||||||
| 51209 | 54083 | Noted 29/09/19863 | |||||||
| 84 | 51209 | 54083 | Noted 10/04/87 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| 84 | 51209 | 54083 | Noted 20/06/19873 | ||||||
| 84 | 51209 | 54083 | Noted 07/07/87 - on 16.23 Cambridge to Doncaster | ||||||
| 84 | 51209 | 54083 | Noted 15/07/87 - on a Norwich - Sheringham service with 54405 and 51207 | ||||||
| 68 | 53293 | 54083 | Noted circa 08/19873 | ||||||
| 53293 | 54083 | Noted 24/10/87 - on 12.10 to Norwich at Ely | |||||||
| 84 | 51209 | 54083 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 | ||||||
| 68 | 53293 | 54083 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 | ||||||
| 76 | 51252 | 54083 | Noted circa Jan-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
March 1976
NER Haltwhistle Station on the Newcastle - Carlisle line, and junction with the branch to Alston (soon to close), 03/76. Metro-Camm Class 101 2-car dmu Nos.E56083 and E51209 gets the road for Alston, a month before closure of the branch. Hugh Llewelyn.
March 1976
A Class 101 DMU formed of E56083 + E51209 waits to depart Haltwhistle station with an Alston service in March 1976. Hugh Llewelyn.
25th September 1982
E56083 + E51252 at Scotswood on the now closed route along the north bank of the Tyne on 1982-09-25. John Carter.
24th October 1987
A Class 101 with E54083 + E53293 leaves Ely with the 12.10 to Norwich on October 24, 1987. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.
Date: 28th December 1979
51209 and 56083 at Thornaby on the 28th December 1979. Jerry Glover.
Date: 7th July 1987
Set number: 84
Norwich set 84 class 101 E51209 + E54083 with the 16.23 Cambridge to Doncaster at Black Bank. 07/07/87. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 15th July 1987
Set number: 84
51209, 54083, 54405 and 51207 with bridge 399 behind which carries A140 Cromer to Norwich road. 15th July 1987. Nicholas Youngman.