Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30272
Diagram: 630
11/12/57 | New to | 51A (Darlington) | |
3w/e 30/09/61 | On loan to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
Oct-61 | Ex-loan back to | 51A (Darlington) | |
Oct-61 | On loan to | 50C (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
2w/e 09/12/61 | Transferred to | South Gosforth | - Noted as ex-loan |
Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
May-73 | Depot code change | GF | |
w/e 23/07/78 | Transferred to | HT (Heaton) | |
27/05/84 | Transferred to | NC (Norwich) | |
2w/e 13/03/88 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) | |
31/03/88 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) |
56089 - original number
54089 - from 1985 (53xxx / 54xxx change)
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
50296 | 56089 | As delivered to 51A - 11th December 1957 | |||||||
50296 | 56089 | Transfer to 50C - 3w/e 30/09/61 - on loan | |||||||
50296 | 56089 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 2w/e 09/12/61 | |||||||
50296 | 56089 | Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1 | |||||||
50251 | 56089 | Noted 07/01/75 - in Newcastle Central2 | |||||||
N127 | 50251 | 56089 | Noted 24/08/75 - in Newcastle Central, set number only on 502512 | ||||||
51214 | 56089 | Noted 19/04/80 - on Newcastle - Sunderland service | |||||||
51499 | 56089 | Noted 15/02/81 - on a Darlington - Hartlepool service with E51478 + E56365 / E56409 + E50220 | |||||||
51210 | 56089 | Noted circa 12/19813 | |||||||
51210 | 56089 | Noted 16/01/19823 | |||||||
51209 | 56089 | Noted circa 10/19823 | |||||||
80 | 51221 | 54089 | Noted circa 06/19843 | ||||||
80 | 51221 | 54089 | Noted 27/06/84 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Noted circa 04/19853 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Listed at NC - Dec-85 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Noted 14/06/86 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Listed at NC - Apr-87 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Noted 20/06/19873 | ||||||
89 | 51229 | 54089 | Listed at NC - Dec-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
A Class 101 DMU at Gateshead East, 19/04/1980. Containing cars E56089 + E51214, it calls with a service to Sunderland. Typical of the period, the train shows a mismatch of Refurbished and Blue + Grey Livery. Unfortunately, the attractive Refurbished Livery was found to get dirty rather quickly, so it was decided to outshop refurbished vehicles in Blue + Grey livery, which had previously been for Inter-City / Cross-Country vehicles only. In this view, 56089 also carries the logo of Tyne & Wear PTE within the blue band, as well as a tail lamp. Gateshead East station, situated between Newcastle and Heworth, closed on 23/11/1981, replaced by the Tyneside Metro. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Norwich allocated class 101 Metro-Cammell dmu set 89, made up of cars E54089 & E51229 waits at Lowestoft with a Norwich service, still showing a sign literally of its day's as a Tyneside allocated unit. 21st August 1985. Andrew J Crowther.
A formation containing E51499, E56089, E51478, E56365, E56409 and E50220 diverted at Stockton on a Darlington - Hartlepool working on February 15, 1981. The locos are 37 029 and 31 292. John Carter.
Class 101 Set 89 (presumably 51229 + 54089) on a 12XX Sudbury - St Botolphs service heading off the Clacton Avoider as it heads out of Colchester (at 13:35) circa June 1986. Colin Brooks.
31412 with DMUs E54405 + E51207 + E51229 + E54089 at Ely North Junction, 19.08.87. Nicholas Youngman.
Cravens and Met-Camm DMUs in Norwich station circa spring 1988. Retro-green E54122 is the Class 105 sitting alongside what is likely 54089. Brian Ward.