Vehicle 56102
Class 100
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30279
Diagram: 537
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 50347 during the unknown period are:
| Aug-57 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | - on loan from 64A |
| Sep-57 | On loan to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
| w/e 16/11/57 | Ex-loan back to | 64A (St Margarets) |
Then the allocations for 56102 are:
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 2w/e 26/10/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 2w/e 08/06/63 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/72 | Transferred to | 64B (Haymarket) | - 64H closed |
| 22/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64B (Haymarket) |
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Inverkeithing
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50347 | 56102 | As delivered to 9A - August 1957 - on loan from 64A | |||||||
| 50347 | 56102 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 26/10/62 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56102 | Transfer to 64H - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 51112 | 56102 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Edinburgh1 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56102 | Noted 06/04/72 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||||||
| 50343 | 56102 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Edinburgh Waverley2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
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