Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30279
Diagram: 537
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 50351 during the unknown period are:
Sep-57 | New to | 5D (Cockshute) | |
Jan-58 | On loan to | 8E (Brunswick) | |
Apr-58 | Depot code change | 27F | |
Jun-58 | Transferred to | 3C (Ryecroft) | |
Jun-60 | Depot code change | 21F | |
Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2G | |
3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 2H (Monument Lane) | |
3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 2G (Ryecroft) | |
3w/e 30/06/66 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) |
Then the allocations for 56106 are:
3w/e 30/03/69 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | LO | |
17/07/83 | To departmental stock | - as ADB977191 | |
Circa Jan-86 | Withdrawn from | ZC |
24th September 1989 - Seen withdrawn at Crewe Basford Hall Yard
19/02/00 - 977191, 59228 and 54350 were dragged by two Class 20s from long term storage at Crewe South Carriage sidings to the Adtranz Works (drop off the 100) then Gresty Lane where the other two were due to be moved by road (104 to Telford/preservation and 101 to Shoeburyness).
56106 - original number
977191 - from Jul-83 (departmental stock)
Crewe Works Test Train Coach From 7/83 to 1988.
circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted
Scrapped by Perkins Mackintosh, on location at Meaford Power Station, Stone
50351 | 56106 | As delivered to 5D - September 1957 | |||||||
LT294 | 50351 | 56106 | Listed at Longsight - circa Dec-69 | ||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 22/12/69 - at Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
LT294 | 50351 | 56106 | Listed at 9A - circa Jul-70 | ||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Longsight1 | |||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 19/09/71 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 10/09/73 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | |||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 28/08/75 - in Manchester Piccadilly2 | |||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1 | |||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 26/06/76 - on 14.15 Manchester Pic – Hadfield3 | |||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 04/01/78 | |||||||
LO293 | 50351 | 56106 | Noted 19/07/1982 - 17.10 Manchester Picc to Hazel Grove service with LO291 (50348 - 56103) vice EMU4 | ||||||
LO293 | 50351 | 56106 | Noted circa 10/19824 | ||||||
50351 | 56106 | Noted 03/09/83 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
A GRC&W twin with Ryecroft allocated M56106 closest in Bromford Bridge station sometime in 1962. The station, between Saltley and Castle Bromwich, mainly served a nearby racecourse and closed in 1965. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Class 100 DMU (M56106 closest) with a local service at Guide Bridge East circa May 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
ADB977191, the former 56106, on Chester depot. Anthony Griffiths.
Class 100 Crewe test train vehicle DB977191 at Chester circa 1986. Stuart Parkinson.
977191 seen at Chester on the 5th April 1986. Paul Moxon.
ADB977191, ex Gloucester class 100, DTC, M56106, keeps a brace of withdrawn class 25's company, in Basford Hall Yard. 27th March 1987. Paul James.
ADB977191, ex-Gloucester Class 100 DTC M56106, looking a little worse for wear after being shunted through the buffers in Basford Hall Yard, with the rear bogie off the track. 27th March 1987. Paul James.
ADB977191, 915 M55975 + M55985, M55969+M55968, 914 M55980 + M55984 and 911 M55970 + M55971 at Crewe Basford Hall on 24-9-89. Kevin Dowd.
977191 (ex-Class 100 56106) taken during the Basford Hall open day, 21/8/94. Robert Frise.
977191 at Crewe Basford Hall on the 21st August 1994. S Gaskell.
977191 at Crewe Basford Hall on the 27th January 1995. S Gaskell.
Class 100 Test train coach no. 977191, formerly DTCL no. 56106 rots away quietly at Crewe in the company of Class 304 unit no. 013 and some Mk Is, in April 1997. Robert Chilton.
Two Class 20s drag 100 DTCL 977191, 104 TBSL 59228, 101 DTCL 54350 and three Riviera Trains Mk Is (for brake force) at Crewe on 19/02/00. They were being moved from storage at the South Sidings to the Adtranz Works (drop off the 100) then Gresty Lane. Frank Nicholas.
977191 during it's departure from Crewe after being out of use for some time. 19/2/2000. Frank Nicholas.
Class 100 Test train coach 977191 (formerly DTCL no. 56106) is dragged by two Class 20s through Crewe station during a move from the South Carriage sidings where it had spend several years stored to Adtranz Crewe Works where it was intended to be cut up. Saturday 19 February 2000. Frank Nicholas.
Class 100 DTC 977191 in Crewe Works during the open day on 20 May 2000. David Mant.
Last used in the Crewe Works test train, 977191 is seen during the Works open day on 20/21 May 2000. John Horne Collection.
977191 was formerly 56106, a Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Class 100 driving trailer classified as DTCL, as it had first and second class within, as well as a toilet, It was withdrawn way back in July 1983, but ended up here at Crewe, lingering there until 2002. It is seen at Crewe Works Open Day on the 21st May 2000. Andrew J Crowther.
Class 100 977191 is seen awaiting disposal at Crewe works during the open day on 21.05.2000. It was converted from 54106 and was used as part of the Crewe test train. Andy Cole.
An assortment of parcels DMUs converted from former "Bed-Pan" hydraulic class 127 units stand forlornly withdrawn in Crewe Basford Hall yard on 21/Jul/1990, with 55975 (formerly 51615) nearest. Three vehicles from these parcels conversions were subsequently preserved. Behind 55975 can just be seen departmental coach ADB977191, formerly class 100 56106, which was later moved for storage at Crewe Brook Sidings and ultimately disposed of at Crewe Works in 2000. Robert Chilton.
Seen at Crewe in April 1997, on the far right, are derelict Class 101 DTCL no. 54350, with Class 104 TBSL no. 59228 and Class 100 DTCL no. 977191 behind. In the middle is Class 304 unit no. 008 and on the left some graffiti-covered Class 308 vehicles. Robert Chilton.
Class 101 DTCL 54350, Class 104 TBSL 59228 and Class 100 DTCL 977191 are dragged though Crewe on 19/2/00 after a long period of storage at the South Carriage Sidings. The 100 would be dropped off at the Adtranz Works, the other two were moved to Gresty Lane ready for road movement, the 101 to Shroeburyness and the 104 to preservation at Telford. Frank Nicholas.
Three vehicles that had been stored at Crewe South Carriage sidings for several years (101 DTCL 54350, 104 TBSL 59228 and 100 DTCL 977191) pass through Crewe station on their way to the Adtranz Works. The 101 which had fluorescent light fittings and original first class seat frames. Saturday 19 February 2000. Frank Nicholas.