Vehicle 56153
Class 103
Builder: Park Royal
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30287
Diagram: 645
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 50398 during the unknown period are:
| w/e 28/02/58 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 3C (Ryecroft) | |
| Jun-60 | Depot code change | 21F | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2G | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) |
Then the allocations for 56153 are:
| 31/01/76 | Withdrawn from | CH (Chester) |
Disposal
Scrapped by F Berry, Leicester at Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50398 | 56153 | As delivered to 6G - February 1958 | |||||||
| 50400 | 56153 | Noted 04/11/68 - at Crewe1 | |||||||
| 50401 | 56153 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1 | |||||||
| CR201 | 50206 | 56153 | Noted 09/09/73 - on Chester depot2 | ||||||
| 50206 | 56153 | Noted 22/06/74 - at Chester2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
22nd March 1975
Class 103 at Chester depot on 22 March 1975. At rest on a Saturday afternoon. The closest vehicle appears to be M56153. Alistair Ness.
6th August 1976
Class 103 M56153 Chester Depot 6 August 1976. Alistair Ness.
21st August 1977
A sorry-looking and heavily stripped Park Royal Class 103 Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory, car number M56153, was awaiting disposal at Chester depot on August 21st 1977. The car had been in a collision with a fallen tree on the Conway Valley line in January 1976 which had sealed its fate. 56155 is on the left. Martyn Hilbert.
30th May 1978
Three withdrawn Class 103 vehicles in Chester depot on May 30th 1978. The closest vehicle is M56153 which had hit a fallen tree on the Conway Valley line in January 1976. The blue/grey vehicle is a 120. Rex Holt.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: April 1975
Park Royal 2-car Local Pasenger dmu (Class 103) No.M50403 (Class 103), M56153 (Class 145) in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Shrewsbury, 04/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: April 1975
Park Royal 2-car Local Pasenger dmu (Class 103) No.M50403 (Class 103), M56153 (Class 145) in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends at Shrewsbury, 04/75. Hugh Llewelyn.