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<- 56154 | 56155 | 56156 ->

Vehicle 56155

Class 103

BR Diagram 645

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 50400 during the unknown period are:

3w/e 19/04/58 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
May-58 Transferred to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60Depot code change21F
Sep-63Depot code change2G
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)

Then the allocations for 56155 are:

circa Nov-82 Withdrawn from CH (Chester)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50400 56155 As delivered to 6G - April 1958
50400 56155 Noted 19/09/71 - in Chester station1
50400 56155 Noted 31/10/71 - at Crewe1
51400 56155 Noted 09/09/73 - at Chester2
50400 56155 Noted 31/05/1975 - at Shrewsbury 3
50400 56155 Noted 13/12/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
50400 56155 Noted 01/02/1977 - Worked 2J98 1315 Chester to Manchester Victoria4
50400 56155 Noted 12/02/1977 - 13.13 Chester-Crewe5
50310 56155 Noted 19/12/1977 - Chester4
50403 56155 Noted circa 08/19824

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Chris Moxon

Images:

Inside a Class 103 DMU

circa April 1958

A Derby Works image (negative 58-300) of the first class interior of a Park Royal DTC, probably 56155. Circa April 1958. British Railways.

Inside a Class 103 DMU

circa April 1958

A Derby Works image (negative 58-301) of the second class interior of a Park Royal DTC, probably 56155. Circa April 1958. British Railways.

Inside a Class 103 DMU

circa April 1958

A Derby Works image (negative 58-302) of the rear second class saloon of a Park Royal DTC, probably 56155. Circa April 1958. British Railways.

Class 103 DMU at Dewsbury

29th April 1981

56155 leads this set out from Dewsbury on 29/4/81. Malcolm Clements.

Class 103 DMU at Crewe

19th May 1981

A tidy looking two-car Park Royal Class 103 DMU was coupled to a Class 108, stood at Crewe with a service to Chester on May 19th 1981. The leading car is Driving Trailer Composite Lavatory (DTCL) M56155, complete with its first class saloon with orange curtains. Martyn Hilbert.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa April 1958

A Derby Works image (58-299) of 50400 and presumably 56155 circa April 1958. Location unknown. British Railways.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1975

Class 103 & Class 101 at Chester station on 22 March 1975. Park Royals M50400 + M56155 & Met Cams M51191 + M56350 head east out of Chester under the LNWR lower quadrant signals. Pure heaven. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 12th February 1977

50400 leads 56155, 56157 & 50401 out of Chester with the 13.13 Chester-Crewe, 12/2/77. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 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.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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