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Vehicle 56169

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 50414 during the unknown period are:

w/e 04/10/58	New to	3C (Ryecroft)
4w/e 29/11/58	Transferred to	3E (Monument Lane)
4w/e 27/12/58	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 27/12/58	Transferred to	1C (Watford)
3w/e 31/01/65	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
11/09/65	Transferred to	2H (Monument Lane)
4w/e 01/01/66	Transferred to	2G (Ryecroft)
2w/e 10/09/66	Transferred to	6A (Chester)

Then the allocations for 56169 are:

May-70	Transferred to	86A (Cardiff Canton)
04/05/70	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
Jan-72	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
11/12/72	Withdrawn from	84A (Laira)

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

50414	56169	As delivered to - October 1958
50414	56169	Noted 18th December 1958
50414	56169	Noted 21/08/68 - at Chester¹
50407	56169	Noted 03/05/69 - at Manchester Exchange¹
50414	56169	Transfer to 81D - 7w/e 18/07/70
50414	56169	Noted 05/12/70 - at Windsor¹
50413	56169	Noted 27/08/75 - at Taunton - withdrawn²

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

circa 1972

Set number: P201

Class 103 set P201 (presumably 56169 + 50414) at Churston. Date unknown, probably circa 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: October 1975

Set number: P201

Park Royal 2-car Local Passenger dmu (Class 103) Set No.P201, thought to be W50414 + 56169, in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends stored at Taunton, 10/75. Withdrawn in 1972 and now in the ownership of the West Somerset Railway they would be moved to that railway in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: October 1975

Set number: P201

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