Vehicle 56303
Class 100
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30445
Diagram: 537
Allocations
| w/e 09/11/57 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 3w/e 31/10/65 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 3w/e 02/07/66 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 17/06/67 | On loan to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 2w/e 01/07/67 | Transferred to | 52J (South Gosforth) | |
| 3w/e 03/10/70 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | NO | |
| Sep-73 | Depot code change | NR | |
| 18/12/75 | Withdrawn from | NR (Norwich) | - condition / surplus |
Notes
09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51111 | 56303 | As delivered to 64A - November 1957 | |||||||
| 51111 | 56303 | Transfer to 66C - 3w/e 31/10/65 | |||||||
| 51111 | 56303 | Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/04/66 | |||||||
| 51120 | 56303 | Transfer to 32A - 3w/e 03/10/70 | |||||||
| 50418 | 56303 | Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | |||||||
| 50347 | 56303 | Noted 01/09/71 - at Ipswich2 | |||||||
| 52 | 50375 | 56303 | Noted circa e1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 68 | 51118 | 56303 | Noted circa mid-1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 71 | 51125 | 56303 | Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 71 | 51125 | 56303 | Noted 10/02/73 - on Norwich depot3 | ||||||
| 54 | 51274 | 56303 | Noted circa e1973 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51274 | 56303 | Noted 03/03/73 - on Stratford depot1 | |||||||
| 71 | 51125 | 56303 | Noted 20/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 71 | 51125 | 56303 | Noted 09/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 51125 | 56303 | Noted 02/1974 - at Peterborough4 | |||||||
| 71 | 51125 | 56303 | Noted 02/07/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 41 | 50363 | 56303 | Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 41 | 50363 | 56303 | Noted 15/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 41 | 50363 | 56303 | Noted 28/12/74 - at Bury St Edmunds1 | ||||||
| 41 | 50363 | 56303 | Listed at NR - 19/07/75 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork
Images:
Unknown date
Withdrawn in 1975, 56303 lingered for a few years before arriving at Snailwell for disposal in 1980. Taken sometime in that period, at either Ely or March which were popular storage places for withdrawn stock. AA McLean.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st July 1972
Set number: 68
51118 & 56303 comprise set 68, seen at Brundall on the 1st July 1972. Tim Stubbs.
Date: 1st July 1972
Set number: 68
Set 68 (51118 & 56303) seen in Norwich back yard on the 1st July 1972. Tim Stubbs.