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Vehicle 56316

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 16/02/58	New to	64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58	Transferred to	Leith Central
Nov-59	Depot code change	64H
3w/e 19/11/60	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 28/01/61	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
4w/e 30/06/67	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
19/05/68	Transferred to	31A (Cambridge)
4w/e 30/05/70	Transferred to	32A (Norwich)
May-73	Depot code change	NO
Sep-73	Depot code change	NR
27/04/78	Withdrawn from	NR (Norwich)

Notes

03/08/78 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot: 51114, 51120, 51125, 51126, 56094, 56316, 79159

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51124	56316	As delivered to 64A - February 1958
	51124	56316	Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 07/05/66
	51116	56316	Noted 18/08/69 - at Cambridge¹
	50344	56316	Noted 18/09/70 - at Ely¹
	51111	56316	Noted 21/12/70 - at Peterborough¹
	50364	56316	Noted 23/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50364	56316	Noted 01/09/71 - at Norwich¹
	50364	56316	Noted 03/09/71 - at Norwich¹
60	50389	56316	Noted circa late 1972 - at Bury St Edmunds²
75	51213	56316	Noted 10/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
75	51213	56316	Noted 21/12/73 - at Bury St Edmunds²
75	51213	56316	Noted 12/06/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
55	51276	56316	Noted 13/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
55	51276	56316	Noted 14/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
55	51276	56316	Noted 27/11/74 - at Bury St Edmunds²
32	50375	56316	Noted 22/02/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
	50375	56316	Noted 03/1975 - at Norwich³
32	50375	56316	Noted 20/03/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
74	51207	56316	Listed at NR - 19/07/75
74	51207	56316	Noted 23/10/75 - at Bury St Edmunds²
64	51478	56316	Noted 28/06/76 - at Bury St Edmunds²
70	51127	56316	Noted 10/07/76 - on Norwich depot²
48	50364	56316	Noted 08/03/77 - at Bury St Edmunds²

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork

Images:

Unknown date

Sc56316 is one of the vehicles seen at Leith Central depot, date unknown. As well as the GRC&W set there is also a Met-Camm and two Swindon Cross-Country sets visible. Stuart Mackay Collection.

20th April 1970

The 11.53 Cambridge to St Ives at Longstanton station on 20 April 1970, the cars recorded as E50344 and E56316, both ex-Scottish Region and now allocated to Cambridge, although they would move to Norwich within a few weeks. Longstanton station was mentioned in the song, "The Slow Train", Flanders & Swan's eulogy to the railways facing closure under the Beeching plan. Tom Burnham.

16th April 1974

Set number: 75

Norwich DMU set number 75 is formed of a Class 100 DTCL (thought to be 56316) and a Class 101 DMBS (presumably 51213) on 16 April 1974 when seen at Woodbridge with the 14.55 Lowestoft - Ipswich service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

4th August 1974

Set number: 75

Norwich allocated DMU set 75 in Sudbury station on 4 August 1974. The visible vehicle is Class 100 DTCL E56316. Stuart Mackay Collection.

10th September 1975

Set number: 74

On 10 September 1975, E56316, new from the Gloucester railway Carriage and Wagon Company in February 1958, is seen departing Norwich for Lowestoft, coupled to a Metro-Cammell class 101 motor coach probably 51207. The "MON 15" notice refers to the unit's next exam date. Jeremy Chapter.

18th January 1981

Withdrawn Gloucester RC&W Class 143 Driving Trailer No E56316 at March TMD on January 18th 1981. It had been withdrawn from Norwich in April 1978 and disposal would be to Snailwell in April 1981. Rob Edwards.

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