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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-59Depot code change64H
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-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
27/04/78 Withdrawn from NR (Norwich)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03/08/78 - withdrawn vehicles noted on Norwich depot: 51114, 51120, 51125, 51126, 56094, 56316, 79159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:

Class 100 DMU at Leith Central depot

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.

Class 100 DMU at Longstanton

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.

Class 100 DMU at Woodbridge

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.

Class 100 DMU at Norwich

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.

Class 100 DMU at March depot

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.