Vehicle 56338
Class 101
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30468
Diagram: 630
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 51180 during the unknown period are:
| 15/11/58 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 20/06/60 | Depot code change | 21E | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2H | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) |
Then the allocations for 56338 are:
| 18/06/72 | Withdrawn from | 6A (Chester) | - fire damage |
56338 was involved in the following incident:
08/05/72 - Chester General Station, LMR
Collision and Fire involving Class 108 / Class 24
An oil train ran away and crashed in the station. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by J Cashmore, Great Bridge arrived Dec-72 cut circa 1973
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51180 | 56338 | As delivered to 3E - 15th November 1958 | |||||||
| 51197 | 56338 | Noted 08/05/1972 - At Chester Station when runaway freight train crashed and caught fire. 56338 destroyed.1 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
Images:
March 1960
A pair of Metro Cammell 2-car sets with whiskers at Marston Green, March 1960. The number of of the leading DTCL appears to be M56338. Gordon Hopkinson.
15th August 1961
A two-car and a three-car Met-Camm DMU form the 1.25pm to Rugby Midland waiting to leave from platform 4 of Birmingham New Street station on 15 April 1961. Closest is M56338 - one of the vehicles that would be withdrawn after the tanker crash at Chester station in May 1972. Michael Mensing.
May 1972
A burnt out Class 101 DTC at Chester. Probably M56338 after the tanker crash that happened in Chester station on May 8th 1972. Walter Burt Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th July 1972
Four DMU vehicles withdrawn after a collision / fire in Chester station on 8 May 1972 are seen alongside the depot on 30 July 1972. Closest is 56229, the Class 101 DMBS is 51195, Class 103 DMBS 50407, and finally Class 101 DTC 56338. All four would move to John Cashmore at Great Bridge in December 1972 for disposal. Stuart Mackay Collection.